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"Authority of Law"

also known as Guardian or Executor of Law

sculptor: James Earle Fraser

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The United States Supreme Court Building

also known as: the Temple of Justice (former site of the Old Brick Capitol)

architect: Cass Gilbert, Cass Gilbert Jr., 1935

architectural style: Neoclassical

Capitol Hill

1 First Street, NE

Washington, District of Columbia

Hughenden Manor, Hughenden, Buckinghamshire, England, is a Victorian mansion, with earlier origins, that served as the country house of the Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. It is now owned by the National Trust and open to the public. It sits on the brow of the hill to the west of the main A4128 road that links Hughenden to High Wycombe.

History

The manor of Hughenden is first recorded in 1086, as part of Queen Edith's lands, and held by William, son of Oger the Bishop of Bayeux, and was assessed for tax at 10 hides. After his forfeiture, the lands were held by the Crown, until King Henry I of England gave the lands to his chamberlain and treasurer, Geoffrey de Clinton.[1] Clinton, whose main home was in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, had the lands tenanted by Geoffrey de Sancto Roerio, who resultantly changed his surname to the Anglicised Hughenden.[1] After passing through that family, with successive Kings having to confirm the gift of the lands, the manor returned to the Crown in the 14th century.[1] In 1539, the Crown granted the manor and lands to Sir Robert Dormer, and it passed through his family until 1737 when it was sold by the 4th Earl of Chesterfield to Charles Savage.[1]

After passing through his extended family following a series of deaths and resultant devises by will, by 1816 the manor and lands were owned by John Norris, a distinguished antiquary and scholar.[1] Isaac D'Israeli, the father of Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868 and 1874–1880, and Earl of Beaconsfield 1876), had for some time rented the nearby Bradenham Manor and, following Norris's death in 1845, bought the manor and lands from his executors in 1847.[1] The purchase was supported with the help of a loan of £25,000 (equivalent to almost £1,500,000 today) from Lord Henry Bentinck and Lord Titchfield. This was because at the time, as Disraeli was the leader of the Conservative Party, "it was essential to represent a county," and county members had to be landowners.[2] Taking ownership of the manor on the death of his father in 1848, Disraeli and his wife Mary Anne, alternated between Hughenden and several homes in London.

Newton House, Elgin

Tall 2-storey and attic house over raised basement (3-storey, U-plan rear), 5-bays, S facing. Harled with tooled and polished ashlar margins and dressings. Plain late 18th century house with 1852 embellishments, particularly to upper storey. Advanced and gabled centre bay with 1852

porch approached by flight of steps oversailing raised basement; pilastered and corniced entrance with florid Jacobean detailing, lunette and banded obelisk finials; tall canted 1st floor window above. Plain chamfered margins to ground and 1st floor windows; carved and monogrammed pediments to 1852 dormers; corbelled angle bartizans with conical bellcast fishscale slated roofs; moulded corbel and string courses; decorative water spouts. Projecting wing set back at E with raised ground floor canted oriel with corbelled base decorated with masks and with corbelled stone roof. 2 rear wings project to form U-plan service court.

Mainly 4-pane glazing. Crowstepped gables; end batteries of coped stacks with diamond flues; slate roofs. Small sun porch (circa 1975) at W of house.

Newton House built by George Forteath in 1793; it passed to his nephew Alexander Williamson (who took the name of Forteath) in 1815. Alexander Forteath was factor for the Trustees of the Earl of Fife's estates and took an active role in the public life of Moray. The property remained in the Forteath family until the 1930s. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)

Development History12 February 1992: The Aberdeen Evening Express reports that the house has been reduced to a shell by fire. The house had sat empty due to the death of its previous occupant, but was due to be marketed. Minimal safety works are subsequently carried out, but further stabilisation works are required. SCT understands that the executors of the house are not in a position to restore or redevelop it themselves. September 1992: A potential restorer reports that the house is being offered by agents at an asking price of £50,000, which includes 7 acres of woodland but not the adjacent cottage. January 1993: SCT understands that negotiations are continuing with the potential restorer, who plans to develop the house as long as enabling development in the grounds is permitted. March 1993: The house enters new ownership. 1994: An application is submitted to convert the house into 3 dwellings. 2 houses would be built within the walled garden, and the steading converted into a house. A further 5 houses would sit in the paddock to the south. Planning Permission is subsequently granted for 13 units in total. November 1996: No works have commenced, although SCT understands that other developers are showing an interest in the property. January 2000: Local planners are unaware of any change. January 2005: From visual inspection - no obvious change to builidng fabric. Property remains at risk.June 2008: External inspection finds the property has stood exposed for several years since the fire (1992) the new owners are clearing the surrounding site and are applying for permission to develop it. It is understood these plans will include the restoration of the shell. The previous planning approvals are understood to have lapsed.5 September 2012: External inspection finds no significant change from the previous site visit. Full Planning Permission for conversion of Newton House to 5 flats was conditionally approved Sept 2009 ref: 08/01414/FUL. Listed Building Consent for 2 dwellings in the walled garden was conditionally granted July 2009 and Outline Planning Permission for 5 plots in a paddock area was conditionally approved on appeal Oct 2011 ref: 10/00001/REF.13 July 2015: External inspection finds the building remains in much the same condition as seen previously.2 October 2015: A member of the public advises Newton House remains fenced off. New build development within the surrounding grounds has taken place.30 December 2016: The property is being marketed for sale, through agents CKD Galbraith, at offers over £50,000.

Wanted to wish everyone the best in 2019 and hope some of you remmeber old Sandi ? 2017 and 18 were not good years for me lost two of my borthers and I was executor for the older one,which took up way more time them I was thinking!! Not like T.V. read the will and go now,very long process and I was very naive to it all. But anyway here are some pictures of the old girl in a dress I got at wallyworld,help that it was the Holidays ez to say just a gift for the wife LOL!!! and no not married LOL. So we have boots,heels and flats. Not looking my best. Hope you like!!

Sandy and I went to my dad's house in southwest Virginia today to move along the arduous process of executor of his estate. It is such a beautiful location, I can see why he loved it so much up here.

La Bodeguita del Medio is a restaurant-bar in Havana, Cuba. La Bodeguita lays claim to being the birthplace of the Mojito cocktail, prepared in the bar since its opening in 1942, although this is disputed. It has been patronized by Salvador Allende, the poet Pablo Neruda, the artist Josignacio and many others. The rooms are full of curious objects, frames, photos, as well as the walls covered by signatures of famous or unknown customers, recounting the island's past.

In 1942, Angel Martínez bought out the small Bodega La Complaciente in Empedrado Street, in the old Havana district. He renamed the place Casa Martínez. Angel Martínez sold typical Cuban products and, from time to time, served dinner to the regulars. But mainly, the people who were found at the Casa Martínez, were there to have a drink with their friends, and savor a brand new cocktail called Mojito, made with rum, mint, sugar, lime and club soda.

In 1949, the cook Silvia Torres aka “la china” prepared the food. Very quickly, the Casa Martínez became the centre of Havana's cultural effervescence. Attracted by the bohemian charm of the place, writers, choreographers, musicians or journalists met there in a convivial ambiance. Encouraged by a need for restaurants in the Old Havana at the end of the 1950s, the place started to serve food to everyone.

On April 26, 1950, the name Bodeguita del Medio was officially adopted.

Among the first clients was Felito Ayon, a charismatic editor, who rubbed shoulders with the avant-garde of Havana, and put Casa Martínez on the map amongst his acquaintances. It is the way Felito Ayon used to indicate the location of the Bodeguita to his friends, that made popular the expression Bodeguita del Medio, that was to become its official name in 1950.

Harry's Bar is a restaurant located at Calle Vallaresso 1323, Venice, Italy, owned by Cipriani S.A.

