Comments on: Chartwell – Rose Etude

By: Chartwell - The Swimming Pool « Cherie’s Place

Chartwell - The Swimming Pool « Cherie’s Place — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:32:47 +0000

[...] at Chartwell, the Churchills used to use the lakes for swimming. You can see the lower lake in this previous post of [...]

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:04:09 +0000

This one I loved, I really could have lived there. It was so light and airy and the views were fantastic.

By: liz

liz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:25:51 +0000

It’s amazing to think that a family lived in that – and all the other great houses. What must it really have been like to have that space?

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:13:10 +0000

It was quite a feat to capture tranquility just there. The place was packed with people

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:28 +0000

The house or the rose?

By: Phidelm

Phidelm — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:14:26 +0000

Lovely spot. As ever you have an aptitude for catching tranquility. Those climbing roses have been savagely pruned, by the look of them – or at least that would be my explanation for the growth pattern (designed to keep the branches growing upwards). But those are gorgeous pix, anyway. The former Miss Hozier would be delighted, I’m sure (we went to same school – although not at the same time !).

By: ubermouth

ubermouth — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:23:45 +0000

Gorgeous. I’ll take it!

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:06:11 +0000

I found the roses quite fascinating, they grow in a particular pattern.

I do hope they have a sit on mower for that lawn

By: Ellee

Ellee — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:12:15 +0000

I love those pink roses. And who, I wonder, cuts that grass.