Octagon Tower
Follies were popular features in Georgian gardens and the Octagon Tower is an example at Studley.
The Octagon Tower sits high on a rocky outcrop and is reached on foot through
the twisting Serpentine Tunnel.
Eight sides give the folly its name and it’s purpose is pure garden decoration.
First constructed in about 1728 in a severe classical style, it was ‘Gothicised’
about ten years later when the parapet, pinnacles and porch were added.
