Turton Tower - Lancashire by ejn

Photography • Landscape • posted on Feb 17, 2009

Open full image in new tab Zoom on image

Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.

Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.

Description

Turton Tower A brief history. Nestling in peaceful woodland in Lancashire, Turton Tower was originally built as a fortification against the marauding Scots but has been modified extensively over the centuries,the original square tower dates back circa 1420 when William Orrell married Elizabeth de Torboc.After living beyond their means the tower was sold to Humphrey Chetham who sided with parliament during the civil war and allowed the roundhead soldiers to use the tower as a hostel.The tower passed through a number of owners until the last owner Lady Nina Knowles left the house in trust to North Turton District Trust.

Comments (23)

)

prutzworks

3:04AM | Tue, 17 February 2009

nice capture

)

MaraP

3:15AM | Tue, 17 February 2009

Gorgeous place, amazing image!

)

ralph49

4:16AM | Tue, 17 February 2009

Excellent capture & post work

SecondChoice

4:20AM | Tue, 17 February 2009

hm, i would take it!

)

qrud

5:03AM | Tue, 17 February 2009

love old house

)

timtripp

5:47AM | Tue, 17 February 2009

wondrous tonemapping!

BibbyBear

7:01AM | Tue, 17 February 2009

What a marvellous building (and so British!!) I love the colours, lighting and POV and the "curved" effect of the path just draws you into the shot. Excellent capture. Hugs Chrissy xx

)

durleybeachbum

7:02AM | Tue, 17 February 2009

A superb pic.

)

MrsRatbag

8:28AM | Tue, 17 February 2009

Fantastic capture of this beautiful structure!

)

CavalierLady

10:15AM | Tue, 17 February 2009

Stunning manor and wonderful post work! A bit too tight on the crop at the very top, for me, but still a most beautiful image!!

ejn

10:23AM | Tue, 17 February 2009

Reference the crop..couldnt get my bum back any further..without lopping some trees and shrubs..dont think they would like it :-)

)

Meowgli

11:49AM | Tue, 17 February 2009

excellent postwork as always and a beautiful building

)

ysvry

11:51AM | Tue, 17 February 2009

fantastic foto

)

Octaganoid

12:36PM | Tue, 17 February 2009

Lovely colours !!

MrsLubner

6:40PM | Tue, 17 February 2009

You make the hardness of the brick gentle and the sharpness of the construction soft. Amazing work.

)

amota99517

7:32PM | Tue, 17 February 2009

Beautiful shot!

)

RobyHermida

8:48PM | Wed, 18 February 2009

Fantastic!!!!!!! Roby

)

Prematos

3:25AM | Thu, 19 February 2009

Fantastic shot.

Enlightened

3:38PM | Sun, 22 February 2009

Beautiful architecture and super photo. I love buildings with history or is that history of buildings lol.. not sure which. This would make a super cover of a murder mystery novel. Excellent work.

)