This is a view of Beaufront Woodhead Farmhouse looking east as storm clouds foreshadow rain above the chimneys and birds take flight.
The building is listed and even gets a brief mention in Pevsner’s The Buildings of England – Northumberland Volume 15 – on page 161: “Picturesque farmhouse of several C18 dates, with lots of reverse stepped gables. Its complicated nature (it has five separate elevations) probably results from the sequential rebuilding of an older house”.
The left hand part of the structure, windowless at the rear, is most likely a conversion of an original fortified bastle house:
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Fantastic image!
Love the clouds above. Great composition and tones! Love the wholeness.
Many thanks – glad you like it, I wasn’t sure if there was just too much going on.
I don’t think so, since you have a fine composition.
Lovely desolate image; perfect for the Challenge. I’m having problems thinking what to do for this one! 🙂
Thanks very much – I always struggle – my photo challenges are usually fairly contrived i.e. take a picture then make the words fit 🙂
You inspired me though and I have just posted the foreshadowing of a storm! You may have seen the first photo before. 🙂
Wonderful stormy shot, I love the drama of storm clouds.
Many thanks Seonaid – if I am honest it looks much more threatening than it actually was….what happened next…? Nothing, the sun kept shining 🙂
Wonderful capture-amazing sky! Well done 🙂
Thanks Tina – the skies around here are being particularly obliging at the moment.
Your b/w photograph of the approaching storm gives a real sense of urgency to get indoors and away from that tree.
Your comment reminds me of Garrison Keillor’s story of “Herman the Human Lightning Rod, survivor of seven atmospheric discharges” 🙂
Now, that book is probably a good book to read so I’ll put it on my list. And, the name Garrison Keillor is familiar to me because he wrote the introduction to one of the books I found and wrote a posting about it. Here’s the link:
http://marygilmartin.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/booksthe-complete-peanuts-charles-m-schulz-1950-1954/
Love those omimous clouds.
Oops, I meant “ominous”. 🙂
Omimous sounds much more intriguing 🙂
This is incredible!!! Such quiet drama in the black and white.
Many thanks Hanne and thanks for taking the time to comment – much appreciated.
I can’t help it when I see something that makes my heart beat an extra beat 🙂
another story photo!
🙂 ……. but you tell better ones
No, no, no. Each to his own medium, Robin. Anyway, sometimes it’s good to leave the story untold.
I have decided you are a very nice person! BTW I didn’t mention – my sister’s middle name is Gay – imagine the fun I have had with that over the years……and this just proves I am not (a nice person) 🙂