Post by 4wd on May 11, 2018 23:57:34 GMT
Since tractor is set up with sprayer - but it's too windy until tomorrow - decided to have a run out to Ripon and especially to visit Markenfield Hall which I saw photos of elsewhere.
This is an intriguing largely original building dating back to the same period as nearby Fountains Abbey.
Though basically still a farmhouse it has a moat and the surrounding garden is rather lovely but not particularly large.
Inside you can only visit a few main rooms but the chapel and Hall upstairs are amazing with partly original roof beams.
The owners and volunteers hover about giving out information in a friendly way.
Until about 1980 it was very run down and the then tenant used to complain bitterly that the landlord should build a bungalow for them as it was like living in a draughty church.
Outside was cool and windy today but it felt warm inside.
In the Hall they did have a decent log fire going in a sort of raised up hearth - it did throw out some heat.
Pics should all click through to larger.
markenfieldhall.com/open-days/
On the way back - with difficulty - got close to Ripon Cathedral for a shot.
They have made it hard to get near without walking a way.
This is an intriguing largely original building dating back to the same period as nearby Fountains Abbey.
Though basically still a farmhouse it has a moat and the surrounding garden is rather lovely but not particularly large.
Inside you can only visit a few main rooms but the chapel and Hall upstairs are amazing with partly original roof beams.
The owners and volunteers hover about giving out information in a friendly way.
Until about 1980 it was very run down and the then tenant used to complain bitterly that the landlord should build a bungalow for them as it was like living in a draughty church.
Outside was cool and windy today but it felt warm inside.
In the Hall they did have a decent log fire going in a sort of raised up hearth - it did throw out some heat.
Pics should all click through to larger.
markenfieldhall.com/open-days/
On the way back - with difficulty - got close to Ripon Cathedral for a shot.
They have made it hard to get near without walking a way.
