Calke Abbey

[@jackieco9615]

A great piece of film, so well presented. I love it there and have visited several times. Always something different to see and learn. Thank you.

[@SARHistories]

Thank you, it is a fantastic place! 👍

[@chrisamies2141]

An excellent film that conveys some of the weirdness I feel from the place. Looking forward to visiting later this month - it looks like it'll need at least one day to take it all in.

[@SARHistories]

It's an amazing place to visit, so much to see! Hope you enjoy you're visit.

[@jo-mo3606]

Calke Abbey is one of my favourite places to visit - completely agree that you see something new every time you visit! There’s also lots of different walks around the parkland, so we often take our dog with us when we visit.

[@greywanderer5935]

It’s one of my favourite places, along with Staunton Harold nearby.

[@SARHistories]

It’s a great place, and Staunton Harold is on my to-do list 👍

[@therichardsonssimpleliving]

I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Calke Abbey.

[@southderbyshirelad]

this was my playground as a lad and I personally knew Charles hc henry hc and I worked for lady airymein for 4yr but my dad worked for the hc family from the early 70s through till his death in 2005

[@SARHistories]

Wow that’s amazing! I love to hear people’s connections to places I cover on this channel. Thanks for sharing! 👍

[@southderbyshirelad]

@@SARHistories also just to let you know the house is not just how they found it as over the first few years the nt added stuff and removed stuff some never to be seen again !? 🤔 and you shouldn't rely too much on the information that is on the internet as there's quite a lot of false history and innacirinaccuracies about the house but also about charles and henry and their sister who was the last harpur crewe direct descendant to live in and around derbyshire she lived in warslow hall in the peak district and when she passed on a canadian logger inherited what was left

[@timwright5466]

I've just stumbled across this channel and I too worked there for 40 years ..who was your dad who worked there ?

[@southderbyshirelad]

@@timwright5466 I don't want to give away my true identity but if you are who I think you are then you was a friend of my dad's as he passed away nearly 20yr ago I won't use his name either but if I tell you for most of his working life he was the estate joiner and carpenter and in the 70s and early 80s had a work colleague called john (little John) oh and I had a older brother and a big clue for you is my dad had the cottage with the huge garden where I could just climb over the original wall at the top to get into the village school surely that's enough clues for you 😉

[@timwright5466]

Your dad was great 👍. Fondly remembered..we had some good laughs together..sadly John passed away a few years ago ..I miss those days ..

[@yilinlai2037]

Just found this channel. Been to several NT places now but never really fully grasped all the history behind it. Hence I found your videos so helpful. Hope you can go to more NT houses in the future! Would happily watch your videos before going there to fully enjoy everything :)

[@SARHistories]

There’s many other National Trust houses on the channel, plus many more I plan on visiting.👍

[@tolletstalesandtrails6051]

Visiting today. Thank you for the visual tour.

[@SARHistories]

Thank you. It’s a great place to visit!

[@openmindedwonderer]

Great place, thanks for the tour

[@bcfairlie1]

As is often the case with these stately homes, the mews, out buildings and grounds can be more interesting than the main house. This is a classic case

[@SARHistories]

The grounds at Corke Abbey are beautiful 👍

[@jamboree2723]

My heart breaks to see these houses in this deteriorated state. Conservation of what is, in this delapidated state, is not enough, I very much would like them restored fully to their former glory.

[@barbaralukas1453]

Conserving Calke Abbey instead of restoring it is, however, what differentiates it from other National Trust properties. My interest in Calke Abbey was first piqued by an article in National Geographic years ago after it was first acquired by the NT. It was aroused further by seeing the "State Bed" from Calke on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC in 1985 as part of a major exhibition titled: The Treasure Houses of Britain; Five Hundred Years of Private Patronage and Art Collecting which contained artifacts on loan from many "stately homes" across Britain, including items loaned by HM Queen Elizabeth. I went back five times there were so many wonderful things to see in that exhibition! I still have the catalog from it and the State Bed from Calke Abbey (numbered 375 in the catalog) is given a whole two pages to itself. Some years later I was able to travel to Calke Abbey in person and see the bed a second time in situ. The house was EXACTLY as it had been described in the National Geographic article....