Sugar Loaf Folly

Listed: “TQ 61 NE DALLINGTON BATTLE ROAD20/19 The Sugarloaf, Wood’s Corner3.8.61 II*Obelisk or eye-catcher erected on high ground as a land mark by John Fuller (“MadJack”) of Brightling Park, then called Rose Hill in the adjoining parish of Brightling. Early C19. Probably designed by Sir Robert Smirke. Conical hollow obelisk surmounted by a ball cap. Built of stone, coated with cement. Pointed doorway and 2 pointed windows, one of them now blocked. The inside is shaped like a bee-hive with a domed roof. Said to have been once inhabited as a cottage.”

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