June 12, 2011, Multiply, Hospitalfield House open doors

Hospitalfield House open doors day

Jun 12, '11 4:21 PM for everyone

http://www.hospitalfield.org.uk/
HospitalField House had one of its open doors days today. These days give the public the opportunity to see inside this historic building. The weather was beautiful, I listened to a short piano recital given by a young Russian pianist in the beautiful gallery of the main house. There was a conducted tour around the interior of the house
and the opportunity to take plenty of photos around the grounds and exterior of the house.
The icing on the cake was a re-enactment of the historic signing of the Declaration of Arbroath performed by the Arbroath Abbey historic society.
This video was made a couple of years ago at the Abby but its more or less the same as I've just sat through this afternoon.

Part of what used to be the estate lands are now used as an organic gardening project, I had the opportunity to have a good look around there as well.
http://www.hopegardentrust.org.uk/
As you can imagine, I took many, many, many photos, all of which I will put into albums over the next couple of days.  This is just a little taster of my day out.

Tags: arbroath, hospitalfield

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delete reply acousticeagle wrote on Jun 13, '11 Fabulous stonework embellishment. There's a turtle, or tortoise, sticking out.

delete reply greenwytch wrote on Jun 13, '11 ah, an open day! this sounds like a nice place. ; D

delete reply mitchylr wrote on Jun 12, '11 A splendid old building and grounds!! Definately a place I'd go to on an open day, with camera in hand!!!

delete reply bennett1 wrote on Jun 12, '11 I love to see the old buildings you have and imagine what it must have been like to live there. Cold and damp in the winter I suppose, but so lovely in the spring....

delete reply veryfrank wrote on Jun 12, '11 Very nice grounds and such nice weather for the open doors day.

delete reply nemo4sun wrote on Jun 12, '11 yeah! nice to learn what i am yeahing about :)

delete reply nessiek wrote on Jun 12, '11 Not been there in years but I do know it! Its like Norfolk here - we are both blessed! ;o) Did you see my new photos of Norfolk? Nessie

edit delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Jun 12, '11 nessiek said A GORGEOUS part of the world! the best :-)) take a look at some of my photos, i've got hundreds of them, mostly taken along the coast between dundee and stonehaven, a stretch of about 50 miles or less...............beautiful it is

edit delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Jun 12, '11 funny you should say that..................it bucketing it down here too now.....least I had my day out in the sun :-)

delete reply nessiek wrote on Jun 12, '11 Hospitalfield, Arbroath is on the east coast of Scotland, close to the A92, 18 miles from Dundee and 53 miles from Aberdeen. A GORGEOUS part of the world! Say hi to Nessie for me! :o)

delete reply nessiek wrote on Jun 12, '11 I envy your day out! Its been bucketing down here in Norfolk! ;o) Nessie

delete reply artprevails wrote on Jun 12, '11 What lovely grounds and buildings. I am glad you had the pleasure of listening to music too! A wonderful day out.