Comments on: The Summerhouse, Stratfield Saye, Hampshire

By: Editor

Editor — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 14:16:22 +0000

In reply to TOM GARDNER. Hello Tom. Garden retreats are such fun for children - whether it’s a purpose built playhouse or a den built out of branches and an old blanket. Thank you for sharing your memories.

By: Editor

Editor — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 14:13:23 +0000

In reply to Keren Gilfoyle. Good afternoon Keren. Yes Copenhagen was a bit of a celebrity, but I love that his monument is so simple. Thanks for the Pugin information.

By: TOM GARDNER

TOM GARDNER — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 20:35:44 +0000

A ‘SUMMER HOUSE’ IS THE PERFECT STRUCTURE, WHICH ALLOWS THE CHILD, IN MANY OF US, TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE IN WHICH TO ESCAPE THE ROUTINE OF DAILY LIFE.
MY GERMAN GRANDFATHER (MOTHER’S SIDE), WAS SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL (CREATOR).
OUR SIMPLE ‘GARDEN HOUSE’ WAS ALWAYS THAT ONE SAFE HAVEN, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
YOUR SHARING OF THIS ‘FOLLY’ – MADE ME A YOUNGSTER – ONCE AGAIN.

THANK U !
TOM (NYC)

By: Keren Gilfoyle

Keren Gilfoyle — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 09:04:39 +0000

Copenhagen was at least as popular – if not more so – than his master. He was visited by hundreds of adoring fans, bringing his favourite treat, cream buns. He lived to a greatly advanced age for a horse, but sadly cream buns were his undoing – he died of a surfeit of them 🙁

PS: the Pugin consulted on Princess Charlotte’s Mausoleum would have been Charles Pugin, father of the more famous Augustus, as he was the go-to man for anything Gothic at this period 🙂