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Arts & Crafts house

Thanks Wallace

I i haven't been and will look at them with interest. I sold the motorhome 18 months ago and I can't get my wife to go anywhere but that looks well worth a visit
She'd insist on taking the dog though so accomodation woul;d have to accept pets as well as an apparently belligerent old woodworker of course. ;)
 
Blackwell indeed. Visited a few years ago, some absolutely beautiful woodwork in there. Some stunnng leadwork outside on the rainwater goods too if I remember correctly.

Easy to pop into if you're anywhere in lakeland.
 
Lons said:
Thanks Wallace

I i haven't been and will look at them with interest. I sold the motorhome 18 months ago and I can't get my wife to go anywhere but that looks well worth a visit
She'd insist on taking the dog though so accomodation woul;d have to accept pets as well as an apparently belligerent old woodworker of course. ;)
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The place we stopped at was dog friendly, probably lots are nowadays. We did want to stop at the place we had our honeymoon 25years ago but it has gone all uber plush and was too pricey at £500 a night.

eezageeza said:
Blackwell indeed. Visited a few years ago, some absolutely beautiful woodwork in there. Some stunnng leadwork outside on the rainwater goods too if I remember correctly.

Easy to pop into if you're anywhere in lakeland.
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We never really got to see outside much it was hossing it down. Which it did the whole time, but then got sunny the day we departed.

I was a bit perplexed by the building method used around the lakes. The stone used looks like slate. But buildings are not 'pointed up', and there is large gaps. I was looking at a chimney stack and it looked like the stone was just stacked with no bond.
 
wallace said:
The place we stopped at was dog friendly, probably lots are nowadays. We did want to stop at the place we had our honeymoon 25years ago but it has gone all uber plush and was too pricey at £500 a night.


We never really got to see outside much it was hossing it down. Which it did the whole time, but then got sunny the day we departed.

I was a bit perplexed by the building method used around the lakes. The stone used looks like slate. But buildings are not 'pointed up', and there is large gaps. I was looking at a chimney stack and it looked like the stone was just stacked with no bond.
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:oops: No way I'd pay £500 a night either even if everything was gold plated. I've stayed in some very expensive hotels but that was paid by the company which is very different. In the end it's just a bed and food.

The slate is usually well bedded down in mortar and raked back to give that effect, I've done a little and also on request similar with sandstone and I like the effect of both though while slate is hard the sandstone wears back over time so probably not good practice. They do try to get a bond with the slate but probably don't always manage it. fine on garden walls but I wouldn't be happy with a chimney. That said many of the slate cottages in the lakes have been standing a long time.

Again I appreciate the info Wallace, I'm going to try very hard to persuade my wife we need to go. I suspect she'll tell me to go on my own and give her some peace. :rolleyes:
 
If you are a NT member, Goddards on the outskirts of York is rather good.
Near me there’s Stoneywell also NT.
And also some nice furniture in new walk museum in Leicester.
 
Lurker said:
If you are a NT member, Goddards on the outskirts of York is rather good.
Near me there’s Stoneywell also NT.
And also some nice furniture in new walk museum in Leicester.
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Not a member of the trust these days as we don't get around enough now to make use of it. cragside is 10 minutes away and others within easy reach but not worth the membership for us.

I've seen Goddards as we lived in Beverley for a few years in the 80s but it wasn't open to the public back then. York was our shopping town back then because Hull was hopeless.
 
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I love cragside, wife really struggles doing it so we havent been in a couple of years. I like to take the path below the iron bridge that takes you to the ravine full of ferns.
 
wallace said:
I love cragside, wife really struggles doing it so we havent been in a couple of years. I like to take the path below the iron bridge that takes you to the ravine full of ferns.
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It's stunning especially on a sunny day isn't it. We've got Wallington not far away as well, I'll be passing that tomorrow on my way to Sweethope lochs for a day's trout bashing.

If you're on a trip to Cragside in the future give me a nod as you have to literally pass by our house on the way. Kettle's always on and you would be very welcome, especially if you offered to cut the grass while here. ;):ROFLMAO:
 
We went to Cragside on a gloomy, miserable day, but still enjoyed it. What a brilliant man! The gardens must be fabulous on a (normal) summer's day). Somehow I missed out on the cup of tea, though....... :)
 
Mike G said:
We went to Cragside on a gloomy, miserable day, but still enjoyed it. What a brilliant man! The gardens must be fabulous on a (normal) summer's day). Somehow I missed out on the cup of tea, though....... :)
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I think one of the best times to go is when the rhododendrons are in bloom. Considered a weed now, they are being routed out. But they still do a great flowering display when going around the drive section.
 
wallace said:
I think one of the best times to go is when the rhododendrons are in bloom. Considered a weed now, they are being routed out. But they still do a great flowering display when going around the drive section.
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Indeed. We are NT members as there are a lot of local properties near us. Scotney Castle is close and they are busily ripping out rhododenrons, especially on the hill. They are invasive and quickly become huge once established. My wife removed them from our garden.
 
To be fair it’s predominantly Rhododendron Ponticum that is the problem the vast majority of the near on 1000 species of Rhododdendron are no problem at all
 
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