A Fine Elm With A Human Face In Profile At Sutton Veny

A picture postcard produced by Alfred Vowles showing the view west along Norton Road, Sutton Veny, from near the south lodge of Greenhill House (later renamed Sutton Veny House) looking towards the crossroads by the Woolpack.

Mr. Vowles, who was from Somerset, took many photographs of scenes in the Warminster area, particularly of the military  camps during the First World War. He usually penned a title for each scene he depicted and this card was no exception.

He titled it: ‘An entrance to Sutton Veny showing the fine elm with a human  face in profile.’ The outline of a forehead, eyebrow, nose, moustache, mouth, chin and  beard can be seen on the left side of the tree’s branches and foliage.

The photograph was taken in 1915.

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