Pax Hill

Pax Hill near Bentley in England was the family residence of the founder of Scouting, Robert Baden -Powell and his wife Olave.

Location

Pax Hill is one of Bentley, located in a conservation area between Farnham and Alton on the border of the counties of Surrey and Hampshire. The property is about half a kilometer from the main A31 road, which connects the counties.

History

Baden- Powell was 1918-1939 owner of Pax Hill. Originally donated by his father in 1918 the house was called " Blackacre ". Baden -Powell named it after purchase in " Pax Hill " around, with Pax in Latin stands for peace and Hill points to the slight elevation on which the house stands.

1929 there was a burglary in which a part of the personal memories of family Baden -Powell were stolen. 1931 pulled the mother of Olave to them, as it were worse off financially something the family Baden -Powell and the staff on five officials and two gardeners had to be reduced. Shortly thereafter, she suffered a stroke and required intensive care. In 1932 she died, but he left Olave nothing.

In the following years took Baden -Powell and his family many trips to distant countries and continents. The children grew up and left Pax Hill. Due to his advanced age and because of the many trips suffered health Baden- Powell. Recovery sought, he and his wife at the hotel " Outspan " ( starting point of the famous tree hotel " Treetops " ) in Kenya.

The family moved in 1939 in their new residence " Paxtu " in Nyeri (Kenya ) to where Baden -Powell died on 8 January 1941. Pax Hill was occupied in the following years during the Second World War by Canadian military units; as compensation Olave Baden- Powell was an apartment at Hampton Court Palace granted.

Pax Hill is since 1988 owned by the current owner and is used as an old people's residential and nursing home.