SKETCH BOOK

Commonside c.1914

Commonside Road

Cricketers Inn

Paradise Lane

Post Man c.1910

North Street

Trudgett’s Store

The Square c.1900

Church Road

St John’s Church c.1905

Blacksmith c.1920

East Street

Stansted House

Racton Monument

Warblington Church

Langstone Harbour

Emsworth Harbour

Bosham Harbour

 

Sketches by C Shutler of
Westbourne ©

 

WESTBOURNE

A village history in West Sussex

A favourite walk was to the duck ponds at Aldsworth, then past Sindle's Farm towards Racton Monument for a rest and a snack. Then onto Walderton Downs to ramble for a couple of hours before returning home.

Historical Note

Racton Monument is a ruined tower built on a beautiful small hill south of Lordington House near Funtington. Theodosius Keene, himself the son of a distinguished architect, is thought to have designed the eighty foot high tower as an adornment of the nearby estate at Stansted House. Built in 1772 it's hard to say what the folly was for - but then, does a folly need to be for anything?

Source: http:www.westsussex.info

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