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Glansevern Hall – The Courtyard
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 9th 2016
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Glansevern Hall
Glansevern Hall is privately owned and not open to the public. A property listing from when the house was up for sale in 2012 provides information on the history of the house and gardens:
Glansevern Hall is approached by a drive running through an avenue of sweet chestnut trees behind a high stone wall.
Understood to be [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 8th 2016
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Montgomeryshire County War Memorial
On my recent journey to Glansevern Hall Gardens I noticed a monument on the top of hill, it was neatly framed by trees that reminded me of soldiers marching. Whilst walking around the garden I spotted the hill and the monument again and was able to zoom in close with my camera.
The County War Memorial [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 7th 2016
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Cherie’s Place – Quote for the Week
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
Victor Hugo
2 Comments CherryPie on Jun 5th 2016
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Glansevern Hall – The Gardens
Glansevern Hall, an elegant Greek revival house, is romantically positioned on the banks of the River Severn in a beautiful parkland setting with sweeping views over Mid Wales, to the Kerry Hills and the Montgomeryshire County War Memorial.
The gardens extend to 25 acres and are a mixture of formal planting, lawns, a huge lake and [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 2nd 2016
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Glansevern Hall Gardens
We had an extra day off courtesy of Her Majesty the Queen in honour of her birthday. The weather was perfect for a short excursion to enjoy the sunshine, whilst it lasted. I did some quick research to find somewhere nearby that we had never been before and we settled on Glansevern Hall Gardens.
Taking advantage [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2016