A view east from the Turret House on Westgate in Thorpeness, looking towards the imposing west elevation of Westbar, a gatehouse with accommodation and water tank, designed in 1929 by architect William Gilmour Wilson

Date:
circa 1975 - 1985
Location:
Westbar, Aldringham Cum Thorpe, Thorpeness, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk
Reference:
AAA02/01/S2148
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

Thorpeness Village was conceived as a leisure resort in the form of a fantasy mock-Tudor village, the brainchild of Scottish playwright and architect Glencairn Stuart Olgivie, and continued by his family after his death.

Content

This is part of the Series: AAA02/01 Series of coloured slides; within the Collection: AAA02 Art and Architecture Archive

Rights

© Graham Cooper and Doug Sargent

People & Organisations

Architect: Gilmour Wilson, William

Keywords

Early 20th Century Gatehouse