
Here's a little more background on Scotney.
The old castle lies on an island by a lake, and there's the 'new house' which was built from sandstone dug from an on-site quarry. A quarry which holds the footprint of an iguanodon, no less. We didn't realise it was there until after we left so we'll be going back to have a look at that. The new house is below. Still very grand!
The interior of the house is lovely and it's nice to see how the 'other half' live.
I loved this crockery set.
I wonder how old this mirror is?
The following two photos are of the old house. The first is part of the garden made from the ruin of the old castle. That balcony screams Romeo and Juliet to me! The second shows how scenic it is by the lake - how lovely it must have been to be sit inside and watch the sun set from that viewpoint.
The old castle was definitely my favourite bit of our visit, but most of it was covered in scaffolding when we visited so we'll just have to pop back to take photos of it in all its splendour - and then we can check out that iguanodon footprint, too.
Thanks for reading. Leah xoxo
That place looks amazing.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't it? I could imagine a movie being filmed here. It's glorious! I can't wait to go back.
DeleteHi Leah, our internet crashed for a few days (rrrrrrrrrgggg) so I only just saw this post. It’s lovely! How fab to have so much wonderful history (unlike us LOL) and what a pretty day as well. Christy x
ReplyDeleteThanks Christy. We're SO lucky to have all this history around us. xxx
DeleteI've said it before, and i'll most likely say it again, but I love these posts. It looks so gorgeous over there and the history! Australia is such a baby compared to the UK!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Nat! <3 You have the scenery and we have the history! I really want to come to Aus at some point. James and I are talking about it, but it'll be a while yet. We need to save for a mortgage deposit first. ;)
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