A little trip to National Trust house East Riddlesden Hall
yesterday with my cousins. I’m not sure
why I don’t do this sort of thing more often.
At some point many years ago I decided that visiting stately homes and
old houses was a bit boring and middle-aged and not for me, and I never revised
my opinion. But it’s time to face it, I’m
middle-aged, and I like looking at old stuff.
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| Credit: Ian Moore |
East Riddlesden Hall, in Keighley, West Yorkshire, has been
chopped and changed around so much, with extensions here and bits knocked down
there, as successive owners from the 17th Century onwards remodelled
to suit their needs. My dad does that to
houses too, ( “that would work so much better if the door was over there and we
moved the staircase and built a bit more on here”) so I felt quite at home !
Anyway, the main reason we went yesterday, was because my friend
Chrissie Freeth is artist-in-residence at the moment, creating a wonderful tapestry called Maides Coign. We really enjoyed learning about tapestry
weaving, and the research that went into the design. You can read more about it on Chrissie’sblog.
While we were there I also caught sight of these
spirals. I love a good spiral, as you
might have noticed !
