Guess the Place

[John Walker]

Just to be sure. Is it a church?

[Diapason]

CAT, that one took a great deal of searching!




Here`s the next one which I took a few years ago, specifically for GTP. Somewhat disguised but will be quite recognisable for many members.
 







 

[CAT]

I don’t know about the mislabelled painting grandarog, but my pic is definitely of Olantigh (Towers) north of Wye as identified by Diapason.


Well done and over to you Diapason

[grandarog]

Bit strange this one .
Internet attributes the Painting as being Raynham Hall ,Norfolk.
Looking further it is obviously mis-labelled.

[Diapason]

Olantigh House, near Wye.

[CAT]

The house in my pic, which is from the early nineteenth century, suffered a catastrophic fire in the early twentieth century and was largely reconstructed from the ruins, but on a smaller scale using the colonnade and pediment of the earlier façade.   

[CAT]

Not Chevening Pete and kind of central east(ish) Kent. Not too far from a 'failed' medieval market town.

[pete.mason]

Chevening?

[John Walker]

East Kent ?  (I'll be kicking myself if it is )

[CAT]

Many thanks shoot999.


I was unaware of the Hamilton link, so thanks for that.


Next one is clearly a good sized country house, still standing, but were?

[shoot999]

Would that be the Buckmore Park Kart racing track beside the M2?

Spot on. Used to live just down the road before the motorway was built. Owned by the late, great John Surtees at one time. And one of the tracks where Lewis Hamilton first came to the notice of the racing community.


Over to you.

[CAT]

Would that be the Buckmore Park Kart racing track beside the M2?

[shoot999]

Thank you for that CAT. Busy hunting old ruins until you gave the better condition clue. And remembered a similar configuration as a backdrop to 'The Alan Clark Diaries' series.


On to the next.

[CAT]

I was surprised you didn't get it JohnWalker, its the sort of place where lots of local people went to once. I vaguely remember the peacocks, but more so the two large dogs that snapped, snarled and foamed at passers by when the grounds were closed. Happy days.

[John Walker]

I should have recognised those towers.  My family used to go there on Sundays in the 60s/70s.  They served tea and cake beside this gateway.  We could walk around the grounds and along the ramparts.  I seem to remember there was a peep hole down into one of the towers where a 'prisoner' was chained up.  There were also peacocks roaming the grounds that would grab your cake if given the chance.