Pax Hill
Pax Hill | |
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View of the house | |
General information | |
Location | Bentley, Hampshire, England |
Technical details | |
Material | Red-brick |
Design and construction | |
Other designers | Robert Baden-Powell |
Known for | Family home of Robert Baden-Powell |
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.
See also
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.
External links
- Pax Hill Residential and Nursing Home for the Elderly
- Olave Baden-Powell timeline
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