Tag Archives: Wrest Park

The Orangery

Posted on Fri, 10 July, 2015 by LensScaper

Wrest Park in Bedfordshire is a superb country estate that had its origins in the early seventeenth century but was developed later by the de Grey family and is dominated by the French-style mansion built in the nineteenth century. In … Continue reading →

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The Orangery

Posted on Wed, 16 July, 2014 by LensScaper

Today’s image comes from Wrest Park – an imposing French-influenced mansion that sits within ninety acres of parkland and formal gardens. We have visited this place a number of times. It first featured on this blog in ‘Searching for a … Continue reading →

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The Black and White Seat

Posted on Wed, 4 December, 2013 by LensScaper

I’m stating the obvious – this is an image, in black and white, of a seat. But then there’s a little twist: the seat is white and it has an oblique shadow that is black. That is also stating the … Continue reading →

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Out for Lunch #2

Posted on Fri, 22 November, 2013 by LensScaper

This is the second in a series on ‘Out for Lunch’ with a camera, others will follow. Today we are at Wrest Park. Wrest Park  – a country house and estate in Bedfordshire – has featured in a number of … Continue reading →

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Tree Line

Posted on Fri, 15 November, 2013 by LensScaper

Wrest Park is a place we have been to several times before but not this late in the year (click Here and Here for previous posts). A different time of year is guaranteed to yield a different crop of images … Continue reading →

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Hanging There

Posted on Mon, 11 November, 2013 by LensScaper

It was wall-to-wall sunshine yesterday, an unusual phenomenon recently (normal service has been resumed today – it’s raining)! A beautiful day for getting out there and capturing the colours of Autumn. We returned to Wrest Park to walk through the … Continue reading →

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Seasonal Confusion

Posted on Mon, 16 September, 2013 by LensScaper

10 days ago, on what turned out to be the last warm sunny day of our Summer, we visited one of our favourite country estates – Wrest Park. It’s a place I have photographed before so on this occasion I … Continue reading →

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Searching for a Landscape

Posted on Fri, 6 January, 2012 by LensScaper

January is a miserable month in most people’s opinion. An anti-climactic contrast to Christmas and New Year. The short days and dark cold nights bring out the hibernating instincts in me. But there are tasks to be done: archiving some … Continue reading →

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