Keeper's Cottage

Keeper's Cottage is an isolated settlement within the Devil's Punch Bowl that is characteristic of woodland encroachment in the C16. It is served by a spring. Originally a two-cell building, it was altered and extended, probably in the mid-to-later C17 and C18. It is a Grade II listed building (27th November, 2015).

This reproduction was photographed from a notelet. The original painting was by A R Quinton who first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1879. He was born in 1853 and until his death in 1934, produced many paintings for reproduction by art publishers.

Keeper's Cottage from an undated newspaper photograph

Keeper's Cottage probably in the late 1980's; surnames of previous owners include: Hayter; Watkins

Seat in memory of the Watkins brothers overlooking Keeper's Cottage, c late 1980s

Photograph by Sean Edwards

Approach to Keeper's Cottage in the Punch Bowl