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Thursday
Morning departure with coffee stop enroute to Avebury Manor.
The television series The Manor Reborn, which aired in December 2011,
showed how nine of Avebury Manor's rooms and part of the garden were
redecorated and redesigned in five different styles: Tudor, Queen Anne,
Georgian, Victorian and 20th century. This imaginative process drew on
the team's expertise, historical research and inventories from other
houses of the selected periods to help recreate inspirational interiors
for the rooms.
One of the most unique things about Avebury Manor is that you are not
kept away with barriers, you are encouraged to sit on the furniture, lie
on the beds and play snooker in the Billiard Room. The only exception
being the Chinese hand painted wallpaper in the Georgian Dining Room
which will damage if touched.
Also on site is the Alexander Keiller museum was opened in 1938 by Alexander Keiller and is now divided
into two separate galleries; the Stables Gallery which has a wonderful
display of the archaeological finds from the area and the Barn Gallery
which has interactive displays and a children's area.
Outside you have fascinating history dating back over 4,000 years - Avebury is a World Heritage Site with its Stone Circles which I prefer to Stonehenge.
Chance to use leisure facilities before dinner
Friday
After a good breakfast we head for The Courts Gardens via Corsham. The Courts is a garden we have visited a few times and is good to see at different times of the year + it has a very nice small tearooms.
After we visit Great Chalfield Manor which is close by. A beautiful medieval manor house with seven acres of gardens. The Manor is often used for film & television and recently featured in Wolf Hall as Thomas Cromwells home. We will have a guided tour of the house, then a chance to wander around the delightful gardens before finishing with a cup of tea & cake. (The house is closed today to the public)
Included in the price of the break
Coach with pickups, Forde Park, Railway Station, B&Q Newton Abbot, Next
and Greenhill Way route Kingsteignton
Bed Breakfast & 3 course dinner at Marriott Swindon
*Avebury Manor
* The Courts Gardens
*Great Chalfield Manor including tea/cake
* Free with National Trust Membership Card
COST £89.00 PER PERSON SHARING
£25 SINGLE SUPPLEMENT
£25 per person deposit with booking
Final payment by 1st April
PLEASE NOTE INSURANCE IS NOT INCLUDED
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