2011 March

In South-East Cornwall

Visiting a lovely home...

Imagine being welcomed in to this lovely place. Unforgetable!

Basement Floor Finds

The "still room" is a distillery room found in most manor houses, castles or large establishments throughout Europe dating back at least to medieval times. The lady of the house was in charge of the room, where medicines were prepared, cosmetics and many home cleaning products created, and home-brewed beer or wine was often made. Herbs from the kitchen garden and surrounding countryside were processed into what today we call essential oils, and infused or distilled, or brewed (etc.) as required to make rose water, lavender water, peppermint based ointments, soaps, furniture polishes and a wide variety of medicines. Click here to see all the treasures...

Paintings in the rooms...

So much history all around us.

Treasures all around

Beautiful pieces everywhere. We wanted to know about everything.

Cornwall Road Trip

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St. Michael's Mount

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Bath, Somerset

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Royal Crescent, Bath

Designed by John Wood the Elder and built by John Wood the Younger, this masterpiece is an awe-inspiring curve of 30 houses anchored over 538 feet by 114 Ionic columns. It was built to be approached from Brock Street, the angle of which shields the crescent from view until the last minute, for maximum drama.

The Circus, Bath

Only slighly less grand than the Royal Crescent is the adjacent Circus, a massive Georgian traffic circle that was once the nucleus of Bath. Built by John Wood the Younger from his father's plans, it features a frieze and three tiers of impressive double columns.

Glastonbury, Somerset

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Stonehenge, Wiltshire

The circle was aligned with the midsummer sunrise, the midwinter sunset, and the most southerly rising and notherly setting of the moon. Click here to see more...