Hadlow Castle

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Hadlow Castle
Hadlow Castle, 1977
Location of Hadlow Castle within Kent
Alternative names	May's Folly
General information
Type	Folly
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
Town or city	Hadlow
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°13′25″N 0°20′20″E / 51.22361°N 0.33889°E / 51.22361; 0.33889
Construction started	c1785
Completed	1852
Renovated	2011–13
Demolished	1951 (apart from tower and courtyard buildings)
Height	53 m (175 ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	George Ledwell Taylor

Hadlow Castle was an 18th-century country house in Hadlow, Kent, England, built in the fashionable Strawberry Hill 'Gothic' style. The house was gradually enlarged and extended during the 19th century and finally demolished in the 20th, apart from a prospect tower and ancillary buildings. The surviving Grade I Listed Hadlow Tower, locally known as May's Folly, was restored in 2013.