East Horsley: churchyard and gazebo
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East Horsley: churchyard and gazebo
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 18 Jun 2018
The gazebo stands at the south-west corner of St Martin's churchyard, by the main village street. In terms of style and materials the little gazebo is a sort of microcosm of the whole eccentric Horsley Towers estate. Red brick, terracotta, and flint are to be found throughout the village and beyond: Image Horse-shoe arches and machicolations are frequent motifs. To my mind, the estate style belongs in the English folly tradition, and saves the village from looking altogether suburban. Ian Nairn - who compiled the Surrey volume of Pevsner's 'The Buildings of England' - failed to see the joke. And I find that sad.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.263399
Longitude
-0.431837