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23-25 High Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
Left - Tudor House, 23-24 High Street, 1595-96.
In 1600 this was the home of the Woolmers, one of the
wealthiest local families.
Grade ll* listed.
Right - Garrick Inn, 25 High Street, c1596.
Facade heavily restored c1912, replacing c1800 brick front.
Grade ll* listed.
Said to have been an inn from 1718. The name changed from the Greyhound to the Garrick in 1795, in honour of David Garrick, who did much for the town's tourist trade by his encouragement of enthusiasm for Shakespeare.
St Mary (RC), Warrington, Cheshire, 1875-77.
Grade ll* listed.
Memorial Window, c1912 - detail.
To the memory of Mary Anne Grealy who died May 12th 1912.
St Mary the Virgin, Clumber, Nottinghamshire, 1886-89.
By Bodley & Garner.
For Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle (1864-1928).
Grade l listed.
Nave - St Joseph, c1912-22.
Designed by Rev Ernest Geldart (1848-1929).
Window by Powell's c1912 on the north side of the nave.
St Thomas's at Catthorpe is a church on a small scale, with a diminutive west tower, an aisleless nave and a Victorian chancel (with an incongruously steeply pitched roof). It isn't easy to stand back and get a full shot of the building as the churchyard is set back behind properties on the road-front (from where one approaches via a narrow path) and is thus a rather tight plot.
The tower's belfry windows would have originally been subdivided by a mullion and two cusped heads (with a quatrefoil opening above) but at some repair long ago the tracery was removed leaving the single apertures we see now. The tower stonework has been repaired again since my last visit, further blurring the evidence of the window changes in losing a few more cusps.
The 15th century nave is a bright space lit by large Perpendicular windows, one of which contains fragments of medieval glass in it's traceries, whilst the remainder contain attractive early 20th century glass by Powell's. At the west end is a worn 14th century coffin lid with portrait bust and also a fine old font that appears to be a little earlier. The chancel beyond is clearly Victorian and replete with attractive stenciling on its walls, along with a handsome Arts & Crafts metal reredos.
The church is usually kept locked outside of services, but happily the key can be borrowed from the neighbouring Manor Farm Cafe (well worth a visit in its own right, as we have done many times!).
A visit to the National Trust property of Erddig near Wrexham in Wales.
Erddig Hall (Welsh: Neuadd Erddig; or simply Erddig; Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɛrðɪɡ]) is a Grade-I listed National Trust property in Wrexham, Wales. Standing 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Wrexham city centre, it comprises a country house built during the 17th and 18th centuries amidst a 1,900 acre estate, which includes a 1,200-acre landscaped pleasure park and the earthworks of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle.
Erddig has been described as 'the most evocative Upstairs Downstairs house in Britain' due to the well-rounded view it presents of the lifestyles of all of its occupants, both family and staff. The eccentric Yorke family had an unusual relationship with their staff and celebrated their servants in a large and unique collection of portraits and poems. This collection, coupled with well-preserved servants' rooms and an authentic laundry, bakehouse, sawmill, and smithy, provide an insight into how 18th to 20th century servants lived.
A look around the Gardens at Erddig.
North Garden Pavilion
Grade II Listed Building
N Garden Pavilion including attached walls, alcove gatepiers and gates immediately to E of the house
History
This part of the garden was remodelled in the 1860s. The walls flanking the parterres were partially demolished in 1898 and the shaped gable was added to the pavilion c1912 when the clock was brought from Stansty Park.
Exterior
A brick wall with flat stone parapet runs at right angles from the house at the NE end and is attached to a pair of square-section brick gatepiers with flat stone caps with iron gates of late C19 character. The wall continues then returns at right angles. In the angle is a seating alcove consisting of a curved recess framed by square-section brick piers with flat stone caps, there is a shaped gable and the entrance arch is of hard red Ruabon brick. The wall continues parallel to the house and the return at right angles is formed by a brick pavilion framed by rusticated stone piers with ball finials. The extravagantly shaped gable is built above a string course and it contains arch-headed windows at each side and a central circular clock face.
