After breakfast we checked out of our hotel and drove to Stourhead House & Gardens in glorious sunshine. We signed in at the National Trust reception area before heading through to the house and gardens. It was around 20 years since our previous visit and it was our first visit to the house, which contains [...]
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2 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2021
We set off on our journey in glorious sunshine; planning to have lunch on the way. The SatNav was advising an hour’s delay on the motorway so we decided to take a detour which led us to a lovely café that we have previously visited, The Café Craycombe at Fladbury in the Vale of Evesham.
We [...]
7 Comments CherryPie on Jun 19th 2021
Filed under Holidays, Science & Nature, Sherborne 2019
Dr Jenner’s House…
…the birthplace of vaccination
On my first visit to Berkeley Castle in 2019 I visited the adjacent museum that was formerly Dr Jenner’s house. The museum displays explain how he became the pioneer of vaccinations. He experimented with the mild disease of cowpox leading him to find way to counteract the devastating disease of Smallpox.
The smallpox [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 3rd 2021
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Sherborne 2019
Church of St Mary, Berkeley
The Church of St Mary is a Church of England parish church in Berkley, Somerset. It is a Grade II* listed building built in 1751.[1]
The church, dedicated to St Mary, was built in 1751 by Squire Thomas Prowse of the adjacent Berkley House.[1]
The whitewashed stone church has a west tower and a hip roof with stone slates, while the nave has a central [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 2nd 2021
Filed under Holidays, Stanton Manor 2020
A Work in Progress…
… Mr John Berkeley memorial garden
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 26th 2021
Filed under Holidays, Stanton Manor 2020
Berkeley Castle Grounds
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 24th 2021
