Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is Belgrave House which was built in the early 1850s. It's on Belgrave Square West, Monkstown just around the corner from me . The flourish above the front door certainly has an element that heralds the rise of the Art Nouveau movement towards the end of that century. Unfortunately, the pole outside makes it hard to photograph. I'll find out more about the house as time goes on and try to get a better shot of it. Fuji X100S http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Monkstown/Monkstown_33.jpg.html As you can see the lens on the pocket Fuji is too wide to be kind to architectural straight lines. Douglas ps sold in Jan '14 for in excess of 1.9m euros probably close to half of what it would have gone for in the madness of the '07 boom.