Reasons for Listing
Listed as a well-designed Victorian/Edwardian garden scheme and as an essential part of the setting of the house.
Group value with Erddig and the garden structures of the E front of the house.
Sundial
Sundial on main axis of the formal garden
History
The sundial is of C18 origin was brought from nearby Plas Grono. It was probably placed in this position when the garden was laid out in the 1860s.
Exterior
Baluster sundial on 2 stage circular stone plinth. Circular brass dial with the name B T Heath of London, partially legible lettering of C18 character, simple brass gnomon.
Reasons for Listing
Listed as a good example of a C18 sundial.
Group value with Erddig and the garden structures of the E front of the house.
Many classic vehicles which are not entered (usually do not meet the criterion) follow the route and the veterans. Many are interesting in their own right so I photograph as many as I can.
St Mary (RC), Warrington, Cheshire, 1875-77.
Grade ll* listed.
Memorial Window, c1912 - detail.
To the memory of Mary Anne Grealy who died May 12th 1912.
St Mary (RC), Warrington, Cheshire, 1875-77.
Grade ll* listed.
Memorial Window, c1912.
To the memory of Mary Anne Grealy who died May 12th 1912.
A visit to Chirk Castle near Wrexham, a National Trust property in Wales.
Chirk Castle (Welsh: Castell y Waun) is a Grade I listed castle located in Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is now owned and run by the National Trust.
The castle was built in 1295 by Roger Mortimer de Chirk, uncle of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March as part of King Edward I's chain of fortresses across the north of Wales. It guards the entrance to the Ceiriog Valley. It was the administrative centre for the Marcher Lordship of Chirkland.
The castle was bought by Sir Thomas Myddelton in 1593 for £5,000 (approx. £11 million as of 2008). His son, Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle was a Parliamentarian during the English Civil War, but became a Royalist during the 'Cheshire rising' of 1659 led by George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer. Mullioned and transomed windows were inserted in the 16th and 17th centuries; the castle was partly demolished in the English Civil War and then rebuilt. Following the Restoration, his son became Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Baronet of Chirke. The castle passed down in the Myddelton family to Charlotte Myddelton (on the death of her father in 1796). Charlotte had married Robert Biddulph, who changed his name to Robert Myddelton-Biddulph, leaving the castle on his death to their son Robert. It then passed down in the Myddelton-Biddulph family.
From before World War I until after World War II the castle was leased by Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, a prominent patron of the arts and champion of Welsh culture. In 1918 Chirk Castle was used as film location for Victory and Peace, directed by Herbert Brenon. The Baron opened up parts of the castle to evacuees during the later part of the Second World War. The Myddelton family returned to live at Chirk Castle until 2004. Lieutenant-Colonel Ririd Myddleton was an extra equerry to Queen Elizabeth II from 1952 until his death in 1988.
Chirk remained in the Myddelton family until it was transferred to the National Trust in 1981. The castle and gardens are open to the public between March and October, with limited opening dates in November and December. The castle is 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Chirk railway station.
The Garden.
Hawk House
Grade II Listed Building
History
The first building on this site was a greenhouse designed by Joseph Turner in 1776-1778. It was considerably altered or rebuilt as a heated conservatory by Henry Weeks of Chelsea to the design of E W Pugin in 1854, and was radically rebuilt again by Lord Howard de Walden as a mews or hawk house in c1912, retaining Pugin's central bow-fronted plan. It was rethatched after a fire in 1977.
Exterior
The hawk house is of stained wood, with a thatched roof, renewed in 1981. It is of 3 bays with a central bowed front, the roof supported on a series of timber posts joined by a high-set transom. Timber slatted ceiling. At the centre, set back from the front, a weatherboarded storeroom with a door and side windows. In the deep bays each side are boarded seats. Stone flagged floor.
