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Grade II listed historic building constructed in the late 1700's.
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Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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Category A listed historic building.
"The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is an art museum on Queen Street, Edinburgh. The gallery holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots. It also holds the Scottish National Photography Collection.
Since 1889 it has been housed in its red sandstone Gothic revival building, designed by Robert Rowand Anderson and built between 1885 and 1890 to accommodate the gallery and the museum collection of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The building was donated by John Ritchie Findlay, owner of The Scotsman newspaper. In 1985 the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland was amalgamated with the Royal Scottish Museum, and later moved to Chambers Street as part of the National Museum of Scotland. The Portrait Gallery expanded to take over the whole building, and reopened on 1 December 2011 after being closed since April 2009 for the first comprehensive refurbishment in its history, carried out by Page\Park Architects.
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is part of National Galleries of Scotland, a public body that also owns the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh.
The New Town is a central area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. A masterpiece of city planning, it was built in stages between 1767 and around 1850, and retains much of its original neo-classical and Georgian period architecture. Its best known street is Princes Street, facing Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town across the geological depression of the former Nor Loch. Together with the Old Town, the New Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.
Edinburgh (/ˈɛdɪnbərə/; Scots: Edinburgh; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [ˈt̪uːn ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]) is the capital of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore.
Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the supreme courts of Scotland. The city's Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, literature, philosophy, the sciences and engineering. It is the second largest financial centre in the United Kingdom (after London) and the city's historical and cultural attractions have made it the United Kingdom's second most visited tourist destination attracting 4.9 million visits including 2.4 million from overseas in 2018.
Edinburgh is Scotland's second most populous city and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. The official population estimates are 488,050 (2016) for the Locality of Edinburgh (Edinburgh pre 1975 regionalisation plus Currie and Balerno), 518,500 (2018) for the City of Edinburgh, and 1,339,380 (2014) for the city region. Edinburgh lies at the heart of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region comprising East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian.
The city is the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. It is home to national institutions such as the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery. The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582 and now one of four in the city, is placed 20th in the QS World University Rankings for 2020. The city is also known for the Edinburgh International Festival and the Fringe, the latter being the world's largest annual international arts festival. Historic sites in Edinburgh include Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the churches of St. Giles, Greyfriars and the Canongate, and the extensive Georgian New Town built in the 18th/19th centuries. Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town together are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, which has been managed by Edinburgh World Heritage since 1999." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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Encouraged by the considerable successes achieved with his earlier sports cars, in the later 1950s Brian Lister began to finalise plans for the production of the Lister-Jaguar “Knobbly” range, which was introduced for the 1957 season and further refined in 1958. At this time Lister was also becoming aware of the potential export market for large-engine sports cars in the new North American Pro-Series and, following suggestions from existing customers, he realised that a more powerful engine would be required to stay competitive in the States. Accordingly he began to modify a small number of chassis in England to accommodate the Chevrolet small block V8. The first five cars were dispatched in 1958, engine-less, to the US where they were supplied to dealers Carroll Shelby, Kjell Qvale and Seattle-based Tom Carstens, who had the cars fitted with their Chevy power plants.
