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The Gatehouse

From the Athelhampton archive this evening a view of the Gatehouse at Athelhampton, built in the 1550’s, but sadly pulled down in 1862. This fabulous picture by Orlando Jewitt, not in his preferred medium of wood-cut print, instead in pen and water making the picture look almost like a photograph.

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