CAN you guess where this week’s Mystery Photograph was taken?
Each week, the Journal invites readers to identify a historic location from days gone by and last week we seem to have had everyone stumped.
The picturesque shot of a house perched on a hill over a river or lake remains a bit of a mystery despite a few guesses online starting off a debate.
Teresa Potter was the first person on Facebook to make a guess at Woodborough House with Chris Robson responding to say: “Good guess. But I think the house is too far from the water.”
Lynda Shearn added: “That was my first thought too,” while George Tamblyn guessed the location as Newton Park.
Regular contributor Jeff Parsons got in touch via email on behalf of his coffee club and agreed with Teresa’s guess. He wrote: “Our best guess is the former Woodborough House just north of Radstock.
“Our reason for this choice is the location of the two ponds - one visible and one further to the east.”
He asked: “Did this at one time belong to the Beauchamp family and then become the local NCB offices before demolition in the early 1960s?” and added: “Sorry to be so vague but there is very little to guide us in this picture.”
Well Jeff, we understand your uncertainty with this picture dated from between 1900 and 1930.
Our sources at the Radstock Museum are pretty certain the idyllic shot shows Holcombe House in Holcombe near Radstock in the Mendip Hills, not to be confused with Holcombe in Devon but we had hoped our readers could confirm that for us.
The village of Holcombe is mentioned in The Domesday Book and has its fair share of historic buildings including The Manor, a grade II listed building, and the late Saxon - early Norman church of St Andrew which was the location chosen for Sawle Church for the filming of the Poldark series.
Thank you for all our contributors, and to Radstock Museum for the photographs.
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