Comments on: The Seat on the Mount, Holkham, Norfolk https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-seat-on-the-mount-holkham-norfolk/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:02:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-seat-on-the-mount-holkham-norfolk/#comment-24846 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:02:35 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15218#comment-24846 In reply to Garance.

Had you been present, my dear Garance, I feel sure the UC would have happily stayed to chat to you in the warm, dry car whilst I set off on a wet, but productive, walk!

]]> By: Garance https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-seat-on-the-mount-holkham-norfolk/#comment-24845 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:58:52 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15218#comment-24845 A fascinating post. With thanks to you for, yet again, braving the weather to get such information to us.

I don’t blame the UC for thinking the rain was too much. I too would have sat in the car whilst you focussed your camera and tried to keep the lens dry.

]]> By: TOM GARDNER https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-seat-on-the-mount-holkham-norfolk/#comment-24789 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 21:59:50 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15218#comment-24789 TOM (NYC)
TALK ABT. – ‘HAVING A SECOND – LIFE’. ( THE ‘HEADS) AND MULTI -LOCATIONS.
YET, ‘HOLKHAM’ LOOKS SO …. COSY … ALL 100 + (I IMAGE) – ROOMS.
… AND ONE WONDERS WHY THERE WAS A FRENCH REVOLUTION?
REMEMBER, I WAS 4TH FOOTMAN (JR. BUTLER) FOR: MRS. MERRIWEATHER POST @ BOTH: MAR-A-LAGO AND HILLWOOD. (THERE WERE 45 OF US IN STAFF).
PERHAPS THAT’S WHY I AM SO DRAWN TO YOUR OFFERINGS.
GRANTED, YOUR EXAMPLES HAVE GREATER AGE, YET OUR EXAMPLES AREN’T
TOO SHABBY.

THANKS FOR SHARING,

TOM

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-seat-on-the-mount-holkham-norfolk/#comment-24784 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 19:26:04 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15218#comment-24784 In reply to Gwyn.

That, Mr Headley, is what architectural dictionaries are for. It was entirely new to me too.

]]> By: Gwyn https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-seat-on-the-mount-holkham-norfolk/#comment-24783 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 19:07:12 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15218#comment-24783 Canephoræ (love the ligature) is a new one on me. Thank you! Educational as ever!

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-seat-on-the-mount-holkham-norfolk/#comment-24781 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:27:27 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15218#comment-24781 In reply to John St B Hooper.

Good evening John. I suspect you are not alone in coveting the cottage – you would be first on my invitation list were I in a position to buy it and move to Norfolk.

]]> By: John St B Hooper https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-seat-on-the-mount-holkham-norfolk/#comment-24780 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:18:58 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15218#comment-24780 Dear Flaneuse, I have known this cottage for so many years and always been intrigued by it. Alas, I have no-one to stay with in Norfolk now but I wish I could afford some £450,000 to buy the property for a hideaway bolt hole. Best wishes, John.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-seat-on-the-mount-holkham-norfolk/#comment-24777 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:06:15 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15218#comment-24777 In reply to archaeogail.

Hello Gail. It is amazing that the heads survived the demolition of the temple. I just hope that there is someone out there who can fill the gaps. I’d love to know how the heads made there way to the little cottage. Alas, the Uncouth Companion once again lived up to his name!

]]> By: archaeogail https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-seat-on-the-mount-holkham-norfolk/#comment-24776 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:38:00 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15218#comment-24776 What a fabulous story! How sad that the seat is no more, but how marvellous that the heads survive! Sorry to hear your visit was in such inclement weather and the uncouth companion so underwhelmed by such a fine temple!

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