Harry's Bar was opened in 1931 by Giuseppe Cipriani. According to the company's history, Harry Pickering, a rich young American, had been frequenting the Hotel Europa in Venice, where Cipriani was a bartender. When Pickering suddenly stopped coming to the hotel bar, Cipriani asked him why. Pickering explained that he was broke because his family found out his drinking habits and cut him off financially, and Cipriani lent him 10,000 lire (about $500 US [$7,839 in 2015 dollars]). Two years later, Pickering returned to the hotel bar, ordered a drink, and gave Cipriani 50,000 lire in return. "Mr. Cipriani, thank you," he said, according to the Cipriani website. "Here's the money. And to show you my appreciation, here's 40,000 more, enough to open a bar. We will call it Harry's Bar."

The Italian Ministry for Cultural Affairs declared it a national landmark in 2001.

Harry's Bar has long been frequented by famous people, and it was a favourite of Ernest Hemingway.[1] Other notable customers have included Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini, inventor Guglielmo Marconi, Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart, Richard Halliburton, Truman Capote, Orson Welles, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Princess Aspasia of Greece, Aristotle Onassis, Barbara Hutton, Peggy Guggenheim, Tareq Salahi, George Clooney, the Mundys, and Woody Allen.

The bar was also briefly mentioned in the second and subsequent editions of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited (in the first edition Waugh simply called the bar "the English bar") as a frequent haunt of principal characters Charles Ryder and Sebastian Flyte during their time in Venice.

The Fortune of War Hotel is a heritage-listed pub located at 137 George Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of The Rocks in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Tooth & Co. resident architect and built in 1922 by H. J. & H. W. Thompson. The property is owned by Property NSW, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 10 May 2002.

The bubonic plague broke out on the waterfront in January 1900, prompting the Government to resume the entire Rocks and Millers Point area. Large scale demolitions followed and the area was administered by the Sydney Harbour Trust, then the Maritime Services Board and in 1970 The Rocks was handed to the Sydney Cove Redevelopment Authority.

The Fortune of War continued to trade until 1920 when Tooth & Co. Ltd. entered into a head-lease with the Sydney Harbour Trust for 45 years. Shortly after this the 19th century building was demolished and the extant hotel constructed. The first month of trading in the new building was in December 1921. In March 1976 Tooth & Co relinquished their head lease to the Sydney Cove Redevelopment Authority.

The site of the Fortune of War was originally part of the first hospital, erected in 1788. By 1790 the original tent hospital had been replaced by a portable hospital which came out with the Second Fleet. After the Rum Hospital opened in 1816 in Macquarie Street the buildings on George Street were demolished and the site became an early quarry.

The site of the Fortune of War was formalised in the survey of the township carried out in the early 1830s, the site was classified as Lot 7 of City Section 84, comprising an area of 1 rod 15 perches. In January 1841 the allotment was officially granted to the trustees, executrix and executors of the estate of the emancipist Samuel Terry, these being Rosetta Terry (widow), John Terry Hughes (nephew and son-in-law), Tom White Melville Winder of Windermere (family friend and long standing business acquaintance) and James Norton (solicitor).

Terry's interest in the site seems to date from at least c. 1823 when an area of "26 rods" situated on the "west side of George Street" was leased to Terry for the term of 21 years. Terry arrived in Sydney in 1801 on a seven-year sentence convicted of theft. He was eventually described as the "Botany Bay Rothschild" and at his death in 1838 left a personal estate of £250,000, an annual rental income from his Sydney properties of £10,000 and "land and property which defies assessment". Terry's business interests included brewing and he was occasionally a publican. On the site of the Fortune of War, Terry constructed a terrace of three buildings (today's 139-143 George Street) completed in the mid to late 1820s. The footprint of this building, a terrace of three with a breakfront is marked in the Robert Russell survey of 1834.

The building was constructed as a Public House known as "The Fortune of War". The first recorded licensee of the public house was John Boreham in 1830 for the sale of wines, malt and liquor. Many publicans were former artisans such as stonemasons, like Boreham, a former miller. In the 1822 Land and Stock Muster Boreham was listed as a miller in government employ on a 14-year sentence. 1828 he was listed in the census as a former convict who arrived in Sydney in 1815 on the "Marquis of Wellington" and employed at that time as a dealer.

From 1833 the publican of the Fortune of War was Walter Nottingham Palmer, where he remained until 1839 when he took over the licence of the New York Tavern, also on George Street. In 1844 the lease of the Fortune of War was renewed by Robert White Moore, although he had held the licence from 1842. The lease was again renewed in 1851 for a further seven years. During this period Moore held a late-night (midnight) licence.

In 1861 Moore acquired the freehold ownership of the property through a purchase from Thomas Smart. Smart's interest in the property originated from a mortgage taken out in 1851 and the partition of the Terry Estate made in 1860. Robert White Moore continued to hold the licence for the hotel up until the time of his death in 1870 when it passed to his relatives. Thomas Moore held it for the 1870 and 1880s and his nephew Benjamin Robert Moore for the 1890s. During this period the hotel was managed by the following publicans:

1978-1987 John Walker Hook and

1987–present (2009) Robert John Keyes.

Keyes was also one of the lessees of the Russell Hotel at 143 George Street and the operation of the two properties merged at this time. The Fortune of War Hotel with its longstanding licence and retention of original bar and fittings contributes to The Rocks as a unique historic neighbourhood.

Temple Bar is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. The area is bounded by the Liffey to the north, Dame Street to the south, Westmoreland Street to the east and Fishamble Street to the west. It is promoted as Dublin's 'cultural quarter' and, as a centre of Dublin's city centre's nightlife, is a tourist destination.

In medieval (Anglo-Norman) times, the name of the district was St. Andrews Parish. It was a suburb, located outside the city walls. But the area fell into disuse beginning in the 14th century because it was exposed to attacks by the native Irish.

The land was redeveloped in the 17th century, to create gardens for the houses of wealthy English families. At that time the shoreline of the River Liffey ran further inland of where it lies today, along the line formed by Essex Street, Temple Bar and Fleet Street. Marshy land to the river side of this line was progressively walled in and reclaimed, allowing houses to be built upon what had been the shoreline; but unusually, the reclaimed land was not quayed, so that the back yards of the houses ran down to the water's edge. (Not until 1812 were these back yards replaced by Wellington Quay.) The fronts of the houses then constituted a new street. The first mention of Temple Bar as the name of this street is in Bernard de Gomme's Map of Dublin from 1673, which shows the reclaimed land and new buildings. Other street names given nearby are Dammas Street (now Dame Street) and Dirty Lane (now Temple Lane South).

It is generally thought that the street known as Temple Bar got its name from the Temple family, whose progenitor Sir William Temple built a house and gardens there in the early 1600s.[5] Temple had moved to Ireland in 1599 with the expeditionary force of the Earl of Essex, for whom he served as secretary. (He had previously been secretary of Sir Philip Sydney until the latter was killed in battle.) After Essex was beheaded for treason in 1601, Temple "retired into private life", but he was then solicited to become provost of Trinity College, serving from 1609 until his death in 1627 at age 72. William Temple's son John became the "Master of the Rolls in Ireland" and was the author of a famous pamphlet excoriating the native Irish population for an uprising in 1641. John's son William Temple became a famous English statesman.

Despite this grand lineage, however, the name of Temple Bar street seems to have been more directly borrowed from the storied Temple Bar district in London, where the main toll-gate into London was located dating back to medieval times.

London's Temple Bar is adjoined by Essex Street to the west and Fleet Street to the east, and streets of the same names occupy similar positions in relation to Dublin's Temple Bar. It seems almost certain therefore that Dublin's Temple Bar was named firstly in imitation of the historic Temple precinct in London. However, a secondary and equally plausible reason for using the name Temple Bar in Dublin would be a reference to one of the area's most prominent families, in a sort of pun or play on words. Or as it has been put more succinctly, Temple Bar 'does honour to London and the landlord in nicely-gauged proportions'.

Fishamble Street near Temple Bar was the location of the first performance of Handel's Messiah on 13 April 1742. An annual performance of the Messiah is held on the same date at the same location. A republican revolutionary group, the Society of the United Irishmen, was formed at a meeting in a tavern in Eustace Street in 1791.

