“A stay in the renovated stables, just off the main building, completes the Wildean-era rustic romance.”

“Through a depiction of rustic landscape and the aestheticization of rural life, the picturesque painting reflects an attempt to escape from the harsh reality of the industrial revolution.”

“Everything is there, the spreading chestnut tree, the rough wooden table and benches, and a couple of rustic yokels seated outside with their tankards of ale.”

“We plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams.”