Willsbridge House
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Willsbridge House by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.
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Willsbridge House
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 27 Mar 2017
This extensive home at the top of the hill was built by the local mill owners, the Pearsall family. Following a business collapse, the house passed into the hands of a Captain Robert Straton in 1837; he added the remarkable 'battlements'. This has led to it being known locally as 'the Castle'.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.433845
Longitude
-2.485026