Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Peter, I'm impressed :-) The church is 13th century except for the upper part of the tower which is 19th century. The Manor House is late 16th century and is built in the shape of a Greek cross. Information courtesy of Nikolaus Pevsners' 'The Buildings of England : Northamptonshire'. --Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Dzwig" <pdzwig@summaventures.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG : #033 > Graham, > > Fascinating shot. > > It says a lot about the evolution of the village with the church next to > The Big > House which dominates what is presumably "Home Farm", which would have > been > biggest farm in the village, I guess. The range of buildings with the very > old > ones that have been re-roofed a number of times in various differing > materials - > and in one case developed and Velux let in! - not to mention the various > different styles of windows and roofing in the main house. It tells a lot > of > stories. Looks like the tower of the church has been re-built at least > once. I > wonder whether it was a deliberate re-build or the existi8ng tower > collapsed. Do > you know? > > Every picture tells a story! > > Peter > > geebee wrote: >> Panasonic DMC FZ50 : Leica DC Vario Elmarit >> >> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2008/08033.htm >> >> >> --Graham >> http://www.geebeephoto.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >