Sunday 5 November 2017

The Vyne fabulous Palladian staircase and a superb Tudor chapel.

Visiting this place wasn't in the plan that day. It was beautiful weather and I didn't want to go home after seeing the Odiham ruins. I caught a bus to Basinstok and switched to Sherborne Js John. Little walk over half an hour and I could admire the beautiful views of park in The Vyne. The Vyne is a beautiful Tudor house built in 1500-1520 for William, Lord Sandys, Lord Chamberlain to Henry VIII.

I my way to The Vyne I met beautiful park

She was looking at me long time lol

Very good colection of chairs -17th and 18th century furniture

One of the historic highlights of The Vyne is the early 16th century chapel, one of the finest Tudor chapels in the country, built from 1518-1527. Henry VIII is known to have worshipped here, on his periodic visits to The Vyne. The chapel floor is set with beautiful 16th century Flemish Majolica tiles illuminated by light from tall 16th century stained glass windows, and the sides of the chapel are lined with original choir stalls, the wood darkened with age.

Monument to Chaloner Chute (c.1595-1659)

John Chute (1701-1776)

Rooftop walkway showcases heritage science at The Vyne

The house looks out across a small lake, part of 13 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows at The Vyne. The trail from the entrance to the grounds leads past a small lake with a lovely little waterfall to a small formal garden. The centrepiece of this garden area is a red-brick summerhouse, built in the mid-16th century and featuring one of the earliest neo-classical domes in the country. It was used as an elegant, sheltered place to take tea, but later put to ore practical use as a dovecot. Across clipped hedges from the formal garden is a sizeable walled kitchen garden

I shared with her my lunch lol

16th century summerhouse

The summerhouse's neo-classical dome is among the earliest in England, as is the huge portico, and the Oak Gallery is one of the earliest examples of a long gallery in the country. Perhaps that helps emphasise just how important a house The Vyne was and how rich and influential the Sandys family were. Henry VIII came here on three occasions, and his daughter Elizabeth I visited once.