As promised (somewhere on the site - possibly not in this thread...
), some images from our recent-ish visit to Snowshill Manor.
(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite/ Viewpoint and Adobe Lightroom/ Photoshop).
You can learn more about Snowshill Manor and Charles Paget Wade by clicking
Here.
Phil and Karen
1. Snowshill Manor, near Broadway in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, was built c.1550.
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2. It was the home of Charles Paget Wade (1883-1956) - an eccentric and avid collector.
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3. He built up an incredible collection of over 30,000+ ‘things he found interesting’, of which only 30-ish were actually purchased from overseas.
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4. Many famous people visited Snowshill to meet with Mr Wade and see his collection including - J B Priestley, Virginia Woolf, Graham Greene and Queen Mary.
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5. Several years before he died, Mr Wade offered Snowshill to the National Trust as a way of safeguarding the future of the manor and garden and Snowshill has been in the care of the National Trust since 1952.
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