Kenilworth Castle stands on a low hill that was once at the heart of a 1,600 hectare (4,000 acre) park and surrounded by a vast man-made lake. The spectacular ruins, built mostly from the local red sandstone, reveal much of its medieval and Tudor past.
The castle is approached from the south by a causeway that [...]
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Filed under Heritage, Holidays, London 2014
Kenilworth Castle
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 21st 2017
Filed under Colwall 2016, Holidays
With Love xx
Then Almitra spoke again and said, And what of Marriage, master?
And he answered saying:
You were born together,
and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white wings
of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the
silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 14th 2017
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2017
The manor house was radically altered in the nineteenth century, and remained a family home until 1953.*
The present condition of the manor house interior is the result of extensive dry rot that nearly destroyed the building forty years ago. Wooden plugs in the walls reveal where damaged panelling was stripped away. The ground floor and [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 4th 2017
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Brinkburn Priory
Brinkburn Priory lies in a secluded and enchanting setting, tucked away in woodland within loop of the River Coquet. It was founded in the 1130s as a community of Augustinian canons, although the earliest surviving buildings date from the end of the twelfth century. Never a wealthy house, and frequently troubled by Scottish raids, it [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 3rd 2017
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Walled Garden – Wallington
22 Comments CherryPie on Feb 1st 2017
Filed under Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Landscape Views – Wallington
18 Comments CherryPie on Jan 31st 2017
