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Fonthill Abbey

Building
Fonthill Abbey—also known as Beckford's Folly—was a large Gothic Revival country house built between 1796 and 1813 at Fonthill Gifford in Wiltshire, England, at the direction of William Thomas Beckford and architect James Wyatt. Wikipedia
Opened: 1822
Height: 295′
Architectural style: Gothic Revival architecture
Destroyed by: Structural failure
Location: Wiltshire, England
Architect: James Wyatt