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A splendid mock Tudor structure, created in 1937. A disastrous fire in November 1968 destroyed the front of the restaurant and the thatched roof. The building rose Phoenix-like a year later, at a cost of £45,000. In appearance, it was almost identical: a long low building with a thatched roof of Norfolk reed and with colour-washed brickwork. It was almost on the original site, but moved back a little to allow for a larger car park.
The site was acquired by Brickwoods Breweries in the late 1960s. A motel was built on adjoining land in 1972, and both parts of the complex underwent major refurbishment in 1986. It is today (2003) trading as The Potters Heron Hotel.
The distinctive name is taken from an old settlement on the site. 'Heron' probably derives from the Old English 'hyrn', meaning corner. Five roads converged here in the eighteenth century, as shown on a 1759 map of Hampshire published by Isaac Taylor. Woodland known as Potters Heron Wood was destroyed when the restaurant was built.
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Hallett, Elizabeth and Anita Wood. 2000. Ampfield through the ages, p. 107-108. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | D Len Peach | Subjects: | building thatched roof Potters Heron Hotel hotel restaurant Brickwoods Breweries | Temporal: | start=1939-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copied by: Peach, Len; May 1995 | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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