11th AUGUST 2001
THORPENESS
Today's weather: Sunny and warm with the odd shower.
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The village of Thorpeness is unusual in that it was created in the early 1900s as a model seaside village, the old fishing hamlet of Thorpe having been bought by the Scottish landowner and playwright G. Stuart Ogilvie who then proceeded to turn in to the village we see today. |
Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service.
Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and
Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
Thorpeness Meare is an artificial lake used for
fishing and boating, it's also a haven for
wildfowl and at the far end of the Meare is a mock Norman castle.
Looking towards the Meare boathouse and tearoom.
Colourful rowing boats.
Most of the houses in Thorpeness were built in a mock tudor style.
This house seems to be pretty normal until you see it from afar.
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It was in fact the village water tower, because their was no mains water supply a tower had to be built but this was deemed to be unsightly so it was disguised as a house, the tank being on the top and a actual house underneath. The house was 1st lived in by a family called Mason, Mrs. Mason wrote children's poems one of which inspired by her house was called "The house in the clouds" and ever since the tower has been known as "The house in the clouds" as you can see the house is still lived in today, this must be one of the most unusual homes in the country ? |
This post mill built in 1824 was originally
a corn mill at the nearby village of Aldringham
but was purchased and moved to it's present site
to replace a unattractive wind pump
and converted to pump water to the water tower nearby.
A pretty little holiday cottage.
Holidaymakers feeding swans and signets on
the Meare, in my experience it is very
unusual for swans to let people get so close to their
young.
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