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Mow Cop Castle
Mow Cop Castle
by Alan Taylor

My website: Deep Mono Photography

The Castle was built as a summerhouse in 1754 for Randle Wilbraham I of Rode Hall. It was built to look like part of a castle of a bygone era, and would have enhanced the view of the newly constructed Rode Hall some 3 miles away on the Cheshire side of the hill. Mr. Wilbraham employed local stonemasons John and Ralph Harding. It is said they were paid 1 shilling a day, and one of the members of the family lost a hand while constructing the castle. The Wilbraham family used the summerhouse for picnics and entertaining friends on days out. www.mowcop.info/htm/industry/castle.htm

I thought I’d give Macphun Tonality CK a try (since it looks like Nik Filters might be about to bite the dust ?). It seems to work quite well as a Lightroom filter, so watch this space ...

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Most notably Alan Taylor.