Showing posts with label Leamington Spa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leamington Spa. Show all posts

Friday, 28 November 2014

Jephson Gardens

Jephson Gardens (formerly Newbold Gardens)
Royal Leamington Spa


It has been a week 'lacking in blue sky' so I have
opted to share these photos taken in August, 2014 on a sunny day :).


Interested in learning a bit more about a town with 'Royal' in the name
and visited by Queen Victoria?  Have a look HERE.

Participating in Skywatch Friday

Tuesday, 4 September 2012

A Modest Abode, Hill Wootton, Warwickshire

Blackdown Mill
Hill Wootton can be found just off the main road between Royal Leamington Spa and Kenilworth.  Every time I drive by I am tempted to explore.  Well, now I have.  This enormous Grade II Listed Building has history linking the mill with Coombe Abbey. A historian I am not so I will spare you the injustice of trying to summarise the titbits of information scattered on the web, except to say that this is an 18th Century mill house sitting nicely along side the River Avon and it is now a home.


Too dark to photo thru port cullis to see mill driving cog wheels, etc.
PS.  I may have learned something totally unrelated to
this house but to do with the word 'titbits'.  Now I always thought
that word was 'tidbits'.  Could it  be that 'tid' is a US variation of
the word.  Apparently so....but after living in the UK for nearly 40 years...well, I am surprised.

Monday, 6 February 2012

At the Royal Priors, Leamington Spa - LET THE SUN SHINE IN


Royal Priors Shopping Centre, Leamington Spa (10 miles south of Coventry)
When you go shopping at the Royal Priors (an indoor mall) you cannot help but notice the high arched glazed roof.  A visit here last week on a cold an crisp day inspired me to take a few photographs and enjoy being nice and warm.  If you want more information about the shops and location, click on the link HERE.

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 The one below was taken for my husband.  He likes the shadow design.  I am wondering what that is on the wall. A window?