Get Your Bearings by allie912

Get Your Bearings

Agecroft Hall is a Tudor manor house and estate built in the late 15th century, and was originally located in the Irwell Valley in Agecroft, Pendlebury, in the historic county of Lancashire, England. According to Wikipedia, at the end of the 19th century, industrialization swept through the Irwell Valley. Coal pits were opened all around Agecroft Hall, railway tracks were cut across the manor and the sinking of an abandoned colliery made a dirty lake on the edge of the estate. The house fell into disrepair and was sold at auction in 1925 to Mr & Mrs Thomas C. Williams. Today, Agecroft Hall stands re-created on the banks of the James River, in a setting chosen to be reminiscent of its original site at Agecroft near the River Irwell. Agecroft's grounds reflect English gardens with Elizabethan aromatics and were designed by Charles Gillette.
The welcoming sign as you enter the grounds reminds visitors of this long ago, and still cherished, connection to England.
History is alive and well in this beautiful reproduction (recreation). Lovely shot!
April 28th, 2016  
Love this shot..
April 28th, 2016  
I love how the beautiful building was saved :)
April 28th, 2016  
Bep
Beautiful building.
April 28th, 2016  
nice one allison :)
I come from the historic county of Lancashire :) and now live in the historic county of Nottinghamshire :)
a lovely bit of England in The US :)
April 28th, 2016  
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