Reasons for Listing
Included as an unusual and well placed garden feature in a rustic idiom set in the C18 gardens of Chirk Castle.
Photographed in the National Gallery of Victoria - International buildings in Southbank in Melbourne, Australia.
St Mary (RC), Warrington, Cheshire, 1875-77.
Grade ll* listed.
Memorial Window, c1912 - detail.
To the memory of Mary Anne Grealy who died May 12th 1912.
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East Mill, Bridge Foot, Belper, Derbyshire.
Strutt House - English Sewing Cotton Co, Offices (former), c1912.
Grade ll listed.
Chirk Castle, Chirk, Wrexham.
The National Trust.
Hawk House.
Grade ll listed.
The first building on this site was a greenhouse designed by Joseph Turner 1776-78. It was considerably altered or rebuilt as a heated conservatory by Henry Weeks of Chelsea to the design of Edward Welby Pugin in 1854, and was radically rebuilt again by Lord Howard de Walden as a mews or hawk house in c1912, retaining Pugin's central bow-fronted plan. It was rethatched after a fire in 1977.
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The original castle was probably begun soon after 1295, for Roger Mortimer, for the newly created Marcher Lordship of Chirkland, on lands formerly being that of the Princedom of Llewelyn ap Gryffydd ap Madog.
Chirk Castle was never planned as a family home. Instead, it was one of several medieval Marcher fortresses along the Welsh-English border, built to keep the Welsh under English rule.
Successive leading architects and designers were involved in the creation of a major country house within the medieval framework, of which fine work of the late C18 and mid C19 especially stands out.
North window under the steeple by Burlison & Grylls, c1912.
Rugby's parish church of St Andrew is an imposing landmark in the town centre, and highly unusual in possessing two towers, one 15th century with battlements at the west end, and the tapering steeple by William Butterfield at the north east corner, part of his rebuilding of the ancient church. (unusual as this two-towered church is, the town's catholic church also evolved in a similar way, thus both major churches share the effect of asymmetrical towers, a unique situation in Britain).
The arrangement was even more impressive until 1983 when the massive nearby 1870s George Gilbert Scott church of the Holy Trinity, technically sharing the same churchyard, was tragically demolished.
The medieval St Andrew's had already been much altered, having begun life as a village church it was gradually expanded to serve the growing town. The nave had been enlarged in the 1800s and by the time of Butterfield's further expansion of the building in 1877-85 only the west tower and the north nave arcade survived of the medieval building. These were retained, the old nave effectively becoming the north aisle (and outer north aisle!) of a much larger nave built to the south, complete with south aisle and a lofty chancel.
The interior is therefore every bit as eccentric as the exterior, with Butterfield's characteristic use of coloured stonework and a sanctuary rich in marble finishes. The most dramatic feature is the chancel arch surmounted by a cross adorned with geometric patterning and supported by richly carved corbels. The font too betray's Butterfield's love of contrasting coloured marbles.
The stained glass in the main east and west windows (along with the north and south windows of the sanctuary) is by Clayton & Bell. The remainder, in the aisles and the large Baptism window under the north steeple (difficult to see since conversion to a vestry) is all the work of Burlison & Grylls of London, with their characteristic neo-Flemish fine drawing in subdued tones.
The church is usually open and welcoming during the day with a small cafe set up at the west end. I am especially grateful to Helen Bryant on my latest visit for giving me access to the vestries to photograph the glass there.
North window under the steeple by Burlison & Grylls, c1912.
Rugby's parish church of St Andrew is an imposing landmark in the town centre, and highly unusual in possessing two towers, one 15th century with battlements at the west end, and the tapering steeple by William Butterfield at the north east corner, part of his rebuilding of the ancient church. (unusual as this two-towered church is, the town's catholic church also evolved in a similar way, thus both major churches share the effect of asymmetrical towers, a unique situation in Britain).
The arrangement was even more impressive until 1983 when the massive nearby 1870s George Gilbert Scott church of the Holy Trinity, technically sharing the same churchyard, was tragically demolished.
