Advantages: Great Day Out, Unusual and Interesting Disadvantages: none
Calke Abbey is a National Trust Property in Derbyshire that I visited about a year ago. I have visited several National Trust houses before and they are usually immaculately restored to their former state. This house however has been left untouched and that is it's magic. The National Trust decribe it as a "memorial to the many English country houses that disappeared during the 20th century", you will walk round and witness he years of neglect to ... ...eccentric and renamed the house Calke Abbey. He enjoyed spending his time alone and was fascinated by wild animals. This interest continued to the 10th Baronet, Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe who's extreme behaviour included obsessively collecting stuffed birds and animals, which amounted to several thousand as you will see.
As you walk through the house, only a few of the rooms are in a reasonable state, however they are overflowing with stuffed animals, ...
mussonanna 28.02.2006
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Advantages: v interesting Disadvantages: cluttered
The National Trust describe Calke as a "memorial to the many English country houses that disappeared during the 20th century", Calke Abbey clearly used to be an awsome house but its past glory has since become foggotten and the house neglected by its previous owners. Now the National Trust are trying to preserve the house for generations to come.
I went to Calke this summer using my Walkers Brit Trip Vouchers (sadly Walkers arn't doing them this ... ...ever been in. There are stuffed animals absolutely everywhere! Floor to ceiling! The eccentric owners really do have a thing for taxidermy. Besides this the house is beatiful and the most interesting parts for me were the kitchens down at the bootom of the house - it looks like you're stepping into a room no ones been in for 100 years. Amazing. The cellars are well worth a look to and you wont believe where they bring you out!
The gardens are lovely ...
johanna18 28.02.2009
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