MYSTERY OBJECTS
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I've edited out this post because i garbled it completely and have added the following one.
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`..for the wealthy so they could have a walk without getting wet in the rain' (Kev) and `for exercise when the weather was poor' (Gloria) are part of the answer. But what is the correct name for such a building and whose was it, and where? I'll give a clue - it was principally for one person.
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An ambulatory? I'll take a guess at Horton in Gloucestershire as it's the only one I could find.
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/10 ... XfzIGnTWdM
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/10 ... XfzIGnTWdM
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I found this. It looks as though Kev is right and it's the ambulatory at Horton.
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Spot on! An ambulatory built for Sir William Knight so that he could enjoy the views over his fish ponds which were appreciated for their aesthetic value as much as for the provision of food.
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What and where?
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The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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I’m thinking that it’s not the Big Pineapple on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.
I know I'm in my own little world, but it's OK... they know me here.
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Dead right Cathy!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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I’m pretty sure I know this.
Gloria
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http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
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Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
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Oh dear.... I think she knows. Yes Ma'am, it is in your northern kingdom.
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I don't know where exactly, it just seemed vaguely familiar!
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Ah, vaguely familiar isn't good enough. The question is 'what and where'.
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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It's a summer house in Dundee I believe. It's owned by the National Trust now.
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Built in 1761 by Earl of Dunmore.
Gloria
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
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It's obvious that you both have it. See THIS for a full description.
My problem with things like this is that I can't help wondering where the money came from to build them. I know, 'Politics of envy' and all that but I still think it's worth considering.
Next one?
My problem with things like this is that I can't help wondering where the money came from to build them. I know, 'Politics of envy' and all that but I still think it's worth considering.
Next one?
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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What is it and where?
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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An old railway line?
Gloria
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
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My son went camping there this year so I'll say nothing for now.
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So they are not Bridges in Madison County then
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Yes Gloria.
No Cathy, but what a nice thought. Bit closer to us than that. Kev knows you know.....
No Cathy, but what a nice thought. Bit closer to us than that. Kev knows you know.....
Stanley Challenger Graham
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scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
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Is it in Scotland?
Nullius in verba: On the word of no one (Motto of the Royal Society)
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Is it somewhere in the Lake District or Scotland, no idea really, just having a guess?
Gloria
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk