tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post4733994960216225258..comments2024-03-26T09:40:32.468+00:00Comments on Through The Keyhole: Lotherton Hall - Another ViewJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-50442384321061431602017-05-16T12:25:25.691+01:002017-05-16T12:25:25.691+01:00Thank you for visiting and leaving a comment. You&...Thank you for visiting and leaving a comment. You're right, we're quite spoilt for choice in Britain with so many fabulous places to visit.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-45502507293195023722017-05-16T12:12:16.763+01:002017-05-16T12:12:16.763+01:00Great tour - another one for the list; there are s...Great tour - another one for the list; there are so many wonderful places to visit in Britain - we are very lucky. You've taken some fabulous photos there.Mike@Bit About Britainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741370413282813229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-47545479179597632262017-05-13T10:00:59.253+01:002017-05-13T10:00:59.253+01:00We never tire of visiting Lotherton, there's a...We never tire of visiting Lotherton, there's always lots to see and Archie enjoys taking his walks there too. I don't know what that rhea had been up to but it had certainly tired him out.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-46948875177026067592017-05-12T20:58:05.546+01:002017-05-12T20:58:05.546+01:00I loved this tour, I often wonder what it would be...I loved this tour, I often wonder what it would be like to live in such a huge house.The pictures of the rhea and emu had me smiling, especially that poor exhausted rhea!!!xxxSnowbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572555410663928295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-61935263589047749712017-05-06T09:50:23.146+01:002017-05-06T09:50:23.146+01:00Ha ha, wouldn't it be lovely to have a room li...Ha ha, wouldn't it be lovely to have a room like that all to yourself? We can but dream. It's interesting how the fire screen is in Sir Alvary's room, perhaps Lady Gascoigne wasn't keen on it either.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-43453776533023591962017-05-05T20:28:47.432+01:002017-05-05T20:28:47.432+01:00Thanks for taking us inside the hall. I am now goi...Thanks for taking us inside the hall. I am now going to use the phrase 'retiring to my boudoir' and imagine myself floating off to a room like that!<br />I'm with on the fire screen, give me some pretty embroidery over stuffed birds any day.<br />Lisa xLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-65990484018064207102017-05-04T19:28:19.856+01:002017-05-04T19:28:19.856+01:00We love visiting Lotherton Hall, we have an annual...We love visiting Lotherton Hall, we have an annual pass which comes to an end tomorrow but we'll definitely be renewing it again. I couldn't resist taking a photo of the emu, he was very happy to pose for me.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-35524105513794007152017-05-04T19:26:16.101+01:002017-05-04T19:26:16.101+01:00It looks a great house and gardens, and your photo...It looks a great house and gardens, and your photographs showed it off very well.<br /><br />I did like the pretty embroidery in your photograph and the emu looked a cheeky fellow!<br /><br />All the best JanLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-10801961529515159502017-05-03T08:22:51.365+01:002017-05-03T08:22:51.365+01:00I always look out of the windows when visiting the...I always look out of the windows when visiting these grand houses and try to imagine what it would be like to own not only the house but all the grounds, sometimes as far as the eye can see, too.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-13635478594833467062017-05-02T23:05:14.910+01:002017-05-02T23:05:14.910+01:00It really does look a lovely place to visit. I lov...It really does look a lovely place to visit. I love to see these places and try to think how their lives must have been, especially the servants xxMylittlepieceofenglandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13010447131003277696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-34636138879776095342017-05-02T12:52:27.871+01:002017-05-02T12:52:27.871+01:00I wonder whether the kitchens at Lotherton will be...I wonder whether the kitchens at Lotherton will be opened to the public at some time in the future, it would be nice to see them.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-90535651013333777962017-05-02T12:06:51.176+01:002017-05-02T12:06:51.176+01:00I love to see the kitchens etc when we visit old h...I love to see the kitchens etc when we visit old houses too. I'm always disappointed if they're shut. I often feel like that rhea too! :oDAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14828411667195281985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-60162322308222004352017-05-02T10:31:08.444+01:002017-05-02T10:31:08.444+01:00We don't often visit the bird garden as we usu...We don't often visit the bird garden as we usually have Archie with us, but we'd left him at home on this occasion so we were able to go in both the house and the bird garden. I made sure I didn't get too close to the emu, that beak looked like it could do a lot of damage.