April 24, 2022

Garden Week at Lagrange Farm

Historic Garden Week began yesterday and there were tours near Winchester. One of the places I wanted to visit was LaGrange Farm, because I have visited the grounds on a Civil War tour but have not been inside the house or the large barn.

The farm was sold last year and the new owners have done a nice job of beautifying the inside of the house. They are taking care of the barn, but unfortunately the adjacent land was sold to a developer and now a number of vinyl-clad houses are crowding the view.

Tour participants are asked not to take pictures inside the house, so I don’t have any interior views.


I was looking forward to seeing the barn and it was interesting. It is the equivalent of four stories high if you count the walkout basement level.

I could see farm animals in the yard below. This style is called a Bankbarn because it is constructed on a bank or hillside in order to have two entrance levels, with livestock sheltering in the lower level.





Shadow Shot Sunday / Barn Collective




 

8 comments:

  1. Those old barns are wonderful and evoke a more tranquil time.

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  2. ...I love the view of the inside of the barn.

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  3. Great barn shots! Love the goats and chickens!

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  4. Great photos!
    Have a wonderful week!

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  5. I didn't know there was a term for such a barn. My cousin's barn is that kind.

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  6. look at all the springy moments. so cool!! love it. i enjoy spring so much. well after fall. LOL! ( ;

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  7. Love the shadowy background of the people looking across the fence!

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