Archive for the tag 'Packwood House'

I am the song
I am the song that sings the bird.
I am the leaf that grows the land.
I am the tide that moves the moon.
I am the stream that halts the sand.
I am the cloud that drives the storm.
I am the earth that lights the sun.
I am the fire that strikes the stone.
I am the [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 26th 2015

The weather yesterday was lovely and sunny so we set off on a bluebell hunt. We settled on Packwood House and Garden as our destination. Due to a hold up before we set off, we arrived at the property rather late (just in time for lunch) and were told that there were no tickets left [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2015

The yew garden is Packwood’s rarest and most famous feature – a representation of the Sermon on the Mount.  At one end of the garden  there is a raised path which is reached by a short flight of steps:
This transverse walk is flanked by twelve great yews now known as ‘The Apostles’ with four very [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on May 18th 2011

Packwood House is very close to Baddesley Clinton which I recently blogged about.  You can see from the exterior that it is completely different in mood and style.  A description from the guidebook:

at Packwood the compact house, relatively undistinguished externally, is a1920s and ’30s recasting of a much altered late 16th-century timber-framed building.  It is [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on May 17th 2011

Two square sundials outside Packwood House. One shows the morning times and the other shows the afternoon times.

For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.

6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 30th 2011