{"id":102706,"date":"2019-01-04T23:30:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T16:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-warwick-as-english-as-roast-beef\/"},"modified":"2019-01-05T00:05:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T17:05:23","slug":"lets-move-to-warwick-as-english-as-roast-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-warwick-as-english-as-roast-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Warwick: as English as roast beef"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOnce one of the most significant towns in the country, these days it\u2019s left mostly for the townsfolkWhat\u2019s going for it? So dominated are the Midlands by the great sprawl of Birmingham, you can easily forget what they were like before the industrial revolution. Places such as Warwick were once the metaphorical, as well as the literal heart of the country \u2013 as English as oak trees, John Bull and roast beef. Middle England. Middle Earth. Tolkien got married here. Shakespeare would namecheck the town as some kind of epitome of the English spirit. Today, people come with seven-year-olds in plastic chainmail and swords for the humungous castle, equal parts astonishing relic and ye olde theme parke; but the town behind, once one of the most significant in the country, is these days mostly left for the townsfolk. Lucky them. It\u2019s beautiful, high on its bluff above the Avon and scattered with everything you\u2019d expect in an ancient town, as English as, well, you get the picture. Georgian townhouses, Queen Anne mansions, tottering half-timbered Tudor and tea shops with a nice line in toasted teacakes. It\u2019s somehow both utterly ordinary and utterly exceptional at the same time.The case against\u2026 Yes, it\u2019s a tad provincial. But what lies on your doorstep \u2013 from the theatre at Stratford, the universities in Coventry and the bright lights of Brum \u2013 more than makes up for it. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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