It doesn’t get much better than this!  Three weeks this evening we will be concluding our Sunday Navigation Rally and Scenic Tour at Stanway House where we will line up our cars in the drive right in front of the house for photographs.

The glory of Stanway is the single-jet fountain in the Canal, a magnificent formal sheet of water, situated unusually on an elevated terrace 25 feet above the house.  The fountain rises  to over 300 feet, making it the tallest fountain in Britain (seconded by Witley Court at 121 feet), the tallest gravity fountain in the world (seconded by the Fountain of Fame at La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia, Spain at 154 feet), and the second tallest fountain in Europe, after the 400-foot-high turbine-driven fountain on Lake Geneva.

Once again, Lord Wemyss has generously offered to launch the Fountain, situated in the Canal, for us (precise timing to be announced at the conclusion).  Stroll up to the Canal for a close-up viewing, but be sure to give the swans a wide berth as they will be very protective of their cygnets!

Here is a superb drone video of the house, the gardens and the fountain.  See you there!