The house in the clouds one of the countrys most famous follies provides spacious accommodation for the true family holiday having 5 bedrooms 2 with double beds 3 with twin beds and an additional double sofa bed 3 bathrooms drawing room dining room and the magnificent room at the top giving the finest views of suffolk . The house in the clouds is a water tower at thorpeness suffolk england it was built in 1923 to receive water pumped from thorpeness windmill 1 and was designed to improve the looks of the water tower disguising its tank with the appearance of a weatherboarded building more in keeping with thorpenesss mock tudor and jacobean style except seeming to float above the trees 2. Directed by joseph sol giffard tutt with hayden considine francesca chiffi tony scannell piers thompson. The solution they arrived at ultimately became the house in the clouds built in 1923 the 70 foot tall tower consisted of a large metal tank at the top that holds 50000 gallons