A Son of the Rock

After visiting the ‘big house‘ we went for a walk around the surrounding farmland and decided to visit the farm worker’s house which we could see in the distance. We’ve been to loads of stately homes in the UK but I don’t ever recall any of them also having a farm worker’s house that you could look inside. Most probably the small estate houses in the UK have been modernised and rented out to holidaymakers.

This photo of the outside of the worker’s cottage is copied from the Burg’s website.

Cottage interior:-

It would have been a lovely living space. Still is, but no-one actually does live in it now.

The rectangular box in front of the chair in the photo below is lined with metal and you put hot coals in it and put your feet on it with a blanket or long dress draped over it to keep your feet and legs nice and warm.

The wee house is surrounded by farmland and of course you are never far from a canal in The Netherlands over one of which this bridge crosses:-