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2 days in Alcester, March 2013

Visit to Alcester and three National Trust properties - Croome Court, Baddesley Clinton and Kinwarton Dovecote.
Mistletoe in car park at Croome Court
Mistletoe in car park at Croome Court		 Mistletoe in car park at Croome Court
Mistletoe in car park at Croome Court		 Church of St Mary Magdalene
Church of St Mary Magdalene		 Church plaque
Church plaque		 Interior of church
Interior of church
Our first view of Croome Court
Our first view of Croome Court		 Croome: a man-made landscape
Croome: a man-made landscape		 A Capability Brown culvert
A Capability Brown culvert		 Tree shapes
Tree shapes		 All the statues were wrapped against the winter (as were we!)
All the statues were wrapped against the winter (as were we!)
What's under the wraps
What's under the wraps		 Holey gingko
Holey gingko		 Croome River - 12 years of hand digging!
Croome River - 12 years of hand digging!		 Croome Court
Croome Court		 Incongruous find - remember what fun these were?
Incongruous find - remember what fun these were?
Round the back
Round the back		 The Home Shrubbery and the Rotunda
The Home Shrubbery and the Rotunda		 Sleeping dragon
Sleeping dragon		 The Rotunda under 18th century cedars
The Rotunda under 18th century cedars		 Rotunda interior
Rotunda interior
Rotunda interior
Rotunda interior		 Another tree creature
Another tree creature		 Croom landscape
Croom landscape		 Gardens near the icehouse
Gardens near the icehouse		 The Ice House
The Ice House
The Ice House
The Ice House		 The Ice House
The Ice House		 Snowdrops in the church shrubbery
Snowdrops in the church shrubbery		 Examining an ornate gravestone
Examining an ornate gravestone		 Overgrown gravestones
Overgrown gravestones
RAF Defford Sick Quarters, now the restaurant
RAF Defford Sick Quarters, now the restaurant		 RAF Defford buildings plus a splendid fence
RAF Defford buildings plus a splendid fence		 Baddesley Clinton forecourt
Baddesley Clinton forecourt		 Baddesley Clinton
Baddesley Clinton		 Carved seat commemorating local teacher Mary Fitter (Jonathan Protheroe, 1994)
Carved seat commemorating local teacher Mary Fitter (Jonathan Protheroe, 1994)
Baddesley Clinton
Baddesley Clinton		 The Stables
The Stables		 The Courtyard from the gatehouse
The Courtyard from the gatehouse		 Weaponry in the gatehouse
Weaponry in the gatehouse		 The Courtyard
The Courtyard
Servants' quarters
Servants' quarters		 The Housekeeper's Room
The Housekeeper's Room		 Storeroom off the kitchen
Storeroom off the kitchen		 The kitchen
The kitchen		 Looking down at a Priest Hole in the kitchen
Looking down at a Priest Hole in the kitchen
The Butler's Pantry
The Butler's Pantry		 Entrance Hall
Entrance Hall		 Stained glass herald in the entrance hall
Stained glass herald in the entrance hall		 The Dining Room
The Dining Room		 Stairs to the first floor
Stairs to the first floor
Stairwell window
Stairwell window		 Bedroom Wing and chapel closed for cleaning
Bedroom Wing and chapel closed for cleaning		 The upper landing
The upper landing		 The upper landing
The upper landing		 An Ideal Wife, painted by Rebecca Ferrers
An Ideal Wife, painted by Rebecca Ferrers
The Library
The Library		 Baddesley Clinton
Baddesley Clinton		 The walled garden
The walled garden		 Keeping dry in the stables block
Keeping dry in the stables block		 Baddesley Clinton
Baddesley Clinton
Baddesley Clinton
Baddesley Clinton		 The Great Pool
The Great Pool		 P1060407
P1060407 		The Great Pool
The Great Pool		 The Great Pool
The Great Pool
Another tree creature
Another tree creature		 Lovely bark
Lovely bark		 Bridge across The Long Ditch
Bridge across The Long Ditch		 The carved seat
The carved seat		 The Stables
The Stables
Alcester - spot the gold pillar box?
Alcester - spot the gold pillar box?		 Alcester
Alcester		 Alcester
Alcester		 Alcester
Alcester		 Alcester
Alcester
Alcester
Alcester		 Kinwarton Dovecote, Alcester
Kinwarton Dovecote, Alcester

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