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Wrest Park

An English Heritage property in Silsoe Bedfordshire: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/

A visit by the Thursday Group on 9th Aug  2016   HOME Wisley Kew Stanborough Great Dixter

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We drove to Wrest Park after a coffee at Shillington with Naomi

Wyvern, crest of the De Greys who had owned the house

The cafe at Wrest Park where we had lunch

Gromf, Gromf!

For sale

The Italian Garden

Laboutin Trainers

The South Front

Is it raining, then we better get dressed?

Flying a kite

A good thing we found this shelter

Italian Garden

Just a small white wine

The Orangery

and some lovely stuffing?

Long Water

An Avenue

Pokémon Go!

More rain on the way

Boo!

A gardener sitting down on the job

Got a shift on

James Bond?

From the South Seas?

There is one missing

Ooops

Chandelier

Open door

Library and Brian

Through a door

A ceiling painting

Recession through mirrors

A marble faun

Being naughty

Watching the briefing video

The gardeners pre-war

For one period Wrest Park was an office

A ceiling putto

Central stairs

More?

Delightful

Contra Jour

 

Way out

Napoleon?

The children of the house

A pup

A corridor, not on display

Central heating vent plus my toes

Grrr!

The French Parterre

The Dairy Sculpture Gallery

Oh my!

The Petit Trianon

Stairs

Into the cafe

Buying their mementos

Passion

Want a lick?

The Jackdaw of Wrest

The garage?

A smoker

On the children's zip wire

Two bees

Imagining

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