We had a lovely lunch time tour of Pitchford Hall where by coincidence we had the same guide that took us on our previous tour in 2018. Our guide is a fountain of knowledge and Mr C and I had the privilege of a lengthy conversation with her as we enjoyed mince pies and mulled [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
Pitchford Hall Revisited
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 19th 2022
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
Arundel Castle – The Library
The Library is the principle survivor of the 11th Duke’s work and is one of the most important Gothic rooms of circa 1800 in the country. It is 122 feet (38 meters)long, entirely fitted out in carved Honduras mahogany and treated as if it were a church, with slender clustered columns supporting a ribbed vault. [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 11th 2019
Filed under Books, Heritage, Holidays, Oxford 2014
The Bodleian Library
Oxford’s libraries are among the most celebrated in the world, not only for their incomparable collections of books and manuscripts, but also for their buildings, some of which have remained in continuous use since the Middle Ages. Among them the Bodleian, the chief among the University’s libraries, has a special place.
First opened to scholars in [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 18th 2015
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
The Vyne – Staircase and Library
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 24th 2014
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Librarian and Keeper of the Muniments
11 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2013
Filed under Holidays, Nottingham May 2013
Calke Abbey – The Library
12 Comments CherryPie on May 25th 2013
