Archive for the tag 'Vacation'
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
Arundel Castle Gardens
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 13th 2019
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 Heritage, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
Arundel Castle from Within
The Baronial Hall
The Dining Room
Pen used by George IV to sign the Catholic Emancipation Act, 1829
Relics of Mary Queen of Scots
The Drawing Room
The Grand Staircase
The Grand Staircase
The Smallest Room
Bathroom
The Victoria Bedroom
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 9th 2019
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
The Private Chapel – Arundel Castle
The foundation of this Chapel, the last part of the 15th Duke’s rebuilding of the Castle, was laid in 1894 and it was completed in 1898. It is a masterpiece of Victorian craftsmanship: the stone carving in particular is outstanding and was done by Rattee and Kett of Cambridge. The columns and the floor are [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2019
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
Arundel Castle
There are nearly 1,000 years of history at this great castle, situated in magnificent grounds overlooking the River Arun in West Sussex and built at the end of the 11th century by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel.
The oldest feature is the motte, an artificial mound, over 100 feet high from the dry moat, and [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 5th 2019
Know most of the rooms of your native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof. Especially seeing England presents thee with so many observables.
Thomas Fuller
PS: Click on the photograph to enlarge it. You will see stars surrounding the moon
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 3rd 2019
Filed under Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
4 Canon’s Lane
4 Canon’s Lane is a beautifully restored eight bedroom house situated in the historic precincts of Chichester Cathedral.
All bedrooms are en-suite and offer stunning views of the Cathedral or gardens. It has 4 large double / twin rooms, 3 standard double rooms and a ground floor single room with wheelchair accessible facilities.
Breakfast is available in [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 2nd 2019
