A few weeks back we visited Audley End, it's not too far from where we live and has been on our list of places to visit since way back. As well as the Jacobean house, there is the Victorian kitchen, laundry, stables, parkland, gardens and an organic kitchen garden. We took a tour of the house - it's pretty amazing, so much history involving so many people I rather lost track! The rooms span different periods and fashions, some pretty gaudy, some more refined, but all totally over-the-top bonkers. A bit like the hedge in the second and third picture here. I'll share more pictures, of the kitchen, laundry and gardens in another instalment.
20 May 2013
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A few weeks back we visited Audley End, it's not too far from where we live and has been on our list of places to visit since way back. As well as the Jacobean house, there is the Victorian kitchen, laundry, stables, parkland, gardens and an organic kitchen garden. We took a tour of the house - it's pretty amazing, so much history involving so many people I rather lost track! The rooms span different periods and fashions, some pretty gaudy, some more refined, but all totally over-the-top bonkers. A bit like the hedge in the second and third picture here. I'll share more pictures, of the kitchen, laundry and gardens in another instalment.
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Looking forward to other photos of the kitchen and garden! Yesterday I so lonnged to visit some place like this, eventually we didn't go but I went for a walk into country. That's what I like about England, maisons, houses on every corner, we do have many too but I think England has still more.
ReplyDeleteI'll share them soon. I wish I could have share the main house too, but there was no photography allowed in there.
DeleteOh wow, this looks brilliant. I'll have to let me boyfriend know about this, we love visiting big stately homes & what not!
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It's a good one, though the tour only lasts an hour and really you could spend so much longer, but you can take as long as you like with the kitchen and gardens.
DeleteThat topiary is fantastic - it looks like one big organic 'hedge beast'! Jane x
ReplyDeleteYes a 'hedge beast'! I like it :)
DeleteCloud hedges are an EH speciality!
ReplyDeleteIf you stay at the holiday cottage at Audley End you get to lord it up in the grounds, all to yourself when the crowds have gone home
Ah, I didn't know that. Thank you :)
DeleteOh my those gardens! x
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