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Midford Castle is a folly castle in the village of Midford, and the parish of Southstoke 3 miles (5 km) south of Bath, Somerset, England. The castle was built in 1775 for from designs by John Carter in the shape of the "clubs" symbol used in playing cards (♣). It has been suggested, originally in a magazine article in 1899, that he asked for the clubs design to represent an ace of clubs because he had obtained the money for the castle from gambling on a card game, but this is unlikely, as the porch which creates the "stem" of the symbol was added later. It is more likely that the layout was taken from an article which had been published in Builder's Magazine in 1774. The house has a sub triangular or trefoil plan formed by 3 semi-circular towers conjoined in a gothic style. It has been de

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  • Midford Castle (de)
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  • Château de Midford (fr)
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  • Midford Castle est un château de folie dans le village de Midford, et la paroisse de Southstoke 3 milles (5 km) au sud de Bath, Somerset, Angleterre. (fr)
  • Midford Castle ist eine Folly im Dorf Midford, 5 km südlich von Bath in der englischen Grafschaft Somerset. Die Burg im mittelalterlichen Stil ließ Henry Disney Roebuck nach Plänen des Architekten John Carter 1775 in Form eines Kreuzsymbols von Spielkarten (♣) erbauen. Ein Artikel in einem Magazin von 1899 postulierte, dass Roebuck die Folly in Form eines Spielkartenkreuzes bauen ließ, weil er das Geld hierfür bei einem Kartenspiel gewonnen hatte. Dies ist aber unwahrscheinlich, weil die Vorhalle, die den Stamm des Kreuzes darstellt, erst später angefügt wurde. Wahrscheinlicher ist es, dass er die Form aus einem Artikel im Builder's Magazine von 1774 hatte. Das Haus hat einen Grundriss im Form eines dreiblättrigen Kleeblattes, das drei halbrunde Türme bilden, die in gotischem Stil zusammen (de)
  • Midford Castle is a folly castle in the village of Midford, and the parish of Southstoke 3 miles (5 km) south of Bath, Somerset, England. The castle was built in 1775 for from designs by John Carter in the shape of the "clubs" symbol used in playing cards (♣). It has been suggested, originally in a magazine article in 1899, that he asked for the clubs design to represent an ace of clubs because he had obtained the money for the castle from gambling on a card game, but this is unlikely, as the porch which creates the "stem" of the symbol was added later. It is more likely that the layout was taken from an article which had been published in Builder's Magazine in 1774. The house has a sub triangular or trefoil plan formed by 3 semi-circular towers conjoined in a gothic style. It has been de (en)
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