Pax Hill
House in Hampshire, England
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Location | Bentley, Hampshire, England |
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Material | Red-brick |
Design and construction | |
Other designers | Robert Baden-Powell |
Known for | Family home of Robert Baden-Powell |
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Pax Hill (Peace Hill), near Bentley, Hampshire , England , was the family home of Robert Baden-Powell , founder of the Scout movement , and his wife, Olave, for over twenty years during the 20th century. [1] It is located at the end of a half-mile drive, off the main A31 road .
Pax Hill is a red-bricked house fronting south with higher ground behind. In the Baden-Powell family's time, there was a rose garden with dovecote at one side of the front of the house. Elsewhere, there were two summer houses, a shrubbery and a tennis court . Scouts and Guides camped on either side of the drive. The Baden-Powells added two wings. The west wing was designed by Robert Baden-Powell himself and he also modelled the frieze for the new bathroom, depicting fish in the River Wey . [ citation needed ]
The house was originally called "Blackacre" and was purchased with a gift from Olave Baden-Powell 's father in 1918. [2] In 1929, it was burgled and a number of souvenirs were stolen. They moved to Kenya in 1939 and Robert Baden-Powell died in 1941. The following year, due to World War II , Pax Hill was occupied by Canadian military troops and by way of recompense, Olave Baden-Powell was awarded a 'grace and favour' apartment in Hampton Court Palace .
After World War II , Olave Baden-Powell gave Pax Hill to the Girl Guides Association (now Girlguiding UK ) to be used as a centre for members from the Commonwealth of Nations . [3] The house became a Domestic Science Training School run on Guiding principles. The interest from £40,000 in the B.P. Memorial Fund was used to fund its upkeep. [ citation needed ] In April 1953, Pax Hill was sold with the consent of Olave Baden-Powell. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Pax Hill was a boys boarding school. [ citation needed ] It has been a nursing home since 1988.
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References
- ↑ "Pax Hill" . www.pinetreeweb.com . Archived from the original on 21 October 2006 . Retrieved 17 October 2006 .
- ↑ Lady Baden-Powell, Olave (1983). Window on My Heart . Girlguiding UK. p. 133.
- ↑ Liddell, Alix (1976). Story of the Girl Guides 1938–1975 . London: Girl Guides Association .
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