South Lodge ~ Montacute House.

Une belle propriété avec une architecture remarquable ..!
Bonne journée.

Merci beaucoup Malik.
Bonne journée.

ABSOLUTELY SUPERB !
and the photograph is perfectly taken, Rosalyn *******

Thank you for your lovely comment Christiane.
Have a good day.

quel beau manoir ; un style que j'aime beaucoup

Thank you so much for your very kind comment Dan.
Much appreciated.

A wonderful building Rosa and beautifully rendered here by you. Well done.
Cheers, Herb

Thank you so much for your kind comment Herb.
All the best, Rosa.

What a place for a holiday accomodation, Rosa! This building is simply exquisite, with its golden walls and its elegant windows and roof...so beautifully taken!

Thank you for your lovely comments Adele...I would like to take a holiday there, and I only live 20 miles away ;-))

Take the black car away (better not, it fits wonderfully!!!), and it is a mood out of a fairy tale or at least out of a Tolkien story ...
Well see, well chosen angle and well captured.
You may ask the owner if he wants it for an advertising brochure ... considering a proper fee to you of course. ;-)

Thank you for your kind comments Leon. I took a photo later on without the car there but it was not such a good picture, I thought.

A beautiful image of this unusual building, Rosa. I'm really taken by the details.

Thank you George. I love this gatehouse. I have taken many pictures of it over the years :)

Fine architecture and a beautiful treatment, Rosa !

Thank you Ulrich. The local hamstone is a very mellow yellow :)

Not seen anything like this architecture before Rosa. A great capture, the stonework of the building with the warm honey colour looks amazing in this very nicely composed image. The shape of the roof is quite something, would not care to be the one to put new slates on such a complicated profile!

All the best, Doug

I would love to know if there was another with a roof like this Doug. I certainly have never seen one. The hamstone is or was quarried about three miles from the village of Montacute.

All the best, Rosa.

That's a very grand gate-house................the actual house itself must be very impressive. I also really like the elegant roof and the beautifully warm colour of the stonework!

A wonderful shot Rosa!

The house is very impressive Keith and I will show it soon. It has been used in many films and TV series. The last one being Wolfe Hall....and a Wallace & Gromit film....all will be revealed later!

Many thanks for your very kind comments.

I love the honey stone ~ A very posh gatehouse too

I love it Nick. In fact the whole village is beautiful.

Lovely building Rosalyn, seems to have a bit of an Islamic influence where the roof is concerned.

I suppose you could say that Maurice, but it is very Tudor/Elizabethan.
It is a lovely building though. Many thanks for your nice comments.

A beautiful picture of a beautiful building and I just love that honey coloured Ham stone Rosa.

Thank you Jeff. Yes the local stone is very mellow and beautiful

A lovely looking building built to impress guests arriving at the big house and show how wealthy you were, nothing changes really !!! There only appears to be one chimney presumably for the range. I always wonder how did they do it cutting the timbers for the roof wouldn't be easy with todays machinery

It's very spacious inside Peter, if a little over modernised for my taste. No range in the kitchen now. They were very good craftsmen in the days this was built....it does make you wonder how they achieved such beautiful buildings!

A truly amazing roof!!! Great architecture with very beautiful "golden" stones!!!!!!!!
Best regards.

It is the local Ham stone and most of the villages in this part of Somerset are built with it.
Thank you for your very kind comments.

Beautiful architecture, Rosa. This building looks in better condition than those that were built in the 1960s. Cheers, Joe

I love this type of architecture Joe. A little worrying....my house was built in 1967. LOL!!
Thank you for your great comments. Cheers, Rosa.

Bello edificio y preciosa toma muy bien encuadrada

Thank you very much Marije.

un édifice magnifique***************

One of my favourite houses Valeriane :))

GORGEOUS

Thank you Pam. I love it too :)

It must be fantastic to spend one's holidays in such a house!