Guess the Place

[John Walker]

That balloon flight must have been amazing Stewie.  I often see them around Canterbury drifting silently across the countryside.  Silently until the burners fire of course.

While searching on Google Earth around the Wadhurst area and beyond, I was gobsmacked by the number of large private mansions in the area.  There's money around the county but not in my pocket.

[Stewie]

Yes well done JohnWalker, We took our balloon flight last month. We were due to fly from Hollingbourne but the pilot was worried that the prevailing wind would blow us over the river Medway so instead we were diverted to Wadhurst and came down about 7 miles later near Pembury not long after passing over this interesting looking building.

Martin R, we didi skirt around Bewl Water and it looked quite full.

[John Walker]

That took some searching...   Cornford House Care Home, Pembury ?   TN2 4QS

[MartinR]

Were you flying over Bewel Water?

[Stewie]

Not Sevenoaks JohnWalker, our balloon flight took off from a field near to Wadhurst.

[John Walker]

Sevenoaks area?

[Stewie]

JohnWalker relentlessly zeros in!

The home caters for physically frail people but also caters for dementia sufferers.

The place is just about viewable on GSV but (not surprisingly), shown on satellite view!

[John Walker]

A kind of isolation unit ?

[Stewie]

Not a prison AlanTH (though some might disagree), JohnWalker is on the right lines (though cant comment on the upmarket, we only drifted over the top)!

[John Walker]

Upmarket Care Home?

[AlanTH]

Wild guess but is it a prison?
AlanTH.

[Stewie]

Not a hotel JohnWalker but it is a multiple occupancy building.

[John Walker]

Very unusual - hotel?

[Stewie]

Thank you Beachbum, though I am intrigued by the 'spur' tunnel for Queen Victoria. Are you saying that the train would halt in the tunnel to allow the queen to alight? This sounds a bit fanciful given all the difficulties of alighting a railway carriage in the cramped confines of the tunnel. I will investigate further.

I was not expecting to get this opportunity to post a new one as I thought I may be helping someone else towards the ultimate answer. However I do have something which may be of interest. I recently took a balloon flight with Mrs Stewie and being up there looking down gives a wonderful new perspective of the countryside. We passed over this building which looked quite interesting (certainly from above). So where is this?

[Beachbum]

Thank you John Walker.

Unfortunately the Subway Tunnel was sealed off when the current Granville Theatre was built in 1947.
They excavated down from previous ground level wooden Pavillion, which was a temporary structure from 1908.

Needless to say the owner of the Granville Hotel was not amused. Others had covenants that forbid any structure obstructing their veiw and took the Council to Court for compensation. The covenants were set up by Lady Agusta in 1838.