This genuine Lister-Chevrolet, chassis BHL110, was built up in Cambridge England and then exported to Tom Carstens for his team’s own use. It won the first time out with Carstens but his friend, well-known driver Bill Pollock (who was sponsored by Dean Van Lines), persuaded him to part with it, less the V8, in mid-1958. The chassis was sent to famed engine builder Bruce Crower in San Diego to be powered and prepared for its Riverside Pro race debut. Pollock’s exploits in that race are wonderfully recounted in a March 1959 issue of Sports Cars Illustrated. Despite problems of engine overheating and poor brakes, Pollock worked his way up to fourth all prior to a massive spin when the brake pedal went to the floor. After a second off-track excursion caused by rear wheel lock up, a hot and tired Pollock was classified as a fine eighth overall in the LA Times Grand Prix. The next owner, Fike Plumbing of Phoenix, Arizona, ran BHL110 for two years with his driver Don Hulette achieving some success in a support race at the 1960 LA Times Grand Prix. However, in the main event that weekend, Hulette crashed with the ensuing fire damaging further the bodywork of BHL110 but fortunately not injuring the driver. Following this mishap the Lister was then purchased by Bob Sorrell who stored it at Riverside until it was acquired by car hunter Klaus Hubert who in turn sold it to a Canadian Dentist, Dr Evans in 1969. Evans now commenced a major restoration, involving Brian Lister himself who authenticated the chassis as a genuine Lister-built unit and arranged for the original coachbuilder – Williams and Pritchard – to make a new body for the car. Lister also introduced Evans to Bryan Wingfield who supplied correct Lister mechanical components. After completion of the work Evans raced the car in the US, Canada and the Bahamas for several decades until he retired from competition in 2011 and sold the car to the UK. At this point the Lister was repainted in its 1958 Dean Van Lines livery and was prepared to FIA European specification, which was complete by 2013. Since then the car has been regularly campaigned with 8 of its 18 races being at the Goodwood Revival and Members Meetings, where it has consistently recorded the fastest top speed of any Lister, in large part due to its small block engine, which has been bored to the largest allowable size of 5.8 Litres, the capacity it raced with in period. Over this time it has benefitted from constantmaintenance with a major refresh from noted Lister and Chevrolet experts taking place in the summer of 2017. This wonderful Chevy Lister is now offered in race ready condition with a long duration FIA HTP (expires 2024) and has the additional benefit of being road registered in the UK. It is eligible for many of the world’s most prestigious events and comes accompanied by an excellent history file containing correspondence, period race results and many photographs. Please contact us for further details.
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Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1326918
Date First Listed : 9 February 1983
An 18th century stone building with three storeys and one bay. In the ground floor is a shop front, the middle floor contains a sash windows, and in the top floor is a blocked window.
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The Wadden Sea is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. The site covers most of the Dutch, German and Danish Wadden Sea areas. It is an environment with tidal channels, sandy shoals, sea-grass meadows, mussel beds, sandbars, mudflats, salt marshes, estuaries, beaches and dunes. The area is home to numerous plant and animal species.
Unesco World Heritage: "Wadden Sea", dossier 1314ter.
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The Norman Grade I Listed Church of St Genewys which dates from the 12th Century in Scotton, a village in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire
It is not clear why the church was dedicated to St Genewys. The name is thought to be derived from St Genesius, a 7th Century Bishop of Clermont Ferrand in France but why a church in in Lincolnshire is named after him is a mystery. There is a portrait of him in the 19th Century stained glass window in the north wall of the chancel.
It stands on the edge of the village, overlooking farmland. It is an attractive building with a small square battlemented tower, nave, side aisles and chancel. There are round pillars on the north arcade and octagonal pillars on the south arcade, both with pointed arches above. The church was heavily restored by the Victorians and the fittings are all Victorian. It is unusual as there are two small windows above the chancel arch.
At the end of the south aisle is a 13th Century effigy of a cross legged knight in chain mail and wearing a surcoat. His feet rest on a lion and it is thought this could be Robert de Neville who went to Jerusalem in 1290. Against the south wall is a 15th Century effigy of a lady in flowing robes with a dog at her feet. This is thought to be another member of the Neville Family, who were Lords of the manor during the Middle Ages. At the end of the north aisle is the tomb stone of a 15th Century priest with his head, shoulders and arms shown in relief in a recessed panel at the head of the stone slab.
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BLM Winter Bucket List #10: Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona, for Mild Temperatures and Winter Photography
Taking its name from one of the longest living trees in the Arizona desert, the Ironwood Forest National Monument protects 129,000 acres of spectacular Sonoran Desert mountains blanketed with saguaro cacti and ironwood trees. The winter light on the photogenic peaks - plus an average January high temperature of 65 degrees F - make the Ironwood an appealing wintertime public lands destination.
