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I love my devil bunny.
Several years ago I spotted him at the market on Portobello Road - it was love at first sight. But everyone else thought he was nasty & horrible and the big meanies finally persuaded me not to get him. I didn't forget, however, and reminded the others on a regular basis just how rotten they were to have denied me my devil bunny.
Exactly one year later, we were back at Portobello Road: same crowd, same hangovers etc etc. And there he was! My devil bunny had waited for me! It was obviously meant to be - so I scooped him up & brought him home & he's been giving Scott the eye ever since.
I love my devil bunny.
[German, mid-late 19th century, traditional Black Forest hunting lodge coathook. The feet are ibex horns. His outfit is what was worn/carried on hunting expeditions at the time.]
Here's the first stage of my hallway coat hook project, well the first stage was repainting the hall in white but after that this is the next stage. We wanted something fun, a bit individual and something to brighten up our hallway. A number of designs were trialed, the somewhat gnarly English Oak (or my take on it) was chosen over all. Shamus suggested our initials carved in the trunk.
An original subterranean magazine serving the 10-in and 6-in Gun Emplacements, and dated 1890. The structure is constructed mainly in concrete, with brick cavity-wall lining in the cartridge stores, and all the corners are neatly chamfered and stopped. it is whitewashed throughout, though there is evidence for other layers of paint beneath. Originally lit by lamps in recesses, the magazine retains evidence for electrical lighting. There is a central magazine corridor, aligned north-south, flanked on the west by a parallel passage and on the east by two cartridge magazines.
The principal entrance from the Fort is down an inclined ramp from the north-west, carried initially in a concrete-lined cutting up to strong outward-opening double metal gates. Beyond them the approach is in a subterranean vaulted tunnel, changing angle at the base of the ramp to cross the passage and central corridor to form a small lobby between the two magazines. The passage is 4ft 7in wide x 7ft 10in high to the apex of the barrel vault. Its southern arm is guarded by strong outward-opening double metal gates at the base of the steps ascending to the 10-inch gun emplacement. The northern arm passage is shorter but likewise has a flight of steps ascending to the 6-inch gun emplacement, the access has, however, been sealed by a complete blocking. There are no traces of gates, presumably because the steps led directly into the gun pit.
Along the western side of the passage are three rooms with simple lamp recesses in the wall beside them, the latter are 1ft 2in wide x 1ft 5in deep x 1ft 8in high. The rooms, starting from the south, measure 5ft 10in x 6ft 5in, 5ft 1in x 3ft 3in and 5ft 10in x 5ft 2in respectively and are entered through doorways 2ft 8in wide x 6ft 5in high, formerly with single inward-opening doors. Each room is barrel-vaulted and contain the remains of timber shelving along their western walls. The smaller central room was originally for lamp storage whereas the other two contained stores 10-in and 6-in guns. Along shallow recces along the eastern wall of the southern arm held brackets for side arms, further brackets were located along the northern arm, though these were not recessed. At the junction of the passage with the base of the ramped entrance, a rectangular pit measures 2ft 10in x 4ft 6in is the sump for drainage of the whole magazine, several drains can be seen leading to it.
The magazine corridor is 6ft wide x 7ft 10in high to the apex of the barrel vault. Access to it from the main entrance was guarded by double outward-opening doors with metal spikes and a grille above, though only traces of the frame survives in disturbed brickwork. To the south the corridor is 49ft 2in long before opening out into a rectilinear area 7ft 4in x 1oft, which contains the remains of an ammunition lift, one of the metal trays (which carried a single 10-in shell to ground level outside the emplacement) survives in situ, as does the winch mechanism (''No M941''). A shallow recess, inserted in the south wall, accommodated a soldier operating the winch. Two lamp recesses in the south and east walls, of the same dimensions to those in the passage, have York stone sills lintels, and ventilation bricks are located above and to the side, a slight rebate allows for glazing. Two more lamp recesses in the east wall are shared with the southern cartridge magazine. Substantial concrete supports for a later 3ft 2in high shelf are situated against the west wall.
