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At the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Open House 2023 last weekend, an F-15SG Strike Eagle scrambles and moves to get into a runway for takeoff as part of the Aerial Capability Display.
A summertime picture of the gardens at Berrington hall, Herefordshire, England,
The gardens were designed by 'Capability Brown, and were his last commissioned gardens.
There are, according to The National Trust only four Palladian bridges remaining in the world. They don't mention which they are. I knew that three are in England, Prior Park, Stowe and Wilton and have found (thank you reddawnl) that the fourth is in the grounds of Catherine Palace near to St. Petersburg. Although I visited the palace I unfortunately didn't see the bridge.
Created in the 18th century by local entrepreneur Ralph Allen, with advice from 'Capability' Brown and the poet Alexander Pope. The garden is set in a sweeping valley where visitors can enjoy magnificent views of Bath.This is a copy of one at Wilton built by Robert Morris in 1736.
This photograph is not intended to be art nor a display of my capability as a photographer. It is simply a little piece of documentary showing what is going on outside the house at the time the photo was taken. The image is basically straight out of the camera, with only a touch of noise reduction, given the ISO of the image.
A Nor'Easter blew into town bring with it fine blowing snow. It has dumped about 15cm (6 inches), so far, by my best indoor guess. I am not venturing out to take storm photos, sorry,and I will explain why shortly.
This shot was taken from the den. The thermometer is showing 0C or 32F, or a bit under. I can never remember the name of the flower sitting there, but normally it will only have one blossom. The pair came out about a week ago.
Thank you to Patricia Ware for identifying the flower as an c.
Taken at home in Moncton, NB, Canada on 22 March 2017.
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I am not looking for sympathy, but my loyal followers deserve a bit of an explanation for my apparent lack of activity. If I am not posting, then I usually just take care of the Flickr groups under my care, with a quick admin visit at coffee time in the morning. I try to visit my contacts and friends as I can, when I can, but sadly the frequency has been down.
My right hip began bothering me near the end of January. I thought it was just a sprain and would work itself out as it has the last three times it did this since the summer. Instead is started to get more painful with significant pain from hip to toe. I checked with the Doctor, starting the process of obtaining imagery and a specialist here, which is not fast by any means. I had the contacts in Halifax, but here it is a fresh start. In the meantime, I have been doing physiotherapy, which seems to be helping. However, I don't have the endurance to sit or stand in one place for much time. Walking has been difficult, at times, requiring me to take a cane with me. Luckily, the cane has been parked for a couple of weeks.
I am healing, and I will be back in the game eventually, but lots of patience is required. My apologies to all.
60002 (Tempest) - 6E10 11.14hrs LBioT - Drax AES 'biomass'. Derby Road bridge, Bootle. 19th April 2019.
Working on a hunch more than anything, took a chance to go to this location hoping a Class 60 would be working 6E10. My luck was in but also noted that dead at the rear was also 66706 which took the train onward to Drax from Tuebrook Sdgs. The 60 breeze past me no trouble for the climb to Bootle Junction.
60002 was originally named 'Capability Brown' when first entered service then under EWS ownership was named 'High Peak'. Now it has been repainted into GBRf house colours and named 'Graham Farish'.
Copyright: 8A Rail
60002 "Capability Brown" hauls 6D40, the 14:28 Hendon to Lindsey Petrofina (Fina) out of Sunderland docks on 2nd August 1995. This petroleum flow had run for many years but came to an end sometime in 1997. Looking at Google Earth the terminal has been flattened but the tracks remain. In the last year a new scrap flow started running from Sunderland docks to Cardiff Tidal using MBA wagons. This flow is loaded on the entrance line to the docks further back than this location.
35mm Slide Scan
This bridge was built in 1758 for the 2nd Earl Strafford to carry a carriageway and footpath over the Serpentine River on his estate. This allowed access from the house to the entrance at Strafford Gate. The river has now partially dried up, but sections of water still remain.
The Serpentine Bridge is a single span stone bridge (Waymark Code: WMDZR7IS). It spans the contour canal. The stone steps were added later. It's a Grade II Listed Building in accordance with Historic England and Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.
