A structure, often found in 18th century landscape gardens, that demonstrates eccentricity or excess rather than practical purpose. They can take many forms - ruins, sham castles, towers, hermits' cells or grottoes.
![Photograph of the Slipper Chapel, Bawburgh. From Picture Norfolk. Photograph of the Slipper Chapel, Bawburgh. From Picture Norfolk.](http://hbsmrgateway2.esdm.co.uk/norfolk/DataFiles/FullImages/1923.jpg)
The Slipper Chapel, a garden folly, Bawburgh. Courtesy of Norfolk County Council Library and Information Service.