Building record 151/1 - Mow Cop

An early example of a folly castle built in 1754 by Randle Wilbraham, to be viewed and visited from Rode Hall. Made of coursed sandstone rubble and consists of a battlemented round tower to the north, and a wall pierced by an arch to the south. Stands on a hilltop and straddles County boundary. The first meetings of the Primitive Methodists were held below the Castle (1). Occupies the site of an earlier beacon.
Ther is an inscription on the monument commemorating the camp meeting held here on the 31 May 1807 by the originators of the Primitive Methodist Connexion (1).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /8/83 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), 1994, An Inventory of Non-Conformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in the North of England, Cheshire Number 112 (Book). SCH4548.