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The Witchery Restaurant, Edinburgh, Scotland. Won’t you join me in the visit to Scotland? Enjoy!
The Witchery, Edinburgh, Scotland
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A Cottage in the Cotswolds: Stanton to Stanway House
Gateway to Stanway House
Gateway of Stanway House
Front Entrance of Stanway House
Today we are visiting Stanway House, an outstanding example of a Jacobean manor house, owned by Tewkesbury Abbey for 800 years and then for 500 years by the Tracy family. Their descendants, the Earls of Wemyss, still live here. The manor was built with the warm soft yellow stone known as Guiting Yellow and has a stone roof and a jewel-like Gatehouse. The oldest part of the house is the gabled west end which includes the great hall, a light-filled room due to the full height bay window. Most of the furniture in the house has been here since it was made, which includes a pair of Chippendale day beds and exercise chair from 1760, many rare paintings, and two Broadway pianos. More spectacular than the house are the gardens, created in the 1720‘s by garden designer, Charles Bridgeman, who became the Royal Gardner in 1727. The garden includes fine specimen trees, broad terraced lawns with herbaceous borders, eight ponds, a brewery, and a 14th century tithe barn, now used for events and as a theatre. Through a restoration project during the last decade, the manor claims title to one of the finest water gardens in England, including the single jet fountain at 300 feet, the highest fountain in England and the highest gravity fountain in the world. Thanks to it’s location at the foot of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile footpath from the Cotswold Edge to the Cotswold Hills, primarily from Chipping Campden to Bath, this area has been protected from many changes of the 20th century. This is what makes the Cotswolds so charming! It’s unspoiled! J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan, was a regular visitor to this lovely village on the Cotswold Way and stayed at the Stanway House often. I can just see Peter and Wendy flying out of the windows and over the beautiful grounds of the Stanway Manor!
Stanway House
Stanway House
The Church at Stanway House
The Private Church at Stanway House
The Flowers at Stanway House
One Tiny Garden at Stanway House
The Fountain at Stanway House
Stanway House from the Fountain
One of the Garden Ponds at Stanway House
Clematis Growing at Stanway House
The Garden at Stanway House
The Cows at Stanway House
The Swans at Stanway House
Close by is Stanton, one of my favorite villages in the Cotswolds! It was hard to choose my favorite because I just loved all the villages, but arriving in Stanton on the tiny village road, too small for tourist buses to come through, we circled lanes of Cotswold cottages! The rose covered cottages flowed in a gentile sweep across the countryside of horses. There were the most unusual lamps and lamp posts here, it was just so picturesque! It is a horse lovers paradise and the B&B’s offer horse back riding and stables.
A View of My Favorite Village of Stanton, UK
Lights in Stanton UK
The Cottage Look in Stanton UK
More Cottages in Stanton UK
A Cottage in Stanton, UK
Street Lights in Stanton, UK
The Lights and Horses of Stanton, UK
A Cottage in Stanton UK
The Cottages of Stanton UK
I hope you enjoyed the travels through the Cotswolds and for another look at the English countryside consider doing the Cotswold Way! For an interesting adventure into finding a cottage in the Cotswolds, follow Diz White in her book, Cotswolds Memoir; Discovering a Beautiful Region of Britain on a Quest to Buy a 17th Century Cottage. In addition to finding the cottage of her dreams it gives a personal tour of the Cotswolds with a visitor’s guide!
Cotswolds Memoir by Diz White
Weekly Photo Challenge: On Top
This is one of several restored rooms in Plas Mawr, Conwy, Wales. It reveals the intricate detail in the low ceiling and walls. Won’t you join me on the journey through England and Wales starting with “A Cottage in the Cotswolds” Series? Enjoy!
Plas Mawr, Conwy, Wales
A Photo a Week Challenge: Texture
The red sandstone shell of a semi-fortified tower house built between 1284-93 by Bishop Burnell, Edward I’s Lord Chancellor, is all that remains of Acton Burnell Castle, in Acton Burnell, Shropshire, UK. Parliament was held here in 1282 and again in 1285. It is the last known address of my ManyGreatsGrandfather Richard Henry Lee! Join me as we travel through the Cotswolds making our way to Wales and Scotland! Enjoy!
Acton Burnell Castle, Acton Burnell, UK
A Word a Week Challenge: Round
How can you go to England, Wales or Scotland and NOT see buildings in the round? Making our way to Scotland starting at “A Cottage in the Cotswolds!” Enjoy!
