Godolphin House in Cornwall, is a relatively recent National Trust acquisition. A great house until the 17th century when the money began to run out, it never got ‘modernized’ by Capability Brown or his cohorts, so retains old formal features. Previous owners popped in the old rose bush and tree peony but little else, or at least not much else has survived a period of neglect. The primroses have gone mad as they do in Cornwall, self-seeding everywhere, loving the wet, the mild winters............ Read on..........
2 comments:
Truly adorable, i must say that whoever own this place must not "Modernized" it. Else, it would lose the eye calming and mind soothing chic of it.
~Aansy Stone
Totally agree with Aansy - they should keep it as un-modern as possible! I recently bought a flat in an old Victorian house, it must have looked lovely 'til they built a modern brick conversion on the side of the stone house, and covered the massive garden with an ugly silt driveway!
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