Visited lovely gardens at Bateman's in Kent and Penshurst Place in Sussex.
Bateman's was the home of the author Rudyard Kipling. The house is Jacobean and the interiors left very much as they were in Kipling's lifetime. Now owned by the national Trust the interiors are charming, I could move in tomorrow, .The gardens are as lovely as an English garden can be, kitchen garden orchard, herbaceous borders and a woodland walk.
The tea room is excellent with delicious cakes. The shop has a specialist book area with Kipling's works on sale at a reasonable price.
Penshurst Place
The interior of this castle, once the home of Sir Philip Sydney but now owned by the aristocratic de L'Isle family is dark and dreary. A tedious collection of armour, paintings by unknown artists and the third best porcelain. The restaurant was dismal, the coffee was good but the food poor, heavy use of catering quality margarine in the cakes. Several rooms were closed because of a wedding.Eat at the Porcupine Café before you go in, the light snacks there were better.
The gardens are a different matter. Extensive, formal parterre gardens, orchards, a woodland walk and an adventure playground for children,worth the visit. The shop is full of meritricious rubbish.
Bateman's was the home of the author Rudyard Kipling. The house is Jacobean and the interiors left very much as they were in Kipling's lifetime. Now owned by the national Trust the interiors are charming, I could move in tomorrow, .The gardens are as lovely as an English garden can be, kitchen garden orchard, herbaceous borders and a woodland walk.
The tea room is excellent with delicious cakes. The shop has a specialist book area with Kipling's works on sale at a reasonable price.
Penshurst Place
The interior of this castle, once the home of Sir Philip Sydney but now owned by the aristocratic de L'Isle family is dark and dreary. A tedious collection of armour, paintings by unknown artists and the third best porcelain. The restaurant was dismal, the coffee was good but the food poor, heavy use of catering quality margarine in the cakes. Several rooms were closed because of a wedding.Eat at the Porcupine Café before you go in, the light snacks there were better.
The gardens are a different matter. Extensive, formal parterre gardens, orchards, a woodland walk and an adventure playground for children,worth the visit. The shop is full of meritricious rubbish.
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