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-80797173706276398482017-05-02T09:58:19.222+01:002017-05-02T09:58:19.222+01:00Thank you for such a lovely informative tour of th...Thank you for such a lovely informative tour of the house & park. Love the photo of the rhea! And as for emus, they can be devilish too, as hubby worked in forest once upon a time & if you weren't careful, a certain emu might just run up, snatch your sandwiches, & be off with them. Take care.Susan Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945482062858126629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-76581010079642474322017-05-02T09:46:02.128+01:002017-05-02T09:46:02.128+01:00I feel the same, the furniture and textiles aren&#...I feel the same, the furniture and textiles aren't to my taste but I love looking at them. I'd quite like my own little boudoir, having some space to myself would be a real luxury.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-51058590374590388382017-05-02T09:43:26.327+01:002017-05-02T09:43:26.327+01:00I love the dining room too, I'd love to have a...I love the dining room too, I'd love to have a table like that, such a wonderful space.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-15553834553915945302017-05-01T20:25:24.423+01:002017-05-01T20:25:24.423+01:00I really enjoy visiting homes of this era. The fur...I really enjoy visiting homes of this era. The furniture and textile styles are so ornate, it's hard to imagine living with them, but I love seeing them. Funny that the room was called a boudoir, I wouldn't have expected that either. I also thought it would mean a smaller room. Yet the wife's bedroom was not called a boudoir but a bedroom. Shows what I know, right? :)Jennifer Hayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685253944514672324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-77112502025198803652017-05-01T19:39:01.690+01:002017-05-01T19:39:01.690+01:00A great tour, I am not a fan f the fire screen eit...A great tour, I am not a fan f the fire screen either. I loved the dining room what a great space for entertaining.mamasmercantilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011278973985658118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-69263148208298803872017-05-01T18:29:01.299+01:002017-05-01T18:29:01.299+01:00There were certainly plenty of staff, there's ...There were certainly plenty of staff, there's lots of information on display as you take the tour of the house and some of this relates to the butler, housekeeper and servants. The Gascoignes were very well travelled so perhaps the fire screen was something they brought back with them as a memento.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-30882834957834189162017-05-01T18:22:31.575+01:002017-05-01T18:22:31.575+01:00I'm not sure why the servant's rooms are o...I'm not sure why the servant's rooms are off limits, I suppose there's certain rooms in any house such as this which aren't on show to the public but I think with the popularity of such programmes as Downton Abbey many people would find these rooms interesting.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-70735349401312503242017-05-01T17:20:35.773+01:002017-05-01T17:20:35.773+01:00That's just my kind of house to visit, Jo! I&...That's just my kind of house to visit, Jo! I'd have loved to have gone there with you! Indeed, I could quite happily have been a chatelaine of such a lovely house provided I had the staff! I'm good at organizing things and ordering people around! However, I do like the taxidermy birds in that fire screen. We are more concerned these days with conservation but in the days before television and photography, taxidermy of this nature (pardon the pun) was the only way people in this country might see species from other countries, caught by explorers and 'stuffed'. I know it's not acceptable to do this now, we know 'better' but it is understandable why it was once acceptable, I think. I'd love a case of birds like this. Even had they died of natural causes (or fallen prey to other birds or animals) at least their bodies, well the attractive parts (their feathers) have been preserved for posterity. <br />Margaret P galanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-45520054688087781962017-05-01T16:35:36.119+01:002017-05-01T16:35:36.119+01:00Sounds like a wonderful place to explore - I too a...Sounds like a wonderful place to explore - I too am usually most interested in the servants quarters and seeing how they lived. I'm wondering why those would be off limits.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-53296411502278742822017-05-01T15:58:56.840+01:002017-05-01T15:58:56.840+01:00The servants bedrooms aren't open to the publi...The servants bedrooms aren't open to the public either yet these are the rooms, along with the kitchen, that I'd love to see.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-51764601740650109972017-05-01T15:56:55.448+01:002017-05-01T15:56:55.448+01:00Lotherton Hall is only a ten minute drive away so ...Lotherton Hall is only a ten minute drive away so it's really handy if we just fancy a stroll in beautiful surroundings. We really enjoy going still even though we've been many times.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605977931488846865.post-12788847341446568412017-05-01T15:55:11.184+01:002017-05-01T15:55:11.184+01:00I think those kind of displays were quite popular ...I think those kind of displays were quite popular in times gone by, I'm glad they're not the norm any longer.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.com