Glenthorne Estate Exmoor

Glenthorne built between 1839 and 1846

Glenthorne Estate Countisbury Devon - Gate Piers

The overgrown gateway, in a Gothic-Tudor style, marks one of the entrances to the Glenthorne Estate. It was built in circa 1830 by Rev. W. S. Halliday in a sheltered bay facing the Bristol Channel.

Glenthorne House

Sisters' Fountain at Glenthorne, marked by a cairn and cross, is one of many West Country sites associated with Joseph of Arimathea. He is reputed to have stopped there to look for water whilst sailing up the Channel to Glastonbury. Not finding any, he struck the ground with his staff and water poured forth.

Glenthorne Exmoor

St Andrew's Well at Stogursey is perhaps best known. Here two springs flow out side by side into cisterns. One produces softer water and was used for washing clothes whilst the other was used for drinking. Harder water does tend to taste better. Neither spring claims healing properties but one nearby,at Wick, was used to cure sailors of scurvy after long sea voyages.

Contributed by: Jill Peters