Alison Jackson-Bass

late 14th century

Late 14th century

Archeological evidence suggests this was a 16th century knot garden and the terracing (later altered) would have provided a vantage point for visitors

Medieval protection marks (apotropaic marks) are scribed into the stone above the doorway.

View from the balcony

Marks protecting against evil are scribed into the threshold above the door

For further information on the marks click on the 'apotropaia' folder

Imprinted by the sole of a visitor's shoe

Late 14th century

Bleached parquet recording the light over decades

making friends with a resident

Bronze sculpture by Willi Soukoup (1935)