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Calke Abbey

Calke Abbey


Today we went (again) to a National Trust house. It is situated in Derbyshire and that takes us only 30 min. by car. Calke Abbey shows the dramatic decline of a grand country-house. There are also many stables and a very big garden which you can visit. It was so different from other National Trust properties because the house is exactly the same like it was in 1985. The National Trust was interested in leaving the house like it was because the family was a little bit different. They collected many things. Inside the house there is an extreme collection of stones, china, paintings, stuffed animals and many more.
 I wandered around and it was really exciting to see all of the house. You could really not imagine how it was to live inside the house. The last man who lived inside the house lived in only two rooms. The National Trust extended the house because they found a closed present inside the house which contained a beautiful bed.
It looked extremely valuable. It had peacocks, flowers and other animals on it. It is now presented in the house in the new extended room and I liked it a lot!
It was a very different house and I was really suprised. Outside there was a huge park in which many animals were. We saw many sheep and deers. It was a beautiful day:)

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