After crossing the moat you pass through the gatehouse in into the courtyard, with its yews, lawns and brick paths. It was created in 1889 by Edward Heneage Dering and has changed little since that time. The main charge of the Ferrers arms (seven mascles, or lozenges) is laid out on the lawn [...]
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Baddesley Clinton – The Courtyard
2 Comments CherryPie on Apr 30th 2011
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PhotoHunt – Square
Two square sundials outside Packwood House. One shows the morning times and the other shows the afternoon times.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 30th 2011
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A Lovely Day…
…for a Royal Wedding.
I hadn’t intended watching the Wedding because I don’t like all the commentary that goes with such occasions, but things changed. When I logged onto my computer to check my email I had received one that directed me to the Royal YouTube Channel. Out of curiosity I checked it out and found [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 29th 2011
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Weight Loss – Week 39
I was quite convinced that Easter would have taken it’s toll after various meals out and that I would have gained 1lb. I was quite happy with the results on the scales when the told me I have stayed the same as last week.
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 28th 2011
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32 Foot Statue of Amenhotep III Revealed
Archaeologists unearthed one of the largest statues found to date of a powerful ancient Egyptian pharaoh at his mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor, the country’s antiquities authority announced Tuesday.
The 13 meter (42 foot) tall statue of Amenhotep III was one of a pair that flanked the northern entrance to the grand funerary [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 28th 2011
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Baddesley Clinton – The Walled Garden
Edward Ferrers was responsible for creating this ‘court garden’ by 1722 as part of his improvements to the house. It is an enclosed and formal area of grass, in the centre of which a sundial has recently been reinstated.*
The National Trust has planted apple trees of historical nature along the lawn.
*Information from the Baddesley Clinton [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Apr 27th 2011
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Baddesley Clinton
Baddesley Clinton is a medieval manor house that was the home of the Ferrers family for over 500 years after passing into their family in 1517. The house, most of which was built in the fifteenth century has a complex building history. It has been extended and altered over the years but it is still [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Apr 26th 2011