Between 2005 and 2008 restoration work was carried out on the Serpentine Bridge balustrade, Rotunda Temple, Gun Room, the Ha-Ha, Corinthian Temple and Archers Hill Gate. Work had not begun on the Tuscan Temple.
The repairs to the Serpentine Bridge were to reinstate the vandalised section of stone balustrade as per the original design back in the 18th century (1758).
Although Capability Brown has traditionally been associated with the park at Wentworth Castle, there is no evidence he was consulted.
Wentworth Castle Gardens is a Grade I Registered Landscape, the only one of its kind in South Yorkshire. There are over 26 individually listed buildings and structures in the grounds and parkland. The site consists of
over 60 acres of formal gardens and 500 acres of wider parkland. The main house and some of the surrounding buildings are owned by Northern College, which provides residential and community education for adults.
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Ickworth House, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
The House was built between the years of 1795 and 1829 to the designs of the Italian Architect Mario Asprucci, his most noted work being the Villa Borghese. It was this work that Frederick Hervey, the then 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry had seen.
Asprucci’s plans were then taken up by the brothers Francis & Joseph Sandys, English architects.
The Parkland, of which there is 1,800 acres in total, was designed by Capability Brown and was Italianate in style. This style much loved by the 4th Earl.
Most of the friezes running around the rotunda were based upon John Flaxman’s illustrations of The Iliad and The Odyssey although, within the entrance portico there are some panels designed by Lady Caroline, the Earl’s Granddaughter and are based upon the Roman Olympic Games.
There are many works of art inside the house and very much well worth the visit.
NASA conducted the third RS-25 engine hot fire in a critical 12-test certification series Nov. 29, demonstrating a key capability necessary for flight of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket during Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond.
NASA is conducting the series of tests to certify new manufacturing processes for producing RS-25 engines for future deep space missions, beginning with Artemis V. Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies Company and lead engines contractor for the SLS rocket, is incorporating new manufacturing techniques and processes, such as 3D printing, in production of new RS-25 engines.
Image credits: NASA\Danny Nowlin
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"Vought Corporation has conducted a conceptual design study and aerodynamic analysis of a Vertical Attitude Takeoff and Landing (VATOL) fighter/attack aircraft. The "Superfly" VATOL configuration is illustrated...The salient features are the close coupled canard-delta wing planform and the two augmented turbofan engines fed by fixed ramp inlets. Axisymmetric gimballed nozzles and wingtip reaction jets provide attitude control in vertical attitude hover and transition. Conventional landing gear permit short takeoffs from ships or normal runway operation. Extensive use of composite materials make a single engine vertical landing capability a feasible design goal.
The SF-121 configuration was synthesized to objective performance guidelines. The principal sizing constraints were:
- Supersonic Intercept mission radius = 150 NM (278 km) at Mach 1.6
- Sustained load factor = 6.2 g at Mach 0.6 10,000 feet (3,048 m)
- Single engine thrust/weight = 1.03 with afterburner.
The resulting point design has a VTO weight of 23,375 pounds (10,603 kg), a wing aspect ratio of 2.3 and a wing reference area of 354 square ft (32.89 square meters). The SF-121 is capable of short takeoffs with a 10,000 pound (4,536 kg) overload in 400 feet (122 m) . The combat performance objectives were exceeded by a wide margin.”
And from the abstract:
"A conceptual design study was performed of a vertical attitude takeoff and landing (VATOL) fighter/attack aircraft. The configuration has a close-coupled canard-delta wing, side two-dimensional ramp inlets, and two augmented turbofan engines with thrust vectoring capability. Performance and sensitivities to objective requirements were calculated. Aerodynamic characteristics were estimated based on contractor and NASA wind tunnel data. Computer simulations of VATOL transitions were performed. Successful transitions can be made, even with series post-stall instabilities, if reaction controls are properly phased. Principal aerodynamic uncertainties identified were post-stall aerodynamics, transonic aerodynamics with thrust vectoring and inlet performance in VATOL transition. A wind tunnel research program was recommended to resolve the aerodynamic uncertainties."