In the 18th century Temple Bar was the centre of prostitution in Dublin. During the 19th century, the area slowly declined in popularity, and in the 20th century, it suffered from urban decay, with many derelict buildings.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the state-owned transport company Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) proposed to buy up and demolish property in the area and build a bus terminus in its place. While that was in the planning stages, the purchased buildings were let out at low rents, which attracted small shops, artists and galleries to the area. The plans included a large underground carpark with 1500 spaces, a shopping centre on the ground and first floors, with the bus station at second floor level accessed by large, long ramps to accommodate double decker buses. Protests by An Taisce, residents and traders led to the cancellation of the bus station project, and then Taoiseach Charles Haughey was responsible for securing funding, and, in 1991, the government set up a not-for-profit company called Temple Bar Properties, managed by Laura Magahy, to oversee the regeneration of the area as Dublin's cultural quarter.

In 1999, "stag parties" and "hen nights" were supposedly banned (or discouraged) from Temple Bar, mainly due to drunken loutish behaviour, although this seems to have lapsed. However, noise and anti-social behaviour remain a problem at night.

The area is the location of a number of cultural institutions, including the Irish Photography Centre (incorporating the Dublin Institute of Photography, the National Photographic Archive and the Gallery of Photography), the Ark Children's Cultural Centre, the Irish Film Institute, incorporating the Irish Film Archive, the Button Factory, the Arthouse Multimedia Centre, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, the Project Arts Centre, the Gaiety School of Acting, IBAT College Dublin, the New Theatre, as well as the Irish Stock Exchange.

At night the area is a centre for nightlife, with various tourist-focused nightclubs, restaurants and bars. Pubs in the area include The Temple Bar Pub, The Porterhouse, The Oliver St. John Gogarty, The Turk's Head, The Quays Bar, The Foggy Dew, The Auld Dubliner, The Stag's Head, Bad Bobs and Busker's Bar.

The area has two renovated squares – Meetinghouse Square and the central Temple Bar Square. The Temple Bar Book Market is held on Saturdays and Sundays in Temple Bar Square. Meetinghouse Square, which takes its name from the nearby Quaker Meeting House, is used for outdoor film-screenings in the summer months. Since summer 2004, Meetinghouse Square is also home to the 'Speaker's Square' project (an area of public speaking) and to the 'Temple Bar Food Market' on Saturdays.

The 'Cow's Lane Market' is a fashion and design market which takes place on Cow's Lane on Saturdays.

Part of the 13th century Augustinian Friary of the Holy Trinity is visible within an apartment/restaurant complex called 'The Friary'.

Executor and Monarch

Building instructions and .ldr file available freely here. I strongly advise to have a look at it before doing anything.

Credits inside the building instructions. Enjoy!

Listed Building Grade I

List Entry Number : 1283015

Date First Listed : 25 February 1952

College of the Collegiate Parish Church of Manchester, now music school. Established 1422 by Thomas de la Warre; converted after Dissolution in 1547 for use as town house by Earl of Derby; sequestrated during Commonwealth, purchased in 1654 by Humphrey Chetham's executors for adaptation as charity school ("hospital") and library; restored and enlarged 1883-95 by Oliver Heywood and Charles James Heywood.

The GATEHOUSE is 2-storeyed, steeply gabled, and has a moulded 4-centred archway through the ground floor, a small inserted or altered window above and a 4-centred arched doorway to the left of this; and its outer face, an early C19 rebuild, has an oriel window at 1st floor. The rear of the east wing has (inter alia) a massive external chimney stack to the kitchen (with inscription "Rebuilt 1902"), a corbelled garderobe, and a stone platform to the rear of the through-passage. INTERIOR: cavetto-moulded beams, and collar-rafter roofs with arch-braced principals and super-imposed collar purlins, throughout; hall has very large dais canopy at south end with brattished cornice, massive inglenook fireplace in west wall (altered), and tripartite oak screens at north end with moulded rails and brattished tops; screens passage has coupled 2-centred arched service doorways; cloisters have similar doorways to former Fellows' sets, some coupled; stair-turret off north cloister has splat-baluster staircase; Audit Room has muntin-and-rail panelling, moulded plaster floriated frieze, and beams with carved bosses; Reading Room has similar panelling, cavetto moulded wall-plate with portcullis and eagle's claw emblems of Derby family, and very large elaborate tympanum including carved cartouche with helm and mantling, cockerell, etc.; and segmental-vaulted ceiling (inserted before 1654). Kitchen (now Music Library) has fireplace approx. 7m wide with horizontal lintel of joggled blocks under segmental arch approx. 4m high, and in east wall a smaller opening with similar joggled lintel under 2-centred arch (probably also a fireplace); rooms to east of passage have low 2-centred arches in transverse walls.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ightham_Mote

Ightham Mote (pronounced "item moat"), Ightham, Kent is a medieval moated manor house. The architectural writer John Newman describes it as "the most complete small medieval manor house in the county."[1] Ightham Mote and its gardens are owned by the National Trust and are open to the public. The house is a Grade I listed building, and parts of it are a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

History

12th century-16th century

The origins of the house date from circa 1340-1360.[2] The earliest recorded owner is Sir Thomas Cawne, who was resident towards the middle of the 14th century.[1] The house passed by marriage to the Haut(e)s, Richard Haut being Sheriff of Kent in the late 15th century.[1] It was then purchased by Sir Richard Clement in 1521.[1] In 1591, Sir William Selby bought the estate.[1]

16th century-late 19th century

The house remained in the Selby family for nearly 300 years.[3] Sir William was succeeded by his nephew, also Sir William, who is notable for handing over the keys of Berwick-upon-Tweed to James I on his way south to succeed to the throne.[4] He married Dorothy Bonham of West Malling but had no children. The Selbys continued until the mid-19th century when the line faltered with Elizabeth Selby, the widow of a Thomas who disinherited his only son.[5] During her reclusive tenure, Joseph Nash drew the house for his multi-volume illustrated history Mansions of England in the Olden Time, published in the 1840s.[6] The house passed to a cousin, Prideaux John Selby, a distinguished naturalist, sportsman and scientist. On his death in 1867, he left Ightham to a daughter, Mrs Lewis Marianne Bigge. Her second husband, Robert Luard, changed his name to Luard-Selby. She died in 1889. The executors of her son Charles Selby-Bigge, a Shropshire land agent, put the house up for sale in July 1889.[6]

Late 19th century-21st century

The Mote was purchased by Thomas Colyer-Fergusson.[6] He and his wife brought up their six children at the Mote. In 1890-1891, he carried out much repair and restoration, which allowed the survival of the house after centuries of neglect.[7] Ightham Mote was opened to the public one afternoon a week in the early 20th century.[7]

Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson's third son, Riversdale, died aged 21 in 1917 in the Third Battle of Ypres, and won a posthumous Victoria Cross. A wooden cross in the New Chapel is in his memory. The oldest brother, Max, was killed at the age of 49 in a bombing raid on an army driving school near Tidworth in 1940 during World War II. One of the three daughters, Mary (called Polly) married Walter Monckton.

On Sir Thomas's death in 1951, the property and the baronetcy passed to Max's son, James. The high costs of upkeep and repair of the house led him to sell the house and auction most of the contents. The sale took place in October 1951 and lasted three days. It was suggested that the house be demolished to harvest the lead on the roofs, or that it be divided into flats. Three local men purchased the house: William Durling, John Goodwin and John Baldock. They paid £5,500 for the freehold, in the hope of being able to secure the future of the house.[8]

In 1953, Ightham Mote was purchased by Charles Henry Robinson, an American of Portland, Maine, United States. He had known the property when stationed nearby during the Second World War. He lived there for only fourteen weeks a year for tax reasons. He made many urgent repairs, and partly refurnished the house with 17th-century English pieces. In 1965, he announced that he would give Ightham Mote and its contents to the National Trust. He died in 1985 and his ashes were immured just outside the crypt. The National Trust took possession in that year.[8]

In 1989, the National Trust began an ambitious conservation project that involved dismantling much of the building and recording its construction methods before rebuilding it. During this process, the effects of centuries of ageing, weathering, and the destructive effect of the deathwatch beetle were highlighted. The project ended in 2004 after revealing numerous examples of structural and ornamental features which had been covered up by later additions.[1]

Architecture and description

Originally dating to around 1320, the building is important because it has most of its original features; successive owners effected relatively few changes to the main structure, after the completion of the quadrangle with a new chapel in the 16th century. Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "the most complete small medieval manor house in the country", and it remains an example that shows how such houses would have looked in the Middle Ages. Unlike most courtyard houses of its type, which have had a range demolished, so that the house looks outward, Nicholas Cooper observes that Ightham wholly surrounds its courtyard and looks inward, into it, offering little information externally.[9] The construction is of "Kentish ragstone and dull red brick,"[10] the buildings of the courtyard having originally been built of timber and subsequently rebuilt in stone.[11]

The house has more than 70 rooms, all arranged around a central courtyard, "the confines circumscribed by the moat."[10] The house is surrounded on all sides by a square moat, crossed by three bridges. The earliest surviving evidence is for a house of the early 14th century, with the Great Hall, to which were attached, at the high, or dais end, the Chapel, Crypt and two Solars. The courtyard was completely enclosed by increments on its restricted moated site, and the battlemented tower was constructed in the 15th century. Very little of the 14th century survives on the exterior behind rebuilding and refacing of the 15th and 16th centuries.

