29 black and white photographs. Spye Park, Bromham, Wiltshire. (photograph)

Description

Identification note: 15 photographs are anotated on the reverse with title, camera setting and film type. All photgraphs are anotated on the front with title and date.

Summary: 29 black and white photographs of Spye Park, Bromham, Wiltshire. 1,2 and 3 - views of Spye Park Country House, looking across the lawns. 4 - Garden Vista looking through trees towards formal gardens. 5 - Timbered cottage at Westbrook, oblique view of "cross-timbered" tiled roof building. 6,7 and 8 - views of Spye Park landscape from Prickmoor including the New Plantation, the Brake and Reynolds Hill. 9 to 14 - views of Spye Park landscape from below Sandridge including Bushey Marsh Farm. 15,16 and 17 - Pondmoor Main Ride, two views looking down the ride towards the Summerhouse, one view looking from the Summerhouse, down the ride. 18 - The Summerhouse on Pondmoor main ride, simple timber and brick circular building with grass growing over the tiled roof. 19 and 20 - views of another Pondmoor Ride, tree lined ride leading to open spaces with more tree lined tracks beyond. 21 - a woodland (Oak trees) glade near Pondmoor. 22 and 23 - two views of the thatched boathouse at Pondmoor, one shows the boathouse in the distance, one is looking down the slope towards the boathouse in the left midground. 24 - a rustic seat situated underneath an Ash tree, near the lake at Pondmoor. The bench appears to be made up of naturaly shaped branches with split timber for the seat. 25 - a view of the Pondmoor Firs from the boathouse. 26 - looking down a high banked, tree lined road on the approach to Chittoe and the Vicarage. 27 and 28 - views of Chittoe village. The first photograph is of the village from the high ground above Pondmoor stream, thatched cottages can be seen in the middle background. the second photograph is looking down the road, through the village with the church just visible through the trees in the background. 29 - landscape view of the valley under Reynolds Hill looking towards Chittoe.


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