margarethull8Aug 18, 20211 minShell Artist Showcase: Grinling GibbonsWe have recently returned from a memorable weekend viewing the impressive exhibition: Grinling Gibbons: Master Carver ( 1648-1721).
margarethull8Aug 10, 20211 minShell House Showcase: Villa Aldobrandini, FrascatiIn 2018 we visited the magnificent 17th century Villa Aldobrandini during a tour of the Gardens of Rome and Frascati.
margarethull8Aug 3, 20211 minExploring the Ammonite Pavement in Lyme RegisAt the western end of Monmouth Beach in Lyme Regis you’ll find a spectacular graveyard of fossils known as the Ammonite Pavement.
margarethull8Jul 27, 20211 minShell House Showcase: Alexander Pope’s Grotto, Cross Deep, TwickenhamAlexander Pope's Grotto is a subterranean grotto/‘museum’ dating from 1719.
margarethull8Jul 20, 20211 minShell House Showcase: The Walton Bath House, Stratford-on-AvonWalton Bath House is an 18th century garden retreat with space for entertaining and bathing.
margarethull8Jul 14, 20211 minTaking a look at World's oldest Museum of CuriositiesThis photograph shows details of how the Ole Worm cabinet (1639) was organised and displayed in his Copenhagen home. Ole Worm (1588-1653)...
margarethull8Jul 7, 20212 minShell House Showcase: Kuskovo's Shell 'Grotto', MoscowNo visit to Moscow would be complete without assessing the dedicated restoration project at the Kuskovo Grotto.
margarethull8Jun 29, 20211 minShell House Showcase: Corsini Palace Grotto, FlorenceIn 2019 we were fortunate to be shown around the Corsini Palace on the banks of the Arno by the Countess Lucrezia.
margarethull8Jun 22, 20211 minShell House Showcase: Villa d'Este, ItalyVilla d'Este sits in the town of Tivoli within the Lazio Region of Italy and is one of the stunning locations which we visited in 2018.
margarethull8Jun 15, 20211 minShell Artist Showcase: Christa WilmChrista Wilm is a shell artist whose inspiration for shell ornamentation comes from Italy.
margarethull8Jun 9, 20211 minShell House Showcase: Villa Melzi, Lake Como, ItalyThe Grotto at Villa Melzi, Italy is set within a neo-classical style garden with open belvedere visible across Lake Como.
margarethull8Jun 1, 20211 minShell House Showcase: Waddesdon Manor, BuckinghamshireThe Victorian garden at Waddesdon Manor was designed to extend the collection of curiosities within the manor.
margarethull8May 26, 20211 minShell House Showcase: The Shell Grotto, PontypoolThe Shell Grotto, Pontypool, is a Grade II* listed late-18th-century slate roofed shell grotto decorated with shells and animal bones.
margarethull8May 22, 20213 minShell House Showcase: Shell Garden Features at Vizcaya Mansion, Miami FloridaThis Little Venice (Vizcaya Mansion) includes an Italianate house and garden and took eight years to construct, 1914-22.
margarethull8May 11, 20212 minShell House Showcase: Palace of Wonders, Litta, ItalyAnother European shellhouse visit here. Our next showcase takes us to a beautiful villa in the North of Italy near Milan.
margarethull8May 5, 20211 minShell House Showcase: Palazzo Borromeo, ItalyToday we are reminiscing about the stunning Palazzo Borromeo which is located on Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore, Italy.
margarethull8Apr 26, 20211 minShell House Showcase: Neptune's Grotto, DubrovnikTrsteno Arboretum dates from c1494. It is the oldest in Europe and a perfect setting for this late 18th century rusticated grotto.
margarethull8Apr 19, 20211 minShell House Showcase: St James's Church, PiccadillySt James's Church, Piccadilly, London was built in 1648 by Sir Christopher Wren.
margarethull8Apr 16, 20211 minShell House Showcase: The Grotto of "The Flood", FlorenceThe Renaissance Villa di Costella had been the residence of Cosmo I de Medici and still provides fine views towards Florence. The...
margarethull8Apr 6, 20211 minShell House showcase: Ince Castle This gorgeous shell house and sunny shell designs were lovingly created in 1964 by Alice Lennox-Boyd. She and her husband had collected...