The structures include unusual and distinctive elements, such as the porter's squint, a narrow slit in the wall designed to enable a gatekeeper to examine a visitor's credentials before opening the gate. An open loccia with a fifteenth-century gallery above, connects the main accommodations with the gatehouse range. The courtyard contains a large, 19th century dog kennel.[12] The house contains two chapels; the New Chapel, of c.1520, having a barrel roof decorated with Tudor roses. [13] Parts of the interior were remodelled by Richard Norman Shaw.

A Catedral de Sao Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro ou com é chamada Catedral Metropolitana, foi inaugurada em 1979.

O lancamento da Pedra Fundamental foi no dia 20 de Janeiro de 1964.

Ela foi construinda no Aterro na entao Esplanada Oriunda do desmonte do Morro de Santo Antonio.

Sua forma foi baseada na Espaçonave Apollo 13, para mostrar a Igreja no Futuro.

Nunca olhei essa Catedral com Bons Olhos, neste dia chegamos já no fim da Tarde e não podiamos percorrer seu interior pois já estava escuro e absurdamente não acendem a Luz mesmo ela sendo um ponto de visita turistica para os city tours da cidade, mas confesso que mudei "um pouco" minha opinião em relação a ela, infelizmente Burle Max não esta mais entre nós, pois o trabalho dele seria de grande auxilio para um tratamento paisagistico em seu entorno.

Essa Catedral parece estar sempre no meio de um grande patio de obra, Talvez agora com o aquecimento e crescimento de sua area a coisa pode mudar ou então piorar de vez, na falta de estacionamento para os predios que estão nascendo na vizinhança e seu terreno fique de vez um grande estacionamento o que já o é e autorizado pela propria igreja pois é um estacionamento fechado e pago

No seu Subsolo (que estava fechado), há o Museu de Arte Sacra, com destaque para a fonte usada para batizar os príncipes da Familia Real, a estátua de N.S. do Rosário, o trono de D.Pedro II e a Rosa de Ouro concedida à Princesa Isabel pelo Papa Leão XIII celebrando sua assinatura do Ato de Abolição da Escravatura no Brasil.

FORMA ARQUITETÔNICA DA CATEDRAL E SUA SIMBOLOGIA

A tarefa de dar corpo às idéias que o Cardeal Câmara tinha concebido e discutido com o seu secretário particular e futuro executor das obras, Monsenhor Ivo Antonio Calliari, sobre a Catedral, foi confiada ao arquiteto Edgar Fonceca (s.i.c.), professor da PUC do Rio. O engenheiro foi Newton Sotto Maior e o mestre de obras Joaquim Corrêa.

A Catedral tem as seguintes medidas: 75 metros de altura externa e 64 metros de altura interna, 106 metros de diâmetro externo e 96 de diâmetro interno, cada vitral: 64,50 x 17,80 x 9,60 metros; área de 8.000 m2, com capacidade para abrigar 20.000 pessoas em pé ou 5.000 sentadas.

A exemplo de todas as igrejas católicas, também a Catedral do Rio de Janeiro tem como símbolo máximo a cruz. Não é apenas a cruz que paira alguns metros acima do altar-mor, sustentada do teto por seis cabos de aço. A cruz que se impõe é aquela que está na origem do projeto: uma cruz grega, de vastas proporções e feita de material transparente, seria o centro e recheio de um círculo imenso, com trinta metros de diâmetro, símbolo expressivo da presença de Cristo entre os homens.

De que maneira conjugar o círculo e a cruz foi o desafio enfrentado até delinear a Catedral que aí está, de estilo tão diferente de todas as igrejas construídas conforme os padrões convencionais. E esse desafio encontrou resposta e inspiração na pirâmide que os Maias construíram na Península de Yucatan, no México. Na base, a pirâmide é quadrada e larga, mas se estreita a medida em que sobe, até tomar, no topo, a forma de um platô.

Diferentemente das pirâmides dos Maias, ela tem forma circular e cônica para significar a eqüidistância e proximidade das pessoas em relação a Deus, lembrando um pouco também a mitra usada pelos bispos nas cerimônias mais solenes; Deus, - como que "desce" das alturas para vir ao encontro do homem - é simbolizado pela luz que se esparrama dos quatro braços da cruz, à qual domina grande parte do teto e tem o seu prolongamento nos quatro vitrais que se ligam aos pórticos. Aqui, os fiéis são como que acolhidos pelo Cristo que foi enviado pelo Pai, morreu e ressuscitou para a nossa salvação, instituiu a Igreja e enviou sobre ela o Espírito Santo.

Os quatro vitrais, que nos dão impressão de estarem abraçados por fios de betão, são também uma afirmação da fé que está na origem e na finalidade maior da Catedral e estão posicionados conforme os pontos cardeais. Eles simbolizam as quatro notas características da Igreja: Una, Santa, Católica e Apostólica.

Una: Somos o Rebanho do Senhor, nosso único Pastor, cuja Palavra é referencial de vida. A característica da Igreja - Una - está representada pelo Bom Pastor que figura no vitral verde, também à frente de quem entra pelo pórtico principal. Foi Jesus Cristo quem disse: "Importa que haja um só rebanho e um só pastor". Neste vitral são vistos outros símbolos que conduzem à idéia de unidade da fé: a Bíblia, a Mitra dos bispos, a Tiara do Papa e o Cálice da Salvação com a Hóstia Consagrada (direção sul).

Santa: A Igreja é Santa porque o Senhor Jesus Cristo, o Santo dos santos a instituiu, mas também é pecadora porque nós, seus membros, somos imperfeitos. O vitral que representa a característica da Igreja - Santa - está à direita de quem entra na Catedral e inclui São José e Nossa Senhora entre outros santos. A cor que predomina é a vermelha, a mesma que simboliza os dons do Espírito Santo, a terceira pessoa da Santíssima Trindade (direção oeste).

Católica: Todas as pessoas (quatro raças), indistintamente, são chamadas a serem membros da Igreja de Cristo. A terceira característica da Igreja - Católica - está estampada no vitral acima do pórtico da entrada principal, com predomínio da cor azul. A catolicidade da Igreja, isto é, sua universalidade, está expressa nas diversas raças (branca, vermelha, negra e amarela) que o vitral apresenta na parte inferior. Mais acima, estão os símbolos dos quatro evangelistas ( o leão, São Marcos; o touro, São Lucas; o jovem, São Mateus e a águia, São João ) e o globo terrestre encimado com a cruz (direção norte).

Apostólica: Instituída por Cristo, a Igreja honra São Pedro como primeiro Papa, cujos sucessores ocupam sua cátedra em Roma como vigários de Cristo na terra, tendo os Bispos como colaboradores diretos, pois são sucessores dos demais Apóstolos e devem pastorear o rebanho a eles confiado em comunhão com o sucessor de Pedro. O vitral que representa a quarta característica da Igreja - Apostólica - encontra-se à esquerda de quem entra na Catedral. Sobre tons de fundo amarelo aparece São Pedro, com as chaves; mais abaixo, dois personagens simbolizando os sucessores de Pedro (papa) e dos demais apóstolos (bispo); mais acima podem ser vistos os instrumentos da paixão de Cristo,

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Foto: Catedral Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro - Centro - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

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The Grade II* Listed Penny's Almshouses and Chapel which were founded in 1720 and built by the executors of William Penny's will, off Kings Street in Lancaster, Lancashire.

