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Kingston Lacy is a country house and estate near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. It was for many years the family seat of the Bankes family who lived nearby at Corfe Castle until its destruction in the English Civil War after its incumbent owners, Sir John Bankes and Dame Mary, had remained loyal to Charles I.
The house was built between 1663 and 1665 by Ralph Bankes, son of Sir John Bankes, to a design by the architect Sir Roger Pratt. It is a rectangular building with two main storeys, attics and basement, modelled on Chevening in Kent. The gardens and parkland were laid down at the same time, including some of the specimen trees that remain today. Various additions and alterations were made to the house over the years and the estate remained in the ownership of the Bankes family from the 17th to the late 20th century.
The house was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1958 and the park and gardens are included in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens at Grade II. The house was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1982 after the death of Henry John Ralph Bankes, along with Corfe Castle. The house and gardens are open to the public.
Kingston Lacy is a country house and estate near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. It was for many years the family seat of the Bankes family who lived nearby at Corfe Castle until its destruction in the English Civil War after its incumbent owners, Sir John Bankes and Dame Mary, had remained loyal to Charles I.
The house was built between 1663 and 1665 by Ralph Bankes, son of Sir John Bankes, to a design by the architect Sir Roger Pratt. It is a rectangular building with two main storeys, attics and basement, modelled on Chevening in Kent. The gardens and parkland were laid down at the same time, including some of the specimen trees that remain today. Various additions and alterations were made to the house over the years and the estate remained in the ownership of the Bankes family from the 17th to the late 20th century.
The house was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1958 and the park and gardens are included in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens at Grade II. The house was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1982 after the death of Henry John Ralph Bankes, along with Corfe Castle. The house and gardens are open to the public.
Thought to have been built originally in the mid-17th century, Kingston Bagpuize House, in the village of Kingston Bagpuize, as seen now is the result of innumerable changes by its many owners over subsequent centuries. Although today it remains in private hands as a much-loved family home, it is regularly opened to the public and made available for films and television (e.g. 'Downton Abbey').
An offseason beach stroll in Kingston. In the hour we were there we encountered 1 dog walker and 1 other family of 3. Peace, cold and quite.
The passions and obsessions of William John Bankes (1786-1855) shaped the Kingston Lacy we see today. Generations of the Bankes family contributed to the evolution of the estate, but it was William John who implemented some of the most fundamental changes to the house and collections. He set about re-imagining Kingston Lacy as a complete artwork; a treasure house of extraordinary art with interiors inspired by Venetian palaces.
Courtesy of the National Trust, visitors can step inside the residence of the powerful and flamboyant Bankes family who owned vast swathes of Dorset for over 400 years.
A view of Kingston Lacy House in the low winter sunshine.
Pamphill, Dorset UK.
A National Trust Property.
Kingston Lacy is a country house and estate near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. It was for many years the family seat of the Bankes family who lived nearby at Corfe Castle until its destruction in the English Civil War after its incumbent owners, Sir John Bankes and Dame Mary, had remained loyal to Charles I.
The house was built between 1663 and 1665 by Ralph Bankes, son of Sir John Bankes, to a design by the architect Sir Roger Pratt. It is a rectangular building with two main storeys, attics and basement, modelled on Chevening in Kent. The gardens and parkland were laid down at the same time, including some of the specimen trees that remain today. Various additions and alterations were made to the house over the years and the estate remained in the ownership of the Bankes family from the 17th to the late 20th century.
The house was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1958 and the park and gardens are included in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens at Grade II. The house was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1982 after the death of Henry John Ralph Bankes, along with Corfe Castle. The house and gardens are open to the public.
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One of my favourite long exposures of last summer (2019), the sunrise on my last day in Kingston, Ontario (the gateway to the 1000 islands, Canadian side).
After two days of heavy rainfall, portions of our local park were transformed into wetlands.
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We were lucky to be in Kingston when the famous Snowbirds air display team performed spectacular aerobatics above Fort Henry. All free of charge too - in the UK to see such things costs a fortune! There was a vast appreciative crowd too, it was a a great afternoon out.
A pebbly beach on Lake Ontario in Kingston.
I wanted to title it, "Pebble Beach, CA" but too many would have thought that I was refering to a golf course in California. With good reason, I guess, because that California CA is actually a little more populated than this Canada CA.
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Constructed in 1902 at the nearby Smeaton Showgrounds, and relocated in 1922 to the Kingston Agricultural Society's Showgrounds.
Gothic style St. Mary's Cathedral (1848) in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, houses the chair of the first Roman Catholic Bishop in English Canada.
Despite being the primary rail artery between Toronto and Montreal, CN's Kingston Sub is no stranger to infrastructure that would otherwise be considered outdated on mainlines elsewhere on the continent. The searchlight signals governing the Newtonville crossovers date back to the implementation of Centralized Traffic Control half a century ago. The telegraph poles on the right are even older, dating to 1903 when this section of the line was double-tracked and realigned a short distance to the north of its original 1856 alignment. Eventually this will all be gone, including the subject of this photo: VIA 902 with a consist of LRC cars. Soon VIA's new Siemens trainsets will enter service and this aging secondhand equipment will be seen only in photographs.