On 01/11/2010 15:16, Piers Hemy wrote:
> Hmm, yes, I take your point, John (having seen the photo of a dilapidated
> wreck) (of the Tower, not John, nor me).
>
> It evidently sleeps two, and is owned by the Landmark Trust (which relocated
> and renovated it). The trust has a number of unusual buildings in its care,
> all of which are rented out to provide income for upkeep and so forth. The
> building which "sets the tone" was one of their first projects - The
> Pineapple, of which they say "Though classical and orthodox at ground level,
> it grows slowly into something entirely vegetable; conventional architraves
> put out shoots and end as prickly leaves of stone. It is an eccentric work,
> of undoubted genius, built of the very finest masonry."
>
> http://bookings.landmarktrust.org.uk/BuildingDetails/Overview/230/The_Pineap
> ple
>
> Sleeps 4, from GBP220 for a 4-night stay. No connection!
>
> Piers
The Pineapple is ten minutes from here by bike, and featured in one of
my TOPE entries.
D.
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