The National Trust describe Tyntesfield, as a 'Victorian Gothic Revival house with gardens and parkland'. It's a great place to visit, even on a wet day, and it's near to Bristol and Portishead, so just a short distance away from Swindon. Great care has been taken over detail at Tyntesfield, whether it's the orchard you walk through from the car park, or the plant sales area which looked fantastic, partly due to the amazing range of Heucheras on display, and also the judicious use of metal garden furniture as props helped the overall effect. I started the visit with a few trips in this area:
I love both these displays
Here's one of the Heuchera display
and a garden arch and table used to good effect
I haven't visited Tyntesfield properly this year and so haven't seen some of their garden displays, Just look at this urn, isn't it beautifully planted?
and the base of a tree planted with succulents. I'm wondering if I could do the same thing with Sempervivums in the bed near the local Co-op.
The rain was beginning to get a bit heavier, and so we went inside the house. Here are a few highlights for me. A perfectly presented dining room, perfect for entertaining.
Here's a photo of the light fitting
The furniture in the house is beautiful, in the entrance there's a piece of furniture with grapes and leaves carved into it
and then in a library this splendid desk with a roof on it!
The cupboard doors depict 4 trades
below you can see a close up of a battle axe, the coat of arms for the Gibbs family who were residents of Tyntesfield, was 3 battle axes
There's another room at Tyntesfield where there are flowers carved in the wood paneling, this is fantastic, although the lighting isn't good, making photography difficult
I liked this piece of glass, and if I had the book on Tyntesfield, I might be able to say more about it.
I should say not all of the house is available to view until 30 September because a new fire alarm system is being installed. From the house we walked through the beautiful chapel, where the window behind the altar is particularly spectacular
This cross also is amazingly jewel encrusted
From the chapel, we walked through parkland to the glasshouse area, walled garden and orangery
above one of several rather lovely Brugmansias, and below the recently restored orangery, looking fabulous with displays of oranges, lemons and Agaves. There's lots on the orangery, this NT blog has some great photos of the restoration process.
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