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Waddeston Manor

11/27/2013

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After a few hours exploring Blenheim Palace we drove on to  Waddeston Manor .The village was a surprise – you round a corner and here are these two storied old brick buildings with amazing twisted chimneys unlike any I have seen elsewhere.
Another stately home, Waddeston Manor was smaller than Blenheim but equally as impressive, and again with lovely expansive gardens including a parterre garden, and lawns.
Built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French château between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild there was a wine shop with some of their own wines on sale, and a café. We didn’t get to look inside the main House as there were  renovations going on.
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Waddeston Architecture
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Waddeston Village
Waddeston is also a popular wedding venue – The Dairy, which is a separate building for weddings is set back from the driveway, and well away from visitors to the Manor House. There seem to be several other possible choices inside as well … I guess it would depend on how big the wedding is.

This lovely Manor House is featured in many films including the currently popular Downtown Abby . Not so well known by tourists, it is well worth visiting and very close to Blenheim Palace so easy to visit the two in one day.
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    We, Gail and Brian, have permanently itchy feet .
    Our  list of travel aspirations never seems to get shorter, despite visiting many fascinating countries over many years. While we have both visited about 100 countries each - not all the same, we look forward to enjoying many more, as we satisfy our "Yen for Travel".

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