Both above are excerpts from the "STUDY OF AERODYNAMIC TECHNOLOGY FOR VSTOL FIGHTER/ATTACK AIRCRAFT - PHASE I FINAL REPORT" published by the Vought Corporation in 1978, available (for now) at:
ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19790001857
Additional discussion, to include graphic extracts from the above document, to include my photo, with correction, at:
www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/vought-ltv-sf-106-and-sf...
Credit: SECRET PROJECTS Forum website
My sincere thanks to Rolf Schmidt (see/read below), allowing for the corrected description above. I'll retain my following lackadaisical & woefully wrong initial description to retain context for our discourse in the comment section below:
“The Short Take-Off and Landing/ Maneuver Technology Demonstrator (STOL/MTD) Joint Test Force completed the first phase of F‑15 STOL tests. The goal of the program was to demonstrate that an F-15 fitted with new technologies could land without navigational aid from the ground, on a bumpy field only 1,500 feet in length and 50 feet wide at night, in bad weather, with a 30-knot crosswind.
In 1975, Langley Research Center began to conduct sponsored programs studying two-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles; government and industry studies of non-axisymmetric two-dimensional (2-D) nozzles in the early 1970s had identified significant payoffs for thrust-vectoring 2-D nozzle concepts. In 1977, Langley started a system integration study of thrust-vectoring, thrust-reversing, and 2-D nozzles on the F-15 with McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC). In 1984, the Flight Dynamics Laboratory, the Air Force Aeronautical Systems Division awarded a contract to McDonnell Douglas for an advanced development STOL/MTD experimental aircraft. The aircraft used in the STOL/MTD program has flown several times since the successful STOL/MTD program completion in 1991 that used thrust vectoring and canard foreplanes to improve low-speed performance. This aircraft tested high-tech methods for operating from a short runway. This F-15 was part of an effort to improve ABO (Air Base Operability), the survival of warplanes and fighting capability at airfields under attack.
The F-15 STOL/MTD tested ways to land and take off from wet, bomb-damaged runways. The aircraft used a combination of reversible engine thrust, jet nozzles that could be deflected by 20 degrees, and canard foreplanes. Pitch vectoring/reversing nozzles and canard foreplanes were fitted to the F-15 in 1988. NASA acquired the plane in 1993 and replaced the engines with Pratt & Whitney F100-229 engines with Pitch/Yaw vectoring nozzles. The canard foreplanes were derived from the F/A-18's stabilators. Prior to August 15, 1991, when McDonnell Douglas ended its program after accomplishing their flight objectives, the F-15 STOL/MTD plane achieved some impressive performance results:
- Demonstrated vectored takeoffs with rotation at speeds as low as 42 mph
- A 25-percent reduction in takeoff roll
- Landing on just 1,650 feet of runway compared to 7,500 foot for the standard F-15
- Thrust reversal in flight to produce rapid deceleration
Above paraphrased from:
www.aftc.af.mil/News/On-This-Day-in-Test-History/Article-...
Credit: Air Force Test Center (AFTC) website
Check out what’s going in the image, like the one coming in for a landing…I think. It’s completely vertical! Like the crazy shit the soulless Soviet/Russian bastards used to demonstrate at air shows. Then there’s the starboard quarter elevator/platform, or whatever it’s called…in a vertical position…with an F-15 STOL/MTD attached! Huh? And…is the approaching aircraft coming in to land on the similarly vertical port elevator/platform??? I mean, it looks to be headed right for it. If so, I suppose the arresting cable acts like the wire on the back of wall art. 😉
As if all of that crazy stuff wasn’t enough, this beautiful work is apparently by the hand of a female artist, Patricia (Tricia) Martin. Outstanding! Possibly a Vought artist.
