Walk at Tattingstone on May Bank Holiday

For our usual weekly walk, we went to Tattingstone and Stutton on the bank holiday Monday. Here is Tattingstone church - this tower had five bells and then was augmented to six with a spare bell. This was done by local volunteers. Unfortunately, the new bell is almost the same note as the second, giving the ring a very odd sound - hence the nickname "Tatty" bells. Moving one's eyes right along the horizon, one can see what appears to be another church...

...this is the "Tattingstone Wonder", a folly. It was built in 1790 by Edward White, who lived at the nearby Tattingstone Place. The story goes that he wanted to see a church from his house windows. He said that "People often wondered at nothing, so he would give them something to wonder about".

The folly looks like a church, having a tower and flint rendering, but is actually three workers' cottages that were disguised to look like a church.

From the back of the house one can see that the so-called tower is actually a built up chimney stack. The folly is now a grade II* building and has been converted into a single residence.

The garden of the Tattingstone Wonder - I liked the old car, the greenhouse and the childs bicycle....

...and finally Snowy, found sleeping where she should not be....my Hawaiian applique in its Ikea bag!