Gawthorpe Hall

So now we’re paid up members of the National Trust we need to start making our money back.  Part of the reason we joined was a solution to the “What are we doing this weekend?” question that regularly crops up.  So on Sunday we went to Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham, coincidentally our nearest NT attraction.

We had to carry Darwin through the hall as the NT wouldn't allow us to take his trike round, and quite sensibly too, there are far too many stairs.  In one of the rooms there are some toys for kids to play with and Darwin was most excited about the pram.  They also didn't allow photography, and as I've mentioned before that really annoys me, but I managed to curb my annoyance.

Gawthorpe is a truly lovely hall though, c/w original Irish panels and many other original features, and considering it was built in 1600 that’s quite impressive.  One slightly more modern feature, although rather dated now, were winch/block and tackle thingies that were attached to the windows, and they were used as possible fire escape things.  Why don’t we have them nowadays?

"Gawthorpe Hall n Pig"

"Similar Kind of Fire Escape Thingy"

"Pig and the Pram"