Daron Brewood 🇬🇧<p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ShotOniPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShotOniPhone</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ukcountrypic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukcountrypic</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Derbyshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Derbyshire</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Ticknall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ticknall</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CalkeAbbey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CalkeAbbey</span></a></p><p>Back in time to September 2018.....</p><p>Calke Abbey is not your typical pristine stately home — it’s famous because it’s been preserved in a state of arrested decay. The National Trust chose to leave many of the rooms and belongings exactly as they were when the house was acquired in 1985 — dusty, peeling, and cluttered — to tell the story of the decline of country estates in the 20th century.</p><p>Originally it was a priory (a small abbey) established by Augustinian canons in the 12th century. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, the land was sold off. The current house was built in the early 1700s and was home to the Harpur family for almost 300 years. The family became increasingly reclusive and the house gradually fell into disrepair.</p><p>(3 of 7)</p>