The Stables

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I photographed this view of the old stables at Calke Abbey in Derbyshire as it looked so surreal including, as it did, a painting of the same scene.

Accepted for exhibition as a print at Midland Counties Photographic Federation PhotoFolio 2018.

Accepted for exhibition as a print at Midland Counties Photographic Federation MidPhot 2018.

The Unmade Bed

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A bed, looking a bit sad and creepy, covered with a few of the thousands of items collected by the former owners of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire in the days when taxidermy was a respectable form of house decoration.

Broken chairs

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Broken chairs in the scullery at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire.

l liked the vividly coloured yet grungy abandoned state of this room preserved from the beginning of the last century.