The Vyne
National Trust Property in Hampshire
09.02.2020
While in Newbury, we opted to take the short drive to visit The Vyne, a National Trust property in Basingstoke, Hampshire after spending the morning at Highclere Castle. The Vyne is a 16th-century estate and country house that retains a lot of its Tudor charm. It was built for Lord Sandys, Henry VIII's Lord Chamberlain. Apparently the King was entertained three times at the house. The house belonged to the Sandys family before being passed to the Chutes family. The house was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1956.
The Vyne: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/the-vyne
The Vyne was originally a much larger house, but was reduced in size. The red area in the picture below shows the original size of the house. It 
The South Front is the way in which we entered.
Staircase Hall:
These are some of the rooms in the house.
Back in the day women were not educated, so they would take up drawing. These are a few of the Chute daughters' drawings of the various rooms in the house and how they were arranged hundreds of years ago.
There was a beautiful chapel in the house with wonderful stained glass.
Gardens:
The Vyne was a beautiful house and we really enjoyed our visit. The docents in the various rooms were extremely knowledgable and very nice.
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Posted by LCP 00:54 Archived in England Tagged the national hampshire trust vyne
I love the drawings by the daughters. It always irks me that so many historic families thought girls didn’t need to be educated. But the girls who did these drawings must have been smart enough to teach themselves drafting skills like proportions, symmetry, scale and shading. Good for them!
by Lucinda C Cobb