Comments on: The Tower, Tabley, Cheshire. Part II : the Chatelaine. https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-tower-tabley-cheshire-part-ii-the-chatelaine/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Sat, 26 Oct 2024 17:33:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-tower-tabley-cheshire-part-ii-the-chatelaine/#comment-16165 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 14:27:51 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=13475#comment-16165 In reply to Susan.

Hello Susan. It is a wonderful painting, and I love how her face shows some real vivacity unlike some of the more aloof and glacial portraits of the time. It would be wonderful to think that she is holding a view of her beloved tower. The Margaret Leicester Warren who was a writer was a generation earlier – it took me some time to separate their two lives.

]]> By: Susan https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-tower-tabley-cheshire-part-ii-the-chatelaine/#comment-16164 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 14:11:57 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=13475#comment-16164 A wonderful portrait, and how interesting that Margaret is holding a book, or collection of papers, in her hand, in the manner of C18 portraits showing noblemen holding the drawings of their new country seat. The page we can see looks like a water colour painting. Possibly even depicting a tower, surrounded by water?? Perhaps too much to hope for, and by the age of 21, as a young lady of marriageable age, she would have had other interests – although I think she did have an interest in art in later life, and published books on artists??

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-tower-tabley-cheshire-part-ii-the-chatelaine/#comment-16159 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 08:26:47 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=13475#comment-16159 In reply to archaeogail.

Good morning Gail. So pleased you liked the post – I confess my heart skipped a beat when I first saw The Tower Book. Tabley House and its collections deserve more attention: I’m delighted that you enjoyed your visit and can help spread the word.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-tower-tabley-cheshire-part-ii-the-chatelaine/#comment-16158 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 08:24:43 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=13475#comment-16158 In reply to Moira R.

Hello Moira and thanks for your kind comments. It was great to be able to feature masterpieces by the likes of Turner one week, and then the charming drawings from the Tower Book the next. Enjoy seeing the Turner at Petworth (and all the other treasures there).

]]> By: archaeogail https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-tower-tabley-cheshire-part-ii-the-chatelaine/#comment-16157 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 08:07:12 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=13475#comment-16157 The Tower Book is amazing! What a find! Such an incredible & unique archival record of the tower’s use in the early C20th & such fabulous drawings! I visited Tabley for the first time earlier this year on a beautiful summer’s day, saw the Turner painting, & absolutely loved it. I agree, what a shame it’s not visited more (the limited opening hours don’t help though) & that there’s no access to the tower. Thanks to your wonderful blogs we get to learn more about it! Bravo!

]]> By: Moira R https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-tower-tabley-cheshire-part-ii-the-chatelaine/#comment-16156 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 07:56:59 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=13475#comment-16156 In reply to Editor.

Thank you a well researched piece. Very fortunate to have discovered the documentation. Have to echo a stunning portrait of Margaret. We live near to Petworth so now I’ll visit to see the picture of the tower. Your pieces are always an interesting read. Keep up the good work ! Yes , great shame about N.T. not being able to adopt the estate.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-tower-tabley-cheshire-part-ii-the-chatelaine/#comment-16155 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 07:34:25 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=13475#comment-16155 In reply to Judy Popley.

Thank you Judy. I’m delighted you visited Tabley House before the season ends. It is so overshadowed by Dunham Massey and Tatton Park and deserves more visitors. But a huge shame that the Crown Estate does not allow public access to the mere and views to the tower at close range.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-tower-tabley-cheshire-part-ii-the-chatelaine/#comment-16154 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 07:32:31 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=13475#comment-16154 In reply to Julia Abel Smith.

Good morning Julia. Isn’t she lovely. The portrait captures the spirit of the young lady who had such fun at the tower.

]]> By: Julia Abel Smith https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-tower-tabley-cheshire-part-ii-the-chatelaine/#comment-16153 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 07:27:04 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=13475#comment-16153 What a glorious portrait. De Laszlo captures Margaret’s energy and beauty quite delightfully. He is so good at painting diaphanous fabric.
I see that Margaret married Sir Oliver Leese, an important soldier, and died in her 60’s.

]]> By: Judy Popley https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-tower-tabley-cheshire-part-ii-the-chatelaine/#comment-16149 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 06:20:33 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=13475#comment-16149 What a magnificent piece on Tabley and its owners. I was there only yesterday and have just become a friend of Tabley. Margaret was so beautiful and John, like his neighbour, Maurice, Lord Egerton were both bachelors. Tatton went to the NT. Sadly at the same time as John wanted to leave the estate to the Trust, Dunham Massey was also bequeathed but with a dowry. The rest, they say, is history! The university sold the estate, park, properties and farms to the Crown for £43m. Since their ownership they have continued to break the estate up and are selling all the old farms off for development. Sad to see.

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