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#ShotOniPhone #ukcountrypic #photography #Derbyshire #Ticknall #CalkeAbbey

Back in time to September 2018.....

Calke Abbey is not your typical pristine stately home — it’s famous because it’s been preserved in a state of arrested decay. The National Trust chose to leave many of the rooms and belongings exactly as they were when the house was acquired in 1985 — dusty, peeling, and cluttered — to tell the story of the decline of country estates in the 20th century.

Originally it was a priory (a small abbey) established by Augustinian canons in the 12th century. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, the land was sold off. The current house was built in the early 1700s and was home to the Harpur family for almost 300 years. The family became increasingly reclusive and the house gradually fell into disrepair.

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#ShotOniPhone #ukcountrypic #photography #Derbyshire #Ticknall #CalkeAbbey

Back in time to September 2018.....

Calke Abbey is not your typical pristine stately home — it’s famous because it’s been preserved in a state of arrested decay. The National Trust chose to leave many of the rooms and belongings exactly as they were when the house was acquired in 1985 — dusty, peeling, and cluttered — to tell the story of the decline of country estates in the 20th century.

Originally it was a priory (a small abbey) established by Augustinian canons in the 12th century. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, the land was sold off. The current house was built in the early 1700s and was home to the Harpur family for almost 300 years. The family became increasingly reclusive and the house gradually fell into disrepair.

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#ShotOniPhone #ukcountrypic #photography #Derbyshire #Ticknall #CalkeAbbey

Back in time to September 2018.....

Calke Abbey is not your typical pristine stately home — it’s famous because it’s been preserved in a state of arrested decay. The National Trust chose to leave many of the rooms and belongings exactly as they were when the house was acquired in 1985 — dusty, peeling, and cluttered — to tell the story of the decline of country estates in the 20th century.

Originally it was a priory (a small abbey) established by Augustinian canons in the 12th century. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, the land was sold off. The current house was built in the early 1700s and was home to the Harpur family for almost 300 years. The family became increasingly reclusive and the house gradually fell into disrepair.

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#ShotOniPhone #ukcountrypic #photography #Derbyshire #Ticknall #CalkeAbbey

Back in time to September 2018.....

Calke Abbey is not your typical pristine stately home — it’s famous because it’s been preserved in a state of arrested decay. The National Trust chose to leave many of the rooms and belongings exactly as they were when the house was acquired in 1985 — dusty, peeling, and cluttered — to tell the story of the decline of country estates in the 20th century.

Originally it was a priory (a small abbey) established by Augustinian canons in the 12th century. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, the land was sold off. The current house was built in the early 1700s and was home to the Harpur family for almost 300 years. The family became increasingly reclusive and the house gradually fell into disrepair.

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#ShotOniPhone #ukcountrypic #photography #Derbyshire #Ticknall #CalkeAbbey

Back in time to September 2018.....

Calke Abbey is not your typical pristine stately home — it’s famous because it’s been preserved in a state of arrested decay. The National Trust chose to leave many of the rooms and belongings exactly as they were when the house was acquired in 1985 — dusty, peeling, and cluttered — to tell the story of the decline of country estates in the 20th century.

Originally it was a priory (a small abbey) established by Augustinian canons in the 12th century. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, the land was sold off. The current house was built in the early 1700s and was home to the Harpur family for almost 300 years. The family became increasingly reclusive and the house gradually fell into disrepair.

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#ShotOniPhone #ukcountrypic #photography #Derbyshire #Ticknall #CalkeAbbey

Back in time to September 2018.....

Calke Abbey is not your typical pristine stately home — it’s famous because it’s been preserved in a state of arrested decay. The National Trust chose to leave many of the rooms and belongings exactly as they were when the house was acquired in 1985 — dusty, peeling, and cluttered — to tell the story of the decline of country estates in the 20th century.

Originally it was a priory (a small abbey) established by Augustinian canons in the 12th century. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, the land was sold off. The current house was built in the early 1700s and was home to the Harpur family for almost 300 years. The family became increasingly reclusive and the house gradually fell into disrepair.

#ShotOniPhone #ukcountrypic #photography #Derbyshire #Ticknall #CalkeAbbey

Back in time to September 2018.....

Calke Abbey is not your typical pristine stately home — it’s famous because it’s been preserved in a state of arrested decay. The National Trust chose to leave many of the rooms and belongings exactly as they were when the house was acquired in 1985 — dusty, peeling, and cluttered — to tell the story of the decline of country estates in the 20th century.

Originally it was a priory (a small abbey) established by Augustinian canons in the 12th century. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, the land was sold off. The current house was built in the early 1700s and was home to the Harpur family for almost 300 years. The family became increasingly reclusive and the house gradually fell into disrepair.

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I think it may be "Draws old buildings" time again. This time:

NT #CalkeAbbey, #Ticknall, #Derbyshire

One of my two favourite #NationalTrust properties, the other being #Cragside in #Northumberland

Possibly the hardest of the sketches I did for the 2019 exhibition due to the geometric precision of the structure - all drawn out very carefully in pencil first before committing pen to paper!

#Art #Artwork #PenAndInk #Buildings #Heritage #History