Peter Castell's photos

Somewhere I have a coloured version does anyone know how this was done it must have been done by hand

The Orangery Calke Abbey

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The Bothy Calke Abbey, the upper floor would have been a ripening room and possibly a dormitory for unmarried gardeners. The ground floor had the Head Gardeners office, a dining area and tool store

The Long Walk Kedleston Hall

Charlecote Park on a dull damp day

It was not possible to read the name but it was in the tropical house

One of the amazing ancient oaks in Bradgate Park, many of the main trunks are hollow. Bradgate House is located in the Park it was built about 1500 for the 'Grey' family the best known member being Lady Jane Grey often referred to as The Nine Day Queen on July 10 1553 she was crowned Queen being deposed 9 days later on February 12 1554 she was beheaded she was 16 years old. The story is that the woodsmen beheaded the oaks in sympathy but there is no proof it happened, the trees were probably pollarded for woodland management

Helleborus niger

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Who used to try and put the seeds down their friends neck when you were children ?????