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New Landscapes from the Lake District and Cumbria

We have added some new landscapes taken in the Lake District and Cumbria.

Haystacks picture

Recently added picture from the top of Haystacks in the Lake District. http://www.buildingpanoramics.com/project/haystacks-lake-district/

Beverley Minster Interior

Recently added a new picture of the magnificent Beverley Minster interior. http://www.buildingpanoramics.com/project/beverley-minster/

Dartmouth at Sunset

New landscape picture of Dartmouth at Sunset added http://www.buildingpanoramics.com/fullscreen/slideshow-two/

Landscapes added

We have recently added a new section under the menu photographs. In this section you can view some of the landscapes that we have produced. You can use the arrow button in the top right hand corner of the page to go fullscreen and the buttons at the bottom right of the page allow you [...]

Did Robin Hood really exist ?

Some of our early pictures were located in an area that used to be known as Barnsdale, or to be more accurate they were taken around the outskirts, as Barnsdale was a massive forested area that was larger than Sherwood, and was so dense that the abbeys and castles were built around it, not in [...]

Superzoom for Selby Abbey

We have recently added a super zoom link for Selby Abbey. http://www.buildingpanoramics.com/project/selby-abbey/ It has really worked well for the interior shot, as you can read the writing on carvings and enjoy the intricate detail of this amazing building. Please do leave comments if you enjoy looking at these images, or if you have some interesting [...]

Pillars of the Earth

This is a great book and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to get lost in our medieval past. Ken Follett has a slightly racey style but he is still very readable, and in “Pillars” he tells a great story. I’m slightly puzzled by why Kingsbridge Priory remained a Priory despite becoming very [...]

Harrow Fourth Form Classroom Superzoom

We have now added a Superzoom for the picture of the original fourth form classroom at Harrow School. If you look at the third panel to the right of the fireplace, you can see where the poet Byron and the playwright/poet Sheridan carved their names before they left the school. It was a tradition to [...]

Where were all the trees ?

My grandfather took some colour 6×6 slides of the Lake District in 1936. ( Yes that is early for colour transparencies !). We found them a few years ago and decided to visit the Lakes and retake some of the shots as they are now. As they were all in Borrowdale it was quite easy [...]