The medieval St Andrew's had already been much altered, having begun life as a village church it was gradually expanded to serve the growing town. The nave had been enlarged in the 1800s and by the time of Butterfield's further expansion of the building in 1877-85 only the west tower and the north nave arcade survived of the medieval building. These were retained, the old nave effectively becoming the north aisle (and outer north aisle!) of a much larger nave built to the south, complete with south aisle and a lofty chancel.
The interior is therefore every bit as eccentric as the exterior, with Butterfield's characteristic use of coloured stonework and a sanctuary rich in marble finishes. The most dramatic feature is the chancel arch surmounted by a cross adorned with geometric patterning and supported by richly carved corbels. The font too betray's Butterfield's love of contrasting coloured marbles.
The stained glass in the main east and west windows (along with the north and south windows of the sanctuary) is by Clayton & Bell. The remainder, in the aisles and the large Baptism window under the north steeple (difficult to see since conversion to a vestry) is all the work of Burlison & Grylls of London, with their characteristic neo-Flemish fine drawing in subdued tones.
The church is usually open and welcoming during the day with a small cafe set up at the west end. I am especially grateful to Helen Bryant on my latest visit for giving me access to the vestries to photograph the glass there.
A visit to Chirk Castle near Wrexham, a National Trust property in Wales.
Chirk Castle (Welsh: Castell y Waun) is a Grade I listed castle located in Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is now owned and run by the National Trust.
The castle was built in 1295 by Roger Mortimer de Chirk, uncle of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March as part of King Edward I's chain of fortresses across the north of Wales. It guards the entrance to the Ceiriog Valley. It was the administrative centre for the Marcher Lordship of Chirkland.
The castle was bought by Sir Thomas Myddelton in 1593 for £5,000 (approx. £11 million as of 2008). His son, Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle was a Parliamentarian during the English Civil War, but became a Royalist during the 'Cheshire rising' of 1659 led by George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer. Mullioned and transomed windows were inserted in the 16th and 17th centuries; the castle was partly demolished in the English Civil War and then rebuilt. Following the Restoration, his son became Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Baronet of Chirke. The castle passed down in the Myddelton family to Charlotte Myddelton (on the death of her father in 1796). Charlotte had married Robert Biddulph, who changed his name to Robert Myddelton-Biddulph, leaving the castle on his death to their son Robert. It then passed down in the Myddelton-Biddulph family.
From before World War I until after World War II the castle was leased by Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, a prominent patron of the arts and champion of Welsh culture. In 1918 Chirk Castle was used as film location for Victory and Peace, directed by Herbert Brenon. The Baron opened up parts of the castle to evacuees during the later part of the Second World War. The Myddelton family returned to live at Chirk Castle until 2004. Lieutenant-Colonel Ririd Myddleton was an extra equerry to Queen Elizabeth II from 1952 until his death in 1988.
Chirk remained in the Myddelton family until it was transferred to the National Trust in 1981. The castle and gardens are open to the public between March and October, with limited opening dates in November and December. The castle is 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Chirk railway station.
The Garden.
Hawk House
Grade II Listed Building
History
The first building on this site was a greenhouse designed by Joseph Turner in 1776-1778. It was considerably altered or rebuilt as a heated conservatory by Henry Weeks of Chelsea to the design of E W Pugin in 1854, and was radically rebuilt again by Lord Howard de Walden as a mews or hawk house in c1912, retaining Pugin's central bow-fronted plan. It was rethatched after a fire in 1977.
Exterior
The hawk house is of stained wood, with a thatched roof, renewed in 1981. It is of 3 bays with a central bowed front, the roof supported on a series of timber posts joined by a high-set transom. Timber slatted ceiling. At the centre, set back from the front, a weatherboarded storeroom with a door and side windows. In the deep bays each side are boarded seats. Stone flagged floor.
Reasons for Listing
Included as an unusual and well placed garden feature in a rustic idiom set in the C18 gardens of Chirk Castle.