As I had promised to myself: I visited Sudeley Castle which is a "member property" of the Historid Houses Association for which I have just become a "property visiting member" (!) but which (ironically) I had to pay full entry for in order to benefit from the guided tour. Hey ho...
Anyway, a smashing place to wander about and lots of history attatched (see title link).
The gardens are very enjoyable....
and parts of the original castle's banqueting hall are now garden features..
There is a rather nice Knot Garden designed on inspiration from a detail in the dress of Elizabeth 1 as shown in a portrait of her that hangs inside the casle.
Inside this room Elizabeth's (final) step-mother Katherine Parr gave birth shortly before her subsequent (resulting) death in 1548.
Katherine was buried in the church alongside the castle.
A view out of Lady Ashcombe's sitting room...
There is a rather nice Knot Garden designed on inspiration from a detail in the dress of Elizabeth 1 as shown in a portrait of her that hangs inside the casle.
Inside this room Elizabeth's (final) step-mother Katherine Parr gave birth shortly before her subsequent (resulting) death in 1548.
Katherine was buried in the church alongside the castle. A view out of Lady Ashcombe's sitting room...
Lady Ashcombe's daughter, also a resident at the castle, is keen on exhibiting artworks and some of her choice of sculptures add a certain je ne c'est quois to the garden....
Meanwhile inside the exhibition the Tudors had a family reunion, courtesy David Starkey's BBC history series about them.... (ie these costumes were made for that series (!!!))
Katherine Parr's prayer book (and handwriting!)
Katherine Parr's prayer book (and handwriting!)
Elizabeth 1's christening robe
Charles 1's waistcoat (his "dashing" son Prince Rupert used Sudeley as a base during the attack on Cirencester, and the King based himself her after the siege of Gloucester)
Speaking of sieges.....Henry Dent-Brocklehurst, nephew to Emma Dent who then owned the castle was involved in attempting to take news, in the form of photographically shrunken letters, into Khartoum which was under seige and General Gordon was making a doomed stand.
Charles 1's waistcoat (his "dashing" son Prince Rupert used Sudeley as a base during the attack on Cirencester, and the King based himself her after the siege of Gloucester)Speaking of sieges.....Henry Dent-Brocklehurst, nephew to Emma Dent who then owned the castle was involved in attempting to take news, in the form of photographically shrunken letters, into Khartoum which was under seige and General Gordon was making a doomed stand. So lots of interesting links with history at Sudeley.
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