Archive for April, 2015
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2015
Lincoln Cathedral by Night
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 30th 2015
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2015
Saint Peter’s Church
Just outside the grounds of Doddington Hall and Gardens lies St Peter’s Church.
St Peter’s Church dates back to the medieval period, and is visible in the Kipp print of 1707. In 1775, after completing the work in the Hall, John Delaval rebuilt the church in the flamboyant Gothick style, which he copied from the surviving [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 29th 2015
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Lincoln 2015
Doddington Hall – Gardens
Remaining faithful to the original Elizabethan layout, mellow walls provide the framework for the formal East Front and West Gardens. Beyond the West Gardens begin the lovingly restored Wild Gardens. Over the generations, most recently by Antony and Victoria Jarvis and Claire and James Birch, the gardens at Doddington have been restored, cared for, nurtured [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 28th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
Sunny Sunday
On Sunday morning I awoke to brilliant sunshine, which was welcome as we were planning to visit one of the Shropshire gardens. We headed off to Dorothy Clive Garden in time for lunch. I was well behaved and avoided the temptation of a ‘naughty cake’ and opted for a delicious cherry scone with butter.
I have [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 27th 2015
Amor saca amor.
St. Teresa of Avila
Love begets love.
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 26th 2015
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2015
Doddington Hall
Doddington Hall is still lived in as a family home, the current owners are Claire and James Birch.
Begun in 1595 by Robert Smythson, one of England’s foremost Elizabethan Architects, Doddington Hall was completed in 1600 and has never been sold or cleared out since. An example of a fine late Elizabethan Mansion, it is still [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 25th 2015
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2015
The Dean’s Wife?
As we walked around the cathedral to see it from all aspects I happened to look up and see this curious stone head mounted on a wall.
Look on the right just past James Street and opposite the Deanery. From out of a wall on the right of Eastgate pops a single stone head. Some say [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 24th 2015
