Ralph Allens Sham Castle

Local nameRalph Allens Sham Castle
LocationBath, Somerset, UK

Sham Castle is a folly on Claverton Down overlooking the city of Bath, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. It is a screen wall with a central pointed arch flanked by two 3-storey circular turrets, which extend sideways to a 2-storey square tower at each end of the wall.

It was probably designed around 1755 by Sanderson Miller and built in 1762 by Richard James, master mason for Ralph Allen, "to improve the prospect" from Allen's town house in Bath.

Sham Castle is now illuminated at night.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sham_Castle

Address BA2 6, United Kingdom

Coordinates 51°22'56.309" N -2°20'15.13" E

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