On May 25th we drove on from Powys to Chester, our basecamp for the next few days, stopping at Chirk Castle and Erdigg Hall along the way. We had visited both in 2016, and in this post and the next I will refer to the relevant posts:
https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2016/07/chirk-castle-1.htmlhttps://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2016/07/chirk-castle-2_16.htmlhttps://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2016/07/chirk-castle-garden.html.
Chirk is an actual Medieval castle of Edward I vintage, chartered to the Myddleton family by Charles II, and, over the centuries, converted to a family residence/palace. See the text in the 2016 posts for more detail. Also more and better pix.
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| Original gate to Chirk |
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| We riff-raff are directed to the above lane...fortunately one-way... |
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| Eventually one gets to the castle and the wild flower meadow |
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| Wild flowers because... |
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| Charles II's charter to the Myddletons |
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| Assorted miscellaneous interior pix |
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We were in a bit of a hurry and didn't do the garden, which is impressive
especially for its topiary; see the 2016 garden post pix |
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The great hall...obligatory for this vintage renovation...for whatever
reason, the place was crowded...not so in 2016; Cromwell & Co. had
blown away one of the walls during the Civil War, later rebuilt |
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| The King's Cabinet |
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Wooden pipe, a relic of the 61km pipeline from Hertfordshire to
London, built in 1609-1613, bringing London its first fresh (from
a spring) water; Sir Hugh Myddleton was chief engineer |
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| Gorgeous old radio |
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| One of the few known oil portraits of a servant |
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| Now in the service areas |
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