2008

TG2141 : Entrance to Cromer Hall

taken 16 years ago, near to Cromer, Norfolk, England

Entrance to Cromer Hall
Entrance to Cromer Hall
Viewed from Hall Road. The original Cromer Hall was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in a Gothic style, with heavily mullioned windows and towers > Link. When the author of the Sherlock Holmes detective mysteries, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), visited Cromer (to recoup from a recent trip to South Africa where he had contracted enteric fever), he heard of a legend according to which one of Black Shuck's - the 'hell hound' of Norfolk - tracks runs through what today is Mill Lane, past what used to be the Royal Links Hotel (destroyed by fire in 1949) and over the hill into the grounds of Cromer Hall. It is believed that this ghostly story inspired him to write one of his greatest mysteries, the 'Hound of the Baskervilles' (1902); Doyle knew Lord Cromer and visited with him during his stay, and the description of Cromer Hall almost perfectly matches the description of Baskerville Hall.

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Category: Entrance > Entrance
This photo is linked from: Galleries: · Geographs in Literature Automatic Clusters: · Hall Road [17] · Viewed from Hall Road [9] · Norfolk [8] · Entrance Used [7] · Hound of the Baskervilles' 1902 [4] ·
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TG2141, 116 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Evelyn Simak   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 10 June, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 10 June, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 215 417 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:55.6412N 1:17.6374E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 215 417
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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