I couldn’t leave Belsay and it’s delights without showing you some views of the quarry garden.
My next stop will be Alnwick Garden and some views of my first summer visit there.
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Belsay – Quarry Garden
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 7th 2011
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Some Views from Belsay Castle
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 6th 2011
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Belsay Castle
Belsay Castle has a completely different look a feel about it than the hall that was built to replace it. On Christmas Day in 1817, Charles Monck and his family moved from Belsay Castle into the new hall. Following their departure the Castle gradually fell into disrepair. The 14th-century tower still dominates the castle.
This is [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 5th 2011
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Belsay – Rhododendron Garden
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 2nd 2011
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Belsay Hall – Pillar Hall
The spectacular Pillar Hall occupies the centre of the house.
It is meant to evoke the open-roofed atrium, or central courtyard, of a classical villa – a Roman architectural precedent rather than a Greek one. The Northumberland climate meant that it had to be roofed, with natural lighting being provided by roof lights and a [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 30th 2011
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Belsay Hall
Belsay Hall was a modern villa with a comfortable library, drawing room and dining room built to overlook a romantic prospect to the south. But its owner, Sir Charles Monck, was obsessed by ancient Greece and owned every book published on Greek architecture. So the details inside and out were derived from the [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 29th 2011