Two rows of six almshouses opposite each other, with a chapel at the west end and an arched entrance gateway at the east, all in sandstone, forming a courtyard. The houses are in a single storey, each with one bay, mullioned and transomed windows, and a gable with a ball finial. The chapel has a round-headed doorway, a bellcote, and a shaped gable with a ball finial.

William Penny, who lived 1646 - 1716, occupied various positions on the Town Council and was three times Mayor of Lancaster. When King Street was widened in the early 20th Century the two almshouses nearest the road were demolished, the screen wall rebuilt in its present position, the chapel shortened, and two new almshouses built next to the chapel.

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1981 Ford Capri 1.6 L.

Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -

"Chassis number: WF0GXXGAECBB82112. 1,593cc. Finished in yellow with brown vinyl roof. In long-term ownership from 1984 to 2020 when it became registered to the executors. The car has been subject to extensive restoration over the last few years including a full engine rebuild with many new parts fitted including clutch, radiator, water pump, bearings, brake discs and shock absorbers.. Described by the vendor as driving 'like a dream' with everything working as it should. Comes complete with current and older V5s dating from 1984, MoTs from 1999 to the present, original service book stamped in 1981, 1982 and 1983, a folder of receipts 2012 to 2020, owner's handbook and wallet. The mileage is recorded at 15,455. Four owners from new."

No reserve. Sold for £8208 including premium.

The parish church of Burford, in the Cotswolds area of England, not only has a fascinating and absorbing churchyard, but also some interesting and eye-catching memorials inside.

This, for instance – an old plaque commemorating a gift to the poor from Ralph Willett in his will dated 28 March 1573:

'RALPH WILLET [sic] of Kingham Clerk Gave a Cow for ye Benefit of ye Poor which was afterwards Sold for £1 10s which Summ together with 10s added to it by ye Burgesses is Set out to Interest for ye Benefit of ye Poor.'

Willett left a cow to each of three almshouses in Burford, Chipping Norton and Stow on the Wold, for the relief of ‘the poor people there forever, provided that two or four honest men of each town will be bound to my Executors to maintain and keep the cows’.

And here, thanks to the meticulous work of the Oxfordshire Family History Society, is the original. For anyone interested in the development of the English language, this is fascinating:

‘I geve unto the three Almes houses that is the Almeshouse of Chepingnorton the Almes house of Burford and the Almes house of Stowe of the Wolde to everie of them a cowe to the mainten’nce of the poore people there for ever So that the honest men of everie towne twoe or fouer of them will be bounden to myne executours to mainteyne and kepe the said stoke to the relieve of the poore people there for ever.’

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This Executor-Class Star Dreadnought was given out at the Star Wars Days 2015 by IdS in LEGOLAND Germany. The model was limited to 220 copies.

It was designed by me, based on a version of markus1984.

brick count 7312, 132cm long, 47cm wide.

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The Grade II* Listed Penny's Almshouses and Chapel which were founded in 1720 and built by the executors of William Penny's will, off Kings Street in Lancaster, Lancashire.

Two rows of six almshouses opposite each other, with a chapel at the west end and an arched entrance gateway at the east, all in sandstone, forming a courtyard. The houses are in a single storey, each with one bay, mullioned and transomed windows, and a gable with a ball finial. The chapel has a round-headed doorway, a bellcote, and a shaped gable with a ball finial.

William Penny, who lived 1646 - 1716, occupied various positions on the Town Council and was three times Mayor of Lancaster. When King Street was widened in the early 20th Century the two almshouses nearest the road were demolished, the screen wall rebuilt in its present position, the chapel shortened, and two new almshouses built next to the chapel.

Castle Marina can be found in Deneysville, South Africa

The Castle was built in the early 1950's by an Englishman, Lord Sumner, who fell in love with the area, the vast body of water of the Vaal dam and the rich history of Deneysville.

Unfortunately the owner of the castle passed away in October 2013 and the executors are in control of the property. Nobody knows what the future has in store for what is certainly a landmark in Deneysville.

The Fabyan Windmill is an authentic, working Dutch windmill dating from the 1850's and located in Geneva, Kane County, Illinois, just north of Batavia, Illinois. The five-story wooden smock mill with a stage, which stands 68 ft (21 m) tall, sits upon the onetime estate of Colonel George Fabyan, but is now part of the Kane County Forest Preserve District.

In 1979, the windmill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The following year, the windmill was selected to be on a U.S. postage stamp, as part of a series of five windmills in a stamp booklet called "Windmills USA."[2][3] It originally operated as a custom grinding mill.[2]

During the mid-19th century, the Fabyan Windmill was constructed by German craftsmen on a site in what is now Lombard, IL By the early 20th century, the windmill had fallen into a state of disrepair. In 1914, George Fabyan purchased it for approximately $8,000. He then had it moved to its present location in July 1915.

George Fabyan died in 1936, and his wife died two years later. The estate was then sold by the executors of the will to the Kane County Forest Preserve District for $70,500.

Ucero, Soria, Castilla y León, España.

Ucero es una villa y también un municipio de la provincia de Soria, partido judicial de Burgo de Osma, comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León, en España.

Dista 63,2 kilómetros de la capital y se encuentra a una altitud de 964 metros en la carretera que conduce de El Burgo de Osma a San Leonardo.

Junto con Herrera de Soria y Nafría de Ucero regenta un condominio conocido como Comunidad de Herrera de Soria, Nafría de Ucero y Ucero, con una extensión superficial de 384,84 hectáreas.

El señorío de Ucero perteneció en el siglo XIII a Juan García de Ucero, esposo de María de Meneses, y a la muerte de aquel, su esposa lo heredó y se lo entregó a la hija ilegítima que tuvo con el rey Sancho IV de Castilla, Violante Sánchez de Castilla.

Y en un documento emitido el 13 de noviembre de 1325 en Aviñón, el papa Juan XXII encomendó al arzobispo de Toledo, Juan de Aragón, que siguiera la causa o pleito que mantenían Violante Sánchez y el obispo de Osma, Juan Pérez de Ascarón, por la posesión del señorío de Ucero, que pertenecía legalmente a ella por la herencia de su madre y había sido ocupado y retenido ilegalmente por dicho obispo, según ella, desde que aquel lo compró el 23 de mayo de 1302 por 300.000 maravedís, y junto con otras propiedades, a los albaceas de Juan García de Villamayor, según consta en la escritura de venta publicada en el tomo II de las Memorias de Fernando IV de Castilla.​ Pero a pesar de lo anterior, Violante continuó considerándose propietaria del señorío y en 1327 lo donó, junto con el resto de sus posesiones, a la Orden de Santiago, a pesar de que el señorío de Ucero perteneció desde 1302 definitivamente a los obispos de Osma.​

En el Censo de 1879, ordenado por el Conde de Floridablanca,​ figuraba como villa cabecera del Partido de Ucero en la Intendencia de Soria, con jurisdicción de abadengo y bajo la autoridad del Alcalde Mayor de Señorío, nombrado por el Obispo de Osma. Contaba entonces con 232 habitantes.

A la caída del Antiguo Régimen la localidad de constituye en municipio constitucional en la región de Castilla la Vieja​ que en el censo de 1842 contaba con 38 hogares y 150 vecinos.

Ucero is a town and also a municipality in the province of Soria, judicial district of Burgo de Osma, autonomous community of Castilla y León, in Spain.

It is 63.2 kilometers from the capital and is located at an altitude of 964 meters on the road that leads from El Burgo de Osma to San Leonardo.

Together with Herrera de Soria and Nafría de Ucero he runs a condominium known as Comunidad de Herrera de Soria, Nafría de Ucero and Ucero, with a surface area of ​​384.84 hectares.

