Restoring lost splendor

Witley Court

Author

Phil Johnson, CODIJY User & Community Member, UK

Thanks to Phil’s dedicated work, we can still admire the grandeur of Witley Court in Worcestershire today, eighty years after the estate was destroyed by fire.

Project

Story

I am generally interested in England’s historic buildings but I have a specific interest in Witley Court in my home county, Worcestershire.  Spectacular ruin is all that remains of of this impressive estate, which flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries but was destroyed in a fire in 1937. 

Witley Court ball room in the 1987 photograph.  It’s the same now. 

This is the same view of its ball room photographed 17 years before the fire, in 1920. It will never be restored so… Codijy to the rescue….

It took Phil 150 hours to recreate the colourful splendour of Whitley Court’s magnificent interiors – a work of unparalleled dedication and commitment!

It was not important for me to be able to complete colourisations quickly or automatically, but it was essential to be able to complete them accurately, with colour control available down to individual pixels if necessary.

Codijy Pro appeared to provide me with what I wanted and I have been extremely pleased with it.

It is hard to underestimate the importance of Phil’s project in preserving the history of Whitley Court and the effort put into this grand colour reconstruction project.