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Our European Adventure 2018

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    Uppark House and Garden

    August 31, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F

    Uppark is an 18th century Georgian mansion in the South Downs (the hilly area south of London). In 1989 a fire destroyed a large part of the mansion, but luckily, it happened during the daytime, so staff and tourists had a chance to rescue much of the furniture, wall hangings, art, and mirrors. It took 5 years to restore the house and reopen it. Unfortunately, photos are not allowed of the interior, so I used these from the National Trust website. The restoration work is amazing!

    A beautiful Doll House has been at Uppark since 1746. Since it is 300 years old and in such good condition, it is obvious that it was not played with, but was Lady Featherstonhaugh's hobby. It is furnished with fine furniture with real marble tops, imported silks, porcelain, oil paintings, and real candles!    Read more

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    Housekeeper's room
    Butler's Room, with a safe for the silverWine cellarBeer cellar--most country houses made their own beerThe former still room was converted to another kitchen

    Life "Below Stairs"

    August 31, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F

    The lower level shows how the servants lived and worked. We found out the definition of Still Room--a separate kitchen area (distillery) where cordials, spirits, perfumes, and preserves were made, tea was brewed and breakfast and tea trays laid.Read more

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    View of the river emptying into the sea

    "Higher Learning" at Lancing College

    September 1, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F

    While driving by on the way to Brighton, we saw this college up on a hill overlooking the South Downs and the sea. It looked so pretty we decided to go there today. It is a Catholic day and boarding school for 13 to 18 year-olds, geared to the "forgotten" middle class. The campus is beautiful and all the buildings are made of flint.Read more

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    Entrance to the cryptWWI Memorial1

    Lancing College Chapel

    September 1, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F

    The chapel is a huge building of sandstone in Gothic style. It is not only used for church, but also as an assembly hall and auditorium. We heard this college has a great music program. It would be wonderful to hear music in the chapel!

    The crypt was built first, of course. It was used as the chapel from 1875 until the upper level was completed in 1911. It is now used for choir practice, and some of the rooms in the crypt are used as classrooms. With its high ceilings, it doesn't feel like what I've always experienced as a crypt!

    There is also a memorial to the former students who died in WWI.    Read more

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    More of Lancing Chapel

    September 1, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F

    The choir stalls came from Eton College when they remodeled. The carvings are so beautiful!

    Here is a side chapel and also a smaller one, for individual prayer.

    A very inspiring place, which probably gives many a student a good foundation of faith to guide their life.Read more

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    The CourtyardNote the size of the dog house!

    Medieval Moated Manor

    September 2, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F

    This 14th century house was owned by many people over the years: knights, courtiers to Henry VIII, sheriffs, high-society Victorians, members of Parliament, and more. So it is kind of a blog of its history, as it has been added onto and remodeled many times. The last owner was an American businessman, who donated it to the National Trust in 1985.

    The house not only has a moat, but also a courtyard.    Read more

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    Drawing RoomJacobean fireplace overmantleTudor ChapelPainted Chapel ceilingCorridor outside the chapel

    Mansion Interior

    September 2, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F

    Here are some of the oldest parts of the house:
    -The Great Hall
    -The Drawing Room with its 1600s Jacobean era (after Elizabethan era) fireplace and overmantle
    -The Chapel with its painted ceiling including Tudor roses
    -The Chapel Corridor    Read more

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    Overlooking the bowling green in front of the house
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    Ightham Mote Gardens

    September 2, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F

    The gardens are beautiful; at this time of the year we've been seeing lots of dahlias. There are many water features, such as lakes, ponds, a creek, waterfall, fountains, and of course, the moat! Families love to come to the National Trust properties to spend the day.Read more

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    Angelsey Abbey

    September 4, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F

    Angelsey Abbey was built in the early 1100s, was owned and modified several times, and finally bought by brothers Huttelston and Henry Broughton in 1926, because they wanted to be close to the horse-racing tracks. They were the American-born sons of a wealthy English couple; they moved back to England when the boys were teenagers.

    The house was in disrepair, but they made it a country home where they could entertain their racing and shooting friends. After Henry got married, he sold his share to his brother, then titled 1st Lord Fairhaven. He then made the home a showplace, where he housed his huge collections of art, clocks, and books.    Read more

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    An extensive library
    This one is a pendulum

    Lord Fairhaven's Collections

    September 4, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F

    His library is full of books, many of which are about English country houses and gardens. He and his guests would gather in the library for before-dinner drinks. On one of the windows, Lord Fairhaven would have important guests like the Queen sign their name with a diamond-tip pen.

    There are beautiful clocks in every room of the house.    Read more

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    The woolen cloth showroom

    Tudor Merchant's House

    September 6, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F

    Thomas Paycocke was a wealthy woolen cloth merchant, who had this house built in 1509 to serve as his home and his business. The building is richly carved, even including his and his wife's initials (TP and MP) in the decoration of the ceiling beams. The office has carved paneling too.Read more

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    Threshing machine. When these started to be used, fewer laborers were needed, and there were riots.Woodcarving by Bryan SaundersSome of Saunders' woodcarving toolsWoodcarving patterns

    Grange Barn

    September 6, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F

    In the same town as Paycocke's House is a 1200s Grange Barn that belonged to a Cistercian Abbey to process and store the grain they raised on their grange (large farm). The local people were supposed to pay their tithes to the church, and they often paid with a tenth of their crops. This was a threshing barn, where the grain was threshed by hand, using the wind from the open doors to blow away the chaff. Over the centuries, it has been modified many times to suit the needs of the owners. For example, it was originally built with wattle and daub between the timbers, but that was replaced with brick

    In the 1980s it was falling down, and because it is the oldest timber framed buildings in Europe, the National Trust took it over to restore and preserve it. It is a great event space!

    Also on the grounds is a display of the over 300 woodcarver's tools that belonged to Bryan Saunders, local craftsman of the early 1900s. He did many carvings, for churches and other buildings around town, as well as restorative work.    Read more

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    Ickworth: An Italianate Country House

    September 7, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 54 °F

    This manor was built with a rotunda for entertaining, and the east wing for the family to live in. The west wing was just added for symmetry (and storage). The rotunda is embellished with Roman carvings.

    In the rotunda's Great Hall are columns (hollow and made to look like marble), a huge statue, and many paintings.    Read more

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    Princess Charlotte of Wales

    The Rotunda Rooms

    September 7, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F

    The Library walls are lined with a huge book collection, and show the curves of the rotunda. Lady Theodora, the 4th Marchioness, loved her husband's family and became its historian. She was instrumental in the cataloguing and conservation of the many collectibles, and she had the books rebound.

    Dinner was a grand affair with the huge silver collection.

    The Drawing Room is pink, to appeal to the ladies who withdrew there for tea after dinner. Displayed there is a miniature of the beloved Princess Charlotte of Wales. She would have become Queen after her father died, but she died before him, shortly after giving birth. This is why Victoria, a cousin, became queen.    Read more

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    Notice the tray for hot chocolate. The cups have lids to keep it just right!Lady Theodora's Coronation GownPompeian RoomSmoking RoomFamily portraits. Notice the curved wood in the hallway, leading back to the Rotunda.

    State Bedroom and Wings

    September 7, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F

    The State Bedroom is where the most important guests slept. This one has a beautiful chandelier, steps to get into bed, and a tray beside the bed for hot chocolate.

    The gown is Lady Theodora's Coronation Gown, the one she wore when King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II were each crowned.

    The last two rooms are in the wings of the house. The Pompeian Room is just a nice room to sit and observe the garden. The red room with all the family portraits is the smoking room.    Read more

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