Well Vale

Well Vale is on the edge of the Wolds near Alford in Lincolnshire. For a long time we drove past every day and would all say Well in many tones of voice .Well? Weeell! weLL etc.
One day we stopped and went in. It was a country estate and the house was used by the BBc for period dramas like Pride and Predudice. The land was newly opened by the National Trust for walking around and the animals had never seen people. I went to the loo behind a tree and was covered from head to foot in baby bunnies asking What are you? I think the house is now a school but the whole place is very beautiful.
St Margaret’s Church, WellThis church stands on a hill overlooking Well Hall and towards the sea. It was rebuilt in 1733 in the Palladian style reminiscent of St Paul’s Covent Garden London. The bellcote was built in 1970 to replace a Victorian one and contains a bell dating from the fourteenth century.
It has a temple-​like appearance with four Tuscan columns carrying a large eaves. Inside it is unusual to find the altar at the the west end of the building. There is a three teir pulpit, box pews and a gallery. The stucco work ceiling is thought to be 18^th. Century.
The House is a three storey, seven bay, red brick house with a hipped roof and dormer windows. It was thought to have been redesigned in the 1720’s. The house looks over a three lakes and is in line with the church of St. Margaret’s which is situated on the hill to the west.
The photo’s show the beauty of both.