Discover 4 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Pewsey (United Kingdom). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Pewsey White Horse, Heathy Close Lock, and Oare House. Also, be sure to include Bouverie Hall in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Pewsey (England).
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Pewsey White Horse
Tourist attraction in England. Pewsey White Horse is a hill figure of a white horse near the village of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England. Cut of chalk in 1937, it replaces an earlier horse that had disappeared under the grass and is one of eight remaining white horses in Wiltshire. It measures 66’ by 45’, making it the smallest of the eight canonical white horses in Wiltshire.
When Pewsey White Horse was cut it was the seventh or eighth White Horse in Wiltshire (the confusion arising as Rockley White Horse was unknown until 1948) and the first of the 20th century. It was also one of the smallest. George Marples designed the white horse commemorating the Coronation of George VI, and was inspired by other white horses in Wiltshire.
The horse is the most well known landmark in Pewsey, and today it is maintained and scoured by the Pewsey 6X Club, who work under the name Pewsey Horse Restoration Group. Wiltshirewhitehorses.org.uk consider it to be a "well-proportioned representation of the real animal." The white horse also features on the Town Flag of Pewsey, whose official registration notes describe the horse as "iconic". Barry Leighton of the Swindon Advertiser describes the horse as standing in a "care-free trotting stance." Gazette and Herald have referred to the horse as "one of Pewsey's proudest monuments."[1]
Heathy Close Lock
Weir in England. Heathy Close Lock is a canal lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, England.
The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 1 in (2.46 m).[2]
Oare House
Oare House is a Grade I listed house in Oare, Wiltshire, England.
It was built in 1740 for a London wine merchant, Henry Deacon. It was largely remodelled in the early 1920s by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis, for Sir Geoffrey Fry, 1st Baronet, private secretary to Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin. Its gardens, which include a summerhouse also designed by Williams-Ellis, are listed Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. To the west of the gardens stands the Oare Pavilion, completed in 2003 and the only British building designed by I. M. Pei.
In 1965 Oare House was purchased by Sir Alick Downer, the Australian High Commissioner, who used it to entertain high ranking figures in English and Australian society.
It is currently owned by Sir Henry Keswick.[3]
Bouverie Hall
Address: Car Park, North St, Pewsey