Archive for the tag 'National Trust'
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Nottingham May 2013
Bathroom Arrangements
6 Comments CherryPie on May 28th 2013
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Nottingham May 2013
Calke Abbey – The West Passage
The National Trust has taken care to preserve the 19th-century yellow and white limewash on the walls of The West Passage.
10 Comments CherryPie on May 27th 2013
No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
Seneca the Younger (4 B.C. – 65 A.D)
24 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2013
Filed under Holidays, Nottingham May 2013
Calke Abbey – The Library
12 Comments CherryPie on May 25th 2013
When acquiring Calke Abbey the National Trust decided to make the building structurally sound but leave the house and its contents exactly as they found them:
The National Trust has made essential repairs to the fabric of the building and restored the Flower Garden to its gaudy Victorian glory, but, inside, it endeavours to present the place as it [...]
17 Comments CherryPie on May 22nd 2013
Filed under Holidays, Nottingham May 2013
Calke Abbey – Repairs
4 Comments CherryPie on May 22nd 2013
Filed under Holidays, Nottingham May 2013
Calke Abbey – The Grounds
2 Comments CherryPie on May 21st 2013
