Week 21: 52 weeks Exchange
The core of the medieval castle is a 14th-century solar tower surrounded by a Tudor house. It was extended in Elizabethan times and has oak-panelled interiors, including the Inlaid Chamber, complete with period furniture and panelling inlaid with poplar and oak.
Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII and a relative of the Stricklands, is thought to have lived here after her first husband died in 1533. Catherine's second husband, Lord Latymer, was kin to the dowager Lady Strickland.The estate covers 647 hectares (1,600 acres), in the midst of which is a garden including two lakes as well as an award-winning rock garden.
On this card is one of the stamps from the issue featuring the Great British film stamp series,
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) starring David Niven and Kim Hunter.
thank you Tom for this lovely card and stamps and the beautiful postmark from
Sizergh Castle :)
Sent: 27 May 2014 Received: 9 June 2014 Travelled: 13 days
