In addition to the gardens, there were two grottos with hidden, artificial lighting, that sheltered the new friendship, if not love, flourishing between David and Carrie.
Such garden grottos first became popular in Italy before spreading to England in the Tudor period.
Here are about 1200 caves, some of them with lakes and rivers; subterranean grottos are suitable for diving.
A progress that took them across the lawns and grottos of the mansion grounds themselves.
A trip in a small boat with a local fisherman around, through and under the grottos is a remarkable experience.
