Top: The back side of Drayton Hall, taken with my back to the Ashley River. Honored guests would travel by river and walk through elaborate gardens up to the plantation house. The gardens were destroyed during the Civil War, but the grand presence of the house still remains!Above: The "turn-around" in the front of the estate. The raised terraces of grass used to adorn beautiful landscaping and possibly a fountain, creating a presence of wealth and status for whomever would step foot on the property.
