Killerton House - the grounds

The grounds or Killerton House contain some magnificent trees and there are views over the Devon countryside.

The toilets are housed in the former dairy.

The bark of a Snake Bark Mqple.

These two Tulip Trees are champion trees - i.e. the largest of their kind in the country.

Autumn Crocus.

In 2002 this Giant Redwood had a diameter of 7 feet and a height of 125 feet.

Cones forming on a Cryptomeria japonica.

A tall specimen of Tsuga heterophylla.

Where sheep may safely graze.

Comon Frog.

Giant Polypore (Meripilus giganteus).

Dovecote.

Creation - a Celebration

The book of these wonderful works can be purchased from Amazon price £28.50.

Frog End - Dragonflies

Common Darter

Migrant Hawker

Justin Knowles

Justin Knowles, artist and teacher, was born in Exeter in 1935 and was one of the most innovative artists of his generation. Hn the 1960s and 70s he established himself as a major artist but in 1973, just as his future as a major modern British abstract artist seemed assured, his uninsured studio caught fire in mysterious circumstances. It cost him most of his finished work, his work in progress and all his materials. What Knowles called "the silent time" began. After his 1973 show at Waddington Galleries, it would be 24 years before he exhibited again. The Devon home had eventually to be sold and Knowles returned to Islington. He began teaching in Exeter, commuting twice a week, and turned his attention to publishing and other businesses. In 1996 he began exhibiting again and in 2002 he was commissioned to make this cross and figure for Exeter Cathedral.

Exeter Cathedral - Martyrs' Pulpit

The pulpit was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott who carried out restoration work at the cathedral in the 1870s. 

It depicts the martyrdom od Saints Alban and Boniface and of Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, a Devonian who became the first Bishop of Melanesia in the South Pacific and was martyred in 1871.  The pulpit was erected in 1877. 

Exeter Green Fair - September 2010

Killerton House - Laundry

A box mangle.

An ordinary mangle.

Scrubbing board.

Dolly peg.

Dolly tub.

Drying racks.

Irons.

This small iron was used for collars, I think.

I don't know what this unusual shaped iron was for.

This iron would be filled with coals to keep it warm.

For the interesting story of a was day in the Potteries using some of thes implements see this site.