Excursion to Leominster Mark suggested we should go to Leominster on Wednesday, 14 May. We took the bus from the country bus station behind Chinese restaurant. There were quite a few passengers on the bus. Leominster is the second biggest town in Herefordshire (the largest one is Hereford), and it is known for black-white buildings. After we got off the bus, we headed for the Grange Court. The town’s most distinctive building possessed richly carved structure and beautifully lined timber frames in the façade, and the modern heritage centre was adjacent to the historic building. Grange Court was built in 1633 by John Abel, the King’s carpenter and was originally the town hall. We looked round the dining room, galley and nursery and looked at the needlework representing the history of English monarchies and history of
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