Wow, that's a rather special house! Looks like someone had aspirations. :'D Lovely picture, the trees frame it so beautifully. And oh, the food, it seems so long since the wild boar sausages and I'm hungry all over again...
The original house was built about 1500 - but I think the current one owes a lot to the refurbishment in early nineteenth century. The Christian family, who owned it for the first 400 years or so, were a major family in Manx history.
I'm guessing that the wild boar sausages were good.
I think the current one owes a lot to the refurbishment in early nineteenth century
That's interesting -- it did remind me of a (rather smaller) mock-castle house I was in not so long ago that was built around 1900. It's those pristine white crenellations set over the big windows that make me blink. :D Lovely place!
I think it's possible that the earlier Christians had the crenellations and smaller windows - but I'm not sure! I love the disregard for symmetry too - if we want two windows on one side of the door and three on the other because it works from the inside, we will - bugger the effect from outside!
It is a really neat place - they're hoping to open the house itself either later this year or next, but the grounds are worth the visit anyway - as is the food!
The camellias are wonderfully colourful - when I was there before it was rhododendron season and it was pretty brightly pink then too.
I have to run out to my weekly gig in a moment, but just want to say how lovely are all these pics. I especially like the pheasant...the gateway is lovely as well, but all of them are, really. What a wonderful way to spend the day. And oh, by the way, I believe Mum is correct-those like camellias to me as well.
It was a lovely place for lunch - I would have happily have spent all day, but Mum couldn't get far. The camellias are gloriously bright - certainly a sign that winter is over!
I have to run out to my weekly gig in a moment, but just want to say how lovely are all these pics. I especially like the pheasant...the gateway is lovely as well, but all of them are, really. What a wonderful way to spend the day. And oh, by the way, I believe Mum is correct-those like camellias to me as well.
I can't tell from the pictures if those are camellias but they're pretty, whatever they are. I love the 4 trees growing in a row. It looks like a truly lovely place.
The general agreement is that Mum is certainly right, they are camellias. Those trees really caught my eye - I love the way they are leaning in a sort of sequence along the line.
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I'm guessing that the wild boar sausages were good.
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That's interesting -- it did remind me of a (rather smaller) mock-castle house I was in not so long ago that was built around 1900. It's those pristine white crenellations set over the big windows that make me blink. :D Lovely place!
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Definitely camellias - we have a pink camellia in the back garden, just behind the holly trees, and it's absolutely rampant just now.
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The camellias are wonderfully colourful - when I was there before it was rhododendron season and it was pretty brightly pink then too.
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