{"id":3002,"date":"2018-04-11T05:39:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T19:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/?p=3002"},"modified":"2018-04-11T05:39:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T19:39:57","slug":"eastnor-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/?p=3002","title":{"rendered":"Eastnor Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eastnor Castle\u00a0is a couple of kilometres from Ledbury and information indicated it was worth visiting. It is a 200 year old house built as a castle. It’s extensive grounds\u00a0provided a variety of\u00a0\u00a0 different opportunities although it was too wet to venture beyond the house.\u00a0 Although the family still live there it is available for open days, weddings, events etc. Whoever is responsible for managing it appears to do so with some imagination and ability. Unlike many such new builds of the era where money from industry bankrolled construction and decoration I was advised that many of the ancestors were military men who made \u201cjudicious\u201d marriages. One of the descendants was a Governor of the Australian state of Victoria with a temporary period as Governor General. The website has\u00a0 videos which show the castle and location in a much better light than my photos. https:\/\/eastnorcastle.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Entrance<\/a>

Entrance to castle<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Enormous<\/a>

Enormous tree near castle<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Main<\/a>

Main living room<\/p><\/div>\n

A fire was burning in one of the fireplaces and it smelled very smokey. I was glad that I didn’t need to live there.<\/p>\n

\"Library\"<\/a>

Dining room<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Library\"<\/a>

Library<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Model<\/a>

Model boat made from bone with hair for rigging. Made by captive French sailors during a very early 19th Century war between France and Britain.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"One<\/a>

One of bedrooms available for guests<\/p><\/div>\n

There were many other rooms and sights including one room devoted to armour and armoury of different periods and locations and a chapel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eastnor Castle\u00a0is a couple of kilometres from Ledbury and information indicated it was worth visiting. It is a 200 year old house built as a castle. It’s extensive grounds\u00a0provided a variety of\u00a0\u00a0 different opportunities although it was too wet to venture beyond the house.\u00a0 Although the family still live there it is available for open […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3002"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3012,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002\/revisions\/3012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}