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Hornsea Bettison's Folly
Tower Lodge, 2 Willows Drive, Hornsea, Yorkshire HU18 1DA
Saturday 14 Sep 2024
Sat 14 Sep:1000-1500; Free Entry.
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Hornsea Bettison's Folly
Heritage Open Day: Visit Hornsea and see Bettison's Folly. Originally built in the grounds of Newbegin House in 1844, the 55ft-tall tower has delighted and intrigued visitors ever since. Tucked in a quiet corner of Hornsea, Bettison's Folly still stands proud. One of the curiosities of this part of the town, it is a Grade Il Listed building, which can be found just off Willows Drive. It is an unusual sort of tower; constructed in 'treacle' bricks which have been faultily fired in the local brick kilns. Bettison, who lived in a large house immediately to the north of this site on Newbegin, was a Hull newspaper proprietor in the middle of the 1850's. He was the sort of man who insisted on his dinner being served immediately when he returned home from Hull.