The inner courtyard of Ightham Mote is a good place to explore the history of the building because you can see features from all its different periods. In the centre of the courtyard is a well head which now serves as a fountain. There is also an appropriately half-timbered Grade I listed dog [...]
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Ightham Mote – Inner Courtyard
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 10th 2010
Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream
Malcolm Muggeridge
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 3rd 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Ightham Mote Outer Courtyard
This is a view of the cottages at Ightham Mote, they face the West Front of the house where the Tower is situated. They are half timbered and were originally thought to be Elizabethan, but now the timbers have dated them to around 1475.
At first constructed entirely of wood and plaster, the ground floor [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 1st 2010
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Ightham Mote
This is one of the properties I visited on my weekend away in October. I know I promised gardens but I thought I would share pictures of the property itself first.
Ightham Mote is a wonderfully quaint manor house and has been standing for over 650 years. A visit there is like stepping back in time. [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Dec 31st 2009
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,
we must carry it with us, or we find it not.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 6th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Back Again
Just when I thought things were settling back to normal after two “one of those days” I encountered the dreaded…
…500 – Internal server error.
Followed by this alarming briefing when I got to work. Normal service seems to be resumed on my blog, although I have not received any communication on what the problem was.
Due to [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 1st 2009
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009, Science & Nature
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Last Sunday I finally came to the end of my original 52 thoughts for the week, so from now on my thought for the week will be picked according to my mood on the day. In time I will get around to a post with links to all the discussions, so they can be seen [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 29th 2009
