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| Taylor's Folly [Source] |
Doesn't it look like a chess Rook?
The Pinebanks tower was built by John Odin Howard Taylor in Whitlingham. Here you may read that "the tower was climbed by Queen Kapiolani of Hawaii in 1887. She was in the country to celebrate Victoria’s Golden Jubilee". It must have been a special pleasure for Taylor to be able to welcome a Queen at his Rook.
Taylor was a chess player and direct mate composer who also wrote the book "Chess Skirmishes" (1889).
Taylor, John Odin Howard
The Chess Player's Chronicle, 1859
The Chess Player's Chronicle, 1859
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