The lordship of Ucero belonged in the thirteenth century to Juan García de Ucero, husband of María de Meneses, and upon his death, his wife inherited it and gave it to the illegitimate daughter he had with King Sancho IV of Castile, Violante Sánchez of Castilla.

And in a document issued on November 13, 1325 in Avignon, Pope John XXII entrusted the Archbishop of Toledo, Juan de Aragón, to follow the cause or lawsuit maintained by Violante Sánchez and the Bishop of Osma, Juan Pérez de Ascarón, for the possession of the lordship of Ucero, which legally belonged to her by inheritance from her mother and had been illegally occupied and retained by said bishop, according to her, since he bought it on May 23, 1302 for 300,000 maravedís, and together with other properties, to the executors of Juan García de Villamayor, as recorded in the deed of sale published in Volume II of the Memoirs of Fernando IV of Castile. But despite the above, Violante continued to consider herself the owner of the manor and in 1327 He donated it, along with the rest of his possessions, to the Order of Santiago, despite the fact that the dominion of Ucero belonged definitively from 1302 to the bishops of Osma.

In the 1879 Census, ordered by the Count of Floridablanca, it appeared as the head town of the Ucero Party in the Municipality of Soria, with jurisdiction of abadengo and under the authority of the Mayor of Señorío, appointed by the Bishop of Osma. It then had 232 inhabitants.

At the fall of the Old Regime, the town of constitutes a constitutional municipality in the region of Castilla la Vieja, which in the 1842 census had 38 homes and 150 neighbors.

Photo taken in Rome.

Just when you thought I was all about Lego custom cars I get my geek on with one of my fave Star Wars ships, the A-Wing Fighter! It comes complete with an opening canopy, rotating laser cannons and top notch detail all around. Its dubbed as the fastest one-man fighter on the Rebel Alliance fleet and apparently takes hair trigger reflexes and a touch of insanity to pilot. One of these little buggers single-handedly took down the Super Star Destroyer, Executor when it crashed into the bridge which in turn spun out of control and obliterated the second Death Star while it was still in construction. You can see this Lego creation as well as thousands of others at Brickcon08 at Seattle Center Exhibition Hall October 4th and 5th from 11am-3pm.

"No Disintegrations!" I present my interpretation of the classic scene from Empire Strikes Back, complete with lighting and non-slip design to hold books nicely. Instructions available here, rebrickable.com/users/IScreamClone/mocs/

Former London Transport,now in Samuel Leghard colours,AEC Regent III,MXX232, is seen arriving at Sywell aerodrome for the BUSES Festival 2022.

Samuel Ledgard (1874–1952) was a Leeds entrepreneur who became a major West Yorkshire Independent bus operator. Following his death in 1952, his executors continued to operate the Samuel Ledgard bus company until 1967, when it was acquired by the West Yorkshire Road Car Company.

Building instructions and .ldr file available freely here. I strongly advise to have a look at it before doing anything.

Credits inside the building instructions. Enjoy!

Just down from where I took the SSC shot of Southampton Water an old Abbey can be found through what looks like the entrance to a everyday house . In the hands of English Heritage it can be visited free of charge during set opening times .

Now the abbey looks in on itself, one of the most complete and certainly the most beautiful Cistercian monastery in southern England. It is free to wander into and it captures the heart and mind in an instant. Its more recent history is bound up with artists, poets and others of artistic bent as many have tried to capture its beauty. John Constable painted it, as did Francis Towne, George Keats was moved to write a poem about the ruins and so was William Sotheby who chose to write an ode at midnight, an allusion maybe to the ‘other worldly’aspect of the Abbey’s history. Just to imagine those people here observing and working is enough to send goose pumps.

Netley Abbey was founded by a small group of monks who were following the will of the Bishop of Winchester ,Peter de Roches. He died in 1238 but he had made plans for the foundation of an abbey at Netley that was to be a daughter abbey to the great Beaulieu Abbey in the New Forest.

After the death of Peter de Roches

Peter de Roches may have made plans for Netley Abbey but died before he could complete them or carry them out. It was left to his executors to put the final plans into place. Over the water of the River Itchen from the New Forest, Peter de Roches had found the perfect spot. He purchased lands around about from which they could derive an income and so it was that in June 1239, a colony of monks arrived from Beaulieu and thus began the existence of Netley Abbey.

The house was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and Saint Edward the Confessor, as a result of this it was known as Edwardstowe. King Henry III, (Henry of Winchester), in whose reign the abbey was built, made several early donations to the house and by 1251 seems to have regarded himself its patron and founder. In fact the inscriptions at the base of the four great piers at the transept crossing, commemorate the construction of the abbey church by King Henry III. It reads; ‘Henry, by the grace of God, King of England’

The church is immense and towers above the viewer, with its roof on it must have been a beautiful structure, with the roof off it still is.

The early grounds of Netley Abbey went right down to the shoreline. Its gatehouse was situated close to the shoreline. It is interesting that King Henry VIII saw merit in its position and converted it into one of his southern shore forts and the house that is now Netley Castle was built in the C19th on these Tudor foundations.

Netley Abbey in the C14th

During the C13th the abbey prospered and the number of monks and lay -brothers increased. The abbey did not seem to raise itself to any great status however and by about 1328 the house was experiencing some financial difficulties and the community was forced to sell much of its property. This financial pressure may have come about because of its proximity to the coast. Mariners passing through could demand hospitality and care. The King himself and his household were also demanding of the abbey’s provisions including their livestock. The abbey site was also large and needed a great deal of upkeep. The Black Death of 1348 added to its woes and Netley Abbey became a poor and undistinguished Cistercian house. It seems that the impoverishment of the abbey can be largely attributed to its position on the south coast.

Netley Abbey and the Dissolution

At the time of Dissolution only seven monks remained at the abbey, incredible when you look at the abbey ruins and the annual net income was valued at £100. The house was dissolved with the smaller monasteries in 1536. Following the Dissolution, the site was granted to Sir William Paulet, he converted the monastery into a Tudor mansion. His work can be seen in the red brick that pokes through the structure here and there. The site was occupied by the Paulet family until the late C17th, when the property was sold to a Southampton builder called Taylor and it is with him that the ‘other worldly’ stories about the abbey seem to have originated. He intended to demolish the entire church but while supervising the demolition of the west end Taylor was crushed to death by the falling tracery of the west window. This was interpreted as a sign that the building should not be demolished and so thankfully, no more demolition took place and the property remained in private ownership until 1922 when it was given over to the Ministry of Works.

The Abbey as a tourist site

A brief walk around the ruins soon alerts you to the fact that Netley Abbey has attracted visitors for hundreds of years. One of them a painter from London who made the journey in 1839, 600 years after its founding, maybe inspired by the other great artists who felt drawn to capture the mood. The incredibly slender tracery of the windows perched so impossibly high and every corner hinting at the possibility of a monk turning it, adds to the feeling that here, in Netley Abbey time has stopped.

Taken from Hampshire History .

I've gotten many requests for midi-scale Executor instructions, which has now been (mostly) addressed by fellow flickr user davidkfraser who has built a nearly identical Super Star Destroyer in LDD:

Download LDD file (brickshelf)

This has started a discussion of the differences between his model and mine (particularly the interior A-frame), which has finally gotten me to pull the superstructure off my Executor and take some pictures for you guys. :D

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So here it is: my messy Technic A-frame. It is designed to be as thin as possible (keeping the ship from being too tall) and to allow me to build everything with studs-out, including the bottom. Unfortunately I don't have the angle quite right, which is why there is such a gap between the hull plates. I think I had the angle just right at one point, but then extended the length of the model (forcing me to adjust the A-frame) and the Technic math just doesn't quite work out. I may give davidkfraser's clips and plates A-frame a try, though I'm wary of disassembly any of this thing!

Hello to everyone again, Thank you all for your lovely words and thoughts it helped me, I still have a way to go to get through what my father requested of me as executor, and with my family turning on me, it has been a rather traumatic two weeks, I feel like I have actually lost all my remaining family, greed does funny things to people I have found out, unfortunately the hard way.

