Comments | deborahw37: The Chapel Ruinous

deborahw37

The Chapel Ruinous

Mar 10, 2016 18:40

So. I was based at Nowton today and went for a walk in a different direction to my usual lunchtime stroll.

I was rather stunned to discover that I had apparantly walked into a Sword and Sorcery Novel.

Just look at this!

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debris4spike March 10 2016, 18:52:24 UTC

It was certainly a great day for a walk ... great scenery

Thanks for sharing

deborahw37 March 10 2016, 21:18:32 UTC

So lovely to have all of that with my office in the middle!

petzipellepingo March 10 2016, 19:56:55 UTC

Some very impressive trees there.

deborahw37 March 10 2016, 21:19:04 UTC

It's an amazing Arboretum, some fabulous trees!

gwendraith March 10 2016, 20:03:18 UTC

As I said over there --> it does look like a scene out of a legend (or fantasy) :) Beautiful place, nice find :)

deborahw37 March 10 2016, 21:19:36 UTC

It was a real WOW moment

pondhopper March 10 2016, 20:20:09 UTC

It's like a fairyland, isn't it? Do you have any idea what the ruins are or any way to find out? They intrigue me so much...it does look like a ruined chapel with a baptismal font. I love stumbling on places like this.
:)
And the daffs!They look at their peak!
Gorgeous, Deb!

deborahw37 March 10 2016, 21:22:01 UTC

Yep, I've been doing some reading, it seems that in 1840 St Mary's Church ( one of the great Abbey churches of Bury) was being " restored" and someone decided to take one of the porches off and take it to put in the garden of their mansion as a Folly; odd people the Victorians :) Mind you that avenue of Lime Trees and the Daffodils are the carriage drive leading to the old mansion ( now a nursing home) and the 600 acres of parkland are stunning so strange or not they created an amazing landscape.

pondhopper March 10 2016, 22:58:08 UTC

The Victorians did have their oddities for sure. But yes, I can see how stunning that landscape is...what does the mansion look like? Has it been altered much outwardly to adapt it to its current use?

deborahw37 March 11 2016, 14:27:25 UTC

The mansion is a typical Victorian " Look how rich I am!" job. I'll take some photos next time I walk in that direction

sueworld2003 March 10 2016, 21:32:48 UTC

Oh thats all so beautiful. I'd love to live near somewhere like that. :D

deborahw37 March 10 2016, 21:38:59 UTC

It's 11 minutes drive from home and ten minutes walk from my office ( which is in the old gardener's cottage just up the drive) I'm amazingly fortunate!