Just three miles north East of Trelawnyd lies the historic country house Mostyn hall. The 15th Century house is a private seat of the latest Lord Mostyn who is 29 years old and the 13th richest man in a Britain under the age of 30.
The house has been opened to the public for a few weeks this year for the very first time, so, after a glowing report from my sister who had a guided tour of the Hall last week.I drove up to have a look for myself.
It was a fascinating hour out of my day. With only 8 of us on the tour, we had time to look at Charles The first's death warrant signed by Oliver Cromwell ( Oliver P)', learn all about the flamboyant Savage Mostyn who was responsible for the design of the modern sailor uniform!
and notice the cans of coke almost hidden away on the drinks trolley in the library.
As usual with these ancient family homes of Britain, the interest was not only in the grand public rooms which were a real delight, it was the quick glimpses of the 1970 avocado bathrooms which gave the whole visit a grounding in the normal
A painting of Mostyn hall's delightful library
What a lovely old pile. I have to drive two hours and pay through the nose to visit our local chateau, Biltmore. A very commercial estate today, and not a single avocado or harvest gold fixture in sight.
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Savage Mostyn? Hmmmm, flamboyant, as you say - with that camp hand on hip pose, the other hand ready to catch the cannonball as it's fired.
ReplyDeleteAnd (of course!) you meant Charles 1st rather than James.
Well I think I did
DeleteAnd yes
Savage never married!
The penny's just dropped. That 'Savage' was obviously a case of irony. Slow me!
DeleteThat would be Charles I. His dad James died with his head intact a long time before Cromwell was on the scene.
ReplyDeleteTi thought I wrote Charles ..well near enough
DeleteAvocado baths and tins of coke eh? Under the skin (and sans bank balance) we are all the same aren't we? We only had our avocade bath taken out about five years ago when my blackouts meant I could no longer take a bath but had to have a shower.
ReplyDeleteGee, looks just like my house........
ReplyDeleteWell I feel extremely good about my bathroom renovations now lol.
ReplyDeleteThat is quite a country house! Do they charge admission to visitors?
ReplyDelete5£ for charity
DeleteFive pounds for Charity? What do they charge everyone else?
DeleteJane x
There was a PBS series about some of those grand old houses in England. I guess it was a reaction to the Downton Abbey craze. I loved looking at those houses. They were probably ostentatious in their time, but now they seem a labor of love. I think it's wonderful their owners have found it worthwhile to preserve them. They don't do that here, they tear down old buildings and build condominiums.
ReplyDeleteThis house had a lovely feel to it
DeleteCosy somehow
Sounds like a good place to visit. The young Lord Mostyn owns around half of the property in Llandudno I've heard.
ReplyDeleteNice that he's let some of it out so that we are about to get a Prezzo .... yay .. I'm happy :-)
Yes....sue...if it wasn't for one of the mostyns llandudno would look very different today
DeleteShe put an order on the promenade, ensuring the hotel fronts are never changed
Clever girl ...well it just had to be a woman thinking that far ahead :-)
DeleteWas there a walled kitchen garden, John? I love walled kitchen gardens like Heligan.
ReplyDeleteWe couldn't access the gardens..... I would have liked to have thought they had one
DeleteI'm drooling... I love 'old'! Nice digs!
ReplyDeleteThat's a fairy tale house for the princess who doesn't need Prince Charming, who isn't all that bright anyway.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Ah, wish I was there. T'is one of those things I miss from my old country... (Sigh)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the peek :)
South Africa must have a few early Victorian houses dani?
DeleteBeautiful !
ReplyDeletecheers, parsnip
Reminds me a little of The Biltmore house here in the states. Looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteMostyn is the name given to a man with a big cock. Justin is the name for a man with a small one. As you can tell, I am now being alerted to other people's posts.
ReplyDeleteA non shit post for a change and you have to go and mention cocks!
DeleteAnd your latest is called 'Arsehole'.
DeleteA smaller version of where I work.Sounds like the National Trust is involved if the house has been recently opened to the public. They have to do that once a year and will probably apply for grants to get rid of the avocado bathrooms. I've got 'housemaid's knee', an occupational hazard of my job - I'll be like Mrs Overall soon!
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ReplyDeleteWow. And I think it was Deborah, then Duchess of Devonshire, who first starting opening up homes and gardens as a fund-raiser. And if I lived there I would go. Often.
ReplyDeleteChats worth house is the BEST house I have ever been to
DeleteIt is good isn't it? But then I'm ever so slightly biased!
DeleteGill
A wonderful way to spend an afternoon out. You needed that after working nights last weekend.
ReplyDeleteOur old farm kitchen was avocado back in th 70's eeek!
ReplyDeleteI love learning that fancy-schmancy rich people have just as bad taste as I do!
ReplyDeleteI am somehow comforted to know that one of the richest people in Britain does not feel the need to update his bathrooms every decade.
ReplyDeleteScary big.
ReplyDeleteOh, I envy you! That house looks beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh my, I'd love to see that place! And even more, I'd love to see the gardens! And the stables!
ReplyDeleteOne of the richest men in Britain has an avocado bathroom? I need to move across the pond.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous.
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