Building
Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956)
Category
Models
Date
1900 - 1906
Materials
Wood, Plaster, Paper, Glass
Measurements
385 x 450 mm; 460 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339343
Summary
Model building, store, in wood with sign which reads 'The Store'. One door, with shop window to the right hand side with small figure inside. Single storey building under a high, steep pitched roof covered in stiffened and roughened paper. At the front left, a small half timbered with plaster infill extension projects forward, under its own, smaller pitched roof. It has a small window to the front and another in the side. To its right, up a single step is the doorway, with a sign above which reads ‘The Store’ To the right of this, a three sided bay window, glazed, behind which are miniature models of a horse and soldiers and a tree. On the right hand end, a small sloping roof and a large chimney breast with two stacks with square holes in the top. A small glazed window with painted glazing bars set in the left hand side. This side and rear are half timbered with plaster infill. ‘23’ Painted inside roof and one side in red. Made by Charles Paget Wade for the Model Village (Wolf's Cove).
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956)