2018

SX7384 : Crooked Trees by the Reflecting Pond at Bovey Castle

taken 6 years ago, near to North Bovey, Devon, England

Crooked Trees by the Reflecting Pond at Bovey Castle
Crooked Trees by the Reflecting Pond at Bovey Castle
Bovey Castle

William Henry Smith (of the bookshop company W. H. Smith) purchased 5000 acres of land from the Earl of Devon in 1890. He later became Viscount Hambledon. His son built the house as one of the family's numerous country retreats. During the First World War it was used as a convalescent home for officers. During the 1920s the family rarely visited it and in 1930 it became a Great Western Railway golfing hotel. During the Second World War it became a military hospital, but reverted to becoming a hotel and has changed hands several times since. Further information is available on the hotel web site LinkExternal link


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SX7384, 82 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Reynolds   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 8 April, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 12 April, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 7330 8445 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:38.7552N 3:47.6032W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 7329 8443
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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