Ragged Top Mountain is the biological and geological crown jewel of the national monument. Several endangered and threatened species live here, including the Nichols turk’s head cactus and the lesser long-nosed bat. The national monument also contains habitat for the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl. The desert bighorn sheep dwelling in the region are the last viable population indigenous to the Tucson basin. The area holds abundant rock art sites and other archaeological objects of scientific interest.
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Quay Brothers Return to Philly for First North American Exhibition, Film Festival Award
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Norristown-Native Animators, University of the Arts Grads Have Developed Global Cult Following
PHILADELPHIA (December 8, 2008) – Quirky, dark and moody has worked well for identical twins and Norristown natives Stephen and Timothy Quay. Their global cult following knows them better as the award-winning, London-based Brothers Quay, stop-action animators and graduates of The University of the Arts.
For the first time in North America, original sets (décors) from their films will be on display in the exhibition "DORMITORIUM: Film ‘Décors’ by the Quay Bros.” at their alma mater’s Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, February 27 – April 9. Part of the University’s 50th anniversary celebration of its College of Art and Design, the festivities will include a reception with the brothers, and a presentation of the Vision Award for extraordinary achievement in filmmaking in conjunction with Philadelphia CineFest on April 3.
The décors in the exhibition range from the brothers’ critically acclaimed “Street of Crocodiles” (1986) to “The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes” (2006). The exhibition also includes décors from “The Unameable Little Broom” (1985); “Stille Nacht I (Dramolet)” (1988); “The Comb (From the Museums of Sleep)” (1990); “Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies” (1988); “The Cabinet of Jan Svanmajer” (1984); “Rehearsals For Extinct Anatomies” (1988); and “The Calligrapher” (1991). After its run at the University’s Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, the show travels to Parsons The New School for Design in New York City in the fall and Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va., in the fall.
“Street of Crocodiles,” based on the short novel of the same name by the Polish author and artist Bruno Schulz, was selected by director and animator Terry Gilliam as one of the 10 best animated films of all time, and critic Jonathan Romney included it on his list of the 10 best films in any medium. “The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes” – a dark fairy tale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer, with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale – is the brothers’ second full-length feature film.
The Quays also directed an animated sequence in the 2002 Oscar-winning film “Frida,” starring Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina. Their first feature film, “Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life” was released in 1995. Their third feature, based on Schulz’s “Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass,” is in pre-production.
They have built a cult following making dark and moody films, mostly on or influenced by Eastern European film, literature and music. Many feature partially disassembled dolls and generally have no meaningful spoken dialogue. Their work has been impacted by an array of disparate influences – from Polish animators Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica to writers Franz Kafka and Robert Walser; from puppeteers Wladyslaw Starewicz and Richard Teschner to composers Leo Janácek, Zdenek Lika and Leszek Jankowski.
Born and raised in Norristown, Pa., the brothers graduated from the Philadelphia College of Art (now The University of the Arts) in 1969 (Stephen with a degree in film; Timothy with a degree in illustration) and promptly moved to England to study at the Royal College of Art, where they made their first film. During the ’70s, they spent time in the Netherlands and returned to England to team up with fellow Royal College alumnus Keith Griffiths, who has produced all of their films, to form Koninck Studios in 1980.
The University of the Arts is the nation’s first and only university dedicated to the visual, performing and communication arts. Its 2,300 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs on its campus in the heart of Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts. The institution’s roots as a leader in educating creative individuals date back to 1868.
Listed Building Grade II*
List Entry Number : 1239147
Date First Listed : 28 November 1951
Built between 1820 & 1826, it was originally a parish church by John Palmer, but it became a cathedral in 1926. The church was damaged by fire in 1831 and repaired, it was extended at the east end from 1938, and in the 1960s a corona was added over the crossing. The cathedral is built in stone with a slate roof. It consists of a west tower, a nave with a clerestory, aisles, transepts, and a choir with side chapels. The original part of the cathedral is in Decorated style, and the later parts are in a simpler Gothic style. The corona is octagonal in Modernist style, surrounded by tall windows, and with pinnacles and a tall spire.
