by marketing | Apr 12, 2019 | Gardens, Latest News
‘Peacock’ butterfly A hive of activity There is a lot of activity at the house just now because we have had various teams carrying out surveys. Ecology, topographical and geophysical surveys – basically attempting to map and document everything...
by marketing | Aug 27, 2018 | Gardens, Latest News
And so, as the year turns onwards, we find ourselves harvesting apples and picking the first of the rich black brambles. Our apple trees this year are absolutely laden with fruit and we have had to start picking early to lighten the load and prevent some of the older...
by marketing | Jul 12, 2018 | Latest News
Feedback regarding the Archaeological Dig Thanks for your feedback regarding our forthcoming archaeological event. As a community led trust, we always value, welcome and aim to take on board any comments received. Some respondents have indicated that they felt...
by marketing | Jun 28, 2018 | Gardens, Latest News
If you are lucky enough, as we are, to have a long-established grassland meadow which is not being heavily grazed, you will by now be able to see lots of Pignut flowers flexing in the gentle breeze and creating a white, almost misty haze over the field. Pignut’s latin...
by marketing | May 29, 2018 | Gardens, Latest News
Spring at last At last the sun is shining and we have warm weather. The winter has passed, and the countryside is dressed in vibrant shades of green, white, blue and pink. Those of us with tender plants and seedlings to worry about, are keeping an eye out on these...
by marketing | May 13, 2018 | Latest News
As I walked up the long driveway to the House a two-way radio crackled into life. “One body is in the bushes and the other body is in the stables….” It was difficult to know if I had heard correctly for just at that moment a helicopter was flying low over the grounds...