Indirect confirmation of the above is found in her respectful April 18, 2022 recollection of fellow Vought artist Howard Ernest Hicks, upon his passing:
“I worked with Howard and Brenda for many years. He was an exceptional artist and interesting character. He entertained with handstands and bagpipe music while his artwork nurtured the reputation of our entire team. He also gave joy to hundreds of retirees with his exit caricatures and promoted many charitable actives. In one notable year, his art work was part of the promotion of our food drive, collecting 955,000 cans for the community.
Patricia (Tricia) Martin”
Above at/from:
www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/howard-hicks-obituary?i...
Credit: “Legacy” website
Finally, at the same site, from an April 16, 2022 post, possibly by another Vought artist:
“Brenda, I´m sorry for your loss. Howard was a good mentor to me early in my career at Vought. What an illustrator he was! I will miss him.
Regrettably, I will be on company travel on Monday, so I will not be in attendance.
-take care,
Paul
Paul Nagata”
Seen arriving at Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport, one of the NATO Heavy Airlift Wing's C-17 aircraft.
NATO's Strategic Airlift Capability aircraft are based on Pápa Air Base in Hungary, but are available for use by NATO SAC nations, hence this mission for the Romanian Air Force.
SAC 01 NATO Strategic Airlift Capability Boeing C-17A Globemaster III - cn F-207 take- off @TRD/ENVA 02.03.18
Visit White Horse Hollow in the Shangrilah region for free rides on our lovely romantic ramblers. Each horse and cart carries at least two people with built in single and cuddle capability - perfect for that special date with your special someone.
Ride through a Capability Brown-inspired landscape full of flowers, butterflies and of course, horses.
General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon of the 64th Aggressor Squadron (64 AGRS) from Nellis AFB banks hard during a flex departure while participating in Red Flag 17-1 exercises at Nellis AFB. Note the Advanced Capability Pod (ACaP) mounted on the starboard wing.
The research vessel Cefas Endeavour slowly makes its way out of Fowey after conducting surveys of local fish stocks.
RV Cefas Endeavour is a multi-disciplinary research vessel fitted with specialist survey equipment, scientific and technological capability, mounted sensors, onboard autonomous systems and deck containers sockets.
The vessel has the ability to deploy and recover a range of scientific instrumentation including fishing nets/trawls, environmental, geotechnical and geophysical sampling equipment and autonomous monitoring equipment.
Built in 2003 by Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow.
13.6 Knots Maximum speed. Crew of 16 or 17.
Operated by P&O Maritime Services UK for the 'Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences' .
Operated out of Lowestoft,
Image from my Coombe Abbey lakeside walk 1 November 2015. The lake was man made under the management of Capability Brown.
Walking along the Distillery Wharf riverside area of Hammersmith, London, the other day, I came across this cheerful character.
He’s none other than Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown (1716-83), the man who created landscapes on an immense scale that have endured for more than 250 years. He lived in Hammersmith, in a house overlooking the River Thames, for 13 years.
He was nicknamed ‘Capability’ because he would tell his clients that their estates had ‘capability’ for improvement. He was appointed Master Gardener at Hampton Court by King George III, and over the years he designed more than 170 landscape parks, many of which survive today. They include Blenheim Palace, Petworth House, Belvoir Castle, Warwick Castle, Badminton House, Woburn Abbey, Stowe, Highclere Castle and Claremont Landscape Garden in Surrey.
The sculpture in bronze is by Laury Dizengremel, whose work appears throughout the world.
A beautiful evening stroll through Capability Brown landscape
The Nightingale was singing, carp were spawning in the Shallows, it was just a very mellow evening
Sheffield Park Garden is an informal landscape garden five miles east of Haywards Heath, in East Sussex, England. It was originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown, and further developed in the early 20th century by its then owner, Arthur Gilstrap Soames. It is now owned by the National Trust. Wikipedia
Architect: James Wyatt
History
The gardens originally formed part of the estate of the adjacent Sheffield Park House, a gothic country house, which is still in private ownership. It was also firstly owned by the West Family and later by the Soames family until in 1925 the estate was sold by Arthur Granville Soames, who had inherited it from his childless uncle, Arthur Gilstrap Soames.
