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Growing up in a stately home #1
Posted by Viv Wilson on 30th March 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,church of the holy angels,mounting block,cellars,attics,bridgerton,keeping up with the aristocrats,downton abbey,Derby,Lichfield,Needwood
...the wine cellars were along with linen storage cupboards. In the attic a similar number of rooms were bare and empty and had once housed all the female servants. Two spiral staircases joined all the floors together, one at each end of the house.
The Library with secret doors - can you spot them?
All the bedrooms for the family were on the first floor and were named after whichever town they faced i.e. Derby, Lichfield, Needwood, etc. It was fascinating stuff! There was also a West Wing and an East Wing to the house; the West Wing had been the nursery rooms for the younger members of the Meynell family and their nursemaids. In one of the corridors...
A Bit Of Background #1
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th June 1970 in Early Days | moving in,hoar cross hall
...the wine cellars were along with linen storage space.
In the attic a similar number of rooms were bare and empty and had once housed all the female servants. Two spiral staircases joined all the floors together, one at each end of the house. All the bedrooms for the family were on the first floor and were named after whichever town they faced i.e. Derby, Lichfield, Needwood, etc. It was fascinating stuff – there was also a West Wing and an East Wing to the house; the East Wing had been the nursery rooms for the younger members of the Meynell family and their nursemaids. Back down in the basement were all the old kitchens including the Boot Boy’s ro...
Ventures New! #10
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th July 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,J C Bamford,Uttoxeter,banquet,King,jester,seventies,antiques
...and beer cellars when the monks lived in the house, and we had great fun learning to walk on them like they did in the circus! We also built a treehouse in one of the huge cedar trees which lined the path to the church. As per usual the three of us would hide up there and watch the visitors walk by on their way to the church, as this was also open to the public, then we would make animal noises or suchlike and throw pine cones into nearby bushes to make them jump! It was also a good place to hide from our dad!
The barrels left behind by the monks
The visitors continued to come on a regular basis and my parents tried to think up different ideas to...Eat, Drink & Be Merry #11
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th June 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,sothebys,christies,rolls royce,TV,downton abbey,Bridgerton,keeping up with the aristocrats,Samurai warrior,Far East,motor racing
...and beer cellars, and we had great fun learning to walk on them like they did in the circus! We also built a treehouse in one of the huge cedar trees which lined the path to the church. As per usual the three of us would hide up there and watch the visitors walk by on their way to the church, as this was also open to the public, then we would make animal noises or suchlike and throw pine cones into nearby bushes to make them jump! It was also a good place to hide from our dad!
Clearing the woods
The visitors continued to come on a regular basis and my parents tried to think up different ideas to attract them. At one end of the terrace, near to the old...
VENTURES NEW #10
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st March 1973 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,suits of armour,coombe abbey,mediaeval banquets,jcb
...and beer cellars from the Meynell days, and we had great fun learning to walk on them like they did in the circus! We also built a treehouse in one of the huge cedar trees which lined the path to the church. As per usual the three of us would hide up there and watch the visitors walk by on their way to the church, as this was also open to the public, then we would make animal noises or suchlike and throw pine cones into nearby bushes to make them jump! It was also a good place to hide from our dad!
The visitors continued to come on a regular basis and my parents tried to think up different ideas to attract them. At one end of the terrace, near to the o...
My Dad Bought A Mansion! #1
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th October 2018 in Growing Up In Stately Home | hoar cross hall,staffordshire,mansion,meynell,ingram,church,holy angels,drawing room,ballroom,chapel,library,secret doors,famous five,lichfield,history,pub,armour
...the wine cellars were along with linen storage cupboards. In the attic a similar number of rooms were bare and empty and had once housed all the female servants. Two spiral staircases joined all the floors together, one at each end of the house.
All the bedrooms for the family were on the first floor and were named after whichever town they faced i.e. Derby, Lichfield, Needwood, etc. It was fascinating stuff! There was also a West Wing and an East Wing to the house; the West Wing had been the nursery rooms for the younger members of the Meynell family and their nursemaids. In one of the corridors we found an old ‘sit and ride’ toy, which was...