A Day at Rufford Old Hall (page 3/5)

The brick bit

A back courtyard with a tree and some less manicured plants surrounded (on two sides at least) by brick. The crennelations at the top are decorative, of course. [more...]

Ancient studded oak door

A doorway into this tudor house, solid oak studded with nails, a style that went out of fashion some 400 or more years ago.

Ancient studded oak door 2

Front-on view of the old wooden door.

Susie

My older sister’s daughter is also my niece. As you’d expect. She had just graduated from Cambridge that year.

Tree Mouse

A tree that’s been pruned and trimmed into the shape of a mouse: topiary! The tree is probably yew or box.

Purple-white flowers with yellow bits

Some flowers, a close-up.

Rufford Old Hall

The quintessential English manor house and garden! Black-and-white Tudor beams, windows with diamond leading and mullions, decorative barge boards (US: gingerbread), a cupola, tiled roof, gravel path and of course the sort of English country garden that [more...]

Apple Orchard

Apple trees provide a little shade and, of course, ingredients for food products. I like the pattern the shadows of the branches makes on the grass. [more...]

Park bench

Wrought iron ends and wooden slats, with a neatly trimmed box hedge all round it making, well, a box.

Poppy

A close-up of a poppy in long grass, with daisies nearby.

Poppy 2

A close-up of a poppy in long grass, with daisies nearby.