{"id":22861,"date":"2024-09-07T09:53:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T08:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=22861"},"modified":"2024-09-18T20:30:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T19:30:48","slug":"days-out-holiday-24-day-vi-farewell-markwick-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=22861","title":{"rendered":"DAYS OUT: Holiday, \u201824, Day VI – Farewell, Markwick Place & Chartwell, etc."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Damn! Our brief break is nearly over. And I\u2019m just getting started on relaxing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love this wall-hanging rug.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sad to go. But we\u2019ve had an ace time. Took a few parting snaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We\u2019ve tried our best to leave the place as close to how we found it as we can. It was immaculate. And I can\u2019t pretend we leave it quite so shiny. But we did our best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But what a great week! A few daily outing type haunts. Some quality chill time at the flat. Just the one (fiscally crippling) meal out. And lots of good eating \u2018at home\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brilliant!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHARTWELL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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En-route home, we stopped at Chartwell House, which is now run by the NT. Wow! What a place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The drive to Chartwell is pretty idyllic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Despite being slightly \u2018out of season\u2019, this is undoubtedly one of the most popular NT places we\u2019ve been. Very, very, very<\/em> busy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once parked, it\u2019s \u2018timed entry\u2019 tickets. We thought that meant a tour. Turned out it didn\u2019t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grounds are astonishing. Quite hilly. With lots of water features, all on different levels. And all fabulously planted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And so, to the house\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love the way the bookshelves in the study\/library are flush to the walls, even over the doorway. And there\u2019s a great aerial view model of D-Day\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blah\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I overheard the NT volunteer\/guide in the room featured in pics below telling an interesting anecdote about the beautiful rug featured in the first of the next gallery of photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently Winston came down in the middle of the night in one (no doubt historically momentous) occasion, and tripped on the tassels of this exquisite piece of textile. So he got some scissors and simply cut the tassels off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s an odd house, in terms of the stuff inside it. Being both very domestic, and personal, but simultaneously a place to display art and artefacts of a \u2018great man of history\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t really photograph the rooms that are most altered, the gallery type spaces. It makes me wonder how much is displayed as it was (when Churchill lived there), and how much has been altered, and to what degree, for the sake of creating a public exhibition of Churchill\u2019s life and times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And back out into the gardens\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then we visited his art studio, a short walk from the main house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The complex of buildings housing the art studio is massive. We only got to see inside a tiny portion of it. I wonder what the rest is\/was for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An extraordinary home, in an unbelievably gorgeous location. The views it commands of the valley (is this the Weald?) are fabulous. Sadly my iPhone camera fails utterly in capturing such stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this was certainly a fun and very worthwhile place to visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had a fab break in St Leonard\u2019s on Sea, and would love to go back again. So it was nice to see the above feedback after our stay in Markwick Place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Damn! Our brief break is nearly over. And I\u2019m just getting started on relaxing! Sad to go. But we\u2019ve had an ace time. Took a few parting snaps. We\u2019ve tried our best to leave the place as close to how we found it as we can. It was immaculate. And I can\u2019t pretend we leave … <\/p>\n

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