The chimney stacks at Wightwick Manor are very vertical. I visited the house over Easter and found it really interesting. I will be returning later in the year to get a full guided tour when it is not so busy. Of course another reason for me to return is to see the gardens when they are at their best 
A very brief introduction from the National Trust:
Mander, Mawson & Morris – a suburban paradise. A late Victorian manor house, built in the ‘Old English’ style by local industrialist Theodore Mander, Wightwick Manor is perhaps the best surviving example of a home furnished under the influence of the Arts & Crafts movement. The rich interiors feature many original wallpapers, fabrics and furnishings by William Morris, artwork by Rossetti and Burne-Jones, glass by Charles Kempe and ceramics by William de Morgan. The house sits in seven hectares (seventeen acres) of attractive Arts & Crafts gardens, designed by Thomas Mawson, which are Grade II listed in their own right.
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Vertically challenged?
They may be a bit challenged if there was a high wind!
Lots of vertical lines in the decoration on that place too. I like Arts and Crafts homes and that looks like a nice one.
Have a great weekend.
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round the other side there is a lot more of the timbering effect.
Crikey, maintenance to this immaculate standard must be eye watering, CP.
Nice to visit and enjoy, but I wouldn’t like to be the one responsible for maintaining it!
The family still live in the apartments in part of the house, which I think is quite nice
Another of those beautiful English stately homes! With all those vertical chimneys. They make for a really interesting silhouette for the house.
Happy weekend Cherie.
You have given me an interesting idea for a photo! Thank you
I wonder how Santa figures out which one to go down.
Well Santa is rather full of figure, I am sure he chose the largest of chimneys
Wow this is really pretty one for the theme. happy hunting and weekend too.
I couldn’t resist using the view with the flowers in it
Very nice but now I’m thirsting to see what the interiors look like! Are photos allowed inside?
Unfortunately no photography is allowed in that house. It was probably a bit too dark to get a good photo anyway.
That’s a coincidence: this week I was writing an article about herb gardens to visit and one of those I came across while researching (on the internet not in person sadly) was at Wightwick Manor. It sounds like a gorgeous house too.
That sounds like a very interesting article.
I shall look out for that herb garden when I go back
interesting!
It is an unusual house from the outside.
Gorgeous house . . . I love the brick (as well as the lines of the structure).
I’m glad you shared this!
Thanks Lisa I am glad you enjoyed it
“Unfortunately no photography is allowed in that house. It was probably a bit too dark to get a good photo anyway.” said Cherie.
Now I have to admit to being a naughty boy on many occasions.
Once I was on Elba, looking round the house that Napoleon was kept prisoner in.
“No photography” the notice said.
I assume it is the flash they object to……so no flash
I had my Pentax and I always carried a separate exposure meter.
A quick reading, open up, longish exposure.
My camera always hung on its strap in front of me.
Estimate the distance, click! Shot from the chest.
No one knew, no one got upset and I got a load of excellent pictures.
It’s exciting as well….a bit undercover.
It can’t be illegal….it’s private property.
Now you are letting all your secrets out
I am sure I would get spotted if I tried that. They are supposed to be allowing photography in the National Trust houses so I will see how that progresses. I am sure as you mention it would have to be without flash though.
I’m pleased to hear about the NT. I know they do not like flash… it is supposed to harm delicate fabrics etc.
Have you noticed that I am not alone in loosing my little picture?
Annie has gone, so has MTG, YTSL, lovely Liz and Lisa, and not forgetting Noel.
Something is up. Wordpress is behind it I bet.
Some of those pictures have never showed… I will see if I can investigate with someone whose picture does show.
Mine only shows if I use my email and user name that connects to gravatar (the link I mentioned). My blogger picture never features here. I know it is critical to get your user name and email to be exactly the same as is on your account, otherwise the piccie doesn’t show.
What a lovely spring shot. I love the naturalized daffodils in the foreground. And those are definitely a lot of vertical chimneys.
Those daffodils were very spectacular.
aloha,
thanks for sharing your interpretation of the verticle them today, i like the photos of your home and gardens.
Thanks very much noel
What a lovely place. I’d like to get the tour and the gardens there myself and I like your “angle” on the vertical theme.
I am sure you would find some great photo opportunities there