Bekonscot
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Bekonscot Model Village and Railway is a model village built in the 1920s in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK at a scale of one inch to one foot. It portrays aspects of England mostly dating from the
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The replica of High and Over
Enid Blyton was a resident of Beaconsfield and a replica of her house was added to the model village in 1997
Model of a burning house at Bekonscot
Amyas Connell
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Amyas Douglas Connell was a highly influential New Zealand architect of the mid-twentieth century. He achieved early and conspicuous success as a student, winning the British Prix de Rome in Architect
Bekonscot
…as Concorde and office buildings until the 1990s, when it was returned to the 1930s. By 2020, it had incorporated a new town and added a replica of High and Over, a house designed by Amyas Connell in the nearby town of Amersham. The project is now composed of the fictitious villages of Bekonscot, Evenlode new…
Connell (far left) in 1965
'High and Over', photographed in 2009