Lyme Hall Reflected in The Lake by sandra46

Photography • Landscape • posted on May 30, 2009

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When Mr. Darcy (a wonderful Colin Firth) emerged from a lake, soaked and sexy, in the 1995 BBC version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Lyme Park stood in for "Pemberley". Lyme Hall was originally a remote hunting lodge. In Tudor times a house was built there and this was turned into an Italianate palace by the Venetian architect Leoni in the early 18th Century. The house was once a home of the Legh family - later Lords Newton. A walk to the far side of the South Lake reveals a memorable view of the Hall itself reflected in the reflection lake. The lake originally provided the source for the cascade which existed from 1703 to about 1818. At a later stage the lake had a more mundane purpose when the pumphouse was built in 1902 to pump water from the lake to the house in the event of fire. I took these shots pasted to give you a panoramic view last September 2008. Thank you for yoyr kind comments.

Comments (43)

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ragouc

12:17PM | Sat, 30 May 2009

Cool pano. Well done.

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Buffalo1

12:18PM | Sat, 30 May 2009

And a lovely panorama it is. We just don't have places that look as good as this in the USA.

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flora-crassella

12:24PM | Sat, 30 May 2009

fantastic image!!!!! Great photo!!!!!! Wonderful!!!!!!

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Umbetro38

12:44PM | Sat, 30 May 2009

a dream place - wow

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MrsRatbag

12:59PM | Sat, 30 May 2009

I thought I recognized the estate. What a beautiful place this is! I can't imagine living there. Do you know if they used the same place for the Keira Knightley version? I just saw that one again last night and it seems much the same. Wonderful capture!

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amota99517

1:03PM | Sat, 30 May 2009

What a beautiful place. Fabulous shot!

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Radar_rad-dude

1:05PM | Sat, 30 May 2009

You did a most excellent job of stitching this panoramic view together. It looks seamless! Fantastic image! A truly marvelous capture! 1,000,000,000,000++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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bmac62

1:10PM | Sat, 30 May 2009

Wow, wow, wow. What a wonderful panorama. The lake is like a mirror. The house impressive:-)

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claude19

1:11PM | Sat, 30 May 2009

I like this format of photography and I think that your collage is excellent...no trace...all is PERFECT ! This house seems as the place de La Concorde à PARIS, the Marine Minister...pure style XIXe but in truth 15/16th century...This is a copy of ancient romaine houses.