Berrington Hall......20

Wind up gramaphone.

  

Ceiling paintings and decor.

     

Bolsover Castle....9.

Also known as the "castle of love", maybe not difficult to see why!

 

Wall carpets.

 

An upper window.

 

Fireplace deor.

 

"The Paintings".

Burghley House.6

Dinning room fireplace.

Dinning table.

Chandelier.

Beautiful bedroom.

Fireplace.

Looking through the four poster.

At the side of the bed, possibly the forerunner to the lads mag!

Painted window pane.

The bed itself.

An interesting corner of another bedroom.

Close up.

Baddesley Clinton 2

The Catholic faith was illegal in days gone by so a room was set aside within the house as a place of worship.

Looking down the Priest hole, if the house was raided the Priest would escape down here. I left my foot in the shot to give an idea of the size, all the Priests must have been quite slim.

The bottom of the Priest hole.

Household and kitchen equipment.

Jane admiring the paintings.