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Lister Block 10 years ago. And probably for more then 20 was an urban explorer and photographers paradise. I went countless times, once even to eat wings from a nearby pizza joint on the roof. It was impressively redeveloped after decades of neglect, proving it can be done especially if it's put on the backs of tax payers.
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Boyana Church*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Exterior of the Boyana Church
State Party Bulgaria
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iii
Reference 42
Region** Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription 1979 (3rd Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List.
** Region as classified by UNESCO.
A fresco depicting St. Nicholas
A fresco depicting Desislava, a church patron
A view of Boyana church
The Boyana Church (Bulgarian: Боянска църква, Boyanska tsarkva) is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church situated on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, in the Boyana quarter. The east wing of the two-storey church was originally constructed in the late 10th or early 11th century, then the central wing was added in the 13th century under the Second Bulgarian Empire, the whole building being finished with a further expansion to the west in the middle of the 19th century. The church owes its world fame mainly to its frescoes from 1259. They form a second layer over the paintings from earlier centuries and represent one of the most complete and well-preserved monuments of Eastern European mediaeval art. A total of 89 scenes with 240 human images are depicted on the walls of the church. The name of the painter is recently discovered during restoration. The inscription reads: "zograph Vassilii from the village Subonosha, Sersko and his apprentice Dimitar".
National Museum of History director Bozhidar Dimitrov stated: "The renovation revealed a rare inscription under a layer of plaster on one of the church walls: 'I, Vasiliy' inscribed. We now know the painter with certainty. The 13th-century 'Boyana master' was the only painter among the kings and nobles whose names were read out on a regular basis during sermons at the church." Restorator Grigoriy Grigorov stated the reason: "The Christian Orthodox religion forbids the painter from manifesting himself, as in the eyes of the priests it is God who guides his hand. But this painter inscribed his name, knowing that the believers could not see it."
18 scenes in the narthex depict the life of Saint Nicholas. The painter here drew certain aspects of contemporary lifestyle. In The Miracle at Sea, the ship and the sailors' hats recall the Venetian fleet. The portraits of the patrons of the church — Sebastocrator Kaloyan and his wife Desislava, as well as those of Bulgarian tsar Constantine Tikh and Tsaritsa Irina, are thought to be among the most impressive and lifelike frescoes in the church, and are located on the north wall of the church.
Besides the first layer of 11th-12th century frescoes, of which only fragments are preserved, and the famous second layer of murals from 1259, the church also has a smaller number of later frescoes from the 14th and 16th-17th century, as well as from 1882.
The monument was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979. The frescoes were restored and cleaned in 1912-1915 by an Austrian and a Bulgarian specialist, as well in 1934 and 1944. The church was closed for the public in 1977 in order to be conservated and restored and once again opened in 2000.