Sheffield Park as an estate is mentioned in the Domesday Book. In August 1538, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, entertained Henry VIII here. By 1700, the Deer Park had been partially formalised by Lord De La Warr who planted avenues of trees radiating from the house and cleared areas to establish lawns. In the late 1700s, James Wyatt remodelled the house in the fashionable Gothic style and Capability Brown was commissioned to landscape the garden. The original four lakes form the centrepiece. Humphry Repton followed Brown in 1789–1790. In 1769, the estate was sold to John Holroyd, created Baron Sheffield in 1781. It is particularly noted for its plantings of trees selected for autumn colour, including many Black Tupelos.
By 1885, an arboretum was being established, consisting of both exotic and native trees. After Arthur Gilstrap Soames purchased the estate in 1910, he continued large-scale planting. During World War II the house and garden became the headquarters for a Canadian armoured division, and Nissen huts were sited in the garden and woods. The estate was split up and sold in lots in 1953. The National Trust purchased approximately 40 ha in 1954, now up to 80 ha with subsequent additions. It is home to the National Collection of Ghent azaleas.
In 1876 the third Earl of Sheffield laid out a cricket pitch. It was used on 12 May 1884 for the first cricket match between England and Australia.[1] The Australian team won by an innings and 6 runs
Croome Court is a mid-18th century neo-Palladian mansion surrounded by extensive landscaped parkland at Croome D'Abitot, near Pershore in south Worcestershire, England. The mansion and park were designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown for the 6th Earl of Coventry, and were Brown's first landscape design and first major architectural project. Some of the mansion's rooms were designed by Robert Adam.
The mansion house is owned by Croome Heritage Trust, and is leased to the National Trust which operates it as a tourist attraction. The National Trust owns the surrounding parkland, which is also open to the public.
Sheffield Park Garden is an informal landscape garden five miles east of Haywards Heath, in East Sussex, England. It was originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown, and further developed in the early years of the 20th century by its then owner, Arthur Gilstrap Soames. It is now owned by the National Trust.
The gardens originally formed part of the estate of the adjacent Sheffield Park House, a gothic country house, which is still in private ownership. It was also firstly owned by the West Family and later by the Soames family until in 1925 the estate was sold by Arthur Granville Soames, who had inherited it from his childless uncle, Arthur Gilstrap Soames.
Sheffield Park as an estate is mentioned in the Domesday Book. In August 1538, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, entertained Henry VIII here. By 1700, the Deer Park had been partially formalised by Lord De La Warr who planted avenues of trees radiating from the house and cleared areas to establish lawns. In the late 1700s, James Wyatt remodelled the house in the fashionable Gothic style and Capability Brown was commissioned to landscape the garden. The original four lakes form the centrepiece. Humphry Repton followed Brown in 1789–1790. In 1796, the estate was sold to John Holroyd, created Baron Sheffield in 1781. It is particularly noted for its plantings of trees selected for autumn colour, including many Black Tupelos.
By 1885, an arboretum was being established, consisting of both exotic and native trees. After Arthur Gilstrap Soames purchased the estate in 1910, he continued large-scale planting. During World War II the house and garden became the headquarters for a Canadian armoured division, and Nissen huts were sited in the garden and woods. The estate was split up and sold in lots in 1953. The National Trust purchased approximately 40 ha in 1954, now up to 80 ha with subsequent additions. It is home to the National Collection of Ghent azaleas.
In 1876 the third Earl of Sheffield laid out a cricket pitch. It was used on 12 May 1884 for the first cricket match between England and Australia. The Australian team won by an innings and 6 runs.
Prior Park Landscape Garden surrounding the Prior Park estate south of Bath, Somerset, England, was designed in the 18th century by the poet Alexander Pope and the landscape gardener Capability Brown, and is now owned by the National Trust
Built between 1754 and 1760, Croome Park is a National Trust property set perfectly in Capability Brown's very first landscape and is the site of a secret Second World War air base.
Sheffield Park Garden is an informal landscape garden five miles east of Haywards Heath, in East Sussex, England. It was originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown, and further developed in the early years of the 20th century by its then owner, Arthur Gilstrap Soames. It is now owned by the National Trust.
