Day 140 of 365 - Cheylesmore Manor Gatehouse!

Welcome to day 140 of 365 (Finished image after Editing)

The original photo was taken late this afternoon near the Manor House Drive area of Coventry City centre. The image is of Cheylesmore Manor Gatehouse. The Gatehouse is all that remains of the Older Cheylesmore Manor and part of it dates back to the year 1250. The Manor was once a Royal Palace that belonged to Queen Isabella and then later her grandson, Edward the Black Prince. Years later King Henry VI also lived in the Manor House. There have been many additions and alteration over the years and after the Second World War the Manor house was restored to how we now see to today. The building became Coventry's Register Office in 1965. It is said that Coventry's Motto "Camera Principis" (meaning The Prince's Chamber) that appears on the City Coat of Arms, is a reference to Edward the Black Prince from his time spent Cheylesmore Manor.

The Manor Gatehouse is classed as a Grade II* listed building. The building is number 13 on my list of 24 (Grade II*) Listed buildings in Coventry that I hope to photograph.

As always the shot was taken with my iPhone 5. The photo was taken using the camera App PureShot for iPhone. The original image can be found here: Unedited original Image.

First of all I used the app Handy Photo to edit the image. The edits were made by cloning away a few little bits of the modern elements such as the Alarm box and the Lamp from the front of the building. Also the Railings and the Drainpipe from the lower right side of the image. Next I cropped the image and applied the X-Tek filter using PhotoToaster. Finally I used the App Distressed FX to add extra texture to the image using the Lily overlay and the Lade Texture.