This model is of great significance to Pendon as it was founder Roye England’s first model for the Vale Scene.

The cottage on which this model is based is in Ham Road, Upper Wanborough. It was built in the 17^th century of local stone under a thatched roof, and became a fully licensed inn called the ‘Calley Arms’. 

In the mid 1840s it ceased to be an inn and became a dwelling, and around 1847 a new brick built public house was built opposite, trading as the ‘New Calley Arms’.

In 1931 the then owners modernised the cottage, making many changes. The cottage survives today, now with slate tiles on the roof, and is neat and well-maintained.

Constructing this model was a learning experience for Roye England – both for research methods and for modelling techniques. The model was built in HO scale at 3.5mm to the foot – the only one at this scale in the Vale Scene. By the early 1940s in UK, ‘serious’ modelling had standardised on 4mm scale and all other Vale models are built to this scale.

The New Calley Arms is across the road from the cottage on which Waggon & Horses is based. About 100 metres away is the site of the shop modelled at Pendon as 'Fowler's Store' which retains features from when it was a rope-making business. 

Further information can be found in Friends Place

Th prototype is in Upper Wanborough and is a 17^th century local stone and thatched building that became a fully licensed inn called the ‘Calley Arms’. In 1931 the then owners modernised the house, making many changes, and it survives in that form today.

The model of this building is of particular importance to the museum and represents Roye England’s initial attempt to find materials and techniques that he could use to capture buildings in the way he intended. 

It was recorded by Roye England in 1931. It was then modelled in an experimental fashion that resulted in the Pendon card modelling techniques. This modelling was between 1931-36 in England and Australia. The original thatch was human hair purchased in Swindon.

Click here for full details in Friends Place

This was the first model built for Pendon. Now a cottage but previously a village inn in Upper Wanborough.

There is much more about this building and the model on the Friends Place page