Burpham Country House Hotel
Introduction
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Burpham Country House Hotel
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 14 Aug 2013
The four star hotel is located on The Street and has seen a variety of different uses since constructed in 1710. It started life as a hunting lodge, later became the village poorhouse then in 1845 was turned into the village rectory and extensively remodelled until its sale in 1936 whereupon it was transformed into a country hotel which it remains today. A blue plaque on the wall commemorates the building as the former home of naturalist and author Tickner Edwardes whose novel tansy was made into a film in 1921 and shot mostly in the village using locals as extras. He is buried in St Mary's church, see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
50.871211
Longitude
-0.520644