Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Crookham 2011, Heritage, Holidays
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
Filed under Crookham 2011, Heritage, Holidays
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
Filed under Anecdotes, Crookham 2011, Heritage, Holidays
This was my first visit to Belsay and it has a bit of everything and comprises of three different elements. A hall inspired by the architecture of ancient Greece, a medieval castle with rare wall paintings and magnificent gardens. The hall was enlarged in the early 17th century and subsequently superseded by a Greek Revival [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2011
