Where Am I? No. 12a - Part Two of "Cazza's House"

[Ruskie]

Yes, there is something - perhaps a chimney - on the roofline of the larger building to the right.  But the chimney on the far right of the picture (to the right of the greenhouse) - surely that is too low to function as a chimney?

The something on the roofline looks an odd shape for a chimney, too pointed

I think the one on the far right is probably connected to heating for the greenhouse, it doesn't seem in quite the right position to be for the building with sky lights.

Jan

Yes this is probably correct. It is an odd little thing and difficult to work out which building it services.

[jaywit]

I still keep looking.

One problem I have is yes I agree it looks like the back of the house, but if so why does the greenhouse appear to be on the front of the house?

Greenhouses were never in the front garden.

Working on the fact that the greenhouse is on the right I wondered if in fact the front was on the left making the house being long and thin as looked at from the front?

[Ruskie]

I thought some people were thinking that the front of the house was on the left out of view? 

I am not sure. This still looks like the front to me, with a driveway along where the seats are perhaps.

It doesn't quite make sense that the greenhouse is visible from the front of a house, but I thought that the photo may have been taken from a slight angle, whereas if it was taken further to the left of the frontage then the greenhouse may not have been visible.

No idea really ....

[Spidermonkey]

I can see this working as the front of the house.  If I use the example of my in-laws' house, this is at right angles to the road (which runs N-S), so the West side of the house is roadside.  The front door is on the south elevation.  The formal/entertaining garden is on the south side too.  As you move around to the east side of the house the garden becomes less formal and more veg patch and washing lines.  On the north side/back of the house is the garage and wood sheds.

Therefore, I find it plausible that there is a road to the left of the photo.  Behind the house could be a driveway/garage/workshop etc with a path around to the front of the house, which also happens to be where the garden/tennis court/croquet lawn etc is.  This might also make sense of the two doors - the formal entrance on the left, with the access outside (perhaps with associated cloak room/muddy boot room) on the right.

[Jolee]

The post on the lawn reminds me of a bird of prey landing post

[ScouseBoy]

The post on the lawn reminds me of a bird of prey landing post

   
Yes.   very good point.   More likely to be  that than a Tennis Court.

That fits in with the Sporting Estate theory in Remote Scotland, Cumberland/Westmorland or Wales.

[fanny-gas-light]

Hi everyone.
Some great thoughts on here sadly my tiny brain isn't going to compete much.

 Just finished looking for properties overlooking estuaries or lakes, so included Coniston,  Slimbridge and Martinmere thinking the tower may have something to do with bird watching. Sir Peter Scot being the thought behind all this. Also Stud farms with stables, racing stables coach houses, my mind is boggling  .

Just wondered if anyone can make out any reflections in the windows all I can work out is maybe more trees.
 I hadn't even noticed the small chimney for the green house so I am still learning and seeing new things after all this time.
I am wishing with all my heart this building is still intact and functioning as I really have grown very fond of it.

Ps has anyone noticed on the zoom picture F there is smoke coming out of the chimney? just an aside.
regards Maggie

[ScouseBoy]

The "greenhouse"    could be more like an Orangery or Palm House in those days.

[Little Nell]

The greenhouse looks quite an ordinary one to me.  The glazing bars are very simple, not substantial enough to be an orangery or palm house.  And palms grow very big - just look at the height the glasshouses are at Kew, RBG Edinburgh and RHS Wisley!

I had wondered in an idle moment (total fantasy probably, but it might just strike a chord with someone!) if it had become or always was a research facility, horticultural.  There seems to be netting - or certainly in front of it, perhaps protecting a fruit garden from the birds?  Although I'm not sure there is enough room for that.

The chimney near the greenhouse is - I think - not part of the greenhouse building, but part of the building beyond it, the one with the windows in the roof.

I don't think the materials we can see would be used to build a house/building in Scotland or the Lakes area.

The pole in the flat area is too tall for a bird of prey post.

Nell