Spent a lovely day at Wightwick Manor then lunch at the excellent Mermaid Inn.
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| The Mermaid Inn at Wightwick |
Wightwick is one of my favourite national trust houses. It feels as if the owners and staff will be back any minute while you are walking around.
A stunning late Victorian manor
house, built in the ‘Old English’ style by local industrialist Theodore
Mander, Wightwick Manor is perhaps the best surviving example of a home
furnished under the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement. The rich
interiors feature many original wallpapers, fabrics and furnishings by
William Morris, artwork by Rossetti and Burne-Jones, glass by Charles
Kempe and ceramics by William de Morgan. The house sits in seven
hectares (seventeen acres) of attractive Arts and Crafts gardens,
designed by Thomas Mawson, which are Grade II listed in their own right.
The beautiful pre-raphaelite painting 'Love among the Ruins' by Burne Jones is here
The chimneys at Wightwick are fascinating, so intricate
Looks an interesting place to visit, I will have to google it to find out where it is.
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