One of the Pitchford Peacocks looking resplendent in the Spring sunshine #Shropshire #historichouse ๐ฆ
Chestnut beamed roof of Barons Hall, Penshurst Place, Kent circa 1341 #blackandwhitephotography #Leica #monochrome #architecturephotography #HistoricHouse #medievaldynasty
April showers brought May hydrangeas to Gorgas House Museum!
๐ถ : Artlist.io (Louis Adrien - Hopscotch)
#Hydrangeas #Tuscaloosa #UniversityOfAlabama #HistoricHouse
Some of the restoration challenges we have ahead of us in terms of the East Wing of Pitchford Hall #restoration #conservation #historichouse
Making plans for Mother's Day? Bring mom to Riversdale for a tour, cooking demonstration, and a stroll through the gardens! ๐
#mothersday #freeevents #housemuseum #historicfoodways #openhearthcooking #gardens #historicgardens #historichouse
Have you ever wondered what the roof structure of an Irish historic house looks like?
Well wonder no more, courtesy of a wonderful two-roomed dwelling, complete with turf (scraw) layer, in North County Tipperary.
#heritage #Tipperary #vernacular #irish #ireland #historichouse
Pitchford Hall turned magenta last week for a celebratory event. Thanks Trevor Wilkins for your help #historichouse #Tudor #Shropshire
Our new website is here! The timing couldn't be better as we reopen in just a week time โฐ
We designed it with you in mind and itโs easier than ever to discover everything that #SwarthmoorHall has to offer: ๐ swarthmoorhall.co.uk
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict #HistoricHouse
Another frosty image from the parkland at Pitchford Hall with the old oaks and the original drive to the Hall rising on the far right #ShropshireHills #HistoricHouse
A beautiful photo of Borde Hillโs Elizabethan House on a brighter day!
#bordehillgarden #elizabethanhouse #historichouse #sussexgardens
Cruit Island, Co Donegal
Currently For Sale: Ireland's most idyllically located historic house.
One of the last intact examples of Donegal's iconic Roped Houses, complete with bed outshot/cailleach.
#heritage #vernacular #Donegal #historichouse #Ireland #WildAtlanticWay #irish
We're celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Riversdale House Museum - join us for the reunion!
Call or email museum staff (contact info in image) for more info. See you there!
#reunion #familyreunion #historichouse #housemuseum #descendantcommunities
Did you know that the real 'Button House' is in need of repairs?
Become a Buttoneer today to help us in our mission.
Donate at: westhorsleyplace.org/Appeal/be-a-buโฆ
#thankyou #bbcghosts #buttonhouse forever #buttonhouse #ghosties #historichouse #fundraising
On this #tbt we're throwing it back to last year, when the talented @lucrecia_quesada_ crafted this stunning gingerbread recreation of Vizcaya's Main House.
#gingerbread #gingerbread house #historichouse #gildedage #vizcayamuseum #throwbackthursday
It's National Blueberry Pie Day!
Here's a recipe for pie crust from 1824. Use blueberries or whatever else you'd like for the filling (sweet or savory), but let us know how (or if) it turns out!
#historichouse #historicfoodways #historicrecipes #nationalblueberrypie #pie
Happy 189th Birthday to Merton Russell-Cotes!
Merton, co-founder of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, was born #OnThisDay in 1835.
๐ผ๏ธ Sir Merton Russell-Cotes (1835โ1921), 1897, by John Henry Lorimer (1856โ1936)
#RussellCotes #Bournemouth #ArtGallery #HistoricHouse
Building Of The Month: April
Ballacolla, County Laois
Sitting effortlessly into its surroundings, this wonderful house must surely rank among the country's finest surviving examples of the vernacular thatched form.
#heritage #vernacular #laois #Ireland #irish #historichouse