St Andrew’s Home, Edinburgh, Scotland
A Good Look at Conwy, Wales
Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales
Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales
A Cottage in the Cotswolds: Snowshill and Broadway Tower
A Cottage in Snowshill
There are so many lovely villages in the Cotswolds! Every time we explore a new village I think, “Oh, I love this one!” The village of Snowshill was like that! We made a slight turn into the village, up and around St Barnabus Church and Cemetery and then past the Cotswold stone cottages, laden with bursting roses, to admire the tended gardens and the sheep grazing in the pastures. It’s truly hard to believe there are still villages to be found like this!
St Barnabus Church in Snowshill, Uk
The cottages of Snowshill no building is level with his neighbor, the village sits on a hill.
The Sheep of the Cotswolds
The Town Green in Snowshill
I love the Sign! Yield!
St Barnabus Church in Snowshill, Uk
The Meadows of Snowshill, UK
The Cottages of Snowshill
The Walls of Snowhill
A Cottage in Snowshill
St Barnabus Lane in Snowshill
The Landscaped Garden in Snowshill
What a Great Color of Blue!
I Love the Color of This Barn Door!
Looking onto the Lawn at St Barnabus at Snowshill, UK
Visiting the Snowshill Arms, the local friendly pub, I see the featured Donnington beers can be found in seventeen pubs in the area! We could do a pub crawl! Better yet, for the more adventurous, there is a 62-mile circular walk, called the “Donnington Way,” from fifteen pub-to-pub sections, where you can join the walk from any pub. Some Donnington Inns offer B&B’s, so you can walk distances of your choice. There is a map available for purchase called, the OS Outdoor Leisure 45, the Cotswolds, that covers the entire route! What a grand way to see the well-kept countryside and hidden villages!
Snowshill Arms
The Only Pub in Snowshill
Next we visit the fragrant lavenders fields of Snowshill Lavender Farm. Rows and rows of sweet fragrant lavender! There is also a retail shop and small restaurant here. A very relaxing way to spend the afternoon! Returning to Chipping Campden, let’s round out the day strolling the meadows of Broadway.
Snowshill Manor, Lavender Farm
Fields of Lavender in Snowshill, UK
Cotswold Lavender
Lavender Varieties in Snowshill, UK
The lavender Fields of Snowshill UK
Broadway Tower is a folly located on Broadway Hill, near the village of Broadway, UK. The tower was the brainchild of Capability Brown and designed by James Wyatt in 1794, in the form of a castle, and built for Lady Coventry. The tower was built on a “beacon hill” where torches were lit on special occasions. Lady Coventry wondered if a beacon built on this hill could be seen from her house 22 miles away and sponsored the construction of the folly to find out. Broadway Tower could clearly be seen! Today the tower is a tourist attraction with a country park of deer. There is also a restaurant and gift shop here. The grounds are a perfect place to picnic!
Deer at the Broadway Tower
Broadway Tower
For more information on Cotswold Lavender see: http://www.cotswoldlavender.co.uk/
For more information about Snowshill Arms see: http://www.donnington-brewery.com/the_snowshill_arms_snowshill.htm
Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument
Not every monument is going to be one of grandeur. In the cemetery in Snowshill, UK, this tall, proud monument is one of remembrance. Won’t you join me on the travels through the Cotswolds? Enjoy!
Snowshill Cemetery Monument
Travel Theme: Clean
Today for Travel Theme: Clean, we are in the woodlands around Broadway, UK. Seeing the windmills like this is pleasant! Clean fresh air! Join me as we travel to “A Cottage in the Cotswolds.” Enjoy!
Refer to: http://wheresmybackpack.com/2014/04/11/travel-theme-clean/
Clean Air, Broadway UK
A Photo a Week Challenge: Layering
Another view of beautiful Conwy, Wales! Notice the pigeons on the chimney stack! We’re making our way to Wales, starting with the series, “A Cottage in the Cotswolds.” Enjoy!
Conwy,Wales
A Word a Week Photograph Challenge: Sign
I loved this combination sign and trash bin that I saw in Conwy, Wales! Join me on our journey through Great Britain, Wales and Scotland, starting in “A Cottage in the Cotswolds.”
Sign in Conwy, Wales
The Travel Lady In Her Shoes 