#hadlow tower

Hadlow Tower, Hadlow, Kent, United Kingdom,

Also known as ‘May’s Folly’, it formed part of Hadlow Castle, an extravagant country house built for Walter May from 1785. 

The 52m high octagonal tower was added in 1838 by the architect George Ledwell Taylor and extended a further 12m with a lantern in 1840.

Hadlow Tower, Hadlow, Kent,

Also known as ‘May’s Folly’, it formed part of Hadlow Castle, an extravagant country house built for Walter May from 1785. 

The 52m high octagonal tower was added in 1838 by the architect George Ledwell Taylor and extended a further 12m with a lantern in 1840.

Hadlow Tower (May’s Folly), High St, Hadlow, Tonbridge, United Kingdom,

It was constructed in the mid 19th Century and once formed part of a grand castle in the Romantic Gothic style, built by Walter Barton May. 

Gothic ‘Rapunzel’ Tower is on the Market

Just outside Tonbridge, Kent lies an unusual property: Hadlow Tower, which has earned the moniker of the ‘Rapunzel’ tower due to its unsettling history. The tower was initially constructed in 1838 at the request of Walter May, a wealthy tycoon, who suspected his wife of having an affair with a local farmer and wanted to keep her under lock and key in proper Gothic style.

If you can get past the…

Gothic ‘Rapunzel’ Tower is on the Market

Just outside Tonbridge, Kent lies an unusual property: Hadlow Tower, which has earned the moniker of the ‘Rapunzel’ tower due to its unsettling history. The tower was initially constructed in 1838 at the request of Walter May, a wealthy tycoon, who suspected his wife of having an affair with a local farmer and wanted to keep her under lock and key in proper Gothic style. If you can get past the…