Yesterday's day out to visit a Stately home and Gardens

[jujube]

Wow! That brings new dimensions to "stately".

 

[officerripley]

Thanks, Holly, beautiful pix!

 

[Pinky]

I wish I could have been on that tour with you and your DD @hollydolly
Thank you for the awesome tour

 

[hollydolly]

You're all very welcome, I'll post more in a while if you're all not tired of it...

 

[Rossana]

Thank you so much for sharing these treasures with us.

 

[Jules]

Yanno what? I wouldn't like to be on the cleaning staff there. That's a lot of dusting...

We think alike.

 

[Jules]

Holly, how long did you spend wandering through this massive home? So much to see.

 

[hollydolly]

The Blue bedroom
Look at the tapestry wall hangings... just beyond words really...

 

[hollydolly]

This took my breath away...I was astounded that this Chapel is actually inside the house, alongside bedrooms on the 1st floor ( second floor fror Americans) ... rather than as an attachment to the building.. the family worshipped here, and there was an Ante-chapel elsewhere in the house for the staff...

 

[hollydolly]

Holly, how long did you spend wandering through this massive home? So much to see.

Oh you could be there for hours if you take the talking/walking tour as many people did, but we didn't because my DD had been there previously and I didn't want to make her go through hours of listening again.. so we just took the brochures and did the tour by ourselves, and it took about an hour and a half..

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[hollydolly]

One of the many Marble Fireplaces... about 6 or 7 feet high...to the mantlepiece and then about 5 feet higher again in shelves

the thick heavy wooden doors are 9 feet tall

 

[hollydolly]

This was an amazing thing... this picture is a reflection in a mirror on the floor of the ceiling of the masters' small dressing room,(about 6ft x9') placed there by the owners/curators so as to keep people out of the small room but still able to get a view of the ceiling.. I took a photo of each.. the doorway is roped off but I could still take a photo leaning over..

 

[papa tiger]

I got nothing ↓ ↓

 

[hollydolly]

These are the original bells to summon the servants...in the servant's hall

 

[hollydolly]

The above had been replaced by these...

 

[hollydolly]

Fire buckets, coal buckets, and Lamps in the servants hall , needed for the many rooms...

 

[hearlady]

Wonderful tour, thank you!

 

[hollydolly]

The magnificent Kitchens from the 16th century....this is the entrance to the house for the visiting public...

The lady in red is the volunteer informant

 

[hollydolly]

 

[hollydolly]

 

[hollydolly]

To counteract the Hells stair this is the Heaven room which the stairs lead into....

 

[hollydolly]

Part of the library in the Great Entrance Hall

Another of the many huge ornate Marble fireplaces...

 

[hollydolly]

Visitors entrance...

 

[CinnamonSugar]

I'm on sensory overload just looking at the pics! Beautiful, beautiful!