A Crowd of White Daffodils
There is a sea of white daffodils under the mighty trees at the front entrance of Groomsbridge Place. The moated manor with origins in 1230 is now being refurbished as a hotel.
The manor house as you see it here was built in 1662 by its owner, Philip Packer, who was both an architect and a lawyer. He was helped by his friend, the famous architect Christopher Wren (St Paul's Cathedral), so no wonder it is a beautiful house!
In 2005, Groombridge Place was used as a filming location of 'Pride and Prejudice', and in one scene Keira Knightley was leaning against a tree, with the view of this photo behind her.
My title is based on the first and well-known part of William Wordsworth's poem 'I wandered lonely as a cloud':
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
A Crowd of White Daffodils
There is a sea of white daffodils under the mighty trees at the front entrance of Groomsbridge Place. The moated manor with origins in 1230 is now being refurbished as a hotel.
The manor house as you see it here was built in 1662 by its owner, Philip Packer, who was both an architect and a lawyer. He was helped by his friend, the famous architect Christopher Wren (St Paul's Cathedral), so no wonder it is a beautiful house!
In 2005, Groombridge Place was used as a filming location of 'Pride and Prejudice', and in one scene Keira Knightley was leaning against a tree, with the view of this photo behind her.
My title is based on the first and well-known part of William Wordsworth's poem 'I wandered lonely as a cloud':
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.