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Unusually for a Lawrence Royal plate this image is not quite tack sharp, but it does have a hazy beauty and suggestion "other times" to it! Edermine in County Wexford would appear to be a very big house with wonderful greenhouses for plant growth. I will be following the stream with interest to learn what I can about it!
And what we learned, thankfully, is that everything here is still standing - and occupied. Edermine House itself was built c.1840 by John Benjamin Keane, the central chapel built c.1860 to designs by Augustus Pugin, and the magnificent greenhouse also c.1860 by James Pierce. It seems plausible that the Talbot Powers were the resident family enjoying the gardens around the time of this photo. After hosting refugee monks 100 years ago, it now remains in private hands...
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1880-1900
NLI Ref: L_ROY_00645
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The Prescott House is an historically listed brick Colonial building originally built in 1905 on 2.3 acres at the top of Helen Hill in a very peaceful and scenic setting in Saranac Lake.
Twenty two rooms are available for nightly/weekly or monthly rentals.
The Prescott House is conveniently located, just a short walk from downtown Saranac Lake, Mt. Baker and Moody Pon
The Reception Hospital, also known as the Prescott House, opened in 1905, was originally intended as a clearing house for seriously ill patients, sending them on to other sanatoria as their conditions and/or finances permitted, hence the name "Reception Hospital". This function was first carried out in a small nursing cottage on Front Street that had been established at the request of Dr. E. L. Trudeau, to deal with patients too ill for admittance to the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium, which admitted only incipient cases. The need for more beds for patients too ill and poor for existing facilities prompted Mary Prescott, at the urging of Dr. Trudeau, to build the Reception Hospital; Prescott personally subsidized the operating expenses of the hospital to allow for the care of poor patients. It was designed by the new architectural firm of Scopes and Feustmann, who entered and won a competition to design it. The Colonial Revival-style Reception Hospital was located at the north end of Franklin Avenue.
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument preserves the history of a four-story structure of mud and wood, the remains of a community of Hohokam people (now called the ancient Sonoran Desert people) who lived here from about 1300 to about 1400. They were master farmers who developed a network of canals to channel water from the Salt and Gila rivers in the arid environment of Arizona.
It took me three trips to finally capture the right light, composition and dramatic clouds over the large building. On my first trip, I scouted around for some fresh compositions, but there was nothing but boring blues skies. On my second trip, there were too many people in my frame. Finally, on my third try I found the perfect composition, but technically it was outside the park's boundary. So I waited until thirty minutes before the park closed (they close an hour before sunset when the best light is available) and when all the tourists had gone home and no park ranger was in sight. I quickly ran out to this spot and composed a couple of frames.
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Magherintemple in Ballycastle, County Antrim looks a very impressive, well kept and homely place. The gentleman about to enter the house appears to have a "Mourning Band" on his left arm which generally indicated that a family member had died. The drive in front of the house is very neat and well maintained and the half of a Giant Clam might indicate that some member(s) of the family may have spent time on foreign service. Is that fine house still standing?
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_ROY_10131
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When I got up last weekend to take my son to play football in Ardington, and saw how misty it was, I knew I wanted to try to get a shot of Ardington House from the very edge of the football field. I was hoping it would look quite ethereal in the mist. I went as close as I could whilst still keeping on Football Club land, and this was the result.
Click on the image (or press 'L' on your keyboard) to see the image bigger and on black - it's much better.
My entry for No.105 - Fog, Mist or Smoke, in 112 in 2012.
This VERY big house at the side of the water and in the wooded hills looks like a wonderful retreat for those seeking isolation. The gentlemen taking these stereo pairs images were no mean photographers, and a study of them would do a budding photographer no harm at all!
Can I just say that posting last Friday, I thought that the drawing would be a damp squib, even at the bottom of the sea, but in fact, it proved to be both interesting and entertaining. Thank you all!
Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence
Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: between ca. 1860-1883
NLI Ref: STP_2068
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The old tree on the right was completely hollow, having survived the recent storms, I wondered how much longer it would stand. What sights had it seen? Sir Walter Scott was a frequent visitor here, so perhaps it had witnessed his passing.
A scene more reminiscent of what were then the colonies than what we might expect of Ireland. A house with lots of lean-to shades, and people sitting out taking the sun, while others comport themselves in the gardens. We have not visited the O'Connor Collection for a while and this is a particularly fine shot to remedy that neglect. And of course we have a Big Black Dog!
Though labelled as 'two storey house, front patio, unknown location' in the catalogue, it was quickly identified as near Crosshaven in County Cork. And immediately refined to the Church Bay Hotel just south of Weaver's Point in Templebreedy parish. Built around 1898, today's contributors tell us that the hotel was owned by Mrs Mary Jane Dobson from 1901 until at least the mid-1910s - from which time this image almost certainly dates. The building still stands - though now seemingly converted to (holiday?) apartments. Whether they still allow dogs is not confirmed :)
Photographer: Fergus O’Connor
Collection: Fergus O’Connor Collection
Date: No catalogue date. Definitely after 1898. Likely c.1900s-1910s
NLI Ref: OCO 373
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The question of the day, apart from the where, when, who of most days is whether the name contains an "N" as in Kincara or and "L" as in Kilcara? I suspect that dating this will not be easy with the lack of identifiable clues but you will have to admit that it is a nice shot of what seems to have been a lovely sunny day!
Today's contributors point in particular to the NIAH entry for Kilcarra House (with an "L"), which confirms that this lodge was built c.1888. Seemingly part of the Glenart estate (now a hotel), the gate house was apparently up for sale in recent years - although with a new family crest gracing its arch!
