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Hoar Cross Hall - Life below stairs #45
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th March 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,first world war,second world war,chapel,Lady Dorothy,Downton Abbey,upstairs downstairs,The Crown,Amazon,my dad bought a mansion
...known as bothy boys. The most common of all male servants was the gardener as they were responsible for producing all the fruit, vegetables and herbs which were used in the kitchens as well as keeping the lawns and hedges tidy. Grass was cut by a horse-drawn mower, although this was the chauffeur’s job surprisingly. The kitchen garden also supplied the house with flowers and during important functions at the house they would bring across masses of palms and pot plants to decorate the rooms. Home Farm supplied the estate with as much produce as was needed. In addition to the farm workers, the estate employed bricklayers, a stone mason, foresters and thatchers,...
Bacon's 'Essay on Gardens' # 56
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th May 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram,emily meynell,Country Life,temple newsam,pleached walks,fountains,Francis Bacon,Essay on Gardens,Italian gardens,elizabethan,The Crown,Downton Abbey,Bridgerton
...even two 'bothy boys' whose sole job was to simply sweep the pathways! The gardener responsible for planting the yew hedges was a Mr Rowley and this must have been a full time job as they were cut into amazing shapes such as birds and horses or the letter 'M' for Meynell. Bacon would have been proud of these gardens grown and nurtured from scratch in 1871 and as he said himself,
“A garden is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man”.
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