Wainman’s Pinnacle

Wainman’s Pinnacle is a stone follyOrnamental structure with no practical purpose, built to enhance a designed garden or landscape. on Earl Crag in Sutton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire. Among the explanations for its existence are that it was erected by Richard Wainman of Head Hall to comemorate the defeat of Napoleon, or that it was a memorial to Lady Amcott’s husband, who died in the English Civil War. By the late 19th century the original tower had become badly damaged by lightning, and so it was demolished and rebuilt in 1900.^[1]

The triangular tapering pier is built of rock-faced stone with coping, and has a spike finialDecoration marking the top end of some architectural element such as a gable, newel post or fence post..^[2]

Wainman’s Pinnacle is sited close to another folly at the other end of the crag, Lund’s TowerStone-built folly in North Yorkshire, commissioned by James Lund and completed in 1887., and together they are known locally as the Salt and Pepper Pots.^[3] The pinnacle was designated a Grade II listed buildingStructure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection. in 1984.^[2]