Wimpole Estate: House

We visited the Wimpole Estate in 2009. It was our first great house and our first National Trust property. We were impressed. This was nearly 10 years ago. In 2019 we thought we might visit again, knowing that earlier we had little of the context and experience we now have for visiting these magnificent places. We were ever more impressed.

Wimpole, full frontal

Known for its great (artificial) vistas

Assorted interior views

One of a large number of Wooton horse paintings, 18th century; Wooton was to
horses as Avercamp was to winter scenes;  this one is huge, life-size

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Ditto

Who knows what fun...

Chapel...right next to the fun tub!

Pantry, spices, etc.

Tea bins...these people bought their tea by the ton...Hyson was the green, before
they got into black tea

Senior servant quarters

Great beautiful copper beech

Garden vista

Garden view

Vista toward the folly

Close-up of folly...a docent told us they were not permitted to call it a folly
(though it was built as such) because someone lived there...