This upsets my love of history and historic buildings when I see them taken over and converted into luxury hotels. Yet there is advantage of it being Winter with no leaves on the trees to spoil the view.
It is Stonehouse Court where the lord of the manor looked over his land and servants. There has been a Court here since 1086 and was listed in William the Conqueror's Domesday Book. This present house was built in in 1601 but had to be restored in 1908 after a big fire.
I well remember the last old lady who lived here when this front garden had beautiful lawns and ornamental ponds, my Brother pushed me in one once.
Seriously, this is best viewed with the magnify button above the picture. See also the 12th July for my capture in the back garden.
It does at least preserved them though, I see it is grade II listed so they won't get away with too many changes
Incidentally you should offer them your photographic services, the shots on their website are awful
Such a gorgeous building - I can understand why it would be much better preserved in its original glory...however, coming from an area that tears down or leaves abandoned many building and historical grounds without much thought, I wish they would convert to nice hotels!
Lovely framing with the branches. I don't mind them being Hotels if they are done tastefully but I always think they should put the arking further away so the house front can be viewed without all the tin boxes ;-)
(Linda, @se7en , Fridays)
This is so neat! I agree with @happysnap about the parking. I'm glad they are preserving the house and making a separate building for conferences. I'd rather see it preserved than taken down altogether, but that is just me. I really like how you captured and framed it - looks to me like a picture post card. I like it!
Except for the cars we could squint and think of this wonderful building in an earlier time. A bygone era. Cost to keep them running must be out of this world.
Thank you for the captures and history behind the buildings that you include. It is a shame that they have converted it to a hotel, but at least they have preserved the building.
Incidentally you should offer them your photographic services, the shots on their website are awful
(Linda, @se7en , Fridays)