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Ratcheugh Observatory
Tagishsimon: gazebo
[[File:Ratcheugh Observatory - Geograph 4345266 - Russel Wills.jpg|thumb|Ratcheugh Observatory from the east]]
'''Ratcheugh Observatory''' is a folly building buily in the late 18th-century on a prominent crag between [[Alnwick]] and [[Longhoughton, Northumberland|Longhoughton]] in north [[Northumberland]], England. Commissioned by [[Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland]], the Observatory is castellated in appearance, and incorporates a viewing tower with prospects of Alnwick and its castle, and of the [[North Sea]] coast at [[Boulmer]].
==Location==
Ratcheugh Observatory is located on Ratcheigh Crag, a local [[whinstone]] high-point above a foregound of fields at or lower elevations, situated east-north-east of Alnwick and west-south-west of Longhoughton; inland from the coast at Boulmer, in north Northumberland.
==Obsevatory==
The Observatory at Ratcheigh is a screen-wall built at the crag edge, incorporated into which are a number of turrets or towers; and having towards its northern extent a square-plan viewing tower built on open hollow-chamfered arches. The tower has a single enclosed room, each wall having three large round-arched windows affording commanding views to the north-east, north-west, south-east and south-west. The structure is described by [[Historic England]] as a [[gazebo]] and eye-catcher in the Castellated Gothick style, and is constructed in rough-faced stone with [[ashlar]] dressings.<ref name="EH1154280"></ref>
The Observatory was designed by (or follows a design outline of) [[Robert Adam]], and dates to the 1754-1770 period.<ref name="kttp"></ref> It provides very fine views of [[Alnwick Castle]], [[Hulne Park]], [[Brizlee Tower]], [[Hulne Priory]] and other of the Duke's local possessions; as well as a 360° panorama of the local area, farmland used for [[fox hunting]] and [[Point-to-point (steeplechase)|point-to-point]] horse racing.
It is one of a number of prominent follies built on the skylines around Alnwick; other include the 1781 [[Brizlee Tower]], another creation of the Duke;<ref name="EH1076985"></ref> [[Jenny's Lantern]] on the [[Bolton, Northumberland|Bolton]] estate, and Crawley Tower on the [[Shawdon Hall|Shawdon]] estate, all dating to the late 18th-century.<ref name="EH1041960"></ref><ref name="EH1057698"></ref>
The Observatory incorporates a small cottage, a later c.1850 addition. The Observatory is a [[Listed building#Grade I|Grade 1 listed building]].<ref name="EH1154280"/>
==References==
[[Category:Folly buildings in England]]
[[Category:Grade I listed buildings in Northumberland]]
'''Ratcheugh Observatory''' is a folly building buily in the late 18th-century on a prominent crag between [[Alnwick]] and [[Longhoughton, Northumberland|Longhoughton]] in north [[Northumberland]], England. Commissioned by [[Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland]], the Observatory is castellated in appearance, and incorporates a viewing tower with prospects of Alnwick and its castle, and of the [[North Sea]] coast at [[Boulmer]].
==Location==
Ratcheugh Observatory is located on Ratcheigh Crag, a local [[whinstone]] high-point above a foregound of fields at or lower elevations, situated east-north-east of Alnwick and west-south-west of Longhoughton; inland from the coast at Boulmer, in north Northumberland.
==Obsevatory==
The Observatory at Ratcheigh is a screen-wall built at the crag edge, incorporated into which are a number of turrets or towers; and having towards its northern extent a square-plan viewing tower built on open hollow-chamfered arches. The tower has a single enclosed room, each wall having three large round-arched windows affording commanding views to the north-east, north-west, south-east and south-west. The structure is described by [[Historic England]] as a [[gazebo]] and eye-catcher in the Castellated Gothick style, and is constructed in rough-faced stone with [[ashlar]] dressings.<ref name="EH1154280"></ref>
The Observatory was designed by (or follows a design outline of) [[Robert Adam]], and dates to the 1754-1770 period.<ref name="kttp"></ref> It provides very fine views of [[Alnwick Castle]], [[Hulne Park]], [[Brizlee Tower]], [[Hulne Priory]] and other of the Duke's local possessions; as well as a 360° panorama of the local area, farmland used for [[fox hunting]] and [[Point-to-point (steeplechase)|point-to-point]] horse racing.
It is one of a number of prominent follies built on the skylines around Alnwick; other include the 1781 [[Brizlee Tower]], another creation of the Duke;<ref name="EH1076985"></ref> [[Jenny's Lantern]] on the [[Bolton, Northumberland|Bolton]] estate, and Crawley Tower on the [[Shawdon Hall|Shawdon]] estate, all dating to the late 18th-century.<ref name="EH1041960"></ref><ref name="EH1057698"></ref>
The Observatory incorporates a small cottage, a later c.1850 addition. The Observatory is a [[Listed building#Grade I|Grade 1 listed building]].<ref name="EH1154280"/>
==References==
[[Category:Folly buildings in England]]
[[Category:Grade I listed buildings in Northumberland]]
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