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Hexagonal game larder at Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire. A game larder, also sometimes known as a deer or venison larder, deer, venison or game house, game pantry or game store, is a small domestic outbuilding where the carcasses of game, including deer, game birds, hares and rabbits, are hung to mature in a cool environment.
Closest to the Hall is the Game Larder overlooking St Botolph's Church, Farnborough; this is followed by the Ionic Temple and Oval Pavilion. [1] At the end of the Terrace Walk, is the 18m high Obelisk, which overlooks the Warmington Valley. [15] [5] The Obelisk was first recorded by a visitor in 1746. [1]
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Head stalker Niall Rowantree (leftmost) taking out a guest (first from left) deer stalking on Ardnamurchan Estate in Scotland. In the United Kingdom, a gamekeeper (often abbreviated to keeper) is a person who manages an area of countryside (e.g., areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland) to make sure that there is enough game for hunting, or fish for fishing, and acts as guide to ...
The sale of contents in 1922 describes the property as having "eleven bedrooms, morning room, dining room, drawing room, billiard room, sitting room, nursery, three dressing rooms, two bathrooms, butler’s pantry, housekeeper’s room, scullery, kitchen, larder, game larder and boot house".
When larder hoarding, the squirrel chooses one or two strategically located spots to store their extra food. These larger caches are usually well-hidden and packed with delicious provisions.
The former game larder and dairy were built by the architect Charles Henry Howell in 1883. [10] [11] The house is surrounded by 330 hectares (820 acres) of parkland laid out in the 18th century, and pleasure grounds which were added in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some of the exotic species were planted by Robert Marnock in the 1860s. [1]
Coursing by humans is the pursuit of game or other animals by dogs—chiefly greyhounds and other sighthounds—catching their prey by speed, running by sight, but not by scent. Coursing was a common hunting technique, practised by the nobility, the landed and wealthy, as well as by commoners with sighthounds and lurchers .