The Volta Tower was a folly in the town of Finedon, Northamptonshire, England.
The tower was built in 1865 by William Mackworth-Dolben of Finedon Hall. William Harcourt Isham Mackworth (1806—1872), a younger son of Sir Digby Mackworth, the 3rd Baronet, took the additional surname Dolben after he married Frances, the heiress of Sir John English Dolben, the 4th Baronet.
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