The manor house, Thornleigh
Seascape Study with Rain Cloud, John Constable, 1824 to 1828. Public domain. Not a picture of Thornleigh Hall: its own painting is still to come.
Thornleigh
Hall
The storm came up the valley at dusk. You are in the library, the fire is lit, and the long windows show the park in flashes.
Thornleigh Hall has a library, a long gallery and an orangery, and in weather like this it has a great many noises of its own. The chimneys take the wind. The tall windows take the rain. Somewhere a clock keeps on regardless.
Count the seconds between the lightning and the thunder. Then stop counting, and read.
- Station
- Thornleigh, for the Hall
- Rooms
- Library, long gallery, orangery
- Best in
- A thunderstorm
- Light
- Candles and one fire
Listen in
Steady rain on the village green, heard from indoors.
This hour at The Kettle & Rain is not yet sponsored. Put your name over the door.