Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion, Wales
A chance meeting with my old friend Carol, resulted in a lovely weekend in mid-Wales and the introduction to two places that were unknown to me and that I would otherwise not visited. The first was Llanerchaeronand the other was the Pavillion at the Serpentine Gallery (see post on October 5th) .
Llanerchaeron is a self- sufficient 18th century Welsh estate with a dairy, laundry, brewery, bakery and walled kitchen garden. It was designed by John Nash and has survived to this day virtually unaltered and is now under the care of the National Trust.
The walled garden was huge with apples, pears and medlars growing as standards as well as espeliered against the walls and all manner of soft fruit and vegetables. There were also greenhouses with an interesting collection of unusual Pelargoniums.
The elegant main house designed by John Nash in 1790.
This is the approach to the house when entering the estate.
A nice arrangement of interesting Pelargoniums at the front door.
The main courtyard at the rear of the house surrounded by laundery and dairy and other workrooms.
The doorway from the courtyard to the farm buildings and walled garden.
Time and wear have textured this windowsill looking into the courtyard from one of the work rooms.
Carol at the entrance to one of the walled gardens.
This will give some idea of the scale of the walled gardens.
Medlars ready for harvest in mid-September.
Espeliered apples in the walled garden.
Llanerchaeron is a self- sufficient 18th century Welsh estate with a dairy, laundry, brewery, bakery and walled kitchen garden. It was designed by John Nash and has survived to this day virtually unaltered and is now under the care of the National Trust.
The walled garden was huge with apples, pears and medlars growing as standards as well as espeliered against the walls and all manner of soft fruit and vegetables. There were also greenhouses with an interesting collection of unusual Pelargoniums.
The elegant main house designed by John Nash in 1790.
This is the approach to the house when entering the estate.
A nice arrangement of interesting Pelargoniums at the front door.
The main courtyard at the rear of the house surrounded by laundery and dairy and other workrooms.
The doorway from the courtyard to the farm buildings and walled garden.
Time and wear have textured this windowsill looking into the courtyard from one of the work rooms.
Carol at the entrance to one of the walled gardens.
This will give some idea of the scale of the walled gardens.
Medlars ready for harvest in mid-September.
Espeliered apples in the walled garden.
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