I had a longstanding arrangement to make a visit to friends in Bath. I arrived on a late morning train, along with evidently lots of Bath rugby supporters, and immediately got whisked off to Montacute House. My friends know my weakness for National Trust properties.
Montacute is a very grand Elizabethan country house with a beautiful walled garden. Given that it was an April showers sort of day - bright sun with impending visits from black clouds, we decided to start off by wandering around the gardens while the sun was out. A good call.
The topiary is a particular highlight.
Especially the wibbly-wobbly hedge.
There is also an outstanding little greenhouse.
With dark cloud looming we headed indoors. In addition to its own collection, the house is an outpost for the National Portrait Gallery, allowing it to show some of its less well known paintings (a lot by anonymous artist) from the Tudor period.
The glass in the windows is original, which is nice. But not always VERY clear...
Someone who was particularly bored in the library decided to write poems in the glass. Would possibly be considered vandalism in teh 21st century.
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