Wycoller Hall - Lancashire by ejn
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Description
Once a beautiful home of the Cunliffe family it fell into disrepair as debts mounted and all that is left today are the ruins.
A favourite haunt of Charlotte Bronte it is considered to be Ferndean Manor in her novel Jane Eyre.
In Chapter XXXVII of the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë wrote
"The manor-house of Ferndean was a building of considerable antiquity, moderate size, and no architectural pretensions, deep buried in a wood. Even when within a very short distance of the manor-house, you could see nothing of it, so thick and dark grew the timber of the gloomy wood about it. Iron gates between granite pillars showed me where to enter, and passing through them, I found myself at once in the twilight of close-ranked trees. There was a grass-grown track descending the forest aisle between hoar and knotty shafts and under branched arches."
Worth a visit if you are over that way.
Comments (13)
MrsRatbag
What a picturesque ruin it is; beautiful capture!
durleybeachbum
Looks much more attractive than in her description!
jayfar
Super shot and great postwork.
Flint_Hawk Online Now!
Exceptional!
GARAGELAND
fantastic atmosphere!!!! (small tip.: turn down the saturation a notch & it would do the image more justice)
mariogiannecchini
Beautiful image , great postwork !
CavaCava
Excellent postwork. The 'otherworldliness' allows you to better see what it might have been like.
qrud
Nice sharp picture.
neoexcello
Enjoyed the image and the excerpt....tickles the imagination. Such lovely prosse, maybe I should go back and revisit Bronte.
kobaltkween
what beautiful ruins. and you framed them excellently. i think it actually might have been stronger without the fade around the building, because the composition is so strong on its own.
alanwilliams
once again beautifully portrayed
kgb224
Outstanding capture and postwork my friend.
brewgirlca
Please tell me this is an HDR image, I cannot image such richness of place actually exists! Only in Britain. The subtle dark vignette is a perfect touch.