Bench Pictures

Happy bench Monday everyone.

The Woodland Trail, Kingston Lacy.

In 1717 George Pitt built an early Georgian country house in the Frome Valley, just 2 miles from the county town of Dorchester. The house was made of red brick, but when George III saw it he expressed his dislike of the style, saying with disapproval, 'Brick, Mr Pitt, only brick'. Pitt promptly had the brick house encased in Portland stone. The house is now part of Kingston Maurward Agricultural College and on this day the students were taking exams.

Kingston Maurward, Dorset.

Kingston Mauroward Agricultural College & Gardens. A PiP showing the college building behind this bench.

A Dovecote that is not quite as it seems. It was built in 1934 and is an aesthetic building which was conceived to mask its more primary, utilitarian function as a pump house. It has a strong spatial and visual relationship with the Grade I listed house and the Grade II listed gate piers of Lytes Cary Manor & Gardens.

A cheeky peek into a back garden in the village of Holt, Wiltshire.

Main picture showing the porch of The Greyhound Inn, which is a Grade II listed building. The porch stone dates to 1733. The Inn is situated in The Square (PiP), Corfe Castle, and has terraced outside covered seating at the back and serves delicious food, which I can personally recommend.

As it's quite a boring picture, I have added two photos taken from the bench, at Sturminster Newton Mill.

Picture taken along the Kennet & Avon Canal at Bradford-on-Avon.

Happy Bench Monday from The Walled Garden, Littlebredy, Dorset.

Happy Bench Monday from Clovelly, Devon. The coastline of South Wales in the distance.

The Walled Garden, Littlebredy, Dorset.

I have added a picture of the view from this bench. Many of you will then know where the it was taken :-)

The winding path down to Stourhead Lake and Gardens.

Flowers in the rain, from my garden.