The church patrons' inscription in Middle Bulgarian from 1259 reads:[1]
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+взъдвиже сѧ ѿ земѧ и създа сѧ прѣчисты хра
мъ ст҃аго иерарха х҃ва николы ст҃аго и великѡ
славнагѡ мѫченика хв҃а пантелеимѡна тече
ниемъ и трѹдомъ и любовиаѧ многоаѫ калѡ
ѣнѣ севастократора братѹчѧди цр҃ва внѹкъ ст҃а
стефана кралѣ србьскаго написа же сѧ при цр҃
вство блгарское при благовѣрнем и бг҃очь
стивѣмъ и хр҃столюбивѣмъ цр҃и костан
динѣ асѣна едикто з҃ в лѣто
.ѕ҃.ѱ.ѯ҃з҃
”
“ This immaculate temple of the Holy Christ's hierarch Nicholas and of the Christ's holy and most glorious martyr Panteleimon was erected from the ground and created with the funds, care and great love of Kaloyan, sebastokrator, cousin of the Tsar, grandson of Saint Stephen, King of Serbia. This was written in the Bulgarian Empire under the pious and devout Tsar Constantine Asen. Indiction 7 of the year 6767 [1259]. ”
Contents
* 1 Architecture
* 2 Frescoes
o 2.1 First layer
o 2.2 Second layer
o 2.3 Late frescoes
o 2.4 Full restoration
* 3 External links
* 4 References
[edit] Architecture
The Boyana Church was built in three stages: in the late 10th and early 11th, the mid-13th, and the mid-19th centuries. The oldest section (the eastern church) is a small one-apse cross-vaulted church with inbuilt cruciform supports. It was built in the late 10th and early 11th century. The second section, which adjoins the eastern church, was commissioned by Sebastocrator Kaloyan and his wife Dessislava and in the mid-13th century. This building belongs to the two-floor tomb-church type. It consists of a ground-floor family sepulchre with a semi-cylindrical vault and two arcosolia on the north and south walls, and an upper-floor family chapel identical in design to the eastern church. The exterior is decorated with ceramic ornaments. The last section was built on donations from the local community in the mid-19th century.
[edit] Frescoes
[edit] First layer
A ship in a fresco in Boyana church
Constantin Tikh of Bulgaria and Eirene of Nicaea
Jesus Christ Pantocrator a fresco from 1259
The first layer of frescoes, which originally covered the entire eastern church, dates from the 11th-12th-century. Fragments of those frescoes have been preserved in the lower parts of the apse and the north wall, and in the upper part of the west wall and the south vault.
[edit] Second layer
According to the donor’s inscription on the north wall of the second section, the second layer of frescoes dates from 1259. Those frescoes were painted over the earlier layer by a team of unknown artists, who also decorated the two floors of the building commissioned by Sebastocrator Kaloyan.
The Boyana Church owes its world fame above all to the frescoes from 1259, which demonstrate the exceptional achievements of mediaeval Bulgarian culture. The majority of the more than 240 figures depicted here display individuality, remarkable psychological insight and vitality. The frescoes follow the canon of icon-painting established by the Seventh Ecumenical Council held in Nicaea in 787.
The frescoes in the oldest section of the church include a magnificent representation of Christ Pantocrator in the dome. The drum below shows a host of angels, with the Four Evangelists - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - portrayed in the pendentives. Four images of Christ adorn the face of the arches: Christ Emmanuel; Christ, The Ancient of Days; and the acheiropoietic (“made without hands”) Holy Mandylion and Holy Tile. Next come scenes from the Major Feast Days and the Passions of Christ. Among the full-length portrayals of saints in the first tier, there are ten warrior saints. The Virgin Enthroned, surrounded by archangels, is represented in the altar conch. Below are four church fathers: St. Gregory the Theologian, Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Patriarch Germanus. The frescoes flanking the altar show the deacons Laurentius, Euplius and Stephen, as well as St. Nicholas, the patron of the ground floor of the church - one of the most popular saints and the patron saint of sailors, merchants and bankers.
The life of St. Nicholas is depicted in 18 scenes in the narthex (the second section of the church). The unknown artist included elements of contemporary life in those scenes, and many of the figures are quite realistic - especially their countenances. The lunette above the entrance of the narthex displays the Virgin and Child, St. Anna and St. Joachim, and Christ Blessing. St. Catherine, St. Marina, St. Theodore the Studite and St. Pachomius are portrayed in the lower tiers on the walls. The south arcosolium features the scene of Christ Disputing with the Doctors, and the north one, the Presentation of the Virgin. Two highly revered Bulgarian saints are also represented in the narthex - St. John of Rila (the oldest surviving representation of the saint) and St. Paraskeva (Petka). The hermit St. Ephraim Syrus appears among the monks portrayed here. The expressive realistic portraits of the donors Sebastocrator Kaloyan and his wife Dessislava, and of the Bulgarian Tsar Constantine Asen Tikh and Tsaritsa Irina - painted with precision, extraordinary skill and feeling - are among the oldest portraits of figures from Bulgarian history.
