Montacute House, Somerset.

Went this afternoon, ok if you like topiary but otherwise a bit sparse.

























The Ice House,

 

Looks like a lovely place Zig,i do like topiary and all that space

 

We'll go back in the spring, pehaps a winters day wasn't the best time to see it.

 

Willow looks cold and fed up!

The place looks atmospheric, try again in June?

 

Willow was sad because she thought she'd found a giant hedgehog nestling in the porch, turned out to be a boot cleaner.

 

Go to http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/montacute-house/

and click on the links for "Events to look forward to" and "Find out what's on" - doesn't look like anything ever happens.

 

LOL Maybe nothing does.

 

Great pics Zigs, have you any history on the house and is it built from sandstone please?

 

Don't know much about history, don't know much about geology, don't know much about about the french I took....

Oh no, that was a song

Its built of a local limestone from Ham Hill just above the village. Called Hamstone.

 

Know nothing about the history of the family, but they must have bled some peasants dry to build such a place.

 

I've just Wiki'd it and it's quite an interesting read.

 

Oh well, that's great news. Nothing so destructive of atmosphere than swarms of grockles all over the place.

Perhaps I should knit her one.

 

Yes, I always checkout 'what's on' before visiting anywhere specifically to avoid events that will attract crowds.

 

You can Knit Hedgehogs?