Latest Picture Comments

"Hope to be going there tomorrow. Looking forward to it." - rustyruth(14th July 2013)

"A well composed shot showing off the architectural features" - David Swann(14th July 2013)

"Lovely set of Witley Court Robert." - rustyruth(14th July 2013)

"Well taken, great sharpness" - David Swann(14th July 2013)

"Strong, effective close-up; I use a black velvet cloth to achieve the same effect" - David Swann(14th July 2013)

"I like the intense inquisitive stare here" - David Swann(14th July 2013)

"An excellent shot of this fox, well done!" - David Swann(14th July 2013)

"What a lovely soft bed lol" - Peggy Cannell(14th July 2013)

"Once one of England's great country houses, Witley Court was largely gutted by fire in 1937. The owner, Sir Herbert Smith, decided not to rebuild but to put the estate up for sale. Witley was never lived in again and was subsequently stripped and abandoned. Yet, as a ruin it remains deeply evocotive. Today it offers a rare opportunity to see the bones of a mansion that has grown over the centuties, from a substantial Jacobean house based on a medieval manor house, through expansion under the first Baron Foley and his son in the 1720's and 1730's to the addition of two massive porticos by Regency architect John Nash. It finally reached its peak of grandeur in the 1850s with the extensive remodelling commissioned by the first earl of Dudley from the architect Samuel Daukes. Robert." - Robert Hanley(14th July 2013)

"nice one Vince" - James Prescott(14th July 2013)