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Bettisons Folly is a tower in Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is also referred to as Bettisons Tower and was built some time between 1829 and 1853 by William Bettison.
At the time, William Bettison was a Hull based brewer who built the folly on what was then his garden. In those days communication was by sight, so his manservant would ascend the tower at the usual time his master returned from work, see him descending Southorpe hill and run down the tower to ensure 'dinner was served' as the master walked into the house. It incorporates a cranked up flagpole, initially installed to convey private messages. During WW2 the tower was an air raid look out point and Siren, (Hull was the most heavily bombed UK City after London). The siren was still in use into the Late fifties/ sixties when a new siren was erected on the new firestation on Southgate. The Folly is decorated with locally made 'treacle' bricks, highly fired for durability and subject to mis shaping.
Nowadays, Bettisons Folly is a Grade II listed building and stands in the middle of a new housing estate off Newbegin, the main street.
It is rarely open to the public.
References
- ^ Peach, Howard (2001). Curious tales of old East Yorkshire. Sigma Leisure. p. 32. ISBN 9781850587491.
- "Heritage open days". Driffield post. 05 September 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
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External links
- British History: Hornsea
- Historic England. "Details from listed building database ({{{num}}})". National Heritage List for England.
53°54′37″N 0°10′09″W / 53.910196°N 0.169234°W / 53.910196; -0.169234
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