English Country House Walking Tour: Burghley House and Gardens (Stamford, UK)

So today we're going to look around Burley house it's Shadow and a solid silver yeah that's amazing isn't it don't you think [Music] right who's going first but I'm not saying anything oh forget you cleared it just was no I was just telling you welcome back to the channel So today we're going to look around Burley house I don't know anything about it do you no going prepared prepared as usual yeah we know where it is but we don't know anything about it we was going to go a couple of weeks ago and there was a like a car thing on one thing um so we decided I was gonna go have a look around it but then the day just I can't remember what happened we fell out did we we fell out and didn't go so we're gonna go today anyway um and there's nothing on today though that we can see well it's a battle of the proms but that's this evening Battle of the proms concert yeah yeah but we're not going to that and uh huge house large Gardens cafe or cake but that's all you need really isn't it so yeah I think we'll head down there and uh make a way [Music] thank you [Music] house entrance Gardens entrance adventure play yeah they are the sacramental note of that board I am so there's the oven Tree Restaurant the Garden Cafe and yeah she's always up on the cafes so arrived at Burley house we have it's a bit of a nightmare drive up there anyone want it yeah look what's this a little insect house no the bins yeah a little insect houses catalog yeah what's that adventure play part they've got like a big outdoor play thing let's see uh so where do you want to go then well to the house there as well look yeah let's do the house first yeah let's do that this is this is a car park enough in it I wonder I bet they've got electric car points in here but the gates are open maybe these are the offices or something what do you think might be we go to pay them a house I would have pulled out a dog they're going in the house in there we are indeed her mum's always been to bronze um on the parliaments and stuff hey right yeah of course let's open this up a bit doesn't it very much this is one of the largest Tudor kitchens and pretty much as it would have been unchanged from the day it's not fancy the job of polishing all this stuff a bit of that weight and then Chinese Turtle heads up there whilst Turtle had something Turtles it is no they used to make turtle soup this turtle's head it's not even cheers [Music] market and I yeah they got Bells plenty of bells [Music] I would have been the area where the servants were at times doubles for a reef thank you great thank you so this is The Amity Chapel I think this is the biggest one I've seen the next [Music] this is the billiard room where staff and residents still gather today to hold an annual tournament on the uh actually on this original table this is the bow room trying to be into that wouldn't she tomorrow the baby well it isn't look at that wow it's a little bit this is the brown drawing room and Queen Victoria slept in that bed when she visited in 1835. the baby's got a bit of punch in it it's a lot of it as well go in the fireplace it's nice in a corner fireplace before yeah it's lovely a lovely Breeze coming through here as well yeah I felt it here I'll see you then beautiful looks a bit London you obviously don't like this picture doing done I love these rings anything I don't care about him though is is to get from one ring to the other people would be walking past you in the night that's what we can draw around your bed Queen Elizabeth the first bedroom this was so she probably no this is Queen Elizabeth the first bedroom um yeah young sweet silk bedroom out another corner fireplace it's propaganda chess a lot hmm built into the table yeah but the figures I mean yeah would that be nice if we enjoyed maybe or something oh yeah silence are just amazing see these all the way down this Corridor we're painted by saying I've been here for 11 years and ceilings with people helping him so he did have to work to have a lot of corner fireplaces as well in here yeah she said that the this was a long island two times so and then they put a corridor behind the back of the room so when they made it into room so they had to be how many paintings is there on the walls do you know it's about 350 on display in in the on this floor and but there's more downstairs and there's more in storage so we reckon nearly 800 or but not all on display the gardens look amazing as well this is the second your dream that's a man's bed in it it's not as uh it's got a coat of arms what is it the second George ring what's happening was it King's room then if we had a queen's room there's some steps up to the bed the third George ring you know three I just don't look like old times they do they look quite like a bit more modern people not really like not as old foreign this is the fourth George room it was a bit like Roman bathroom I think that's why it's for that's not do you not know what it is what was that for the mate it's 17 and a half Stone of solid silver the surface go down to the ice house clean up the sub Vice put it at the bottom down to The Cellar two dozen a bottle of wine put on top call it down for Leo all right okay it presented to the eighth there was a wedding gift your father-in-law some gift it isn't it yeah indeed what was the idea of the decor though was it like it it was the official idea that all these uh were done by Antonio vario wanted this to his reception room it's basically depicting what God's a goddesses you I do just conform to learn and enjoy themselves and this was his reception room so people would come here I'll start to talk about before they went to Intercity of the actual himself they would come up that stairway that stairway is Hell stairs so rather a purity of a but they've been through how to get here now in heaven right okay okay it never sounds exactly fine but agency are complete because in 1700 he died on the way back from the house and the house was then bankrupt now so this work work wasn't completed for another 30 years after that see he described back in them days as well sorry you just thrived back in them days as well wouldn't you yeah yeah I've been class oh it had been perfectly acceptable in the party girl yeah ceiling's a bit different now yeah the Great Hall gold fire push the battle up no that's his trainers from Runner for running are you on the 400 meters from the Olympic Games in Amsterdam is that the way out there yeah I can have a cafe now yeah let's have a copper should we yeah I'm gonna go with that shall we yeah let's do it I'm a bit less yes sort of you're not going to get bored of that the North Avenue yeah we're not going there what was it just a two rows of trees that you follow around it's like a path yeah we'll see so we've got some Twisted trees hmm why are the twisty I don't