Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
The malt house was originally an Elizabethan building of two builds, which during the 18th century was converted for malting. In 2008-9 is was restored as a visitor centre.
On the ground floor are the malting-kiln, an audio-visual programme on the Hall, an explanation of the processes of malting and brewing, and an exhibition of life [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 11th 2017
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Cicero
15 Comments CherryPie on Sep 10th 2017
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Out & About
Harvington Hall, a medieval and Elizabethan manor house situated on an island surrounded by a moat is in the ownership of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham.
A house full of secrets, Harvington Hall was built in the 1580s by Humphrey Pakington, who was a recusant Catholic under the Protestant rule of Elizabeth I. The hall [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 6th 2017
The Church was built by Sir John de Broughton and is largely early 14th century.
The evidence suggests that the Church and Castle were both built by the same hand – with designs in the South Porch of the Church exactly repeated in the Groined passage in the castle. Similar 14th century floor tiles are also [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 4th 2017
…in man’s divine search there are infinite variations of approach and expression. The romance of each devotee with God is unique.
Paramahansa Yoganada
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 3rd 2017
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Then, I am still and wait here in the silence, Until you come and sit awhile with me.
Brendan Graham
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 27th 2017
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The walled garden on the south side of the Castle, known as the Ladies’ Garden, was established in the 1880s by Lady Algernon Gordon-Lennox during the period when her family rented the castle.
The existing planting was developed by the present Lord and Lady Saye & Sele and is based on advice given by the garden [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 26th 2017
