Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: Calke

Is this Brown-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia triloba or is it Common Sneezeweed? - the leaves and petals from which were used to make snuff.

It may be the walled garden at National Trust's Calke Abbey but the bullrushes and other water plants are kept off the lawn by a fence! HFF to everyone. Enjoy the weekend.

The wooden staircase at Calke Abbey. The property and surrounding gardens & grounds are cared for by National Trust. HFF everyone and have a great weekend.

Singing and enjoying the sunshine in the walled garden at Calke Abbey.

Window dressing in the seed store. The National Trust house and gardens at Calke Abbey near Derby.

The National Trust house and gardens at Calke Abbey near Derby. The seed store by the walled gardens.

The National Trust house and gardens at Calke Abbey near Derby in the warm late afternoon light. Calke Abbey stands on the site of a medieval religious house dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538. After passing through several hands, Richard Wendsley acquired Calke, eventually selling the estate in 1585 to Robert Bainbridge. His son sold the estate to Henry Harpur in 1622 for £5,350. It stayed in the Harpur family until the National Trust began caring for it in 1985. HFF everybody & have a great weekend.

Calke Abbey was owned by the Harpur family for nearly 300 years until it was passed to the National Trust in 1985 in lieu of death duties. Today, the house is open to the public and many of its rooms are deliberately displayed in the state of decline in which the house was acquired. HFF and have a peaceful weekend.