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...

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.

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...

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....

The walls of The Chapel at Haddon Hall are covered with Frescos. Time has stripped them of their clarity and color, but what remains is still impressive. The tour guide said that these paintings not only adorned the church, but also provided an 'illustration' for...

I'm determined to believe that there is something magical about 'Mommy kisses' and 'band-aids'. They are like small, daily miracles God gives moms to make the little traumas of life a bit easier to bear. It's an amazing thing to watch a crying child with a 'boo boo'...