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St Anne's Pier is a Victorian era pleasure pier in the English seaside resort of St Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancashire. The pier was originally intended to be a sedate promenading venue for the resort's visitors, but attractions were later added. Changes made to the estuary channels to improve access to Preston Dock left the pier on dry land and ended its steamer services to Blackpool and Liverpool.
The village of St Germans is situated on the River Tiddy in the south-east of Cornwall. In Victorian times it was a busy fishing port and cargoes of timber, limestone and coal were loaded onto ships at St Germans Quay. The former warehouse on the quay (now the premises of the local sailing club) dates from 1850 and is Grade II-listed. I would imagine that these pretty little cottages on the side of the quay date from around the same time and would originally have housed staff who managed the quay.
A pair of beautiful mid-19th Century semi-detached cottages in the Gloucestershire village of Down Ampney (pop. 644). These are Grade II listed.
This is the grand entrance to Lilford Park and Lilford Hall, a Grade I-listed country house with park land in Northamptonshire. The hall was first built as a Tudor mansion in 1495, and later greatly extended as a Jacobean-style gentry house of the 1630’s. The two gate lodges date from around 1850 and - quite remarkably in my opinion - are not listed buildings.
Christ Church is a Grade II* listed church in Cricklade Street in Swindon's Old Town district. It was built in 1851 to a design by George Gilbert Scott. It has a peal of ten bells memorialised in poetry by Sir John Betjeman:
Now birth and death reminding bells ring clear,
Loud under 'planes and over changing gear.
Heritage Park
San Diego, CA
04-15-18
A monochrome treatment photographed among the restored Victorian homes in San Diego's Heritage Park.
John Ford House
Heritage Square Museum
Los Angeles, CA
11-01-20
I was reminded of the quote from "The Wizard of Oz" because of the eye popping colors here and in the photo this looks like a farmhouse, albeit one with two stories. This wasn't a small farm house, but began life as a simple row house in a downtown L.A. tract in 1887.
The original owner, John J. Ford, was a wood carver who worked on the Iolani Palace in Hawaii and the California State Capital building, added his own one of a kind carvings to the house while being built.
Originally founded in 1821 with the current structure built in 1841, it operated until a lack of funds resulted in closure in 1917. It was also Elizabeth Baxter Hostel at one stage but is now the School of Historical Dress.
This weeks Snap Happy theme of 'shades of green' was chosen by Tricia.
A selection of beautiful greens in St.Kilda, including some of the local architecture, cafes, community gardens, shops, the esplanade market, the pier and kiosk and The Palais Theatre too.
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Carson Mansion
Eureka, CA
05-01-22
I'd read that the most famous Victorian mansion in the State of California was a private club before I journeyed to Eureka.
The two days I spent photographing the exterior, near sunset on my first night in town, and early the next morning, were times before and after "business hours" I surmised. I don't know if there was anything going on during the daytime hours.
After I got back home, I googled "Ingomar Club" and found out that it usually boasts about 500+ members, with some being locals, and others being honorary or non resident. Although not displayed on the official club website, other internet searches told me the "buy in" amount was $35,000.00 and you had to be invited or sponsored in order to join.
Die Trinity Church in der Stadt Boston ist ein nationales historisches Wahrzeichen, das von den Mitgliedern der American Association of Architects als eines der 10 besten Gebäude des Landes angesehen wird.
Trinity Church in the City of Boston is recognized for its National Historic Landmark building, considered by members of the American Association of Architects as one of this country's top 10 buildings.
Last September we spent a night at the East Brother Light Station. The bed & breakfast inn sits on a small island located at the border of the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay near Richmond. Innkeepers Bryan & Stephanie welcomed us with champagne & hors d’oeuvres upon arrival, served us a multi-course dinner with wine, and a gourmet breakfast the next morning. We learned about the history of the lighthouse, and got a demo of the very loud diesel powered foghorn. I took some night shots after everybody went to sleep.
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Beauriful Lake Vyrnwy and its victorian gothic straining tower (Powys, UK) were constructed in the 1880s to provide a source of water for Liverpool.
The focal point of Belfast's central business district, its 1898-1906 City Hall with its famous copper dome effectively divides the city's main retail and business districts. It was during this period, at the height of Belfast's industrial heyday, that the city briefly overtook Dublin as Ireland's most populous.
