Sham Castle

Year

1762

Type

public art

A Gothic folly erected on the hill east of Bath by Ralph Allen in 1762, its single decorated facade presenting a medieval castle front to the city while concealing nothing behind it (architecture as pure visual effect, designed to improve A …

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