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East wing of Knightshayes Court near Tiverton, designed by William Burges in 1873 for the Heathcoat Amory family.
The Victoria Art Gallery is a public art museum on Bridge Street in Bath, by the Pulteney Bridge. It was opened in 1900 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, to an 1897 design by John McKean Brydon. It is a Grade II* listed building and houses over 1,500 objects of art including a collection of oil paintings from British artists dating from 1700 onwards. The ground floor was at one time a public library, but the whole building was given over to the gallery in 1990.
Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset. With a history going back to Roman times, when it first became a centre for bathing, much of its famed architecture dates from the Georgian era, when it became a fashionable place for wealthy Londoners to take the waters, connected by the ever faster stagecoach network.
Many of the streets and squares were laid out by John Wood, the Elder. Jane Austen lived in Bath in the early 19th century. Further building was undertaken in the 19th century and following the Baedecker Blitz of 1942.
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I saw this attractive Victorian building in the small town of Burkeville, Virginia.
It looks like it once may have been a bank.
A man's home is his castle.
This cropped photo was taken by a Zenza Bronica S2 medium format film camera with a NIKKOR-H 1:3.5 f=5cm lens and Zenza Bronica 82mm L-1A filter using Fuji 400-H film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
Built in the Nineteenth Century, "Redruth" is a little corrugated iron cottage in the small alpine town of Wandiligong.
Proudly she sits behind her wire fence with wooden posts, simple and elegant. "Redruth" features a corrugated iron roof and a verandah to help keep the cottage cool and shady during the warmer summer months. She once would have been the cottage home of one of the many miners that panned for gold during the Victorian Gold Rush.
Wandiligong is a town in north-eastern Victoria in the alpine region around 330 kilometres from Melbourne. Established in the 1850s as part of the Victorian Gold Rush, Wandiligong became a hub for many gold miners, including a large Chinese community. At its peak, the town was home to over two thousand inhabitants and boasted shops, churches, a public library, halls and even an hotel. Much has changed since those heady days of the gold rush, and the picturesque town nestled in a valley and built around the Morses Creek, is now a sleepy little town full of picturesque houses which are often let to visitors to the area. The whole town is registered with the National Trust of Australia for its historic landscape and buildings of historic value.
Queen Anne Row.4200-4220 Spruce Street.Hewitt Brothers Architects.William Kimball Builder.Built 1885.West Philadelphia.-35mm Olympus Stylus Epic,Ilford XP2 400.
I just cannot resist trying "foreground flower" shots when I see the opportunity. The background architecture is another area of my Capitol Hill neighborhood. The towers and turrets always make me think of castles. Although deliberately blurred in this picture, there is a wonderful gilded garland right under the roof of the turret. The pointed roof to the right of the turret is the roof of a top-story balcony, a lovely place to sit on a summer evening, and one that probably has a view of the U.S. Capitol dome.
though looking much the same today (2016)
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I saw this attractive and well maintained Victorian home on the outskirts of downtown Montgomery, Alabama.
The University of Tampa is just across the Hillsborough River from downtown Tampa, Florida.
Plant Hall is in an absolutely fabulous building - the former Tampa Bay Hotel.
The hotel was built in 1891 by Henry B. Plant near the terminus of his rail line.
Built in the late Nineteenth Century, "Claremont: is a weatherboard villa, which may be found in the small alpine town of Wandiligong.
This villa is quite charming and obviously belonged to someone of means, for it is not a miner's cottage with several rooms built either side off a central hallway. It features two red brick chimneys and an elegant shady verandah that runs around the perimeter of the house. The house's name, "Claremont" appears painted in gilt letters on the lunette above the front door.
Wandiligong is a town in north-eastern Victoria in the alpine region around 330 kilometres from Melbourne. Established in the 1850s as part of the Victorian Gold Rush, Wandiligong became a hub for many gold miners, including a large Chinese community. At its peak, the town was home to over two thousand inhabitants and boasted shops, churches, a public library, halls and even an hotel. Much has changed since those heady days of the gold rush, and the picturesque town nestled in a valley and built around the Morses Creek, is now a sleepy little town full of picturesque houses which are often let to visitors to the area. The whole town is registered with the National Trust of Australia for its historic landscape and buildings of historic value.
The Opera Hotel and Spa is a 4-star hotel on Raina Boulevard 33. The building was built in 1884, architect Janis Fridrihs Baumanis. At first it was used as a residential building, but then transformed into a hotel.
Spent a period during Soviet times as the Hotel Stalingrad.
