Windows on the world (259)

Capel Manor, 2013

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The Who - I Can See For Miles.

Windows and gardens: Chigwell and Capel Manor

I went with my Mum and youngest daughter today to see St Mary's Chigwell, as it is the church where my eldest daughter will be getting married this summer. The church has an engraved window of Christ and the Children by Jennifer Conway, who was a pupil of John Hutton. When Hutton's King Lear and Cordelia panel at the entrance to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Gallery at Stratford upon Avon was damaged, Conway made a copy. Her engraved windows can be found at St Mary Barcombe and St Nicholas Sandhurst, as well as St Mary Chigwell. St Mary's also have a Christ and the Magi window by Frederick Cole. Afterwards we went to see the interesting show gardens at Capel Manor.

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Larry Norman - She's A Dancer.

Windows on the world (160)

Capel Manor, 2011



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The Geese - Eco-Terrorist.

Capel Manor - MU trip

Today's MU trip from St John's Seven Kings was to Capel Manor Gardens; 30 acres of gardens to explore including:

• Old Manor House Garden (opened by the Queen in June 2010)
• Family Friendly Garden (a 2010 Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal Winner)
• Italianate Maze
• 17th Century Walled Garden
• Japanese Garden
• Le Jardin de Vincent (Chelsea Flower Show winner)
• Georgian Manor House and Victorian Stables
• Sunflower Street
• Plant collections including Scented Pelargoniums, Chrysanthemums, Salvias and the National Collection of Sarcococca
• Which? Gardening trial gardens

I particularly liked the minimalist and Growing Together In Faith gardens.

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Larry Norman - Nightmare #71.