What do you think of the décor?
Perhaps the library would be more relaxing?
His and Hers, which do you prefer?
The other stairs – for the servants
While the servants are working lets go outside for a stroll.
Everybody should have an ancient Egyptian obelisk in their back garden.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/dorset/kingston-lacy
I’m going east for a week, see you all soon – Hopefully the train trip will be less disastrous than some of our recent trips…
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Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
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You’re very welcome, glad you enjoyed it.
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Beautiful. 🙂 Is it for sale? 😉 Thanks for sharing, and enjoy a nice rest of the weekend! xx Michael
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Hello Michael. I wonder what the price would be. No not for sale, given to the National Trust by the family that owned it.
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Hi, Janet! Better this way, I think the staff who would have to manage it would cost more than the property itself.;-) Not all are born for this. Best wishes, Michael
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Beautiful pictures 🌺🌺
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Thanks Satyam
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Pretty impressive! Exemption from taxation would have been nice. I hope the train trip goes well; looking forward to more photos!
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Thanks Audrey.
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A little gaudy for my liking! A triumph of money over taste 😊
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Yes for sure Clive, there are plenty of stories behind that house, the exiled son kept sending ‘interesting things’ back home from his travels.
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It’s quite a collection!
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A lovely stately home. Thanks for the pictures.
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Hello Darlene, you’re welcome.
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Some homes do not look like they are designed and decorated to actually live in.
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Just to impress visitorsGeoff. they probably had a nice little cottage on the estate to live in!
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Some homes are for the living, some are for the dead!
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The decor is a little ornate and oppressive for my taste.
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Yes Liz, imagine waking up to that every morning!
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The horror, the horror . . .
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Kingston Lacy is so beautiful! I’ve never been inside the house, but the gardens (and cafe!) are great!
It’s a lovely place to see bluebells in the spring.
Thank you for sharing, and good luck with the train trip…
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Hello Jacqueline, yes it certainly makes a nice day out. I’m hoping South West trains have no problems tomorrow. Every trip I went on with my sister over from Australia SW trains had some sort of disaster!
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Oh NO!
Mind you, I’m just writing about Ingleton in Yorkshire and train trouble is by no means a new thing. I was delighted to find out that in the 1800s, two rival train companies, Midland and North West, owned the lines on either side of the viaduct in the town. They refused to connect the lines across the viaduct and couldn’t agree on sharing Midland’s station, so North West built its own station a mile out of town. This forced passengers to walk a mile between stations in all weathers, carrying their luggage, usually watching their connecting train depart because the companies deliberately mis-timed their timetables! The walk passengers had to undertake was down through the valley and up the other side, because the viaduct was officially a train track.
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Hello Jacqueline, I’m back just this evening, with a smooth trip on South West trains, no disasters from Storm Bert. That’s quite a story about Ingleton, I can imagine locals saying it was much better when they just had horses.
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Love this! It’s obvious to me that I need to move someplace more interesting. Have a safe trip, Janet!
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Thanks Becky, I just got back this evening.
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Looks like such an interesting area!
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Ah, the Grand Houses of the landed classes. The very definition of ‘ostentatious’. So you are venturing East? Have a nice time in ‘my’ part of the country.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hello Pete, I’m just back today, not quite your part, further south as you will see soon.
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The decor is a bit OTT for me and think of the number of people it would take to look after it. You would have to be very rich, or have hoards of tourists arriving every day or share it with a lot of other people living with you. I think I’ll stay put!
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Yes I always think in those sort of places the staff were probably cosier in the kitchen.
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Beautiful place! So decorated. Well shared 💐
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Thanks Priti, glad you enjoyed the pictures.
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Many, many years since I visited but I remember it made an impression. Is this the one with the 7 follies or am I thinking of another NT property? I used to have membership but sadly no longer have the mobility to get out for day trips.
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It hasn’t got seven follies, lots of NT places do! It’s a too far for me to get to without a car, luckily my sister’s niece and her car came to stay so we were able to go on the outing!
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I bet there’s a great story to go with that manor home. Love the library. 🙂
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Hello Debby, I just got back from my trip and rescued you from the spam folder! There are many stories over the centuries to go with that house. We took some Australian visitors to the house and the husband asked the room attendant if one could read the books and she recoiled in horror!
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Wow Janet! If the walls could talk. 🙂 Thanks for rescuing me from spam. It seems too many are finding me there. ❤
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Nice ceiling decor!
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Hello Chen, I don’t suppose many people have ceilings like that.
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I think it’s time to start my obelisk gofundme 😁
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Yes I’m sure you would get many contributions!
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