Baddesley Clinton

Green and pleasant England was fairly green and pleasant again this trip. And one of the things you need to do in the green and pleasant land is to visit a stately home.

This time we chose the moated manor house, Baddesley Clinton. It's in Warwickshire, just outside Solihull, and it's also been described as an average early modern home of the lesser gentry.

It's got a rich history, priest holes, and a gunpowder plot connection. There are gardens to explore, a pleasant cafe, and the tour of the house itself was particularly informative. The volunteers seemed exceptionally attuned to selectively giving just the right amount of attention and information to those likely to want it, I thought.


Here's the Gunpowder Plot Society's piece on the place:
http://www.gunpowder-plot.org/baddesley.asp