Chronologically being scored before Wellingtonia 80, with this one being scored on the outward journey, that one being scored on the return journey a couple of days later.
Scored on Black Dog Hill, a little to the west of Calne, in Wiltshire. With the gate which might have allowed closer contact being very firmly shut. But at least one could pull in off the main road.
Possibly a back entrance onto the Bowood Estate of references 2 and 3, possibly the main entrance to a separate establishment called Buck Hill House, possibly intended for the dowager, the younger son or something of that sort. Maybe even the steward of the estate. In any event, reference 4 makes it clear that the property is within the Bowood Estate. An estate which runs to a pinetum and fancy gardens.
Perhaps a place to be visited on another occasion, a stately home which is open to the public but which has, nevertheless, escaped the grasp of the National Trust.
PS 1: during my time with the Home Office, I sometimes used to stay at Wootton Bassett, now Royal Wootton Bassett. We now find that there are various Bassett flavoured places in the vicinity, including the Bassett's Moor in the the middle of the snap above. Was there a Count of Bassett who came over with the Bastard and gave his name to the various places in Wiltshire which were his reward for services rendered at the Battle of Hastings?
PS 2: and while I am on the subject, one of BH's paternal forebears had a shop in Wootton Bassett, with a picture of same once turning up in a picture book about the place.
References
Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/06/wellingtonia-80.html.
Reference 2: https://www.bowood.org/bowood-hotel-resort/.
Reference 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowood_House.
Reference 4: https://www.bowood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Buckhill-House-particulars-21.pdf.
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