Claverton

Rosie Claverton is an aspiring novelist with an addiction to words.

CULTURAL ROOTS • by Rosie Claverton 2008

Within a pleasant summer afternoon's walk from Bath, through green meadows and by the river's side, lay a place called Claverton

Records of a Girlhood Fanny Kemble 1851

It is hard to imagine anywhere more English than Claverton Manor.

Telling Our Story Across the Pond Richard Holledge 2011

It is hard to imagine anywhere more English than Claverton Manor.

Telling Our Story Across the Pond Richard Holledge 2011

The latter split his time between London and New York and by 1956 had prospered sufficiently to buy a manor in the village of Freshford on the opposite side of the valley from Claverton.

Telling Our Story Across the Pond Richard Holledge 2011

In all, 16 rooms have been re-created at Claverton Manor—none more charming than the one dedicated to Shaker furniture, where pride of place is taken by a candleholder with prettily bowed legs, elegant in its simplicity.

Telling Our Story Across the Pond Richard Holledge 2011

In all, 16 rooms have been re-created at Claverton Manor—none more charming than the one dedicated to Shaker furniture, where pride of place is taken by a candleholder with prettily bowed legs, elegant in its simplicity.

Telling Our Story Across the Pond Richard Holledge 2011

The latter split his time between London and New York and by 1956 had prospered sufficiently to buy a manor in the village of Freshford on the opposite side of the valley from Claverton.

Telling Our Story Across the Pond Richard Holledge 2011

There was nothing suitable in the city, but Claverton, which had been used as a student residence, came on the market in 1958.

Telling Our Story Across the Pond Richard Holledge 2011

There was nothing suitable in the city, but Claverton, which had been used as a student residence, came on the market in 1958.

Telling Our Story Across the Pond Richard Holledge 2011