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Chastleton House Was Closed Today,The Four Shire Stone Chastleton House was closed today Secret Cottage took a Cotswolds tour to Chastleton House today, but unfortunately it was closed for the filming of Wolf Hall and Bringing up the Bodies. Filming started yesterday and will continue until August the 6th. As an alternative, we took our tourists to The Rollright Stones which were nearby and our guests thoroughly enjoyed themselves. However, we wanted to tell you something about the fabulous Chastleton House. Chastleton House is a fine Jacobean country house built between 1607 and 1612 by a Welsh wool merchant called Walter Jones. The house is built from beautiful local Cotswold stone and is Grade I listed. It was built on the site of an older house by Robert Catesby who masterminded the gunpowder plot! There are many unique features to Chastleton House; one of them being the longevity of the property within one family. In fact, until the National Trust took over the property in 1991, it had remained in the same family for around 400 years. Unlike many tourist attractions, the National Trust have kept this house completely unspoilt – they are conserving it, rather than restoring it. They don’t even have a shop or tea room; giving you the opportunity to truly step back in time. It’s almost like being in a living museum with a large number of the rooms open to the public that are still beautiful and untouched and have escaped the intrusion of being bought into the 21st century. A trip to Chastleton House brings history to life. This house has charm; there is no pretence with making walls perfect or fixing minor problems; expect to find gaps in the walls, cracks in the ceiling, uneven floors, dust and cobwebs in all their glory. It as if you are invited to spend the afternoon with the Jones family and you take them as you find them! The house has a unique ‘Long Gallery’ – the only one surviving from this time period. The gallery is 72 feet and has a barrel vaulted ceiling. It also boasts a great chamber which was reserved for entertaining special guests. Outdoors, there is a grade II listed garden with an orchard, kitchen garden, terraces, flower gardens, topiary, dovecote and pleasure garden. Chastleton House stands in a stunning spot and you’re unlikely to pass it by accident. This is a place you need to seek out as it’s in such a secluded and peaceful location. And that’s why our visitors love our Cotswolds tour; because we take you to hidden and unspoilt places that few people know about! The Four Shire Stone As part of our Cotswold sightseeing, Secret Cottage tour stopped at The Four Shire Stone near Moreton-in-Marsh today. This is a nine foot high Cotswold Stone monument, used as a boundary marker, that defines the place where the four counties of Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire once met. Each face of the stone has the name of one of the counties on it. The original stone is believed to have been put up in the late 16th century and there may even have been individual stones for each county prior to this; although the real history is still hazy and wrapped in mystery. According to the book “Four Shire memories : history and reminiscences of villages round the Four Shire Stone, Gloucestershire”; legend has it that ancient battles took place near the site. In more recent times the site was reportedly treated as a meeting point for councils and later for ‘vagabonds, prize fighting and other illegal sports’ – it being easy to move into the adjoining shire if the constables of one county turned up! The boundaries have changed over the years, but tourists on our tour are fascinated by the historical importance of this stone; which is listed as a historic monument. Although there are several stones like this across the UK, the Four Shire Stone is special because it marks the ONLY point in Britain where four counties once met. During the 1930s the boundaries of these counties was reorganised and today, only three counties meet at the stone. It is believed the monument you see today was built in the 18th century and it is a grade II listed building. This stone was believed to be the inspiration for Tolkien’s Three-Farthing Stone; which appeared in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The Three-Farthing Stone was a central point in the Shire where three Farthings met. Cotswolds. Little Wolford Village Fete The other day we told you how our Cotswold day-trip had taken us through the picturesque village of Bledington. We mentioned it was a small village with a population of less than 400. Today Secret Cottage took its Cotswolds tour to visit Little Wolford for a typical English Fete. This village is around 5 miles from Moreton in Marsh and has just over 90 residents! There were plenty of locals and tourists queuing up for teas, cakes, games, plants, tombola, beer, BBQ, raffle and many more. The fete was quite small compared to others in the UK, but it still took a long time to tour around all the stands. It’s amazing what a small group of people can achieve when they put their minds to it! Little Wolford is fortunate in that it is largely unspoilt and remains pretty much off the beaten track for tourists. Although it has expanded, the village has retained its Cotswold charm. It has a 15th century Manor and two working farmhouses and is rich in history; being referred to in the Domesday book. And this is why people love to take our Cotswolds tour – they get to find all the hidden secrets of this fabulous area… Set high on the hill in farming countryside, you can enjoy stunning views of the Cotswolds all the way over to the Tower on Broadway Hill. It is said that on a clear day you can see 16 counties From Broadway Tower! Despite being short on population, the community are active and engaged with one another. Little Wolford village hall hosts an annual auction, sponsored walk, coffee mornings, a harvest supper and jumble sales throughout the year. A library van calls to the village fortnightly and there is a parish meeting of which all local government electors are members and which meets twice a year. Not to mention the fantastic fete which we enjoyed! As public transport is so sparse (one bus per week to Moreton market and two buses per day to Stratford or Oxford), residents are served by a voluntary car scheme or ‘lift sharing’ where journeys to hospital or the doctors can be made in exchange for a contribution towards costs. It’s a great way to get to know your neighbours and spend some time together. The residents of Little Wolford really show us how community living is still thriving in some of the smaller and more rural areas of the UK. Picturesque stream running through the village green at Bledington Four miles south-east of Stow-On-The-Wold is the pretty village of Bledington. With a population of around 500 the village won the Community Category in 2004 Gloucestershire village of the year. And the reasons were pretty spectacular! Judges said “Its ability to run a large number of community events, ranging from the annual village fete to two flower shows and a music festival is impressive – as is the range of activities which take place in the village hall.” Today, the temperature was extremely hot. We drove through the green at Bledington on our Cotswold day-trip. There were tourists everywhere and I took this picture of the stream. The stream (complete with resident ducks!) runs through Bledington, and the village has a beautiful wide green; complete with Victorian maypole, making it a popular spot with tourists. You’ll notice signs on the side of the road warning motorists of “ducks crossing”! From the green, Church Road takes you past a row of Cotswold stone cottages to the Norman St Leonard’s, Church; dating from 1170. The church is believed to be built on the remains of a Saxon chapel. This church is one of around 170 in England dedicated to St Leonard, a 6th century French bishop. Bledington has a good range of amenities including The King’s Head Inn – a 15th century building awarded Dining Pub of the Year in 2001, and which acts as the village Post Office – as well as an outstanding primary school. The annual Bledington Music Festival was established in 2000 and takes place over three evenings every June. It attracts top performers from around the world such as The Cann Twins, Sasha Grynyuk and Mark Bebbington. Each year they endeavour to get the local children enthusiastic about the music and the performers through their educational programme. The children benefit from special ‘mini concerts’ and the opportunity to play and explore music themselves. When winning the Community Award, judges also said ” We were also impressed with the provision the village makes for older people through the local church’s Care Committee and with the fact that it supports a village shop.” The Bledington area is rich in Morris Dancing history. In fact, the last time I was here in May, the Morris Dancers were on tour and were performing in front of the pub! You never know what you might experience on your Cotswold day-trip! Hidcote Manor Garden Hidcote Manor Garden is near Chipping Campden, which we wrote about recently after we’d visited the market hall on a recent Cotswolds day trip.
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