First Impressions by Holly Cawfield
This is Dundern Castle in Hamilton, Ontario. It’s a rather imposing sort of house much along the lines of an English country house but not of the same magnitude of most of those. However, for ‘these here parts’ it’s a pretty impressive building and considering that it was built in colonial times it quite amazes me since the area was such a wilderness in those days.
I’ve tried with this perspective to convey a bit of the grandeur of this house for these columns do indeed make quite a first impression. The fact that the sky was such a rich blue seemed to emphasize that to my way of thinking.
Comments
I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a massive portico. It kind of dwarfs the house but it’s a super shot Holly
You just made me chuckle Jacqi…it is something of a Jimmy Durante portico, isn’t it. :-D
– Holly Cawfield
Wow that is an impressive picture Holly great lighting again.
Thanks HH! Gotta love that late afternoon sun in the winter.
I’ve taken so many angles of this place and just kept binning them until I decided to move closer.
– Holly Cawfield
wow fantastic
Thanks Heather! :-)
– Holly Cawfield
Interesting find, nicely captured
Thank you Geoffrey!
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beautiful, an English house with the Roman type columns out front, it certainly would have been a very stately place when first built…well captured Holly.
Thank you Bill. :-) It’s a rather handsome house and set on the most beautiful grounds overlooking Lake Ontario. I just looked up the build date and apparently it was completed in 1835….which makes it quite historic for this area.
– Holly Cawfield
Magnificent
Thanks Ken! :-)
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Wow!! Thank you so much Rebecca!! I’m sorry it’s taken so long to respond to this but I’ve been out of commission for the last week. What a lovely thing to find this now that I’m back on RB!! :-D
– Holly Cawfield
Wonderful capture!
Thank you so much vadim!! :-D
– Holly Cawfield