This weekly challenge is hosted by Dawn from ‘The Day After’ who invites participants to post pictures of any windows that they find curious, inviting, photogenic, or in some way tell a story.
“Summoned by Bells”, by John Betjeman
Down the drive,Under the early yellow leaves of oaks;One lodge is Tudor, one in Indian style.The bridge, the waterfall, the Temple PoolAnd there they burst on us, the onion domes,Chajjahs and chattris made of amber stone:‘Home of the Oaks’, exotic Sezincote.
Sezincote (pronounced seas in coat) is a British estate, located in Gloucestershire, England. It was designed by Samuel Pepys Cockerell in 1805, and is a notable example of Neo-Mughal architecture, a 19th-century reinterpretation of 16th and 17th-century architecture from the Mughal Empire. At the time of its construction, British India was becoming the “jewel in the crown” of the world’s largest empire…. Wikipedia
It was also the inspiration for the Brighton Pavilion.
This extraordinary Indian house set in the Cotswolds hills has a central dome, minarets, peacock-tail windows, jail-work railings and pavilions. The main photo above shows the curving Orangery which frames the Persian Garden of Paradise with a fountain and canals. A more in depth post about the gardens is on my flower blog: Earth Laughs in Flowers
