tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23156030.post3934837124551109475..comments2011-01-23T10:21:37.737+00:00Comments on Danny and Jackie: Purton Green cont.NotesfromtheBarnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08747089833111629310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23156030.post-76136119389808827742008-06-18T20:39:00.000+00:002008-06-18T20:39:00.000+00:00As the property is owned by the Trust we simply pi...As the property is owned by the Trust we simply picked up the keys at a pre arranged spot, which shall remain secret! We did however contact the house keeper and caretaker, who lived in the next village, as we had no electricity for an entire day- luckily we were out seeing Cambridge for the majority. So, in answer to your question, we did have all mod cons including electric lights and heating. Numerous entries in Purton Green's log books moan about the 1970s style kitchen but we found it acceptable and well equipped, if a little lacking in 17th century charm. On our arrival, two architect types from the Trust turned up to assess ripping out said kitchen and replacing it with something more sympatico to the building. The bathroom was the product of the same era but with a difference. The floors were shall we say 'all over the place'. After partaking in a couple of snifters of an evening the alarming lean of the bathroom floor was challenging.NotesfromtheBarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08747089833111629310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23156030.post-70976056877660120862008-06-18T13:46:00.000+00:002008-06-18T13:46:00.000+00:00What a variation on the usual bed and breakfast ro...What a variation on the usual bed and breakfast routine! I applaud the present owner's effort to restore the house as much as possible to its original condition--as in removing rather than restoring the chimney and floor that were added later--but am curious about just how many modern things have been added. Those are electric lights we see in the photos, aren't they? How about the cooking facilities and the bath? Bet these are details you planned to include in future entries but here I am asking about them now. Also wonder at what point you saw the inn keeper (or the house host or whatever term applies). And one more question--for now--did you have any sense of the generations who had lived in this house? It's one thing to know something, another to feel it. Did this house/place feel old?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com