About 10 minutes from where we stayed in Cornwall was Lanhydrock House and it seemed a good place to have some lunch and look at the house, when we journeyed down, while we awaited the 4.0 pm arrival at our cottage
It was the family home of Thomas Charles, 2nd Lord Robartes, his wife Mary and their ten children.
In 1881 a fire devastated the house and Thomas Charles had Lanhydrock rebuilt for his family
The house has over 50 rooms to see so we will have a bite of lunch first
The estate covers 900 acres and there are some pretty gardens but we do not have the time for that so will concentrate on the house
We will be soaking up the atmosphere as we take in the sights, smells and sounds of this Victorian home as we step back in time, from the downstairs world of the kitchen staff, through to the grand family rooms
plate warmer
long corridors on each floor
Kitchen spit
many different kitchens for different uses
the bread oven
the salting bins on the right
dairy room with the churn on left
lets bake
house keepers sitting room
Viscount Clifdens Estate Office
and now to some family rooms
Stuffed animals and birds are not something I like but they were very common in large Victorian houses
I will leave the rest for another post as there are so many pictures
