Thursday 16 April 2015

The Recursive Model Villages Of Bourton-On-The-Water

image credit: Bruce Stokes

Bourton-on-the-Water is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. Bourton-on-the-Water's most famous attraction is the one-ninth scale replica of the village itself. Built in the 1930s and opened in 1937, the replica accurately reflects the village as it appeared in 1936 and was constructed using authentic materials.

The replica model was built to the last detail including traceried windows of the churches, the dry-stone boundary walls and the vernacular details of the buildings. For trees the craftsmen used miniature bonsai type trees which are carefully pruned to keep them to scale.

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