The previous owners had created two new access tracks without permission. Our first endeavour was to put back the previous tracks
Summer has arrived!
We always think the start of summer is marked by the birth of the Trumpeter cygnets. We have two very strong ones and two very proud parents. For those coming to visit us through Invitation to View, we are greatly looking forward to seeing you.
Letheringham Lodge Reunited
We are delighted to be able to confirm that the outbuildings known as Lodge Farm are now back as a key part of Letheringham Lodge. Although always curtilage, they were in separate ownership from 2010 but are now in safe hands. More pictures to follow.
Spring is in full bloom
The Lodge is surrounded by the acid colour of rapeseed. The swans are nesting on five eggs this year and everything is looking brighter and happier than it has done for a very long time. Roll on June.
Oculion completed
oculion: a word to describe an open-arched pavilion with an oculus
Co-designed with John Esling, the oculion will take over 2 years to fully realise. However, the first willows have been planted this week. Two sculptural benches are now being worked on to go in the centre which will allow two people to stare through the oculus together.
Project collaborators: John Esling, Pauline and Matthew Bickerton.
Photography and images created by John Esling from hedgery-gardens.co.uk
Our thanks to John for not only being a delight to co-create with but for transforming into being a lovely new friend together with his magical wife Rachael.
New theories about the Lodge
Philip Aiken's report is now fully on-line and proposes the idea that the roof was four gabled and possibly supported a lantern - a room with glass on all sides. With the price of glass being astronomical in 1472, this would have made Letheringham Lodge a truly outstanding building. To read the report, just visit the History Section and click on 'what the historians say'.
Hedges laid by an expert
We are delighted with the stunning work of our friend John Esling who has laid all the hedges to the south of the Lodge. More can be found on his website: www.hedgery-gardens.co.uk
He is currently creating an Oculion as a 5 year collaborative project with us. More to follow ...
Our new aerial photographs have arrived today!!
We are delighted with the latest aerial photographs of the Lodge. Taken last Tuesday, on the 9th December, the sun was shining and the view over the Lodge could not have been better.