Where Am I? No 12

[groom]

No, I've been there, pretty sure it isn't Arreton.

[Little Nell]

And I concur - not Arreton.

http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=392615&mode=quick

Nell

[ScouseBoy]

I showed the original photo to a colleague who is a fully qualified joiner or carpenter today,   and he says it was added to over the years and incorporates  several styles.

Assuming it was a remote house with a large staff including gardeners and cooks, there does not appear to be a driveway visible on this face of the building.

I don't think those two doors are the main entrance.

[groom]

Assuming it was a remote house with a large staff including gardeners and cooks, there does not appear to be a driveway visible on this face of the building.

I think we're looking at the back of the house, so the drive would be the other side.

[Ruskie]

I thought that there was a drive along the top of the terrace.

Sometimes in these old photos the proportions are deceptive, and although it looks like the width of a walking path, it may actually be wider. Or maybe there is a drive above the small top terrace behind the seats?

I don't think the other side of this building would have been the main entrance as there is the side of the house behind it, and not a grand enough entrance. However there may be another entrance on the left which is not visable.

I do wonder why someone would take a photo of the back or side of such a building though.

Further to my comment about depth of field and the illusion seen in some of these photos, I am wondering if the greenhouse is actually further back behind the house, but only appears to be on a similar level to the house. I also think the photo was taken not exactly in line with the front of the house, but from an angle, hence being able to see the greenhouse. If it had been taken directly in front of the stairs, the greenhouse may not have been visible.

I do agree that this house has been added to over the years, but they have tried to tie it all together style wise. I still find two entrance doors so close together odd ......

Still, those comments are no help in locating it. 

[groom]

I still find two entrance doors so close together odd ......

That's what I find odd, almost as if it is two houses.

[jess5athome]

Hi, just jumping in on this, I have had a quick look through the thread, do you not think (as groom says) that the picture shows 2 houses?, one set slightly back from the front one 

There seems to be a very narrow window in the "far" building which if it is all one building is "Neither use nor Ornament" I think that window carries on behind the front building and is part of a completely separate house

Frank.

[Ruskie]

I still find two entrance doors so close together odd ......

That's what I find odd, almost as if it is two houses.

I wondered the same thing. But there does not seem to be any separation of property - fences etc which may point towards it being a posh 'semi'.

[Ruskie]

Just looking over some of the closeups earlier in the thread, and I notice a pipe running up the front of the tower. I am wondering if this is a vent pipe for an indoor toilet? Once again no help in finding the house though ...