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Hoober Stand

Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of RotherhamFolly towers in EnglandGrade II* listed buildings in South YorkshireObservation towers in the United KingdomTowers completed in 1748
Towers in South YorkshireUse British English from March 2018Wentworth, South Yorkshire
Hoober Stand
Hoober Stand

Hoober Stand is a 30-metre-high (98 ft) tower and Grade II* listed building on a ridge in Wentworth, South Yorkshire in northern England. It was designed by Henry Flitcroft for the Whig aristocrat Thomas Watson-Wentworth, Earl of Malton (later the 1st Marquess of Rockingham) to commemorate the quashing of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. It lies close to his country seat Wentworth Woodhouse. Its site is approximately 157 metres (515 ft) above sea level and from the top there are long-distance views on a clear day. Hoober Stand is one of several follies in and around Wentworth Woodhouse park; the others include Needle's Eye and Keppel's Column. Sidney Oldall Addy, the Sheffield author calls the structure Woburn Stand in his 1888 book, A glossary of words used in the neighbourhood of Sheffield.

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Lea Brook Lane
S62 7SH
England, United Kingdom
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