Today the name “Boyana Master” stands for the team of unknown artists who decorated the church and mastered their art in the studios of the Turnovo School of Painting. The frescoes are genuine masterpieces with a flawless technique, psychological depth, complexity and realism. Boyana is the only and the most impressive wholly preserved monument of the Turnovo School of Painting from the 13th century.
According to many leading experts, the world famous frescoes in the Boyana Church played an important role in the development of mediaeval Bulgarian and European painting.
[edit] Late frescoes
Christ among the scribes
Some parts of the church were overpainted, and the majority of those frescoes have survived to the present day. The later frescoes include a scene of the Presentation of the Virgin from the 14th century, a portrait of St. Nicholas from the 16th-17th century, and representations of the two patron saints of the Boyana Church - St. Nicholas and St. Panteleimon - from 1882.
[edit] Full restoration
The Boyana Church was officially opened in the February 10, 2008 official ceremony which formally ended the (2006-2008) 400,000 leva ( 200 000 EUR) restoration works, with funding of the initiative "The eternal buildings of Bulgaria". The Church has now an air-conditioning system to keep the temperature at 17-18 degrees Celsius (62-64 Fahrenheit), while the special lighting system does not emits heat, and visitors are only allowed 15 minutes for entries. Currently under the management of the National Museum of History, Culture Minister Stefan Danailov marked its full opening on October 2, 2008. It is now open 7 days a week from 9:30 am to 17:30 pm, with admission of 10 leva per person.
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Boyana Church
* Official website of the Boyana Church
* Boyana Church at whc.unesco.org
* The Boyana Church — virtual tour
* Photos of the Boyana Church
[edit] References
1. ^ news.yahoo.com, UNESCO-listed Boyana church reveals identity of its medieval master
2. ^ a b afp.google.com, UNESCO-listed Boyana church reveals identity of its medieval master
3. ^ international.ibox, The Newly Restored Boyana Church Opened Today
4. ^ sofiaecho.com/article, Boyana church fully restored and awaits visitors
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Brochure scan (not a very good one at that, sorry). Balfour Beatty still around of course, but regrettably not with this colour scheme.
DVLA says this one had a fairly long life on the road, lasting until 1993 (when they listed it as blue).
Melbourne Hall (and estate) is a Georgian style country house in Melbourne, Derbyshire, previously owned by William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister from 1835 to 1841. The house is now the seat of Lord and Lady Ralph Kerr and is open to the public. It was home to Thomas Cook, and has a street named after him. Its a Grade II* Listed Building originally owned by the church, was constructed in stages, mainly in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is said to date back to 1311.
The best surviving gardens in the manner of the famous designer Le Notre to be seen in England today.
With its broad sweeps of lawn, avenues and unexpected vistas, it is one of the best known historic gardens in the country and the best surviving early 18th century English garden in the manner of Le Notre. That said, you don’t have to be a historian or horticulturalist to enjoy the beauty of Melbourne Hall Gardens.
Melbourne Hall is home to Lord & Lady Ralph Kerr and their family. They live there throughout the year and open their house to the public during the month of August. Although steeped in history, Melbourne Hall retains a family feel and makes it one of the most fascinating visitor attractions in the area.
Originally the house was a 12th-century rectory owned by the Bishops of Carlisle, who worshipped in the magnificent Norman Parish Church adjacent to the Hall. Sir John Coke was the first member of the family to make his home at Melbourne, restoring parts of the house around 1628.
Melbourne Hall houses a fine collection of exquisite furniture and antiques, as well as examples of modern and contemporary pieces of glass and porcelain. The paintings and family portraits are of a particularly high standard.
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Park Hill is a large disused council housing estate in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It was built in the late 1950s. It was closed in 1998 following a period of steep decline and a reputation for crime, drugs & social problems. It now is largely depopulated, though oddly its nursery school is still open.
