Earlsferry House
A couple of weeks ago a friend and I ventured into the grounds of Earlsferry House. I have driven past this ‘house’ a number of times and wondered what it was. or who owned it, or what its purpose was.
You can only see the roof of this building from the nearest main road—which is Guildford Road.
Going back at least 20 years, each time I have glimpsed this roof from the road I have wondered what the ‘house’ was. The roof somehow gave the impression of something different. Maybe something interesting. Possibly something important—in some way.
Well it seems that now I am retired I am a little more adventurous than I was before. As we were just driving around I made the call to try and get nearer to this ‘house’ for a better look. It wasn’t easy. There are a couple of dead end roads involved. But once you get close to the entry to the ‘house’ it kinds of stands out as being different.
One of the big hints is a big rooster made out of welded horse shoes near the gate.
Once we drove down the gravel driveway and parked, and went around to the front of the building, I finally got to see what the ‘house’ looked like from the front.
Turns out that the building is interesting and you can find out more about it by doing a Web search. This small snippet from this link give you a bit of information about it.
Earlsferry House is a carefully restored heritage-listed home built in 1902 that sits on an acre of land on the banks of the Swan River. This gracious two-storey home combines classic Edwardian style with warm hospitality, and offers bed and breakfast accommodation in the house itself, along with a self-contained cottage.
So, these days it is known as Earlsferry House. Right alongside Earlsferry House is Earlsferry Sculptures, who do the welded metal artworks.
The metal artworks below are along the track into Earlsferry House. Click on images to see them much larger if you are browsing on a desktop computer with a large screen.
This next one reminds me of the Borg Cube, for anyone who used to watch, or still watches, Star Trek.
This shot would have worked a lot better if the sun was behind me instead of being to the left. Then the silver metal would have been really shining. I would used my polarising filter. But it still kind of worked out.
So now my curiosity about the mystery roof is satisfied.