- If you’re looking for amazing places to visit in Wiltshire or Somerset, then I would highly recommend stopping by the incredible King Alfred’s Tower Stourhead.
- Its size is surprisingly massive. It’s called King Alfred’s Tower but it was not built by or for King Alfred (Alfred the Great being the ‘great’ king of Wessex long ago).
- . King Alfreds Tower is a 160ft (49m) high folly, in Stourhead, Wiltshire. It was designed by Henry Flitcroft for Henry Hoare II in 1772.
- King Alfred's Tower is a folly located on Kingsettle Hill in Somerset, England and now belongs to the National Trust.
- King Alfreds Tower 18th Century Commemoration of the seven year French War Link Location Gps ← Find Best directions Gps Coordinates / 51.1150017,-2.36...
- It is the start of the Leland Trail a Шаблон:Convert footpath which runs from King Alfred's Tower to Ham Hill Country Park.
- Work on the tower began in 1762 and was completed in 1779 with the addition of a ten-foot-high statue of King Alfred in an alcove above the entrance.
- King Alfred's Tower. Back in 1762, a banker by the name of Henry Hoare II decided to build a tower in the middle of nowhere, and with no purpose.
- King Alfred’s Tower is a 160ft high folly, designed by Henry Flitcroft for Henry Hoare II in 1772. It is believed to mark the site where King Alfred the Great rallied...
- King Alfreds Tower, also known as The Folly of King Alfred the Great or Stourton Tower in Somerset England Stock Photo - Alamy.