Sker House from Sker Point
Introduction
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Sker House from Sker Point
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 25 Jun 2021
Grade I listed, it was originally built as a monastic grange of the Cistercian order over 900 years ago. Little remains of the original structure and it was completely rebuilt in the late sixteenth century. The house was made famous in the 1872 novel The Maid of Sker by R D Blackmore and is based on the story of Elizabeth Williams, said to have died of a broken heart after being locked in a room in the house by her father to stop her from marrying her lover. Her spirit is said to haunt Sker, along with the captain of a ship which was wrecked on nearby Sker Point.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.504703
Longitude
-3.73714