An exhibition is planned to show off the beauty of two Wolverhampton manor houses.<\/p>\n
Photographer Ian Hughes said he wanted to celebrate and contrast Wightwick Manor and Bantock House after paying numerous visits to both over the years.<\/p>\n
He described them as “places of calm and beauty and of a time and culture almost forgotten”.<\/p>\n
His exhibition of photographs and poems will be at the city’s cental library, from 3 to 29 August, and he said he wanted to “highlight the beauty all around us in our borough and how lucky we are to have these fantastic places to visit”.<\/p>\n
Bantock House and its 43 acres of parkland and formal gardens now serves as a museum, which is run by the city council.<\/p>\n
It was formerly known as New Merridale Farm and then Merridale House before it was renamed in honour of Baldwin Bantock, who left the property to the people of Wolverhampton in 1938.<\/p>\n
Inside, it has been restored to its Edwardian glory and Hughes said: “I could sit in there for hours.”<\/p>\n
Wightwick Manor, which was built by the Mander family, is famous for its William Morris interiors and other artwork.<\/p>\n
Hughes said it was unusual because it came into the care of the National Trust when it was barely 50 years old, which he said was “something unheard of at that time”.<\/p>\n
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