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Hampton Court Castle - Enchanting Havens
In mid September 2020, I went and stayed at a manor house in Herefordshire with a companion for a much needed getaway. We were struggling...
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Oct 11, 20201 min read
Margam Park - Enchanting Havens
Margam Country Park is a country park estate in Wales, of around 850 acres. It was once owned by the Mansel Talbot family and is now...
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Sep 6, 20203 min read
Hay-on-Wye, The Town of Books - Enchanting Havens
Hay-on-Wye, often abbreviated to just "Hay" is a small market town in the historic county of Brecknockshire in Wales. With over twenty...
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Aug 23, 20202 min read
The Bodleian Libraries - Enchanting Havens
The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. With over 12...
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Jul 19, 20206 min read
Wimpole Hall - Enchanting Havens
I visited Wimpole Hall the day after going to The Fitzwilliam Museum. It was the end of a hot September and the grounds were all burnt to...
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Jun 28, 20204 min read
The Fitzwilliam Museum - Enchanting Havens
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge. From antiquity to the present day, the...
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Jun 14, 20206 min read
Dunraven - Enchanting Havens
Today we are going to Dunraven Bay, I thought the sea air might brighten our day. This cove inspired me to write a series of children's...
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May 24, 20205 min read
St Fagans - Enchanting Havens
St Fagans National Museum of History, commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum...
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May 3, 20205 min read
The Ashmolean Museum - Enchanting Havens
The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. "The Ashmolean’s collections are...
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Apr 11, 20203 min read
National Portrait Gallery, London - Enchanting Havens
The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British...
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Mar 29, 20205 min read
Castell Coch - Enchanting Haven's
The Three Fates, Aesop's Fables and lascivious animals all combine in an eccentric genius' romantic vision of the middle ages.
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Feb 23, 20201 min read
Castell Caerdydd - Enchanting Havens
Castell Caerdydd, or Cardiff Castle in English, is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of...
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Jan 26, 20202 min read
The Wallace Collection - Enchanting Havens
I first discovered The Wallace Collection in the instagram feed of fellow aesthete, the tailor Fabio Trombini. Like me, Stephen Tennant...
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Jan 5, 20205 min read
Tredegar House - Enchanting Havens
Described as the grandest and most exuberant country house in Monmouthshire.
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Dec 31, 20193 min read
Dyffryn Gardens - Enchanting Havens
The Pompeian Garden, the extensive Arboretum and a series of outdoor garden rooms, all restored to their 1920's splendour.
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