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The origins of the stately home #43
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th March 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Saltford Manor House,Bath,Still room,bridgerton,Downton Abbey,keeping up with the aristocrats,Lord,Earl,Duke,Baron
So why are stately homes so called? Stately home actually means 'a large impressive old house with interesting history and usually visited by the public.' Well, I suppose they do look very 'stately' for a start but these houses were also a status symbol for the great families of England, who competed with each other to provide hospitality for the royal household who would travel around England meeting their subjects.
Stately homes were huge mansions which were always beautiful and the epitome of perfect architecture, often designed by famous architects of the day. The gardens too would be perfectly landscaped to show balance, variety, sequence and colour. One o...
Join Me On A Video Tour Of My Old Home! Hoar Cross Hall
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th June 2018 in Blogging | hoar cross hall,stately home,historic houses,blog,aristocracy,video
Hi everyone
I've just seen that a few people have been reading this blog from 2018, but discovered that the YouTube video was missing as the link was to the original post that unbelievably somehow got deleted with all those views (47,000) :(
Anyway, I've just updated the link to the re-uploaded video, so this isn't a new post for this week, but just so it works for anyone reading it now for the first time! - Don't miss tomorrows blog - The Kitchen Maid's Story!
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