by Pepper Basham | Oct 11, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
The first main room of the house we entered was called the Banqueting Room. As the main congregating area in the home’s earliest days, it would have been abuzz with people during social gatherings or parties. The paneling in the room served not only the...
by Pepper Basham | Oct 8, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
Here are a few pictures of the kitchen at Haddon Hall. The kitchen used to be separate from the house, but the walk between the two buildings was filled in much later than its original construction during the 14th century. The kitchen is one of the few good examples...
by Pepper Basham | Oct 8, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
Roses wind and twist up the limestone walls of Haddon Hall and surround the entrance with lovely shades of pink and red. This entrance is the one seen in the movie The Princess Bride when Princess Buttercup comes out to ‘meet’ the people.
by Pepper Basham | Oct 8, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
After our tour of the chapel, we crossed the courtyard to walk into the main entrance of the house. On the far side of the courtyard, in this picture, one can see the passageway we walked through to enter Haddon Hall. We walked through a small archway, ascended a...
by Pepper Basham | Oct 4, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
These alabaster reredos are a new placement into the 15 century part of the chapel. The 9th Duke of Rutland, during his vast restoration in the early 20th century, bought these 9 panels that display the Passion of Christ and fitted them himself into their frames....
