After breakfast we set off through the pretty countryside to Traquair, stopping along the way to photograph the River Tweed. We managed to arrive a little early but the gate was open and the kiosk manned so we were able to go in. One again the weather was glorious so we chose to look around [...]
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12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 16th 2018
After breakfast we set off into Scotland to visit Rosslyn Chapel. For some time it has been on my location wish list, because of the carvings within.
When we arrived we found out that the next introductory talk of the chapel would take place in half an hour. We explored the outside of the chapel until [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 14th 2018
Overnight, the wind had subsided and we awoke to brilliant sunshine. After breakfast we set off across the border to Thirlestane Castle, home to the Maitland family who have lived there for over 400 years. We had an interesting introductory talk and the room guides provided us with extra information as we toured the house. [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Oct 9th 2018
Filed under Gardens, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Head Gardener’s House – Manderston
Situated next to the marble dairy featured in a previous post is the Head Gardener’s House.
Beside the dairy is the ornate Scottish seventeenth-century style Head-Gardener’s House of 1897, directly inspired by Argyll’s Lodging in Stirling, and surrounded by its neat garden behind a fine wrought-iron gate. The high status of the head-gardener in the estate [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Jan 25th 2017
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Manderston Formal Garden
On the south side of the house, Kinross designed four formal garden terraces still planted in Edwardian style. A geometric terrace is now stocked with floribunda roses and hostas, To one side is a small grass terrace, edged by four large stone vases. Below it, through a wrought-iron gate with griffins adorning the piers, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2017
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Manderston
The Home of Lord Palmer, Manderston is the Edwardian House par excellence. It was built with no expense spared and with every modern convenience of that era. Here you can see sumptuous staterooms and a silver staircase, the only one in the world. Coupled with the elaborate domestic quarters, it gives an intriguing insight into [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 23rd 2017
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
One thing arises from all things, and all things arise from one thing.
Heraclitus, Fragment 10
Footnote – A short passageway near the entrance of Melrose Abbey features this ceiling boss ‘The carved Head of Christ’.
2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 23rd 2014
