Some books on follies, grottoes and garden buildings:

FOLLIES, GROTTOES AND GARDEN BUILDINGS
by Gwyn Headley and Wim Meulenkamp
Published 1999 by Aurum Press, London
ISBN 1-85410-625-2
608 pages, b&w photos throughout

The definitive guide to Britain's follies. Over 600 pages with a picture on nearly every page.
To order a signed copy, email Gwyn Headley

ARCHITECTURAL FOLLIES IN AMERICA
by Gwyn Headley
Published 1996 by John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York
ISBN 0-471-14362-6
222 pages, b&w photos throughout

The America they don't want you to see.
Because they haven't figured out how to bill you for it yet.

LONDON - SIGHT UNSEEN
by Gwyn Headley, photographs by Snowdon
Published 1999 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
ISBN 0-297-82490-2

144 pages, colour photos throughout

Sights of London that even the black cab drivers don't know.

FOLLIES - BIZARRE BOUWWERKEN IN NEDERLAND EN BELGIE
by Wim Meulenkamp
Published 1995 by Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam
ISBN 90-295-3109-6
328 pages, b&w photos throughout

The Low Countries' most far-fetched buildings.


SHELL HOUSES AND GROTTOES
by Hazelle Jackson
Published 2002 by Shire Publications, Princes Risborough
ISBN 0-7478-0522-9
40 pages, colour photos throughout

A handy guide to Britain's best grottoes.

FOLLIES AND FANTASIES - GERMANY AND AUSTRIA
by Nic Barlow
Published 1994 by Harry N. Abrams, New York
ISBN 0-8109-3323-3

Fabulous photographs.

THE FOLLIES AND GARDEN BUILDINGS OF IRELAND
by James Howley
Published 1993 by Yale University Press, New Haven and London
ISBN 0-300-05577-3

A seriously informative book with a really boring book jacket. Don't be put off.

FOLLIES AND PLEASURE PAVILIONS
(out of print)
by Goerge Mott and Sally Sample Aall

Published 1989 by Pavilion Books, London
ISBN 1-85145-499-3

Riding the bandwagon of sudden interest in Follies.

FOLLIES - A GUIDE TO ROGUE ARCHITECTURE (out of print)
by Gwyn Headley and Wim Meulenkamp
Published 1990 by Jonathan Cape, London
ISBN 0-224-02790-5

Another bestseller; the revised paperback edition of Follies - A National Trust Guide.

FOLLIES - A NATIONAL TRUST GUIDE
(out of print)
by Gwyn Headley and Wim Meulenkamp
Published 1986 by Jonathan Cape, London
ISBN 0-224-02105-2

The first bestseller about follies. The book that led to the formation of the Folly Fellowship.

FOLLIES
by Jeffery W. Whitelaw
Published 1982 by Shire Publications, Princes Risborough
ISBN 0-7478-0096-0

A great little introduction to the subject, with plenty of photographs.

FOLLIES & GROTTOES 2nd Edition
(out of print)

by Barbara Jones
Published 1974 by Constable, London
ISBN 0-09-459350-7

Greatly enlarged edition of the 1953 classic.

MONUMENTAL FOLLIES (out of print)
by Stuart Barton
Published 1972 by Lyle Publications, Worthing
ISBN 0-902921-07-X

Lots of murky photos, text largely guesswork.But plenty of strange buildings to admire.

FOLLIES (out of print)
by E. M. Hatt
Published 1963 by Chatto & Windus, London

Very much of its time. Quirky illustrations and charmingly written.

FOLLIES & GROTTOES
1st Edition (out of print)
by Barbara Jones
Published 1953 by Constable, London

The book that started it all. A masterpiece.