Category: Picture of the Week

House and gardens of Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Gardens at the Arden Family Farmhouse in Wilmcote, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Wisteria at Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Happy first day of spring to my fellow northern hemisphere residents and happy first day of autumn to our friends in the southern hemisphere!

William & Mary section of Hampton Court Palace seen from the Privy Garden. Photo May 2015.

And you can see some of the Tudor bits to the far left.

English countryside and outer walls of Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

Bedroom at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Stone stairs at Castle Rising, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Ruins of stairs at Framlingham Castle. Photo May 2015.

I’m not exactly sure what part of the castle this is the ruins of. It was outside the walls and on the way to the beginning of the path around the Mere, but other than that, I’m not sure architecturally what this section was (and the guidebook didn’t have quite enough detail for me to figure it out).

Roof of the Nave of St. Mary’s Church, Bury St Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

The hammer-beam roof and the pairs of angels alternating with the trusses are thought to date from the mid-15th century.

Decoration on the facing of Norwich Castle. Photo May 2015.

Inside the Leicester Guildhall. Photo May 2015.

Looking down spiral stairs of Rochester Castle. Photo May 2015.

Embroideries from the Marian Hangings at Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

More of the embroideries of Mary Queen of Scots and Bess of Hardwick on display at Oxburgh.

Close-up of the arms carved on the Henry VIII Gate at Windsor Castle. Photo May 2015.

Detail view from stained glass window off the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

You can see the full window here in Picture of the Week #543

Stained glass window at Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

Stained glass window in Norwich Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

When I was looking for a photo of stained glass to use today, this one jumped out at me since I liked the decoration around the edges. And then when I looked at the details, I realized it’s perfect for the lead-up to Christmas since it shows (from bottom to top): The Annunciation, Joseph and the the Angel, The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, and the Adoration of the Magi.

Stained glass window in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Cooking fireplace at Mary Arden’s Farm. Photo May 2015.

Kitchen at Blickling Hall. Photo May 2015.

Although the property as a whole has Tudor connections, the kitchen in this photo was moved to the current location in the 1930s and has furniture and fittings ranging from the Jacobean period through the 1980s. (Not all of which you see in this photo.) But fitting with the Food Theme for this month and with Thanksgiving on my mind, I kept thinking about this kitchen and the massive Turkey Day meal you could prep in it. 🙂