| Rare survival of a complete estate, with all major buildings, including mansion house. servant's quarters, model farm and walled garden....... This complete working historic estate is home to the Earls of Litchfield. On show are extensive servants' quarters with kitchens, laundry, Servants' Hall, brewhouse and coach house. The elegant Mansion House built in 1693 contains artefacts from Admiral Anson's circumnavigation of the world and fine collection of china, silver and furniture. An idyllic model farm (1805) lies in the parkland, with working watermill, kitchens and diary. Rare breeds of livestock roam the grounds and eight monuments adorn the wider landscape. Costumed 'first person' guides work in the historic environments producing flour, bread, ale, butter and cheese. The walled garden (1805) once a centre of horticultural excellence and famed in the 19th century for growing melons, pineapples, lemons and vines. |
Title Page S01.jpg |
Female Gardener S02.jpg |
Male gardeners S03.jpg |
Lunch break S04.jpg |
Resting before returning to work S05.jpg |
Estate Offices S06.jpg |
Mill pond and Mill S07.jpg |
Farmhouse S08.jpg |
Interior of farmhouse S09.jpg |
Interior 2 S10.jpg |
Dining room S11.jpg |
Fleece collected for spinning S13.jpg |
Dining table 1 S14.jpg |
Dining table 2 S15.jpg |
Dining table 3 S16.jpg |
Over in the dining room S17.jpg |
Wine store S18.jpg |
The parlour S19.jpg |
Watermill 1 S20.jpg |
Watermill 2 - these should be jute sacks, but the mill produces flour plastic sacks are more hygenic S21.jpg |
Watermill - tools 1 S22.jpg |
Watermill tools 2 S23.jpg |
Dusty Miller S24.jpg |
The Millers office 1 S25.jpg |
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