know there must be rare trees because the ah twisty tree apparently there's an oak decline yeah not in our back Garden there isn't no that breeze is nice it's a break from the hot air that's that's probably exhausting from your mouth the empty mouth that you asked ah you dare oh my dear I just did well it's on truth because it's been proven and untruth yes it's proven that you're the worst person in the house your daughter for a start diff and other members of the household I don't believe you even spark has disgusted he sleeps my side of the bed we're out in nature again almost yep it's not a lot to see but trees and grass really well it's fun that's all I want to say is it yeah I don't want people and you've got to see you go around the houses and they just hassle you and I'm like I just want some peace and quiet you just come to have a look ain't you yeah yeah I talk to people every day when you have to do people all week but you don't oh my God I do who do you think sits on all these meetings yeah so you have to peopleize people's eyes well you know you have to be talking I'm in the monster I'm in the trenches you are you're you're back in the mess eating the cake dictating a dictating dictated what's this bridge called think it's Lions Bridge or something it's got a padlock on it is it yeah I'm saying there well they're running well they've obviously come onto it from the other side yeah there's a what do we call it gate what do they call it what are they call them yeah how pretty is that it's not very deep no look how clever is though oh what doorbell oh talking to myself you are so I'm not listening to you I think a fly fluid it flew into the back of my throat oh God that was awful free piece of free snack s oh no there are no problems so yeah we've done the thumbnails here we go yeah wait it's hot not that hot I said back around here because I'm going to need another drink that's the sculptured sculpture garden there's Gardener Secrets is it or something The Secret Garden the sculptures what is it Garden of surprises Garden of surprises sculpture garden sculpture garden and there's a hide in Secrets adventure play area you like hide and seek don't you yep play areas what's that yeah so let's go around there and get a drink and then we'll go on have a little uh find the garden of Secrets have a little stomp around there well there'll be no stomping it's not a garden of your secrets there's no Garden in the world big enough for them kind of Secrets yeah and it is longitude dial the Burley longitude dial there you go Shadows on the map that's what sounds that saying we've got the heads as well Empress of what I'll come to me they're not gonna do a mark what's that about other different things come on get up here no this is bubbles bubbles it's on this side water yeah it's the Sun got the sculpture garden yeah yeah I want to crack on and we go to the Scopes Gardener yes warning deep water deep water yeah that's what it is well sculpted please do not climb on the sculptures lots of webs in there yeah I'm not going in there no so there's a few of these uh sculpture things that a lot of houses in there yeah into the one at doddington or aren't we it's just overlooking the thing look I didn't do a lot of filming in there because uh kids obviously all the kids running about and not like and there's some a lot of water things at the plane and so a lot of the kids didn't have a lot on but yeah yeah you're like what they're like the pretty flowers the wild flowers yeah yeah they do look pretty good I have to keep hitting you so you listen ing a lot yeah I do yeah yeah don't hit you I just tap your arms so you listen to us clusters hitting no you do hit me do you want me to hit you and I'll show you what a hit hit is no yeah it flows up apparently what is that it's the ice house oh okay now took me by surprise what oh it's just like a hole in the before it wasn't down quite away it took me about surprise a little bit when the light came on because it was Pitch Black yeah and the light come on I think oh to be fair it just looks like someone's well it is but top two tree trunks up puts different sizes and put them together count how many years the old the tree is yeah you count that I'll catch you up hey Alan hmm wonderful look at the rabbit in the Hedge where right in front of you where right in front of you I can't see one what head where point oh I was looking for an actual rabbit rice there you go look the face is good though isn't it yeah that's what I mean you can see um people have put a lot of time and effort into that I mean that's that's amazing yeah Rick Kirby that's amazing the amazing match have like a full finished head no because that's the whole point of the sculpture can you look at you okay that's when they leave the comic connoisseur what's that there look secret doorway what's this what are these monkeys monkeys are they Bears monkeys the Bears now which one did the there's a bear in the woods that one he's got his hand up what is him I think water yeah might be there the lake I would have thought own it oh you'd think so actually that is quite nice isn't it it is actually look at that amazing what a beautiful beautiful view so there you go so that's Burly House at Stamford yes um and we're gonna do a sign out here because as you can see it's uh come a little bit over shadowed by a big black cloud and we can feel rain in the air so we're off and the car park will be really busy because it's five o'clock watching my trousers downwards um yeah if you enjoyed the video please give it a thumbs up and uh it's probably take two seconds but it's in I mean the world to us wouldn't it yeah yeah it walked and uh consider subscribing as well it all helps with the channel grow the channel and click the little bell icon for future updates yeah I can see the rain there so there you go you got it to say goodbye is that it yeah that's rubbish yep we'll go we'll add down this little slope here look they're not dancing in any rush to game yeah well they can get locked in if they want I don't because they seems like the Gardens at Alps for apparently and it's quarter to five so we could find that we're locked in already so anyway yeah Burly House done guys

Channel: Sam and Cat’s Adventures

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Keywords: english country house, stamford uk, Burghley House, Burghley House and Gardens, burghley house tour, burghley house stamford, burghley house gardens, burghley house playground, stamford lincolnshire, english country house interiors, english country house tour, english country house style, english country house ambience, stamford walking tour, walking tour burghley, walking uk, travel uk, stamford travel, beautiful houses, burghley house, Sam and Cat’s Adventures

Id: 6QzQ1_d2DnY

Length: 24min 23sec (1463 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 16 2023