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Burton Agnes Hall – the Dining-room…
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 19th 2010
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Burton Agnes Hall – The Drawing-rooms
The first photograph shows the Elizabethan carving above the chimney-piece in the Red Drawing-room:
The main panel is a gruesome Dance of Death, showing a skeleton trampling on the symbols of earthly vanity, such as a papal crown, orb and sceptre, mitre, weapons of war, etc. The figures on either side are the Just, being received [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 14th 2010
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Burton Agnes Hall – The Great Hall
The first room you see when you enter Burton Agnes Hall is the Great Hall. It features fine Elizabethan carving, plasterwork and panelling:
The figures – biblical, allegorical and mythological – are far too numerous to catalogue, and in the screen alone there are angels, a crusading knight, Elizabethan ladies, the Twelve Apostles (these in narrow [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 13th 2010
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Burton Agnes Hall – The Manor-house
Before we move on to exploring the interior of Burton Agnes Hall I will show you what is remaining of the original manor-house. The brick building in the foreground of the first picture looks quite modern, but it conceals a surprise which you can see in the third photo. The brick cladding was put was [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 12th 2010
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing: -”Oh, how beautiful!” and sitting in the shade.
Rudyard Kipling, “The Glory of the Garden”
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 11th 2010
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100 Photos 28 :: Poppies
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 9th 2010
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Burton Agnes Hall – The Statue Fountain
This pretty fountain with water cascading out of it’s leaf tips is by Marion Smith.
26 Comments CherryPie on Jul 8th 2010
