Foscombe, near Ashleworth
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Foscombe, near Ashleworth
Image: © Philip Halling Taken: 24 Sep 2009
Described by Pevsner at 'High Victorian fastasy' Foscombe was built in 1866-7 by Thomas Fulljames as his retirement home. Here the house is viewed from the bridleway to the south-east. In the late 1970s and early 1980s this was the home of Rolling Stone's Charlie Watts.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.938806
Longitude
-2.290297