I visited this house and gardens under the National Open
Garden Scheme (their website can be seen here) a few weeks ago. They say: “Overlooking the Stour Valley the
gardens surrounding an Elizabethan manor house are formal and Italianate in
style with Irish yews and mature specimen trees. Terraces, borders, ponds and
woodland walks.”
Fire insurance marks are metal plaques marked with the
emblem of the insurance company. They were fixed on a building to show the name
of the insurance company that was responsible for the cover. Used back in the
eighteenth and nineteenth century prior to the formation of municipal fire
services. When the fire was reported a number of insurance company’s brigades
would arrive and look for the plaque on the building, if it was not their
companies responsibility, they would drive off leaving the building to its
fate.
The grounds of this house include a wonderful woodland walk with fantastic views.
© Lionel Callow 2019
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