Aylesbury, The Egyptian Well, Hartwell 1901
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This shows a piece of exotica on the lane to Lower Hartwell. Built in 1851 by the then owner of Hartwell House, Dr John Lee, a noted amateur Egyptologist and archaeologist, this building with Egyptian hieroglyphs has now been beautifully restored. The cornice has been remade and its Greek inscription reinstated - it reads: 'Ariston men Hudor', meaning 'water is best', a quotation from one of Pindar's 'Olympian Odes'. Hartwell House itself, a mainly Jacobean mansion, is now a fine country house hotel.
An extract from Aylesbury Photographic Memories.
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