The Lost Gardens - a photo on Flickriver

The Lost Gardens

            Where we stay in Perthshire is on the Dunira Estate between Comrie & St Fillans. It used to belong to Henry Dundas(1742-1811), 1st Viscount Melville who was the 1st Secretary of State for War and the First Lord of The Admiralty and also the last UK politician to be impeached (for embezzling the public purse). Latterly the estate was bought in 1919 for William Gilchrist Macbeth as a wedding present by his father who was a self-made shipping magnate. WG Macbeth's story was not a happy one. But he did commision Thomas Mawson- the foremost landscape gardener of the age- to design his gardens. They were regarded by many as the finest in Scotland (as much for their location and outlook as anything). When the main house burnt down after WW2 the gardens were abandoned. Channel 4 tried to restore the rose garden for their programme 'The Lost Gardens' about 15yrs ago. But then they were left to nature again. The old tennis house is derelict and its roof is collapsing. But here and there you come across giant redwoods, gloriously aflame maples and the odd Chilean umbrella pine. Old stone slab bridges cross watercourses and the ornamental pond is choked with rushes. The most surreal features are the 3 central tennis courts- still grass lawns but the surrounding yew hedges have grown 50' high... 
Now it seems the new owners are finally taking measures to clear the old fountains and stone terraces of the rose garden. It is with my usual mixed feelings that I watch such endeavours. 
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / Scotland / Dunira (show map)

Taken on: October 21, 2017

Tags:

derelict

abandoned

tennis

house

lost

gardens

dunira

comrie

st fillans

perthshire

autumn

window

leaded

broken

henry dundas

viscount melville « less

Sets appears in: • dunira october 2017

Groups appears in: • Scotland • Flickr Addicts more » • Flickritis: over 87,000 waiting for a vaccine. • Any Derelict Building • Nature Heals the Soul • Life Through My Viewfinder • Glasgow Photographers • Flickriver • Autumn / Fall Colors and Themes • Nature Photographers • NATURE ♥ unlimited ♥ (Public Group Forever) • *Nature Pics* • PLANET EARTH OUR HOME • Lost, Abandoned And Photographed • CANON-NO LIMIT • Nature pictures for everyone! • *Nature's Beautiful Photography- (P1~A1)NO PEOPLE/NO BUILDINGS • Anything of good taste • Digital SLR Photography Magazine • Scenic Scotland • Universe Today • Colours of Scotland • Scotland's forgotten places and things... • PARKS GARDENS AND WOODS • Nature outside my window . • Lesser Seen Scotland « less

Camera: Canon EOS 6D, f/4.0, 1/30 sec, 40mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	40mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Show full info

Stats: 2,208 views / 2 comments

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder