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The Grade I listed parish church of Launceston, a former county capital, is St Mary Magdalene. St Mary Magdalene is famous for its carved granite facade which is unparalleled in England. Also famous for a large Georgian painted clockface on the tower.
Granite memorial to Dorothy (Dolly) Pentreath, fishwife of Mousehole, of whom it was claimed that she was the last native speaker of the Cornish language at her death in 1777. Many other more convincing contenders for this distinction have been put forward. It was erected in 1860 at the behest of Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte, cousin of the French emperor and a keen linguist. Comparison with past photographs suggests that as much as half the memorial is now buried underground.
Village Tarkhovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast
Repurposed in 1959, returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1993.
Interior of the gently decaying church of St Oswald (thirteenth century) which was built on the site of a Roman villa. Until it was removed to a museum in Cirencester, an area of Roman mosaic was visible in floor of the chancel,
In the deserted medieval village of Widford, Oxfordshire, 05 January 2014
Village Krasnoye, Staritsa Raion, Tver Oblast, Russia
Manor owner Mark Fyodorovich Poltoratsky built this neo-gothic church. The church is essentially a copy of the 1780 Chesme Church near Saint Petersburg. The Krasnoye church was closed, gutted, and repurposed in the 1930s. Restoration started in 1979. Returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1999 (uncertain).
The ruins of the Poltoratsky manor house and overgrown park are nearby.
Exterior construction well underway.
Announcement: 14 August 1967
Site Dedication: 15 September 1969 by Joseph Fielding Smith
Groundbreaking: 15 September 1969 by Hugh B. Brown
Public Open House: 10–29 January 1972
Dedication: 9 February 1972 by Joseph Fielding Smith
(Data Courtesy LDSchurchTemples.com)
Russian Orthodox church built in 1913 as part of the 300th anniversary celebrations of the Romanov dynasty.
Sacred and profane - pagan obelisk erected in 1815 and the church of St. Mary, Studley Royal, completed in 1878.
In the 20th century Chicago architecture giant Louis Sullivan only worked sporadically. The Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral located at 2521 North Leavitt in Chicago’s north side Ukranian Village neighborhood is one of those later commissions. Built in 1903 it is currently in need of extensive repairs.if you are interested in helping here is a site for more info. FriendsOfHolyTrinity.com
To see a video of this church follow this link. youtu.be/h_a16YnWdno
We have collected a number of other Sullivan videos of his surviving designs. You can view the playlist here. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkOfxruvmJEdva4EnGc6TfhvEL...
This image indicates something of the detailing and finish of South Dalton church - and helps explain why it cost £25,000 to build between 1858-61.The church was designed (including the fittings) by John Loughborough Pearson and built by George Myers, Pugin's builder.
From the chancel of St Mary's, North Aston, which dates mainly from the fourteenth century though there was an earlier church on this site. The interior was restored by George Gilbert Scott in 1866. The fine alabaster effigy memorial to the left dates from 1485-90 and commemorates John and Elizabeth Anne.
In St Mary's, North Aston, Oxfordshire, 27 June 2014
Torzhok (Торжок), Tver Oblast, Russia
Architect: N.A. Lvov (1753-1803) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Lvov
University Lutheran Center, University of Texas, Austin
2100 San Antonio Street, Austin, Travis County, Texas, US
Lutheran (ELCA and LCMS) Campus Ministry
1970s
O’Neil Ford – Architect
The Grade I listed parish church of Launceston, a former county capital, is St Mary Magdalene. St Mary Magdalene is famous for its carved granite facade which is unparalleled in England. Also famous for a large Georgian painted clockface on the tower that seems to have been recently repainted. Widely regarded as the most spectacular late medieval church in Cornwall.