Chatsworth House
Aaron
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
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Embarked on a trip to one of the famous country houses and gardens of UK from Sheffield Interchange. Chatsworth House is certainly a place worthy to travel to. ^^ We reached there after an hour bus trip at about 12PM.
When we reached there, we made a decision to tour the garden first since it seems going to rain and we don't want to miss one of the greatest garden in UK. Spanning 105 acres, it really took a toll on our feet.
Entering the gate of the garden, we can see a long span of greenery, and also the Chatsworth House on our right. Immediate action? Took some pictures of it. Although I don't think I took as much photos as others do, but this was the start of about 100 photos in this garden alone.
After spending quite some time at the lawn, we proceed along the road and reached the Cascade, where water flows down the stone steps from the fountain beside Cascade House on top of a small hill. The Cascade steps are all slightly different (24 of them in total) and it was built so to make different sound as water flows through it.
After some cooling time up at the Cascade House, we walked to the rock gardens. It was really a nice scene where there's rocks and ponds, with a small waterfall dropping water from up the large stone.
In the pond where the waterfall falls on, there were these water plants (I have no idea what those are) that the leaves are uber large, some as big as a human. The girls even joked about it that if those are edible, a piece can feed a person for a long time.
Then, we walk towards the furthest attraction from the Chatsworth House - the maze. Well, it took me quite some time to get to the center of it, with a help of a young boy. There's just a tree at the center of it, nothing much.
After some exploring in the maze, we headed down back to the Chatsworth House. We reached this pond beside the house that holds the Emperor Fountain. Beside the fountain are two rows of trees, which resulted in this picture similar to a gateway reaching the lights.
The fountain was built without a pump and uses only pressure and gravity to shoot the water up high, with a record of almost 300 feet high. But as we see it today, it's just about 90 feet. Nevertheless, it's an awesome fountain.
After touring the massive garden (not all of it T.T), we enter the Chatsworth House. The architecture of the building was just amazing, can't believe that some human actually lived so lavishly. The things that attracted me the most were the painting on the ceilings. Just extraordinary. There are paintings of Christian stories and also those of Roman gods.
There is also this library (or personal study room) that is so large and peaceful. There are still old books there. I wish I have a room like that, and it may really make me concentrate more on my studies. ^^ But I might change the lighting as it was too dim. There were also many large rooms, including the hall, bedroom and dining room among others.
After 4 hours plus of touring, we finally walked out to the bus stop and the bus arrived shortly. And that's a GBP14 worth spending. Recommended. ^^ Hopefully I can return to finish touring the garden.
When we reached there, we made a decision to tour the garden first since it seems going to rain and we don't want to miss one of the greatest garden in UK. Spanning 105 acres, it really took a toll on our feet.
Entering the gate of the garden, we can see a long span of greenery, and also the Chatsworth House on our right. Immediate action? Took some pictures of it. Although I don't think I took as much photos as others do, but this was the start of about 100 photos in this garden alone.
After spending quite some time at the lawn, we proceed along the road and reached the Cascade, where water flows down the stone steps from the fountain beside Cascade House on top of a small hill. The Cascade steps are all slightly different (24 of them in total) and it was built so to make different sound as water flows through it.
After some cooling time up at the Cascade House, we walked to the rock gardens. It was really a nice scene where there's rocks and ponds, with a small waterfall dropping water from up the large stone.
In the pond where the waterfall falls on, there were these water plants (I have no idea what those are) that the leaves are uber large, some as big as a human. The girls even joked about it that if those are edible, a piece can feed a person for a long time.
Then, we walk towards the furthest attraction from the Chatsworth House - the maze. Well, it took me quite some time to get to the center of it, with a help of a young boy. There's just a tree at the center of it, nothing much.
After some exploring in the maze, we headed down back to the Chatsworth House. We reached this pond beside the house that holds the Emperor Fountain. Beside the fountain are two rows of trees, which resulted in this picture similar to a gateway reaching the lights.
The fountain was built without a pump and uses only pressure and gravity to shoot the water up high, with a record of almost 300 feet high. But as we see it today, it's just about 90 feet. Nevertheless, it's an awesome fountain.
After touring the massive garden (not all of it T.T), we enter the Chatsworth House. The architecture of the building was just amazing, can't believe that some human actually lived so lavishly. The things that attracted me the most were the painting on the ceilings. Just extraordinary. There are paintings of Christian stories and also those of Roman gods.
There is also this library (or personal study room) that is so large and peaceful. There are still old books there. I wish I have a room like that, and it may really make me concentrate more on my studies. ^^ But I might change the lighting as it was too dim. There were also many large rooms, including the hall, bedroom and dining room among others.
After 4 hours plus of touring, we finally walked out to the bus stop and the bus arrived shortly. And that's a GBP14 worth spending. Recommended. ^^ Hopefully I can return to finish touring the garden.
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