Here are some more photos taken on our walk around this magnificent Estate. We did appreciate the sun and blue skies but actually got caught in a brief downpour. Thankfully, the lush foliage and a pocket umbrella kept us, and my camera, relatively dry. For a description of the Estate and more images, please see my previous post :
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-677819-1.htmlMark
srfmhg wrote:
Here are some more photos taken on our walk around this magnificent Estate. We did appreciate the sun and blue skies but actually got caught in a brief downpour. Thankfully, the lush foliage and a pocket umbrella kept us, and my camera, relatively dry. For a description of the Estate and more images, please see my previous post :
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-677819-1.htmlMark
Mark, Thanks for taking me on the tour of the Estate you photographed in fine fashion. Learned a lot.Thanks Stan
Y'know, Mark, diving into UK history can be a bit of a muckity-muck. I once read that the Manor Home at Mount Juliet was built by the Earl of Carrick in the mid 1700s. However, I also read that the title "Earl of Carrick" "became extinct on the death of John Stewart" the Earl of Carrick around the mid 1600s. What were you able to find out on your visit?
Please transport me now. These are just delightful.
Beautiful photos and estate! I count 10 chimneys in the big house, so they must have gone through a whole forest to keep it warm in the winter. I wonder if the chimneys had a fireplace on each floor?
One of your best sets yet, Mark. Thanks for taking us along.
Beautiful tour stop, Mark!
joecichjr
Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
Wow! To be surrounded by all that beauty must be a great contributer to fine health...
PixelStan77 wrote:
Mark, Thanks for taking me on the tour of the Estate you photographed in fine fashion. Learned a lot.Thanks Stan
Thanks so much for your kind comments Stan. Glad you enjoyed the narrative as well as the photos.
Longshadow wrote:
Neat tour.
Thanks.
Thanks very much for coming along Bill.
srfmhg wrote:
Here are some more photos taken on our walk around this magnificent Estate. We did appreciate the sun and blue skies but actually got caught in a brief downpour. Thankfully, the lush foliage and a pocket umbrella kept us, and my camera, relatively dry. For a description of the Estate and more images, please see my previous post :
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-677819-1.htmlMark
Beautiful isn't descriptive enough. One of your best sets Mark.
Great landscapes, Mark, very nicely done.
cameraf4 wrote:
Y'know, Mark, diving into UK history can be a bit of a muckity-muck. I once read that the Manor Home at Mount Juliet was built by the Earl of Carrick in the mid 1700s. However, I also read that the title "Earl of Carrick" "became extinct on the death of John Stewart" the Earl of Carrick around the mid 1600s. What were you able to find out on your visit?
Thanks for commenting Camera. The hotel website says that the 1st Earl of Carrick, who was Somerset Butler named the estate after his wife Julianna. "Built on a ridge overlooking the River Nore by the first Earl of Carrick, it is named after his beloved wife, Lady Julianna Butler."
This would have to be in the mid 1700s. "Somerset Hamilton Butler, 1st Earl of Carrick, PC (6 September 1718 – 15 April 1774), known as The Viscount Ikerrin from 1721 to 1744, was the son of Thomas Butler, 6th Viscount Ikerrin and Margaret Hamilton. On 18 May 1745 he married Lady Juliana Boyle, daughter of Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon and Lady Henrietta Boyle. They had five children."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Butler,_1st_Earl_of_Carrick
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