The estate is structurally sound & has Grade II listed building status for its modernist style, influenced by the architect Le Corbusier. Part of the estate is currently being renovated by developer Urban Splash.
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The Grade II Listed Great Malvern railway station, which retains most of its original Victorian station design by the architect E. W. Elmslie and is a Grade II listed building. In Great Malvern, Worcestershire.
Great Malvern station was opened by the Worcester & Hereford Railway in 1860 and the present buildings by architect E. W. Elmslie were completed in 1862. It was later absorbed by the Great Western Railway. The buildings are in local Malvern Rag stone and follow a French Gothic theme. A particular feature of the station are the awning pillar capitals on both platforms. They are decorated with high relief mouldings depicting different arrangements of flowers and foliage.
The station celebrated its 150th birthday on 23 May 2010 with the unveiling of a plaque and a special train. An additional part of this celebration was the reinstatement of some of the highly decorated lighting columns around the cab road at the front of the station.
The station is served by two train operating companies: London Midland (who manage the station) and First Great Western. London Midland operate services to Birmingham New Street via Worcester and Hereford every hour and also some services to Birmingham Snow Hill via Kidderminster and Stourbridge Junction.
First Great Western operate a roughly hourly service to London Paddington via the Cotswold Line and Oxford (some of which run to/from Hereford) and every two hours (except Sundays) to Bristol Temple Meads via Gloucester. Many Bristol services continue onwards to Westbury & Weymouth, with one through service to & from Brighton. There was previously a branch line to Ashchurch via Upton-on-Severn & Tewkesbury. Operated by the Midland Railway, it was closed in 1952.
There is a ticket office and "Lady Foley's Tea-room", an award-winning cafe on the northbound platform.
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Parish Church of Our Lady and All Saints, Chesterfield.
Grade I listed.
List Entry Number: 1334708
Details
SK 3871 SW, 908/1/1
ST MARY'S GATE (West Side), Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints
15/07/71
GV
I
Large mediaeval church of ashlar with nave, aisles, north and south transepts and chancel flanked by four chapels, originally Guild Chapels. Crossing tower with 228ft high spire of timber clad with herringbone lead plates. The spire, due to warping, is twisted and leans several feet in each of three directions. Extant architectural features generally of Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular styles but north transept rebuilt in 1769 and church restored by Gilbert Scott in 1843. C18 Schnetzer organ destroyed by fire. South transept screen of circa 1500, north transept. Holy Cross Chapel circa 1503 and St Katherine's Chapel north transept, contains part of original rood screen of circa 1475. Pair of brass chandeliers of 1760. Norman font and Jacobean pulpit. Monuments include those to Foljambe family, of C16 and early C17. C18 tablets and monuments (ref Gunnis R pages 56, 146, 370). C19 features include High Altar reredos of 1898 by Temple Moore and stained glass by Warrington, Hardman and Sir Ninian Comper.
Listing NGR: SK3851371172
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Chalkmaster's Easter Wish List
1: iPod
2: Megan Fox for 3 minutes... OK, I'll only need 1
3: An Easter bunny stewed
4: A twenty
5: Another twenty
6: A camera
7: An iPhone
8: A date with a girl with nice eyes, or at least one nice eye and a really cool patch
9: a toonie from everyone so I can afford to see my little girl in Halifax this month for her birthday
The University of Adelaide Heritage Listed Union Cloisters, designed by Louis Laybourne Smith.
The cloisters were part of an appeal towards the building of a union building for men (to accompany the planned Lady Symon Building for women students), a common dining hall, and the Memorial Cloisters. It was hoped that the cloisters would allow the University to keep “green the memory of its sons who served their country in its greatest hour of need.” The complex was designed by a former University of Adelaide graduate, Mr Louis Laybourne Smith. The whole design was to be red brick, and the style Georgian, to match the intended design of future buildings of the University.
