Uppark House

Uppark House was built in 1690 iin South Harting, West Sussex, England. It is a Grade I listed building and a National Trust property. As the sky was grey and featureless I decided that black and white was the way to go with this one.

This is the nearest Trust property to where I live. Unfortunately I've never been able to visit the interior of the house, apart from a couple of ground floor rooms, mainly due to covid-19 restrictions, but the gardens are lovely and they do a pricey but very nice bit of coffee and cake in their café.

In 1989 as work on restoring the roof was near completion a huge fire broke out on the top floors. The Fire Service worked to contain the fire while staff, volunteers and members of the public started removing the contents of the house to safety. Nevertheless, can imagine the damage done, not just directly by the fire, but also by the water used to contain it.

You can read the amazing story of the fire and the subsequent restoration of the house using this link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/uppark-house-and-garden/features/the-fire-at-uppark

It's well worth a read if you have time.

Günter Klaus, Janet Brien, trester88, Berny and 14 other people have particularly liked this photo

18 comments - The latest ones

Annemarie ^club

inetersting pic

beautiful
Happy sunday!

2 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club

Beautifully designed and practical in shape, a wonderful building nicely captured and well suited to b&w Keith,
Have a good Sunday.

2 years ago.

Herb Riddle ^club

Looks like a great place Keith. The restoration looks good now too. Damage like that happens with altogether too many of these great houses. The mono looks good and help to make the tiles and window frames stand out. well done.

Have a great day. Herb

2 years ago.

Diane Putnam ^club

That article was fascinating, Keith! The restoration work was exquisite. I think your choice of black and white is a good one - very "vintage." Now, excuse me while I read more about - and "tour" the Uppark House!!

2 years ago.

Ulrich John ^club

An impressive building very well taken, Keith ! B/w fits ver well !

2 years ago.

Rosalyn Hilborne ^club

The first two photos on your link are quite shocking! What an interesting article though. Thank goodness there are so many clever people who can restore the damage. Your mono picture suits the house and story very well. I must look it up in the National Trust Handbook. I want to visit many more properties this year, as it has been difficult for the past two years.

All the best and good new week ahead.

2 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Impressive building; well capture Keith.

2 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

Thank you all for your kind comments. I'm pleased you liked my photos and that those of you who checked out the link enjoyed it.

Have a good week y'all.

2 years ago.

Eunice Perkins ^club

What a great job the restorers have done! the craftwork is beautiful!

2 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club has replied to Eunice Perkins ^club

I couldn't agree more Eunice...............unfortunately the house was closed during this visit, but hopefully will be open when we go next time.

2 years ago.

Tanja - Loughcrew ^club

In schwarz-weiß sieht es fast aus wie ein Gruselhaus...und alleine die Bilder des Brandes tun einem ja schon weh! Umso schöner, dass es so liebevoll restauriert wurde :)

2 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

I suppose it could be called creepy, but it doesn't seem that way to me................it would be different in the dark, I think :-)

This one WAS creepy: www.ipernity.com/doc/keithburton/19694667

2 years ago.

trester88 ^club

Ein majestätischer Anblick. S/W passt hier sehr gut. Das Gebäude erscheint dadurch zeitlos. Man könnte meinen, es sei der Zustand vor dem Brand.

2 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club has replied to trester88 ^club

I'm pleased you like this one Wilhelm............it's a beautiful building and the restoration work was superb!

2 years ago.

Janet Brien ^club

GREAT SHOT, perfect use for b/w too. What a marvelous house, the architecture is really fantastic. Thanks for all of the information too, though I don't have the time to read the whole story. I'm really glad they restored this.

Steve and I stayed at this incredible place called Cape Blanco and there was a historic house to visit there that is very popular. We also didn't get to view the inside but here is what it looks like: Hughes House There is also quite the story to this one as well. I enjoy learning about the history of area attractions too. :)
(How nice that I can show you pictures from our trip which aren't on ipernity! :)

2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club has replied to Janet Brien ^club

Thanks again Janet..............glad you like this lovely old house. I like the house in your link as well.............it's really beautiful especially in that sunshine.

2 years ago.

Günter Klaus ^club

Das hast du auch toll gewählt mit der SW Umsetzung lieber Keith,gefällt mir sehr gut dieses Kontrastspiel,das schöne Gebäude kommt so mit seinen Details sehr schön rüber,hast du wunderbar aufgenommen :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Abend,liebe Grüße Güni :))

8 weeks ago.

Keith Burton ^club

Thanks Güni..........such lovely comments as always. I'm pleased you like this beautiful building!

I've not been able to visit it this year as it's been closed for renovations. I hope to be able to visit again next year when the renovations are completed.

Enjoy the rest of the day..........and have a nice Wednesday :-))

8 weeks ago.

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