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30-APR-2016

Simply monumental (2)

This is the larger of two gates to this house, again shot from the car out of necessity so not the best view of it over a lot of construction barriers. It is so wide that I simply couldn’t photograph the whole thing from the same side of the road. I have never seen a gate this size for any house (actually for any building, except perhaps The Ritz Carlton), so I must conclude this is going to be a royal palace when it’s finally occupied. The “small” gate – which is also a double gate and pretty monumental in itself – to follow.

A view of this gigantic house shot from the road, posted earlier:

Nikon D810 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/500s f/8.0 at 58.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Julie Oldfield03-May-2016 02:23
It is monumental that's for sure.
Gill Kopy02-May-2016 01:08
No one's going to scale those walls !!! Looks like a fort !
Jim Coffman01-May-2016 17:26
Unbelievable! Kinda reminds me of home. :))