For the first adventure of the calendar year, we drove to the North Shore to see Castle Hill on the Crane Estate in Ipswich.
We began with a walk toward the sea, and fist up a hill.
The tide was coming toward us. If we were earlier or quicker we could have walked farther down the beach, but it eventually became impassable.
I love the way these waves advance.
The allee has recently been renovated. All of the statuary had raincoats on. Paul measured the width of the allee by pacing. I'll need to ask him to remind me how wide it is.
A view of the mansion with the casino in front of it. Apparently a casino is an Italian term for this type of small lodge. There are two guest houses flanking a pool. The pool has been changed to a garden.
This is one of the guest houses. I peeked inside and saw that there are some furnishings.
More of the allee. We thought it would go all the way to the water. Maybe it did at one time. But now the far end is blocked by a stretch of overgrowth. We also assumed we'd be able to see the entire allee from the top, but it is hilly as you can see, which is actually more interesting, I think.
I thought I had more photos taken near the house, which was not open to visitors this day. We were eating a snack there, when a colorful-looking man asked us what we thought of the summer place and whether we could imagine such a residence with hundreds of servants etc. He said he was a Crane relative/descendent and now on the board.
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