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The Dogs ~ Wincanton

HFF everyone!............Taken on my walk close to home, one of the more historic buildings in the town. ~ The Dogs, Wincanton, was built around 1650. The name 'The Dogs' refers to two stone greyhounds, which were previously used as finials on the gateposts, but these have since disappeared. The house was largely rebuilt in the 1740s by Nathaniel Ireson, but is one of the few buildings in the town known to predate a serious fire in 1707. William of Orange slept in one of the bedrooms for at least one night during the 'Glorious Revolution' in 1688.
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Malik Raoulda said:

IMPECCABLE...Un plaisir de te revoir chère Rosa..!
Le rendu est formidable.
HFF et Bonne et agréable fin de semaine.
3 years ago ( translate )

Rosalyn Hilborne replied to Malik Raoulda:

A pleasure to see you too Malik.
Wishing you a good evening and very good weekend.
3 years ago

Ulrich John said:

Nice to see you back here, Rosa !
3 years ago

Rosalyn Hilborne replied to Ulrich John:

We have missed it so much Ulrich!
Have a good evening.
3 years ago

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Beautiful house; well captured Rosa.
3 years ago ( translate )

Rosalyn Hilborne replied to Jaap van 't Veen:

Thank you very much Jaap.
Have a good evening.
3 years ago

@ngélique ❤️ said:

HFF mon amie j'espère que vous allez bien avec tous ça ? bisous et bonne soirée
3 years ago ( translate )

Berny said:

HFF and a happy weekend, Rosalyn!
3 years ago

Joe, Son of the Rock said:

Lovely architecture and interesting history as to why this building is called 'The Dogs'. As you said, it's good to be back. Cheers, Joe
3 years ago

Nicole Merdrignac said:

HFF. Bon weekend. Nicole.
3 years ago ( translate )

Nick Weall said:

Welcome back Rosa ~~~ HFF
3 years ago ( translate )

HappySnapper said:

Nice to be back Rosalyn, Being of little faith I thought we might have lost the site for good.
HFF and a good weekend for you too.
3 years ago

Keith Burton said:

A beautiful house Rosa............and very well captured. I love the colours and detail, especially in the roof and the front wall. I also like the trees with just a few autumn leaves hanging on to the last!

HFF to you..........I'm guessing you would have posted this before the outage! It's great to be back on IP again. I've missed everyone's photos.

Have a great weekend - I'm assuming you're in Tier 2 like us - but at least we can meet up with people, even if it's outside. I hope you'll be able to make some decent arrangements for Xmas.
3 years ago ( translate )

Steve Paxton said:

Quite a home and a true history its great that we can share again, HFF have great weekend.
3 years ago

Trudy Tuinstra said:

it is beautiful
3 years ago ( translate )