It's a bright day with blue sky and bubbling white clouds that right now are covering the sun. We're standing at one corner outside a square moat surrounding a medieval building inside. The stone-walled building rises straight from the dark water with no land supporting it. On the right side the walls are sheer with just a few windows on the first floor and second floor and a row of six, tall, brick chimneys appearing to be a later addition to the manor house. The first floor of the left side of the building as we look at it juts out slightly from the ground level below it and rather than stone this face is half-timbered with the vertical beams exposed and pale yellow plaster between them contrasting with the black frames.
#FotoVorschlag - Mittelalterlich
Photo theme - Medieval
This is Ightham Mote in Kent, dating from the early 14th century and a fantastic example of a moated manor house. The building retains key features of the time with its 70 rooms largely all looking […]
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