Having posted on the gardens at Sissinghurst in the last post where I shared lots of history of the place (do have a look if you missed that post) now to some random photos outside and a little inside
The old Granary
and the modern Granary Restaurant where we had lunch
The Oasts where the grain would have been dried
the gift shop
I love looking through doors and arches
We will now go through the house entrance into the courtyard
and first go up the tower
Vita Sackville-West's writing room
we will continue up to the top
up the stairs to the left of the picture
passing the print room with printing press
and look around in all directions from the top
The Gazebos you see are the farmers market which we will visit in the next post
It's now time to go down
and have a browse in the library of the house
Time to move on to our venue for our church weekend away
10 comments:
There are some nice views off the top of the tower. I don't recall climbing that when I visited.
Wow, such beautiful history. Always love your posts!
The tower reminds me of photos I have seen of Tattershall Castle in Lincolnshire. And the library looks like an amazing place I would love to explore, choose a book from, and then curl up in a cozy chair by a fire to read :)
What beautiful architecture. Those circular steps are lovely as well as the library. I loved seeing the oasts.
Enjoyed seeing the views ffrom the top of the Tower. Had never seen these in any book and the pages of a book are the closest I have come to seeing views of Sissinghurst.
I so enjoy all your "Ramblings" and hope someday to visit some of them.
Wishing you New Year greetings from Woodstock, Connecticut.
We did make a special trip to see it one day some years ago, but the rain was absolutely bucketing down, so we settled for tea and quick browse around the gift shop and didn't even try to go through into any of the gardens or tour the house. We'll have to try again one of these days. Thanks for sharing a really interesting look at the place.
Those photos looking down are lovely...I see the fair...and the library is cozy and charming.
Lovely tour, Barbara. How I wish I could have been there with you exploring the tower and the library. Someone there loved blue glass, I see. I would have loved to see her writing room in person too.
Oh, what an enviable library! And the views from on high... just makes me want to explore.
Thanks for this, Barbara. Terrific photo-blog. I am not able to visit just now - so this let's me travel on my computer! - Doug
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