Cothelstone Manor II

 I woke up in my magnificent room to a very misty day...

 Had my breakfast in the dining room.

  The Victorians got rather sentimental with their scrolls over the fireplaces and doorways, such as "Live and let live" over the dining room doorway. Certainly not original, but I did like the passage from the Bible on the dining room fireplace.

 An aerial photograph of the estate, with the north wing of the manor house just visible, the banquet house (almost as large as the manor, and the gazebo.

 A little live monarch butterfly made the perfect addition to my bedroom.

 Bedroom hearth

 Inside the gatehouse, original Tudor structure in great need of repair (on the UK Grade 1 List)

 Walking up the steps to the bowling green. Panorama of the bowling green

Cothelstone Manor, Estate Grounds

 The gazebo, built by John Stawell for his wedding (I think).

 The cottage beside the manor house, where tenets still live.

 The churchyard

 Distinctive red soil which matches the stone of the manor house, cottage, and church.

James Butler, the Duke of Ormonde (a Jacobite mentioned in my Oxford paper) on the wall above the great hall