We never miss a National Trust house, great or not-terribly-great, and, upon entering this one, we had to ask ourselves, having visited Avebury so often in the past 46 years, how did we miss it? Turns out the house was acquired by the Trust only "fairly recently" and was not open to the public until just the last decade or so. There was also a major flood that closed it down for a couple years. It's not one of the great great houses, but it's in a special place and of interest because of that.
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As with all houses of its age, it started off more modestly and got
added onto again and again and again as the centuries passed |
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| Approaching through the garden |
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| Another Laburnum tease |
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National Trust house decor is usually carefully chosen,
either to the appropriate site or age...not sure this art deco
sconce was quite right for Avebury... |
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On the other hand, I had to look up the word "sconce"
just to be sure, so maybe I'll let the rest of the pix speak
for themselves... |
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| The house has been here for a while...click |
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| We have one like this... |
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So if your village or dwelling is enveloped by a ring of stones placed
there by Satan, you might be a bit superstitious and want to surround
yourself with all manner of preventative paraphernalia... |
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| Thus |
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| And thus |
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| More history |
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| More recent |
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| Interesting place; glad we finally made it |