So bear with me, I have not been able to get to a computer for nearly three weeks, so I will endeavour to get to all your new photos ASAP. I have missed this family !

The Fabyan Windmill is an authentic, working Dutch windmill dating from the 1850's and located in Geneva, Kane County, Illinois, just north of Batavia, Illinois. The five-story wooden smock mill with a stage, which stands 68 ft (21 m) tall, sits upon the onetime estate of Colonel George Fabyan, but is now part of the Kane County Forest Preserve District.

In 1979, the windmill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The following year, the windmill was selected to be on a U.S. postage stamp, as part of a series of five windmills in a stamp booklet called "Windmills USA."[2][3] It originally operated as a custom grinding mill.[2]

During the mid-19th century, the Fabyan Windmill was constructed by German craftsmen on a site in what is now Lombard, IL By the early 20th century, the windmill had fallen into a state of disrepair. In 1914, George Fabyan purchased it for approximately $8,000. He then had it moved to its present location in July 1915.

George Fabyan died in 1936, and his wife died two years later. The estate was then sold by the executors of the will to the Kane County Forest Preserve District for $70,500.

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Mespelbrunn Castle is a medieval moated castle on the territory of the town of Mespelbrunn, between Frankfurt and Würzburg, built in a remote tributary valley of the Elsava valley, within the Spessart forest. One of the most visited water castles in Germany, it is frequently featured in tourist books.

The first precursor of Mespelbrunn Castle was a simple house. The owner was Hamann Echter, vizedom of Aschaffenburg, a title which means that he was the representant of the ruler the prince elector archbishop of Mainz Johann II of Nassau at the castle and town of Aschaffenburg. On May 1, 1412, the prince elector bestowed the „Place to the Espelborn" to Echter, who constructed a house without fortifications in the valley close to a pond. The Echter family originates from the Odenwald region. Their name presumably means "der die Acht vollstreckt", the executor of the ostracism. These times, the Spessart was a wild and unexploited virgin forest, used for hideout by bandits and Hussites, who spoiled the regions nearby. Therefore in 1427 Hamann Echter, the son of the first owner, began to rebuild his father's house to a fortified castle with walls, towers and a moat, therefore using the nearby pond.

Only the "Bergfried", the round tower is a reminiscent of that time. The following generations changed the defense structures to a representative manor-house, mainly build in the style of Renaissance. Today's appearance primary is the result of rebuildings, made between 1551 and 1569 by Peter Echter of Mespelbrunn and his wife Gertraud of Adelsheim.

Most famous member of the family was Julius Echter, prince bishop of Würzburg, who founded the Juliusspital, a hospital in Würzburg in 1576 and the university of Würzburg in 1583.

In 1648, the last member of the family, Maria Ottilia, Echterin of Mespelbrunn, married Philipp Ludwig, of Ingelheim, member of a family of barons, later arose to counts of Ingelheim. By permission of the emperor the name of the Echter family was saved, because they were allowed to merge their names to Counts of Ingelheim called Echter of and to Mespelbrunn.

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Teylers Museum in Haarlem is genoemd naar Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1702- 1778), een vermogende Haarlemse zijdefabrikant en bankier. Levend in de tijd van de Verlichting had hij grote belangstelling voor kunst en wetenschap. Vanuit de gedachte dat kennis de mensheid kon verrijken, legde hij op beide terreinen verzamelingen aan. In zijn testament bepaalde hij dat zijn vermogen moest worden ondergebracht in een stichting die onder meer de bevordering van kunst en wetenschap tot doel had.

De uitvoerders van Teylers testament besloten het eerste museum van Nederland te bouwen waarin voorwerpen van kunst en wetenschap verenigd zouden worden. De boeken dienden voor studie, de natuurkundige instrumenten werden gebruikt voor demonstraties, terwijl over de tekeningen werd gediscussieerd tijdens kunstbeschouwingen. Fossielen en mineralen speelden een rol bij de openbare lessen.

Achter Teylers woning in de Damstraat werd een ‘boek- en konstzael' gebouwd. Deze Ovale Zaal werd in 1784 opengesteld voor bezoekers en is sindsdien vrijwel onveranderd gebleven. Teylers Museum is hiermee het eerste museum van Nederland, dat vanaf 1784 onafgebroken voor het publiek is opengesteld en waar de collecties in hun authentieke samenhang te zien zijn. Het gebouwencomplex van Teylers Museum beslaat meer dan 200 jaar bouwgeschiedenis.

Bron: www.teylersmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/gebouw-en-geschiedenis/...

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Teylers Museum in Haarlem is named after Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1702-1778), a wealthy Haarlem silk manufacturer and banker. Living during the time of the Enlightenment, he had a great interest in art and science. Based on the idea that knowledge could enrich humanity, he built collections in both areas. In his will he stipulated that his assets should be placed in a foundation whose aim, among other things, was to promote art and science.

The executors of Teyler's will decided to build the first museum in the Netherlands in which objects of art and science would be united. The books were for study, the physics instruments were used for demonstrations, while the drawings were discussed during art appreciation sessions. Fossils and minerals played a role in the public lessons.

A 'book and art hall' was built behind Teyler's house in Damstraat. This Oval Hall was opened to visitors in 1784 and has remained virtually unchanged since then. Teylers Museum is the first museum in the Netherlands that has been open to the public continuously since 1784 and where the collections can be seen in their authentic context. The building complex of Teylers Museum covers more than 200 years of construction history.

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brick count 7312, 132cm long, 47cm wide.

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Le super destroyer à l’arrière plan est la pour représenter le Poing d’Acier, le vaisseau Amiral de l’amiral Zsinj, et conçut par cereal eating builder lien vers sa création : www.flickr.com/photos/66888731@N04/49932727888/in/datepos...

Ce modèle de tie fut uniquement utilisé par les pilotes de l’Amiral Zsinj.

Parlons du gars. Si Timothy Zhan s’est inspiré de Sherlock Holmes pour le grand Amiral Zahn, je suspecte fortement l’auteur responsable de la création de Zsinj (Aaron Alston ?) de s’être inspiré d’Hercule Poirot. Petit, moustachu et ventripotent, adepte du ridicule pour être sous-estimé, et redoutablement intelligent et cultivé. Moi ça me fait furieusement penser à Hercule Poirot.

Bref, Zsinj a peut-être été responsable du design du Tie Raptor. Objectivement, c’est le design de Tie le plus logique que je connaisse. Mieux armé que le Tie classique (4 blasters, 2 lances missiles) il est plus rapide (entre le Tie classique et l’interceptor) et tout aussi maniable. Autre point fort du Raptor : La disposition et la taille de ses ailes, donnent un meilleur champ de vision au pilote, tout en offrant une cible plus petite à l’adversaire. De plus certains modèles furent équipés d’un boulier, mais pas d’Hyperdrive cependant.

Si la forme en x des ailes peut rappeler les X-wing, celles-ci ne sont cependant pas mobiles contrairement au X-wing.

Concernant le moc proprement dit. J’ai un peu galéré. Ce qui passe sur le logiciel studio, ne passe pas nécessairement irl. La boule centrale dut facile à faire, mais les ailes étaient trop en pression contre la courbure du cockpit, j’ai du modifier mes plan initiaux.

Question solidité : Pas terrible…

Cela tient en place, mais il ne faut pas trop remuer l’engin sous peine de voir les ailes se décrocher.

The Executor-class Star Dreadnought in the background is there to represent the Iron Fist, the flagship of Admiral Zsinj, and is designed by "cereal eating builder" link to its creation: www.flickr.com/photos/66888731@N04/49932727888/in/datepos...

This Tie only used by Admiral Zsinj's pilots.

Let's talk about the guy. If Timothy Zhan was inspired by Sherlock Holmes for the great Admiral Zahn, I strongly suspect that the author responsible for the creation of Zsinj (Aaron Alston?) was inspired by Hercule Poirot. Short, mustachioed and a little fat, adept at ridicule to be underestimated, and fearfully intelligent and cultured. It makes me furiously think of Hercule Poirot.

