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Explore the fascinating world of the Victorian judges at this award-winning historic house.
Sporting Life in Presteigne
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
- Would you wee in your dining room?
Victorian gentlemen did! Some dining rooms (like ours) had a special cupboard to house a chamber pot so all the gentlemen could go for a wee without leaving the table (once the ladies had left the room, of course!).
Historical Handy Hints
- To promote the growth of hair
Ingredients - equal quantities of olive-oil and spirit - An insect trap
Scoop out the inside of a turnip, scallop - To take mildew out of linen
Take soap and rub it well, then scrape
Recipes
- Sliced Beef & Wow Wow Sauce
Chop some parsley leaves very finely, quarter two - Vanilla Cream
Ingredients - 1 pint of milk, the yolks - Cold Boiled Cod Curry
A large fish comes in fine flakes is
