#Cotehele

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Honeysuckle poses with a bee sculpture.

At Cotehele, in Cornwall, England.

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Early spring in Cotehele, one of England's largest working estates.

[home--farm]

This is an excellent reference! My first home garden was a medieval garden and while I didn't keep it (I wanted a longer flowing season) I did start growing some fun and rather rare plants like Good King Henry, scorzonera, and alexanders.

Medieval garden characteristics:

Gardens enclosed with wattle fences or quickthorn hedges

Trellis walkways and arbours providing shade and privacy

Raised beds to prevent plants becoming waterlogged

Grass treated as a flowery mead planted with low growing wild flowers

Turf seats usually built against a wall with flowers planted in the grass

Physic gardens with regimented beds of medicinal herbs

Orchards providing apples for the kitchen and for making cider

Fish ponds and stew ponds (where fish were purged of muddy water before cooking) to ensure a regular supply of protein during the many fast days of the Christian calendar

Dovecotes to provide pigeons for the kitchen, feathers for cushions and dung for fertilizing the garden

Pleasances, or ornamental parks for recreation, relaxation and sport

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[clairehoneybee]

Dried Flower Christmas

It’s that time of year when all of our fresh garden flowers are gone and we turn to those that we dried or preserved for the long winter season. For my post on the rebirth of dried flowers which were very popular in the 70’s and 80’s, go to Dried Flowers Back From the Dead. And what better time to use them, but for Christmas with fresh vibrant colors for the season? Wreath of summer-dried flowers…

[thefollyflaneuse]

The Prospect Tower, Cotehele, Cornwall

Cotehele stands just on the Cornwall side of the river Tamar that forms the boundary with Devon. The estate was the ancient seat of the Edgcumbes, but by the 18th century it was a secondary residence, with the family preferring nearby Mount Edgcumbe, overlooking Plymouth Sound. On high ground above the house at Cotehele stands this solitary three-sided tower, of which little seems to be known. No…

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Cotehele house

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Birds Eat all the Fruit Canceling National Trust Pick-Your-Own.  An event where people can pick their own cherries has been canceled after blackbirds "feasted" on the trees. It had been due to take place on 28 June at the National Trust's Cotehele medieval house. Laura Jarman from the National Trust said the birds were "so cute, we don't mind too much"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1n26kj1eeo

[batnbreakfast]

Today’s walk: Calstock to Cotehele - and back.

Cotehele house is absolutely stunning and one of the oldest National Trust houses in England. It’s the home of one of the oldest still functioning clocks and also well known for their cut flower gardens.

[helenadurazzo]

The Hearst Hall

I have finally found a perfect real life reference to what the Hearst Hall looks like! My historic architecture loving heart is happy

Got this idea when I was doing a project on Hardwick Hall for a class, which was used for filming the exterior of the Malfoy Manor

Meet Cotehele House, a country house with medieval and Tudor design elements located in South West England in Calstock. To sum its history up, Cotehele was built in 1485 when Sir Richard Edgecumbe gained the property for Henry Tudor who would become King Henry VII after the Battle of Bosworth for his support in the Battle of the Roses.

This is interestingly similar to how the Hearsts also gain their home. Ozias Hearst (born in 1457), along with his older sister, Nemesia (born in 1450), lived in the 1400s but lost their parents shortly after Nemesia turned nineteen. While Nemesia went on to become a Hogwarts Professor, Ozias found himself intrigued by the complex muggle politics going on between noble houses and became acquainted with Henry Tudor and his court during a visit to France, supporting him and providing assistance that ultimately helped him claim the English Throne. As a reward for his loyalty, he was gifted land which would later become where the Hearst Hall was built which became their first and historic family home.

Reblog with a reference of your MC’s family home (can be HPHL, HPHM, and/or HPMA) or some interesting facts if you have them

[thisish20]

Cotehele Woodland Chapel

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@goby1:

Flowers on a window sill at Cotehele House, Cornwall. This ancient house dating back to Jacobean times is still only lit with Candlelight.

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Pinkie Pie is among the fallen camellia petals.

At Cotehele, in Cornwall, England.

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Christmas garland at Cotehele House

[hotspicykimchi]

Mothers Day at @ntcotehele 🌼 #Cornwall #ThePortkeys (at Cotehele - National Trust) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp_TUZzN-CU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[silverfoxstole]

Cotehele House and Quay, on the Devon/Cornwall border, September 2016.

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