It's amazing how many people think Tower Bridge is London Bridge! Anyway here are 4 not so great photos of Tower Bridge taken with my phone. Thankfully the cloud quickly burned off. London remains quiet due to Covid-19 but hopefully that can safely end
The Pioneer Building in downtown St. Paul, MN, was built in 1889.
When built, it was the tallest building in St. Paul as well as west of Chicago.
Old Victorian library with amazing architecture - just liked the way this mirror showed the building and glass roof
The railway viaduct that runs across the top of Fareham Creek and the river Wallington. I have always loved this amazing Victorian brick structure as it is so well built. I wonder how many bricklayers and labourers worked on it and how long it took to build
Hintze Hall is home to 162 decorated panels, illustrated by hand, dating from when the Museum opened to the public in 1881. Central Hall was renamed Hintze Hall in 2014 following a £5million donation from Sir Michael and Lady Hintze.
After plans for the ceiling decoration were made, the Manchester-based firm Best and Lea were charged with making the panels, and experts think artist Charles James Lea scaled up the original drawings to panel size.
It is likely that he painted the plaster panels in situ, balancing on top of scaffolding in the same way conservators do today.
The botanical illustrations showcase Earth's abundance of plants. Among them are illustrations of fruit trees such as lemons and pears, drugs such as tobacco and opium poppies, and garden ornamentals such as rhododendrons, irises and sunflowers.
Many of the plants have medicinal uses, while others are purely ornamental. Some, like cotton and tobacco, were the plants that fuelled the British Empire's economy.
Is it being restored, or is it going to be torn down? Schenectady, New York.
SMC Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2 manual focus lens.
A distinctive red brick rowhouse with a prominent corner turret anchors the intersection in this quintessential view of Washington, D.C.’s Dupont Circle neighborhood. With its Romanesque Revival features and castle-like silhouette, the building stands as a vivid reminder of the city’s Gilded Age architectural splendor.
The turreted home, with its conical slate roof, richly textured stone base, and corbelled brick cornices, represents the elaborate craftsmanship that characterized upper-middle-class urban housing in the late 19th century. Its warm reddish hues contrast sharply against the cooler tones of the surrounding rowhouses and the overcast winter sky, drawing the viewer’s eye to its many ornamental details. Flanking it are a range of similarly aged buildings, including Italianate, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival styles, all packed tightly into this historic residential corridor.
Like many of Dupont Circle’s homes, this building likely transitioned through multiple uses over the past century—from a private residence to apartments, professional offices, or even embassies. Its stoop and twin arched windows on the ground floor add a sense of solidity and dignity, while the round turret window above evokes the romantic appeal of a bygone era.
The trees in the frame are bare, their sculptural branches adding texture and rhythm against the neutral winter sky. These dormant trees tell us that the photo was taken in early spring or late winter, a transitional season when the architecture commands full attention without the distraction of foliage. Cars lining the curbs and a trash bin at the corner root the image in everyday life, giving the grandeur of the buildings a modern context. Despite its opulence, this is clearly still a lived-in neighborhood—walkable, human-scaled, and layered with history.
From a preservationist perspective, the photo highlights the value of D.C.’s commitment to maintaining historic rowhouse neighborhoods. The homes are clearly well cared for, and despite different paint colors and minor renovations, the architectural integrity of the block has been preserved. Modern life—evidenced by license plates, pedestrian crosswalks, and street signage—mingles seamlessly with Victorian-era design.
It’s also a study in rhythm and repetition: the bay windows, dormers, and rooflines of each rowhouse echo one another, forming a coherent visual language that’s both varied and harmonious. The image captures more than architecture—it captures the enduring character of a city that evolves without erasing its past.
The University of Tampa is just across the Hillsborough River from downtown Tampa, Florida.
Plant Hall is in an absolutely fabulous building - the former Tampa Bay Hotel.
The hotel was built in 1891 by Henry B. Plant near the terminus of his rail line.
There wasn't a lot of work on this one, just a bit of tidying, cropping, brightening and sharpening.
All Souls is by Sir George Gilbert Scott and he considered it his finest church. It is in desperate need of repair and restoration and is currently closed due to the risk of falling masonry. Originally funded lavishly, by local worsted manufacturer Edward Ackroyd, it towers over Halifax. The spire is deliberately 1 foot higher than that of the Square Congregational Church by the rival Crossley family, completed two years before All Souls. Dean Clough Mills is judged by "The Buildings of England" to be "one of the most impressive C19 industrial sites anywhere". The mills are always impressive and contribute to making Halifax one of the best preserved Victorian towns.