The gardens originally formed part of the estate of the adjacent Sheffield Park House, a gothic country house, which is still in private ownership. It was also firstly owned by the West Family and later by the Soames family until in 1925 the estate was sold by Arthur Granville Soames, who had inherited it from his childless uncle, Arthur Gilstrap Soames.
Sheffield Park as an estate is mentioned in the Domesday Book. In August 1538, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, entertained Henry VIII here. By 1700, the Deer Park had been partially formalised by Lord De La Warr who planted avenues of trees radiating from the house and cleared areas to establish lawns. In the late 1700s, James Wyatt remodelled the house in the fashionable Gothic style and Capability Brown was commissioned to landscape the garden. The original four lakes form the centrepiece. Humphry Repton followed Brown in 1789–1790. In 1796, the estate was sold to John Holroyd, created Baron Sheffield in 1781. It is particularly noted for its plantings of trees selected for autumn colour, including many Black Tupelos.
By 1885, an arboretum was being established, consisting of both exotic and native trees. After Arthur Gilstrap Soames purchased the estate in 1910, he continued large-scale planting. During World War II the house and garden became the headquarters for a Canadian armoured division, and Nissen huts were sited in the garden and woods. The estate was split up and sold in lots in 1953. The National Trust purchased approximately 40 ha in 1954, now up to 80 ha with subsequent additions. It is home to the National Collection of Ghent azaleas.
In 1876 the third Earl of Sheffield laid out a cricket pitch. It was used on 12 May 1884 for the first cricket match between England and Australia. The Australian team won by an innings and 6 runs.
Grimsthorpe Castle stands in rolling parkland north-west of Bourne in Lincolnshire. The core of the house goes back to the early 1200s when a fortified manor with King John’s Tower guarded routes between the Fen edge and the Great North Road. Later medieval owners included the de Gant and Lovell families before the estate was taken into Crown hands.
In 1516 Henry VIII granted Grimsthorpe to William Willoughby, 11th Lord Willoughby de Eresby, as a wedding gift when he married Maria de Salinas, lady-in-waiting to Katherine of Aragon. Their daughter Katherine Willoughby inherited the estate and married Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, one of Henry’s closest friends. Brandon rebuilt and enlarged the house in grand Tudor style using stone from the dissolved Vaudey Abbey and Henry VIII stayed here in 1541 on his northern progress.
In the early 18th century Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, commissioned Sir John Vanbrugh to redesign the north front. Vanbrugh created the great Baroque façade with its central hall and corner towers which still gives the castle its dramatic outline. A little later Lancelot “Capability” Brown reshaped the surrounding park with lakes, long avenues, woodland belts and sweeping lawns so the house sat at the heart of a designed landscape.
Through the female line the property passed to the Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby family who still hold the historic title of Baron Willoughby de Eresby. The castle and park saw military use in both world wars, then returned fully to family occupation in the mid-20th century. Notable later residents include Nancy, Viscountess Astor, who spent her final years here with her daughter.
Today Grimsthorpe remains the country seat of Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. The house, formal gardens and wider park are managed by the Grimsthorpe and Drummond Castle Trust which looks after the buildings, collections and landscape, opens them to visitors on selected days and uses events, filming and weddings to help support the upkeep of this long-lived Lincolnshire castle.
Aerial - Grimsthorpe Castle
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One of my favourite views in Blenheim with Vanbrugh's Grand Bridge and Palace seen from the West side in the late September afternoon.
The grounds were created in their present form by the 18th Century landscape gardner 'Capability' Brown. Previous to his work, which was carried out in the 1770's the Grand Bridge crossed the River Glyme, a very small river, in an ornamental canal. This is now beneath the waters of the lake, although it has been seen on days when the water has been exceptionally clear.
The tree is a Cedar of Lebanon, planted at the end of the 19th century as part of a general restocking of the park with trees undertaken at that time.
Close to this site is 'Rosamunds Well' a spring named after the former mistress of King Henry II, who created the original Woodstock Park and manor.
