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Preceded by a splendid Italian garden, with rich flowerbeds of ancient roses and, in the centre, a fine marble fountain with cupids and various figures in relief, we come to the Tea-room, an original construction as an open pavilion. In the area before it we can see an old stone well, four beautiful columns from roman times, carved in the middle ages with multiple figures in relief, two elegant bronze deer, a square seat with little columns and a stone seashell with sea monsters. Recent studies date it from the XIIth century, probably a holy relic from England (more or less identical Baptism fonts can be found in St. Peter’s Church, Cambridge). The esoteric connotations, much in vogue at the beginning of the last century, are clear, particularly in the choice and layout of the architectural elements, This is another place, conceived as a space to be lived in close harmony with the surrounding nature, which often saw representatives of the Bloomsbury Group of rebellious intellectuals reunited.Photogallery
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