We were lucky to get these pictures. About 20 minutes before this the fire alarm went off in the house, just as we were getting to the end of the tour. We all had to go outside, but the rain was absolutely throwing down, a real downpour. So everyone got completely soaked. However the rain stopped and the sun came out within 15 minutes, it was like a different day!
Calke Abbey
Just the one photo unfortunately - when you go into the house you end up going through a tunnel that was a beer cellar and led to a brewery and this is far from the house! On the way out in the car we managed to get this photo!
Lyveden New Beild
This was actually the first National Trust property we visited with our membership. There was a brass band concert on and it wasn't so easy to get good photos as the band had parked their cars round the building!!
Little Moreton Hall
A fantastic tudor building in Cheshire. This was amazing and I could have put so many pictures on the blog!!
I loved the inner courtyard, below, the building went three quarters of the way round the courtyard and the building is just amazing.
A view up at the first floor.
The hall from the front. See how the floors have bowed - inside you could see how the floors dipped. To enter the courtyard was over a moat via a bridge and under the archway.
A close up of the portico and the corridor.
A view up at the first floor.
The hall from the front. See how the floors have bowed - inside you could see how the floors dipped. To enter the courtyard was over a moat via a bridge and under the archway.
Kedleston Hall
A very dark day, but Kedleston Hall is fantastic whatever. It was used in Pride and Prejudice i believe. It's a good example of an 18th century house - when originally built it would have been a square building. With the fashions of the 18th century, the wings either side were built with interconnecting corridors. This was mainly for entertaining, the dining party could move along the corridors during the evening.
A close up of the portico and the corridor.
Hardwick Hall
The new hall from the old hall. The new hall is quite medieval and has not been modernised the way other National Trust properties have.
The new hall from the side
The new hall from the front
The new hall from the front
2 comments:
Your photos are as usuall great! These bring back many happy memories. We toured as many National Trust properties as we could while we lived in the UK. Cragside is one of my favorites.
Kat
Thanks - Cragside was a total surprise to us. We turned up on a rainy sunday expecting it to be empty and not really sure what to expect, but it was great, loved the house and the estate was huge. We plan on going back once its reopened in March perhaps in the week, grab a guidebook and do it properly!!
Glad it brought back some good memories for you
Hannah
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