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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Tricorn Centre, Fonthill Abbey, Rocksavage, Burleigh Hall, Swan Arcade, Bradford, St. John the Baptist's Church, Leenside, Nottingham, St. Paul's Church, George Street, Nottingham, St. Matthew's Church, Talbot Street, Windsor Safari Park, St. Ann's Church, Nottingham, Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Square, St. James' Church, Standard Hill, St. Mark's Church, Nottingham, St. Stephen's Church, Bunker's Hill, St. Luke's Church, Nottingham, Emmanuel Church, Woodborough Road, Atherton Hall, Leigh, St. Thomas' Church, Nottingham, Pebble Mill Studios, St. Philip's Church, Pennyfoot Street, St. Peter's Church, Flawford, Athletic Grounds, Greater Manchester, St. Bartholomew's Church, Nottingham, Stanwick Park, Carclew House, Blakesley Hall, Frodsham Castle, Parlington Hall, Aston Hippodrome, Westgate House, Newcastle upon Tyne, White Horse Tavern, Cambridge, Holywell House, Hertfordshire, Great Central Warehouse University Library, University of Lincoln, Wooburn Grange Country Club, Silverton Park, British Industries Fair, Elliston & Cavell, Dorchester Castle, North Corporation Primary School, Castle Horneck. Excerpt: Fonthill Abbey - also known as Beckford's Folly - was a large Gothic revival country house built around the turn of the 19th century at Fonthill Gifford in Wiltshire, England, at the direction of William Thomas Beckford and architect James Wyatt. It was constructed near the site of the Palladian house, later known as Fonthill Splendens, which was constructed by his father, William Beckford, to replace the Elizabethan house that Beckford pere had purchased in 1744 and which had been destroyed by fire in 1755. The abbey is now almost all demolished. Fonthill Abbey was a brainchild of William Thomas Beckford, son of wealthy English plantation owner William Beckford and a student of architect Sir William Chambers, as...
