Tilling church tower from the garden of 'Mallards'
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Originally posted to
Guess Where UK and guessed by
martin97uk . He also got the bonus point for identifying the literary significance of this view of the church tower.
This is the garden of Lamb House in Rye, Sussex. Lamb House, now in the care of the National Trust, was the home to three authors - Henry James, E. F. Benson and Rumer Godden.
Benson created the town of Tilling as a thinly disguised version of Rye.
Initially dominated by Miss Elizabeth Mapp, Miss Mapp's rule in Tilling is threatened by the arrived of Mrs Emmeline Lucas, known to her friends and enemies as Lucia.
Lamb House, renamed by Benson as 'Mallards' is initially the home of Miss Mapp. It subsequently becomes Lucia's to Mapp's disgust.
During one of the many episode of minor and trivial war between Mapp and Lucia, Lucia feigns illness and retreats from the social scene. Mapp, however, climbs the church tower and spots Lucia enjoying her callisthenic exercises in the garden.
This shot shows the view that Lucia might have had if she had been aware that she was being watched.
Comments
A clue which may resonate with a few,
perhaps: callisthenics
Posted 8 months ago.
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A cartographer's work and Donizetti's heroine
are associated with this garden.
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Is this in Wales?
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Denbigh?
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This is not in Wales.
Posted 8 months ago.
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Is this a scottish castle, that was the basis
for Walter Scott's Ravenswood?
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This is not a Scottish castle, in fact the
tower doesn't belong to a castle at all. And
it's not in Scotland, either.as a character and heading rapidly to a correct answer to
that part of the clue...
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Ravenswood Country Inn, Sussex?
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You've reached the right county, Martin, but
this isn't Ravenswood Country Inn.
Posted 8 months ago.
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Rye, Sussex.
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Well done, Martin - you have the right town.
Do you also have the name of the house of
which this is the garden?
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I presume that the garden is that of Lamb
House, home to Henry James, but also where
E.F.Benson lived, and Rye is the model for
the fictional location of Tiling, where the
Mapp and Lucia series of books are set.www.btinternet.com/~parrothouse/EnglandSussex
.htm
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This is indeed the garden of Lamb House in
Rye, former home of authors Henry James, E.F.
Benson and Rumer Godden. You have the point
for that, Martin.Callisthenics is still the clue which will bring the bonus.
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"...you can climb the Church Tower and
try to catch a glimpse of thewww.ryeheritage.co.uk/docs/UptheGardenPath.pd
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Sadly not, Martin ;-)
Posted 8 months ago.
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I have now found the text on the internet -
can't be bothered to read it though ;-)
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Congratulations, Martin. Your perseverance
has paid off and you get the bonus.
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**ElViSeYeS** [deleted] says:
Lovely place, you have captured in
beautifully! Please feel free to check out my
pictures of Rye, many of which include sights
I spotted as being landmarks in 1980's
television series based on the Lucia books,
such as Swan House on Watchbell Street which
had to become Mallards on TV, mainly due to
the fact that Lamb House was too delicate to
be used by a TV crew and because the famous
Garden Room, mentioned in the books, was
sadly lost in WW2 thanks to Luftwafa!
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**ElViSeYeS** [deleted] says:
GWUK? I'm sorry I'm really not with you?
Posted 6 months ago.
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I've put in a link to Guess Where UK at the
top.
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**ElViSeYeS** [deleted] says:
Ahhhh! Thank You! I'm a bit new to this so my
flickr lingo is at the early learning stage!
Posted 6 months ago.
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One of my favorite literary settings! I am
very much a Luciaphil myself.
Posted 3 months ago.
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