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Rags to Riches #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th August 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Jamaica,alabaster,Derby walk of fame,Olympics,Louis Martin,first world war,second world war,Downton Abey,Bridgerton,period drama
...dad did a sculpture of her head and shoulders calling it ‘Schoolgirl with plaits’. For years it stood on show in the Library of the Hall until it was given to Wendy some years ago after my father died.
Wendy with her sculpture 'Schoolgirl with plaits'
In the mid 1950s my dad sold the alabaster works to Louis Martin, who had just arrived in England from Jamaica. He was a weight lifter and turned the works into a gym and weight training centre. He went on to win medals in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and also won four world titles, four European titles and broke four world records! In 2018 he was added to the Derby Walk of Fame and has a star on th...
The Library #69
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th November 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,meynell ingram,amazon,secret,Chapel,Library,Robert Adam,Earl of Worcester,Lichfield Cathedral,my dad bought a mansion,Downton Abbey,The Crown,Royal Family
...The Library at Hoar Cross Hall is a delightful room, not huge like the other rooms, but not too small either – a room fitted with mahogany bookshelves on three sides and a bay window overlooking the terrace and the gardens. From this window, on a clear day, it is possible to see the “Three ladies of the vale” – the spires of Lichfield Cathedral.
Libraries have been around for centuries with evidence pointing to the Romano-British world when documents and manuscripts were stored in chests in special rooms where people could study them sitting at a table, not unlike today's libraries. In the 15th century classical works were collected by men such...
Meet the Neighbours - Trentham Gardens #83
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th August 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel,History,doomsday book,Duke of Sutherland,Aristocracy,Grade II listed,Elizabethan,Trentham Gardens,Trentham Estate,capability brown,French,italian gardens,Lakes
...piary and sculptures were the new look now – all this change must have kept the gardeners busy! The lakes were given an ‘Italian Lakes’ makeover with four islands being added along with balustrading and boat tunnels. Some of the trees still standing are hundreds of years old and are certainly a ‘must-see’ if you ever manage to visit.
During the early part of the 20th century the Duke of Sutherland offered the house to the local Council so it could be used as an institute of higher education but they couldn’t come to any agreement on this so in the end the house was sadly demolished by the Duke in 1912-13. It seems that the nearby River Trent w...