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| Our Puppy Tour Guides |
We had to park a bit away from our third site, Coppinger's Court, as the bus could only go so far into the valley it was in. On our short walk, we met four dogs who began to follow us and then it seemed that they thought they were leading us. I think the funniest thing was when the dogs chased away cows when the cows could really have just squashed these little dogs. Poor cows...
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| Inside of Coppinger's Court |
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| Me Inside Coppinger's Court |
All the same though, it was probably better for the cows to be far away because Coppinger's Court is beyond repair and will one day fall apart. This is why our professor only let us into it for a brief time as even though cows are sometimes left there. Although, as our professor said, you can risk a cow, but not an undergrad.
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| Coppinger's Court |
Information about Coppinger's Court:
A four-story semi-fortified house built in c. 1616 by Sir Walter Coppinger. The house consists of a central block flanked by two towers on the east side and one in the center to the west. There are some mullioned windows surviving on the top floor on the west side. Other features include the well-preserved chimneys and remains of the bawn wall.
Our professor told us that Walter Coppinger actually got the land by betraying people to the British (not 100% sure on this, but he did betray people and got land for it). We were also told that there was a push to save the building and turn it into a hotel in the 70s, but the project fell through and now the building is beyond repair.
that crakes me up - "you can risk a cow, but not an undergrad." in the village i think it might be seen a little differently :)
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