I love the contrast between the bright blue of the water in the swimming pool and the deep green of the water in the upper lake.
In the early years of their occupation at Chartwell, the Churchills used to use the lakes for swimming. You can see the lower lake in this previous post of [...]
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Chartwell – The Swimming Pool
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 19th 2009
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Chartwell – Rose Etude
This is the north-east corner of the house, where visitors emerge after the tour. Although it can’t be seen in the picture, on the wall to the left is a slate tablet that commemorates the seventeen benefactors who donated Chartwell to the National Trust in 1946 on the condition that the Churchills could remain [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2009
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Chartwell – The Marlborough Pavilion
The Marlborough Pavilion was built as a summer house in the mid 1920s and decorated in 1949 by Churchill’s nephew, John Spencer Churchill. The theme of the decoration is John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough who was Churchill’s oldest ancestor:
On the north wall are the motto, Fiel Pero Desdichado (‘Faithful but Unfortunate’) – a [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Nov 15th 2009
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Chartwell – The Water Garden
This is one of Churchill’s favorite spots at Chartwell, a place where he loved to sit and rest, feed the goldfish or simply relax and paint. The view is much the same as when Churchill enjoyed it, although the trees that would have formed the backdrop to the scene were brought down in the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 12th 2009
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Chartwell – Home for Hedgehogs
These days it looks like the vegetables in the Old Kitchen Garden are not up to the task of supplying food for anyone, it seems like the slugs enjoy them too much. Maybe that is why they are advertising for a resident hedgehog
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 11th 2009
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Chartwell – The Old Kitchen Garden
The Old Kitchen Garden used to supply Chartwell and during the war years No. 10 with fresh vegetables. The garden is surrounded by a sturdy red brick wall, which was laid by Churchill’s own fair hand:
He took justifiable pride in his skill and speed as a bricklayer: 90 bricks an hour was not uncommon. [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 10th 2009
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Chartwell
I was quite surprised this morning when I drew back the curtains, it was a perfect November morning. I love these foggy mornings and the autumnal colours; we just don’t seem to get very many of them these days. It is difficult to imagine today, that just 4 weeks ago when I visited Kent for [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 9th 2009
