Comments on The Earthly Paradise: Belmont Lodge, an historic building with ties to t...

Hi Mom! I looked high and low trying to find pictu...

2009-03-31T13:12:00.000-06:00

Hi Mom! I looked high and low trying to find pictures of the lodge, but no luck.

It's a great painting though, isn't it?

I always loved this painting. It should be shown ...

2009-01-20T16:16:00.000-07:00

I always loved this painting. It should be shown alongside the one with the condemned Huguenot taking leave of his lady. Of course they both contain three great reasons to study history, and particularly Reformation history--romance, blood, and religion. I'm sorry to hear about the Lodge--I wonder if you could find any pictures of it to post? Thank you for the posting.

That's bad. I didn't even know about the house's e...

2009-01-20T07:27:00.000-07:00

That's bad. I didn't even know about the house's existance and one of my great aunts lives in Fishbourne in the area. Developers seem to have a lot of free rein in the UK. It would have to be local protest letters to the council to get them to listen. In these bad economic times, councils are desperate for regeneration as they think it will bring in more money. Unfortunately in the last recession it led to bad buildings being errected that look like eyesores still.

How saddening. I hope the local people do take a s...

2009-01-19T17:12:00.000-07:00

How saddening. I hope the local people do take a stand, and also that the building has been well documented.