Sheffield Park Garden is an informal landscape garden five miles east of Haywards Heath, in East Sussex, England. It was originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown, and further developed in the early years of the 20th century by its then owner, Arthur Gilstrap Soames. It is now owned by the National Trust.
The gardens originally formed part of the estate of the adjacent Sheffield Park House, a gothic country house, which is still in private ownership. It was also firstly owned by the West Family and later by the Soames family until in 1925 the estate was sold by Arthur Granville Soames, who had inherited it from his childless uncle, Arthur Gilstrap Soames.
Sheffield Park as an estate is mentioned in the Domesday Book. In August 1538, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, entertained Henry VIII here. By 1700, the Deer Park had been partially formalised by Lord De La Warr who planted avenues of trees radiating from the house and cleared areas to establish lawns. In the late 1700s, James Wyatt remodelled the house in the fashionable Gothic style and Capability Brown was commissioned to landscape the garden. The original four lakes form the centrepiece. Humphry Repton followed Brown in 1789–1790. In 1796, the estate was sold to John Holroyd, created Baron Sheffield in 1781. It is particularly noted for its plantings of trees selected for autumn colour, including many Black Tupelos.
By 1885, an arboretum was being established, consisting of both exotic and native trees. After Arthur Gilstrap Soames purchased the estate in 1910, he continued large-scale planting. During World War II the house and garden became the headquarters for a Canadian armoured division, and Nissen huts were sited in the garden and woods. The estate was split up and sold in lots in 1953. The National Trust purchased approximately 40 ha in 1954, now up to 80 ha with subsequent additions. It is home to the National Collection of Ghent azaleas.
In 1876 the third Earl of Sheffield laid out a cricket pitch. It was used on 12 May 1884 for the first cricket match between England and Australia. The Australian team won by an innings and 6 runs.
If you like this one, I'm sure you'll love some of the prints I have on Imagekind!
This is Sheffield Park Garden in East Sussex once again.
The garden was designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown an internationally renowned landscape gardener from the eighteenth century.
Capability Brown favoured the natural school of landscaping; using trees to provide shape and form, and water to mirror those shapes. So whilst I suspect the ponds were a feature of his, I suspect the current planting of this area was a later addition.
The colourful foliage in this shot mostly comes from a mix of Maples, and Tupelos.
Tech:
Canon EOS 400D (aka Digital Rebel XTi), Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 24mm.
f4.5 @ 1/45th ISO100
RAW converted to 16bit TIFF and CA corrected with DPP, border resize and sharpening in Photoshop CS2.
N.B. Image replaced Sep09 to correct a slight colour cast.
The Lizzy B Moran was christened on 19 November 2010 at the Washburn & Doughty shipyard in East Boothbay, ME where she was designed and built for the Moran Towing Corporation. She began work in the port of Norfolk, VA., in January 2011.
She is a twin-screw, reverse tractor tug, 28.05m in length overall, with a 9.76m beam and a draught of 4.27m. Like all of her class built for Moran (she was the 15th in the class) the Lizzy B has an enlarged deckhouse compared with Moran’s earlier classes of Z-drive tractors.
She is powered by two MTU diesel engines delivering a combined 5,100 hp to twin Schottel Z-drives. For auxiliary power the Lizzy B has two John Deere generators. The tug features Class 1 firefighting capability. Powered by two Caterpillar pump engines, its monitors can deliver a 45,425 litres/minute torrent.
She is seen here assisting a bulk cargo carrier arriving on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, VA. A big, powerful unit, the class Lizzy B belongs to was designed to be able to support almost any size of container vessel single-handed.
Corsham Court is an English country house in a park designed by Capability Brown. It is in the town of Corsham, 3 miles (5 km) west of Chippenham, Wiltshire, and is notable for its fine art collection, based on the nucleus of paintings inherited in 1757 by Paul Methuen from his uncle, Sir Paul Methuen, the diplomat. It is currently the home of the present Baron Methuen, James Methuen-Campbell, the eighth generation of the Methuens to live there.
