The least accurate model and the last of
the Lego-like'ies, but first a look
at the actual walled garden, one of the few restored bits with two dove coops
of substantial size which must have kept the garrison in eggs and meat for a portion
of the siege, had they also started using pigeons for messages by then, I think
they must have?
The model for some reason just shortens the
wall to exclude the area now used for picnics on nice days. Despite being a ruin,
this is a decent day out and the village of Old Basing has some fine hostelries
- while the car park for visiting the old house is also the pub car park for a
Wadworth's Inn while coffee, ice cream and snacks are available from
the Little Barn vistor's centre
I collaged the above three to make it
easier to compare the real with the model. The big tower (a granary?) in the
model is long-gone while the space occupied by the square tower at the near-end
of the wall is now squatted by a glorified potting-shed which doubles as a
small museum of artifacts from the site and some other models, including the Lego garden. A few of those artifacts
(mostly tiles - another interest of mine) are shown below, but again; better
visited, than vicariously peered at on the Blog!
