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The Forester's House (La Maison Forestière) 

On October 31st 1918, in a Forester's House in Pommereuil, Wilfred Owen wrote his final letter to his mother. Turner Prize nominee Simon Patterson has transformed this house into a white sculptured memorial to Owen and his poetry, which opened to the public on October 1st 2011.

Opening hours: 9h30 to 12h30 and 14h00 to 18h00 except Tuesday and Sunday afternoon. Closed 15 December to 31 January.

Free entry.

For more information contact Monsieur Jacky Duminy, Mairie de Ors

Tel : 03 27 77 62 10

Email: mairie.ors@wanadoo.fr

http://www.tourisme-cambresis.fr/maison-forestiere-ors.html

Inside the Forester's House

The Opening of the Forester's House

The Forester's House

The House from the road; the cellar is to the right

Peter Owen in the "smoky cellar"

Watch a short film about the Forester's House.

Read and hear more information.

Read about the history of Owen's association with the Forester's House.

The image of a section of the Anthem for Doomed Youth manuscript at the head of this page is reproduced with kind permission of the British Library.

All photographs of Wilfred Owen reproduced on this website are the copyright of The English Faculty Library, University of Oxford / The Wilfred Owen Literary Estate.

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