Early history
Corsham was a royal manor in the days of the Saxon kings, reputed to have been a seat of Ethelred the Unready. After William the Conqueror, the manor continued to be passed down through the generations in the royal family. It often formed part of the dower of the Queens of England during the late 14th and early 15th centuries, becoming known as Corsham Reginae. During the 16th century, the manor went to two of Henry VIII's wives, namely Catherine of Aragon until 1536, and Katherine Parr until 1548.
During the reign of Elizabeth I the estate passed out of the royal family; the present house was built in 1582 by Thomas Smythe. The owner of Corsham Court in the mid-seventeenth century was the commander of the Parliamentarian New Model Army in Wiltshire; his wife, Lady Margaret Hungerford, built what came to be known as the Hungerford Almshouses in the centre of town.
An entrance archway was built to the south of the house c. 1700–20. The arch, in baroque style. is flanked by massive ashlar piers with ball finials.[3]
Methuen family
The house was bought in 1745 by Sir Paul Methuen for his cousin, also named Paul Methuen, whose grandson became Baron Methuen. The house remains the seat of the Methuen family.
In 1761–64, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was commissioned to redesign and enlarge the house and landscape the park.[4] Brown set the style of the present-day building by retaining the Elizabethan stables, the Riding School,[3] and the great gabled front to the house, which he doubled in depth and provided gabled wings at either end of the house, creating the Picture Gallery and State Rooms in the east wing and a library and new kitchens in the west wing. The Picture Gallery was designed as a triple cube and has a coffered plasterwork ceiling over a high cove stuccoed in scrolls, designed by Brown[5] and carried out by Thomas Stocking of Bristol (1763–66). The Long Gallery contains Italian Old Masters, with a notable marquetry commode and matching pair of candlestands by John Cobb (1772) and four pier glasses designed by Robert Adam (1770).
File:Corsham Court about 1880
Capability Brown also worked as a landscape architect for his commission at Corsham.[6] His 1761 plan for laying out the park separated it from the pleasure grounds using a ha-ha (sunken fence) so that the view from the house would not be obstructed. Brown planned to enlarge the fish ponds to create a lake and constructed an orangery (neither of which survive) and built a Gothic Bath House (which does survive).[7] He created a "Great Walk" stretching for a mile through clumps of trees. An ornamental arch was built so that the family and their guests could walk underneath the public right of way without having to cross it. Brown also planted screens of trees around the park to obscure roads and fields beyond, making the view more arcadian. The layout of grounds and gardens by Brown represents his most important commission after Blenheim Palace.[8]
In 1795, Paul Cobb Methuen commissioned Humphry Repton to complete the landscape, left unfinished at Brown's death with the lake still to be completed, and in 1796 commissioned John Nash to completely remodel the north façade in Strawberry Hill Gothic style, beating the experienced James Wyatt for the commission. Nash further embellished other areas of Brown's external building works, including Brown's Gothic Bath House in the North Avenue, as well as reorganising the internal layout to form a grand hall and a library, at the centre of which is the large library table associated with a payment to Thomas Chippendale's partner Haig, in 1779.[9] By 1808 much of Nash's work was replaced with a more solid structure, when it was discovered that he had used unseasoned timber in beams and joists; all of Nash's work at Corsham save the library was destroyed when it was remodelled by Thomas Bellamy (1798–1876) in 1844–49[4][10] during the ownership by Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen, who was Member of Parliament for Wiltshire and Wiltshire North.
The Sham Ruin
Brown planned to include a 50,000 m2 lake. This lake, however, was not completed until some forty years later, by Repton, who formed his long working relationship with Nash at Corsham Court. They laid out avenues and planted the specimen trees, including American oaks, Quercus coccinea and Q phellos, and the magnificent oriental plane. The grounds also incorporate a folly ruin, built by Nash c. 1797, incorporating some medieval stonework and some material from the eighteenth-century Bath House built by Brown.[11]
In 1960, the house and the Bath House were recorded as Grade I listed[12][7] and the ensemble of stables, riding school and entrance arch as Grade II*.[3] The park was recorded as Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens in 1987. Wikipedia