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The mansion stable

<p><b><strong>Room for the gentleman’s horses<br /> </strong></b><span style="font-weight: 400">After the breeding buildings were completed, Sophus Dinesen chose to build a new building for his own driving and riding horses and for the fine carriages. This is where the manor’s horses lived, i.e. riding horses and their foals, as well as all the carriages and carriages. In the summer, the carriages were used extensively, as there were Sunday rides in open carriages every Sunday. During the war, it was forbidden to drive a car, so there was a lot of carriage driving to the station, to dinner in the neighborhood and to the beach in the summer. </span></p> <p style="font-weight: 400">At the end of the manor house there were two rooms where the apprentice gardener and apprentice marksman lived. This is where rooms 11 and 12 are today. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400"><b><strong>Rebuilding with a renowned architect</strong></b><br /> Jens Kraft Dinesen took over Kragerup in 1910 and in 1913 decided to rebuild both the main building and the manor stables. He enlisted the help of one of the most famous architects of the time, Jens Ingwersen, who suggested that a small tower be built on a new entrance to the main building. The new entrance to the main building was not built, but since the architect had made drawings for a nice little tower, they had to be used. That’s why the tower was added to the manor house, which can still be seen today. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400">Architect Jens Ingwersen renovated and remodeled many of the country’s estates between 1905 and 1950.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400"><b><strong>Up to the present day</strong></b><br /> Since then, Herskabsstalden became a car garage, and in 2003 Birgitte first converted six hotel rooms and in 2007 seven more rooms.</p>

The mansion stable

<p><b><strong>Room for the gentleman’s horses<br /> </strong></b><span style="font-weight: 400">After the breeding buildings were completed, Sophus Dinesen chose to build a new building for his own driving and riding horses and for the fine carriages. This is where the manor’s horses lived, i.e. riding horses and their foals, as well as all the carriages and carriages. In the summer, the carriages were used extensively, as there were Sunday rides in open carriages every Sunday. During the war, it was forbidden to drive a car, so there was a lot of carriage driving to the station, to dinner in the neighborhood and to the beach in the summer. </span></p> <p style="font-weight: 400">At the end of the manor house there were two rooms where the apprentice gardener and apprentice marksman lived. This is where rooms 11 and 12 are today. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400"><b><strong>Rebuilding with a renowned architect</strong></b><br /> Jens Kraft Dinesen took over Kragerup in 1910 and in 1913 decided to rebuild both the main building and the manor stables. He enlisted the help of one of the most famous architects of the time, Jens Ingwersen, who suggested that a small tower be built on a new entrance to the main building. The new entrance to the main building was not built, but since the architect had made drawings for a nice little tower, they had to be used. That’s why the tower was added to the manor house, which can still be seen today. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400">Architect Jens Ingwersen renovated and remodeled many of the country’s estates between 1905 and 1950.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400"><b><strong>Up to the present day</strong></b><br /> Since then, Herskabsstalden became a car garage, and in 2003 Birgitte first converted six hotel rooms and in 2007 seven more rooms.</p>

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