Friday June 2
8:00 AM
Breakfast at Gather
10:30AM
Morning walk: Lower Sainswick
- Explore the vast gardens behind Batheaston House (huge Georgian manor house)
- Hour long walk by the Avon via the canal path
- Enjoyed sheep grazing, willow structures, and massive oak and elm trees on the banks of the river
- Switch back to opposite side of the river to see the water side of Batheaston House
- Find an alternate Public Foot Path via a very steep climb to rejoin the High St. back to Cliffside
2:00PM Trip to Lacock, Chippenham
Fox Talbot House
- Early 17thC Hall chairs - Sgabello style - Made from Baltic oak - Trompe L'oil painted to look like ceramic - circa 1630’s
- Asian Armadillio looking animal is a Pangolin - on the endangered animal list
- Most medieval paintings do not have a wedding ring placed on figures hands - but this one painting shows the ring on a ladies hand with a chain wrapped around her wrist
- Great hall with family shields on the ceiling and wall-mounted statues was created in the 1700’s for the wow factor of an entrance
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| Early 17thC Hall chairs - Sgabello style |
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| Pangolin |
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| Rare portrait of a woman wearing a wedding ring |
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| Lacock Village and Lacock Abbey |
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| 13th Century Tithe barn |
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