Weston's quirky treasures

The late Tudor Banqueting Hall at Weston (see yesterday) is no longer used and is in a state of near dereliction inside. Photographically though, it was wonderful and I could have spent hours in there. It was obviously once a magnificent building, three storeys high and used for entertaining and socialising. It must have been like a gentlemen's club. There was a dusty old snooker table taking up one room, as well as relics of sports equipment. Interestingly the window glass was painted to resemble leaded glass, so I assume the original Tudor glass was leaded and has been replaced at some stage. In the 1600s it would have been expensive and difficult to make big sheets of glass so panes were tiny and held together with a latticework of lead. 

One of the doors, apparently original, was wonderfully heavy and studded. 

They don't make skis like this nowadays! 

Nor do toboggans come like this: 

There were also some pieces stashed in here that appeared to be old laundry facilities - a sink or wash tub and a mangle. 

And down in the cellar, a random anchor at rest on the windowsill. All very quirky. 

Elsewhere, in one of the outbuildings, was a crate full of oyster shells.  I presume somebody once thought they 'might come in useful for something' and decided to hang on to them. I've an attic full of stuff, kept for that same reason!