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'''Pax Hill''', near [[Bentley, Hampshire]], | '''Pax Hill''', near [[Bentley, Hampshire]], England, was the family home of [[Robert Baden-Powell]], founder of the [[Scouting|Boy Scouts]], and his wife, Olave, for over twenty years during the [[20th century]]. It is located at the end of a half-mile drive, off the main [[A31 road|A31]] road. | ||
Pax Hill is a red-bricked house fronting south with higher ground behind. In the Baden-Powell family's time, there was a [[rose]] garden with [[dovecote]] at one side of the front of the house. Elsewhere, there were two summer houses, a [[shrubbery]] and a [[tennis court]]. Scouts and [[Girl Guides|Guides]] camped on either side of the drive. The Baden-Powells added two wings. The west wing was designed by Robert Baden-Powell himself and he also modelled the frieze for the new bathroom, depicting fish in the [[River Wey]]. | Pax Hill is a red-bricked house fronting south with higher ground behind. In the Baden-Powell family's time, there was a [[rose]] garden with [[dovecote]] at one side of the front of the house. Elsewhere, there were two summer houses, a [[shrubbery]] and a [[tennis court]]. Scouts and [[Girl Guides|Guides]] camped on either side of the drive. The Baden-Powells added two wings. The west wing was designed by Robert Baden-Powell himself and he also modelled the frieze for the new bathroom, depicting fish in the [[River Wey]]. | ||
