Thorpeness is another delightful piece of Suffolk coastal silliness.
Way back in 1910 Railway
magnet Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie developed Thorpeness into a private fantasy holiday
village, to which he invited his friends' and colleagues' families during the
summer months.
He added a country club with tennis courts, a swimming pool,
a golf course and clubhouse. Many holiday homes were
built in Jacobean and Tudor Revival styles.
To
hide the eyesore of having a water tower in the village, the tank was clad in
wood to make it look like a small house on top of a 5-storey tower, with a
separate water-pumping windmill next to it. It is known as the ‘House in the Clouds’,
which you can rent for the fantasy price of £3000 per week.
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