In short, Zsinj may have been responsible for the design of the Tie Raptor. Objectively, it's the most logical Tie design I know. Better armed than the classic Tie (4 blasters, 2 missiles launchers) it is faster (between the classic Tie and the interceptor) and just as easy to handle. Another strong point of the Raptor : The layout and the size of its wings, give a better field of vision to the pilot, while offering a smaller target to the opponent. In addition, some models were equipped with an shield, but no Hyperdrive however.

If the x-shape of the wings can remind the X-wing, they are not mobile unlike the X-wing.

Concerning the moc itself. I had a little trouble. What goes on the studio software, does not necessarily go well irl. The center ball was easy to make, but the wings were too much pressure against the cockpit curvature, I had to modify my initial plan.

Concerning the moc Solidity : Not so good...

This holds in place, but you shouldn't shake the gear too much or the wings will fall.

Originally dating to around 1320, the building is important because it has most of its original features; successive owners effected relatively few changes to the main structure, after the completion of the quadrangle with a new chapel in the 16th century. Pevsner described it as "the most complete small medieval manor house in the county", and it remains an example that shows how such houses would have looked in the Middle Ages. Unlike most courtyard houses of its type, which have had a range demolished, so that the house looks outward, Nicholas Cooper observes that Ightham Mote wholly surrounds its courtyard and looks inward, into it, offering little information externally.[9] The construction is of "Kentish ragstone and dull red brick,"[10] the buildings of the courtyard having originally been built of timber and subsequently rebuilt in stone.[11]

The moat of Ightham Mote

The house has more than 70 rooms, all arranged around a central courtyard, "the confines circumscribed by the moat."[10] The house is surrounded on all sides by a square moat, crossed by three bridges. The earliest surviving evidence is for a house of the early 14th century, with the great hall, to which were attached, at the high, or dais end, the chapel, crypt and two solars. The courtyard was completely enclosed by increments on its restricted moated site, and the battlemented tower was constructed in the 15th century. Very little of the 14th century survives on the exterior behind rebuilding and refacing of the 15th and 16th centuries.

The structures include unusual and distinctive elements, such as the porter's squint, a narrow slit in the wall designed to enable a gatekeeper to examine a visitor's credentials before opening the gate. An open loggia with a fifteenth-century gallery above, connects the main accommodations with the gatehouse range. The courtyard contains a large, 19th century dog kennel.[12] The house contains two chapels; the New Chapel, of c.1520, having a barrel roof decorated with Tudor roses. [13] Parts of the interior were remodelled by Richard Norman Shaw.[14] wikipedia

16th century-late 19th century

The house remained in the Selby family for nearly 300 years.[3] Sir William was succeeded by his nephew, also Sir William, who is notable for handing over the keys of Berwick-upon-Tweed to James I on his way south to succeed to the throne.[4] He married Dorothy Bonham of West Malling but had no children. The Selbys continued until the mid-19th century when the line faltered with Elizabeth Selby, the widow of a Thomas who disinherited his only son.[5] During her reclusive tenure, Joseph Nash drew the house for his multi-volume illustrated history Mansions of England in the Olden Time, published in the 1840s.[6] The house passed to a cousin, Prideaux John Selby, a distinguished naturalist, sportsman and scientist. On his death in 1867, he left Ightham Mote to a daughter, Mrs Lewis Marianne Bigge. Her second husband, Robert Luard, changed his name to Luard-Selby. Ightham Mote was rented-out in 1887 to American Railroad magnate William Jackson Palmer and his family. For three years Ightham Mote became a centre for the artists and writers of the Aesthetic Movement with visitors including John Singer Sargent, Henry James, and Ellen Terry. When Mrs Bigge died in 1889, the executors of her son Charles Selby-Bigge, a Shropshire land agent, put the house up for sale in July 1889.[6]

Late 19th century-21st century

The Mote was purchased by Thomas Colyer-Fergusson.[6] He and his wife brought up their six children at the Mote. In 1890-1891, he carried out much repair and restoration, which allowed the survival of the house after centuries of neglect.[7] Ightham Mote was opened to the public one afternoon a week in the early 20th century.[7]

Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson's third son, Riversdale, died aged 21 in 1917 in the Third Battle of Ypres, and won a posthumous Victoria Cross. A wooden cross in the New Chapel is in his memory. The oldest brother, Max, was killed at the age of 49 in a bombing raid on an army driving school near Tidworth in 1940 during World War II. One of the three daughters, Mary (called Polly) married Walter Monckton.

On Sir Thomas's death in 1951, the property and the baronetcy passed to Max's son, James. The high costs of upkeep and repair of the house led him to sell the house and auction most of the contents. The sale took place in October 1951 and lasted three days. It was suggested that the house be demolished to harvest the lead on the roofs, or that it be divided into flats. Three local men purchased the house: William Durling, John Goodwin and John Baldock. They paid £5,500 for the freehold, in the hope of being able to secure the future of the house.[8]

In 1953, Ightham Mote was purchased by Charles Henry Robinson, an American of Portland, Maine, United States. He had known the property when stationed nearby during the Second World War. He lived there for only fourteen weeks a year for tax reasons. He made many urgent repairs, and partly refurnished the house with 17th-century English pieces. In 1965, he announced that he would give Ightham Mote and its contents to the National Trust. He died in 1985 and his ashes were immured just outside the crypt. The National Trust took possession in that year.[8]

In 1989, the National Trust began an ambitious conservation project that involved dismantling much of the building and recording its construction methods before rebuilding it. During this process, the effects of centuries of ageing, weathering, and the destructive effect of the deathwatch beetle were highlighted. The project ended in 2004 after revealing numerous examples of structural and ornamental features which had been covered up by later additions.[1]

Une petite fantaisie d'après une retouche photo de l'Executor sur son étagère... retouche au niveau ventral (sommaire) et intégration dans un fond étoilé.

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► Instructions for the model available on thecreatorrmocs.com

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Recreate the iconic bounty hunter briefing with my new LEGO® brick diorama featuring a cutout of the Super Star Destroyer Executor’s command bridge as shown in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

Features one crew pit with printed control consoles and seats for 3x minifigures, a side viewport, and more. The model includes a total of 1175 pieces. An all-black frame makes for a premium display.

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The present Prince Consort Hotel, a three-storeyed masonry building, was erected in 1887 - 1888 for Brisbane publican John Daniel Heal.

It was the second Prince Consort Hotel to occupy the site. The first was built circa 1863 and leased by Heal. In 1879 Heal purchased the hotel and by 1887 he had acquired several adjoining subdivisions as well. The old building was demolished and its larger replacement took twelve months to build.

The new Prince Consort Hotel was designed by architect Richard Gailey, who called tenders in mid-1887.

It was erected by contractor William Ferguson at a cost of £9400, and was completed in August 1888. Ferguson died before the hotel was finished, but the contract was completed by his executors.

Its construction in the 1880s reflected the general building boom in Queensland which accompanied a period of unprecedented economic growth. During the second half of the 1880s, Valley residents witnessed the construction of four large hotels all designed by architect Richard Gailey. The Wickham (1885), the Empire (1887), the Jubilee (1887) and the Prince Consort contained extensive accommodation and were located on prominent sites. Gailey also designed the Regatta Hotel at Toowong in 1886.

When completed, the new Prince Consort boasted one of the largest bars in Brisbane, three parlours, a large dining room, billiard room, kitchen, cellar, six bathrooms and twenty-eight bedrooms. Four large shops were also built on the ground floor.

Running the whole length of the first floor facade was a reception area, known as the Club Room, divided by a folding partition into two rooms. It was a regular meeting venue for local Valley groups such as lodges.

In 1935 the hotel underwent alterations and additions, the architect was J P Donoghue and the contractor J Corbett. The hotel's curved, post-supported awning was probably replaced with the flat cantilevered awning at this time.

Source: Queensland Heritage Register.

Standards for vehicles are Dk. Bley and Black, with silver caution striping and Dk Tan Highlights.

Minifig standards are as seen above, Tan arms for pilots and vehicle operators, black and Dk. Bley for soldiers.

VTOL WIP will be posted tomorrow.