I meant to post these ages ago, but they're a bit Hellfire related. Remember me saying I went and had a look around the Gothic Temple at Stowe? Well, normally it's not open to the public, so I pretty much wet myself as you can imagine. And, since the temple is crucial to Hellfire it's nice to show it a bit. Apologies some of these aren't fabulous, it was heaving in there, so I was dodging punters left, right & centre.
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The Ceiling is genuinely a thing of incredible beauty.
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All of the rooms inside, are completely circular, including the kitchen and bathroom. And everywhere, there's a real sense of... ornateness. That's not a word, but just a sense that decoration is it's own end. It is, after all, a great bit folly.
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And, because I can't resist the place, some pictures of outside. The first is the view of from the temple out and over the main park.
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The last two are quite specific. It'll be clear why when i link all these from the fic. But, this is the view from Hawkwell Field over to the temple.
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