The cloisters were completed in 1929 approximately the same time as the Southern and Western arcades, which included the Lady Symon Building, Refectory and Cafeteria, with the George Murray Building completed nearly ten years later in 1938.
The Cloisters opened 1929
The Cloisters was born from conflict. This classical arched walkway surrounding a large, open space was designed as a memorial to the 470 members of the University who served overseas during World War I, 64 of whom gave their lives for their country.
Yet today, the area’s frequently brimming with life: a magnet for visitors and members of our community looking to unwind or enjoy each other’s company: and a beautiful alfresco area for crowds spilling out of the adjacent UniBar, an iconic Adelaide live-music venue.
Architect: Louis Laybourne Smith of Woods Bagot Jory and Laybourne Smith.
Memorial plaques read as follows:-
The University of Adelaide
On the 100th Anniversary of the Gallipoli landing, we remember all who served in the Great War 1914–1918 from the University of Adelaide Community and honour those staff and students whose academic promise was so cruelly taken from us.
May their legacy, and the lessons learned, inspire future generations to carry the mantle of peace and tolerance for all.
Lest We Forget.
Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Warren Bebbington 25 April 2015.
“The brave and faithful dead have flung the torch of life into our hands, and we owe it to their memories to see that it burns as brightly when we pass it on.
We should honour their memory by making the University Union what it really should be – the Link that binds us all together”
Vice-Chancellor Professor William Mitchell March 1919
This plaque was sponsored by the University of Adelaide Foundation.
These Adelaide University Union Cloisters are a memorial to the 470 members of the University who served overseas in World War I (1914 – 1918)
64 of whom gave their lives for their country
“They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old: age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, at the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them”
This plaque was sponsored by the University of Adelaide Foundation
University Extensions – Beautiful Memorial Cloisters
The whole design will be in red brick, and the style is one chosen by Sir Christopher Wren and which he developed with great success in England.
When completed the two main buildings will front Victoria Drive. the dining hall will be behind, immediately north of Darling building, and the three will partially enclose a sunken lawn round which will run the memorial cloisters.
The contract price for the work in hand is £20,162. The builder is Mr H S C Jarvis, of Croydon, and the architects Messrs. Woods, Bagot, Jory, and Laybourne Smith. [Ref: News 10-8-1927]
The Cloisters were opened 24 March 1929 by Sir Josiah Symon KC when he also opened the Lady Symon building.
Grade I listed historic building.
"Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as God's House. In 1505, the college was granted a new royal charter, was given a substantial endowment by Lady Margaret Beaufort, and changed its name to Christ's College, becoming the twelfth of the Cambridge colleges to be founded in its current form. The college is renowned for educating some of Cambridge's most famous alumni, including Charles Darwin and John Milton.
Within Cambridge, Christ's has a reputation for highest academic standards and strong tutorial support. It has averaged 1st place on the Tompkins Table from 1980–2006 and third place from 2006 to 2013, returning to first place in 2018 and 2019.
Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, its population was 123,867 including 24,506 students. Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951.
The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209. The buildings of the university include King's College Chapel, Cavendish Laboratory, and the Cambridge University Library, one of the largest legal deposit libraries in the world. The city's skyline is dominated by several college buildings, along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, and the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital. Anglia Ruskin University, which evolved from the Cambridge School of Art and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, also has its main campus in the city.
Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology Silicon Fen with industries such as software and bioscience and many start-up companies born out of the university. Over 40 per cent of the workforce have a higher education qualification, more than twice the national average. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the largest biomedical research clusters in the world, is soon to house premises of AstraZeneca, a hotel, and the relocated Papworth Hospital.
The first game of association football took place at Parker's Piece. The Strawberry Fair music and arts festival and Midsummer Fair are held on Midsummer Common, and the annual Cambridge Beer Festival takes place on Jesus Green. The city is adjacent to the M11 and A14 roads. Cambridge station is less than an hour from London King's Cross railway station." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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