The architect was Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas. The city hall in Durban, South Africa, is virtually identical.
This fine terrace building from the Victorian era is part of the wonderful streetscape of Cameron Street (we had a longer look at it in the previous photograph). Those fine arches and the decorative features on the building really stand out in the setting sunlight.
The only intact pre earthquake Victorian mansion in San Francisco which offers tours inside. Built in 1886.
The tail-lights of TPE unit 185123 glow in the afternoon gloom as it waits time with the 4.17pm departure, York - Scarborough (1E39).
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3.38pm, 29th November 2022
A somewhat run down but still beautiful old turreted home near Rockport, Maine photographed on a rainy morning during my Fall Vacation in 2019.
Processed 09-06-20
Victorian housing and a former shop converted to a full dwelling, like so much of the country we are losing our small shops and businesses, a trend that was happening way prior to the internet revolution.
LR4181 © Joe O'Malley 2021
Ilfracombe is a seaside resort town on the north Devon coast. Unusually, the sandy beaches which ring the town can be accessed only through tunnels bored through the surrounding rocks. The beautiful natural harbour and the stunning coastal scenery have made Ilfracombe a magnet for visitors since the Victorian period. Regular boat service links Ilfracombe with Lundy Island.
This time last year . . . .
The Lansdowne Monument near Cherhill is a dominating feature of the countryside between Devizes and Calne in central Wiltshire, being 38 metres high and atop a high hill. An 1845 folly, built by the 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne. It is photographed here against the western sky, 29 minutes after sunset.
Sculptures depicting Commerce, Justice and Britannia, look down benignly from the apex of the Merchant Hotel’s magnificent façade on Belfast’s Waring Street. Originally the headquarters of the Ulster Bank for a century and a half, since 2010 this building has been has been a luxury hotel.
Bank Directors Robert Grimshaw and James Heron visited Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1857 to glean as much information as possible on the best banking buildings. It was their earnest wish that the building should appear elegant, substantial and prosperous. The location was deemed eminently suitable being, as it was then, in the heart of Belfast’s mercantile and commercial centre.
The Glaswegian architect James Hamilton designed an imposing building in High Victorian Italianate style executed in Giffnock sandstone.
The Merchant Hotel is located in the Cathedral Quarter nightlife district.
This description incorporates text taken from the Merchant Hotel’s website.
Cottesbrooke is one of Northamptonshire's delightful stone-built villages that is based around a country house and its estate. The Grange is the second largest building in the village, and was once just the one house. It has now been divided up into apartments. Although one estate agent seems to think it is Georgian I believe it is actually early Victorian, and was probably connected in some way to Cottesbrooke Hall. The Grange is certainly shown on a map dated 1858 but I can find no other historical references to it. However, it is a very impressive building.
This magnificent building is currently the home of the Commonwealth Bank in Launceston. The bank has long run an advertising campaign featuring the phrase, "Which bank?" Well in this case it is apt, because when this was built in 1878, it was for the National Bank of Tasmania. Grand Victorian architecture indeed.
Ferndale, CA
05-03-22
A picturesque Victorian I spied from Main street a couple of streets away. Turns out this home, currently a Bed & Breakfast, is one of those "most photographed" places.
From Wikipedia:
"The Gingerbread Mansion, also known as the Ring Mansion, is a historic Queen Anne Carpenter Gothic Victorian style house located at 400 Berding Street in Ferndale, Humboldt County, California. Historically it has served as the family home of medical doctor Hogan J. Ring (1851-1930), his office, a public hospital, veteran's building, rest home, apartments, and a bed and breakfast inn.
The Gingerbread Mansion is referred to as one of the most often photographed bed-and-breakfasts in the United States."
I really couldn't get a great "angle" and the tree kept getting in the way, so I just took this simple view from across the street.
The Parish Church of St Martin
The small village of South Willingham is located on the western edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds in the district of East Lindsey and ancient wapentake of Wraggoe.
The parish church is dedicated to St Martin, the main body of the chrch was rebuilt between 1835 - 1838 but has an original Perpendicular Gothic west tower.
Saltburn-by-the-Sea Cliff Railway and Pier. The pier dates to 1869 and the Hydraulic Cliff Railway to 1883. Yorkshire, UK
Newstead Abbey's scenic Victorian gothic stable block, Nottinghamshire UK. Converted into multiple houses.
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