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Explore the fascinating world of the Victorian judges at this award-winning historic house.
Used by the visiting magistrates and judge's clerks, this charming bedroom features a bidet stool (very soothing after a long journey on those bumpy Victorian roads), commode chest, where the toilet is concealed to look like a set of drawers and hipbath.
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News
- Lawrence of Arabia charity shows support
PRESS RELEASE 9th May 2013 The Judge’s Lodging in - Ironmongers Extraordinaire!
Press Release 15th October 2012 The Newells of Presteigne
Strange But True
- What did Victoria do first
after her coronation in 1837? Have a parliamentary meeting? Have tea with all the royal dignitaries? No - she gave her dog, Dash, a bath.
Historical Handy Hints
- Creaking hinges
A bit of soap rubbed on the hinges - To clean gilt buckles, chains &c.
Dip a soft brush in water, rub a - The right sort of bath
The tepid bath seems the best adapted to
Recipes
- Lemons filled with orange jelly
First, with a tin cutter, make an incision - Cold Boiled Cod Curry
A large fish comes in fine flakes is - Colliflowers Fry'd
Take two fine colliflowers, boil them in milk