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Certainly after c.1888 (construction)
NLI Ref: L_CAB_05687
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This is Lady Waterford (front left), in what may have been a specially designed invalid carriage, with members of the Beresford family and other guests at Curraghmore House, Portlaw, Co. Waterford.
Found this great diary entry from Sunday, 2 June 1895, mentioning Lady Waterford: "... She is a great invalid & was given up by the Drs a year ago so it is a marvel she is still alive..."
We originally thought this photo was circa 1900, but mogey and John Spooner found that Lady Waterford/Blanche, Marchioness of Waterford died in February 1897. Even better, John Spooner came back with information that this photo was taken at the celebration of the coming of age of the Marquis of Waterford. See the comments below for details...
Date: August/September 1896
NLI Ref.: POOLEIMP 409
There has been a ‘big house’ on this site since the 1500’s, when Grace O’Malley, the famous Pirate Queen, built one of her castles here. Amazingly, her dungeons still remain in the current house which was built in 1730 by her descendants, the Browne family. Our visitors love that this is one of the few privately-owned historic houses left in the country and truly feels like walking in to a “family home”. Albeit a very grand one indeed! The main floor of Westport House features the formal rooms of the house such as the Front Hall, Drawing Room, Library, Dining Room, Long Gallery and Morning Room. The basement of Westport House was originally the engine of the house – primarily frequented by the servants who truly kept the house running – and also features the Dungeons of Grace O’Malley’s Castle and an exhibition telling the story of Grace O’Malley. The bedroom floor of Westport House includes master bedrooms, the nursery, the Chinese Room as well as a selection of exhibitions including “The Champion of the Slaves” about the emancipation of the slaves in Jamaica by the 3rd Marquess and “Lady Sligo’s Letters” telling the story of the Great Famine through letters by the 3rd Marchioness.
The architectural features of Westport House are striking indeed as it was designed by some of the most well-renowned architects of the 18th and 19th centuries including Richard Cassels, Thomas Ivory, James and Benjamin Wyatt. Richard Cassels was responsible for other houses such as Carton, Russborough, Hazelwood and Leinster Houses. Westport House was completed by James Wyatt who is responsible for other significant buildings in the town of Westport and further afield. The Large Dining room is perhaps the finest remaining example of his work. There are still a number of original James Wyatt drawings on show in the Dining Room and throughout the house, together with some of his son’s, Benjamin Wyatt, who also did some work in the house. The guided tour is excellent.
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Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant is owned by the National Trust and has been restored to its probable 16th-century appearance.
Tŷ Mawr,translates as "Big House"
It was the birthplace of Bishop William Morgan, first translator of the whole Bible into Welsh.
He began work on his own translation of the Old Testament in the early 1580s and published this, together with a revision of Salesbury's New Testament, in 1588.
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The fence around the big house, taken from the side of the grounds.
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taken during the blue hour. (30 minutes after the golden hour ends)
UP 5878 West at Big House on the UP Kansas Sub. One of 3 trains I shot that evening all in nice fresh UP paint with the shield on the front.
Just wait until the yellow borg gobbles up the NS. If you think that modern RR'ing is boring, wait until it's all piss brick yellow.
Beautiful and festive scene from the grounds of Clonbrock House, Ahascragh, Co. Galway. We don't know whether the man with the rifle was a member of the Dillon family or a gamekeeper on the Clonbrock Estate.
Date: 10 December 1870
NLI Ref.: CLON2034
Continuing the heraldic theme of the past couple of days we have a big (very big) house with a magnificent set of gate pillars surmounted by two sitting lion figures. The Stereo Pairs is a fantastic collection and each time I see an image such as this I am amazed at the quality of the pictures they produced up to 150 years ago!
Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence
Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: between ca. 1860-1883
NLI Ref: STP_2647
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Hail to the Victors Valiant! Michigan began their season with a solid victory over Hawaii this past weekend. While the game was not supposed to be close, after many years of squeaking by or even losing games we should have won easily, this was a welcome treat. Who knows what this season will have in store, but the future is looking bright for the Wolverines!
This photo was taken almost exactly one year ago outside the Big House. I had been trying several times to nab a nice sunset from this location and finally my persistence paid off! I actually had the thought that I might be able to capture the team colors in the sky a while back, but was never in the right place at the right time. This was the reward, and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. It was our last Fall as graduate students in Ann Arbor, so it is also special for that reason. Go Blue!
A fairly typical manor house in rural Ireland is described as being "another Institution" in these archives! Given the way these things went when families were unable to pay for the upkeep of these houses and the countryside had become less welcoming the chances are that what was once a family home was snapped up by a religious order for - an Institution! But where is it and what was it used for?
Sharon.corbet quickly answered the first (where?) part of our question, identifying this as Fortgranite House, County Wicklow. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] followed-up with an answer to the second (what?) part of our question. And advised that this probably wasn't an 'institution' when photographed, but the home of the Dennis family, who seem to have had an extensive military tradition in the family...
Photographer: Unknown
Collection: Eason Photographic Collection
Date: between ca. 1900-1939
NLI Ref: EAS_3849
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A Gothic masterpiece to end July and welcome August! This looks very institutional today but may have been the height of architectural fashion in its day? Where is it and who built it?
Derangedlemur quickly answered the first question - it's Magee College (Ulster University) in Derry . The answer to the second question is that it's likely within a decade or so of the college's opening - in 1865....
Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence
Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883. Possibly after c.1865.
NLI Ref: STP_1944
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