To the north, the corridor is 32ft 5in long before a slight angle change in the end wall which has been considerably altered. The original ammunition lift was situated near the end of the corridor, now marked only by a rectangular hole in the ceiling. Another rectangular aperture, in the ceiling at the present end of the corridor, is associated with a slight recess in the west wall which allowed for turning of the winch handle, this is a second phase ammunition lift. A second lift, for shells, survives in situ, an inclined band lift, the base of which is supported by a wooden table on a concrete pillar. The chain, loading mechanism and lift winder are still in place and in the wall adjacent a simple lamp recces has been blocked and replaced with another, angled to throw the light onto the base of the lift, it has no sill or lintel but has a rudimentary ventilation brick.
Along the western wall of the corridor are a series of concrete pillars, the supports for a heavy continuous shelf, 3ft 3in high and around 2ft 7in wide, for storage of shells. A sign at the southern end of the northern arm of the corridor indentifies it as ''SHELL STORE 2''. Access to the two cartridge magazines was restricted by a waist-high barrier between the corridor and the lobby dividing them, a disturbed area of brickwork marks its position and the wall-corners are chamfered only above the barrier. In the lobby, there are scars of coathooks along the south wall, a seat existed along the north wall. At the very eastern end of lobby it was a subdivided to create a tiny room, the magazine store but all signs of this have disappeared, possibly during the insertion of a new door to the southern cartridge magazine.
The southern cartridge magazine is of cavity-walled construction, a rectangular room 27ft 1in long x 13ft 1in wide. The shallow brick vault, 7ft 10in high, has a central circular ceramic ventilator. There is one entrance, 3ft 6in x 6ft 2in high, formerly with two outward-opening double wooden doors. Two serving hatches, with York stone lintels, pierce the west wall, the northern one 2ft 6in wide, 2ft 11in deep x 2ft 11in high, with chamfered edges and the remains of a wooden sliding door. The southern hatch, 3ft 2in wide, 2ft 11in deep x 3ft 6in high, is the original of the two, it had double doors which opened into the hatch, with flap-down doors supported on short gun metal legs forming a serving table across which cartridges were passed on their way to the lift. Three lamp recesses, each 1ft 2in wide, 2ft 11in deep x 1ft 8in high, lit both magazine and corridor (one is situated immediately above the northern serving hatch).
An original plan shows a doorway into the southern cartridge magazine further west. Given that there are no obvious signs that the present doorway is not original, it is possible that the actual construction differed from the design represented by the plan. Alternatively the door may have been moved to enable insertion of the second serving hatch, probably when the adjacent corridor was converted to a shell store at an unknown date. The northern cartridge magazine is similar to its partner, but much smaller at 10ft 11in x 13ft 1in, and entered through an identical doorway. There is a circular ventilator in the vault close to the north wall. A single serving, 3ft 6in wide, 2ft 11in deep x 3ft 5in high, has a simple wooden frame for outward-opening double wooden doors, with a lamp recess (as described above) immediately above it. Four concrete pillars (and the scars of three more) formerly supported a shelf along the north, east and west walls, evidence, as in the magazine corridor, of its undated conversion into a shell store.
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Metropolitan Police coat hook in the doorway of 4 Great Newport st near Leicster Square , it was used by officers on point duty at the junction of St Martins lane,Long Acre ,Monmouth st and Cranbourn st in the West End ,London UK ,not sure as to why it has been left in situ.
The SVR Wiki page reads.... “The interior had been dismantled and many components refurbished or replaced before reassembly with new saloon panelling and fawn Rexine finish trimmed in maroon. New brown lino, rexined seat ends made to the new "LNER" profile, pictures, mirrors, coathooks, wall lamps and luggage racks were added. The volunteer upholsterer re-covered the seats in new LNER red & black patterned moquette, and these were fitted, as were the new LNER pattern tables. Gangways were refurbished, and its refurbished bogies fitted. The previously standard tungsten light bulbs were replaced with almost indistinguishable LED ones which use much less power whilst giving a superior level of illumination.
The restoration in full LNER pre-war livery was completed in September 2016 in time for the Tornado/Flying Scotsman visit, with much effort by apprentices, volunteer and full time C&W staff expended to meet that deadline”
Being the sixth longest standard gauge heritage line in the UK, the Severn Valley Railway runs 16 miles along the course of the River Severn through Shropshire and Worcestershire between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster. Stations along the way include Hampton Loade, Highley, Arley and Bewdley.
Locomotives are predominantly steam although vintage diesels run occasionally and are hauled into use whenever steam locomotives fail or when there is a risk of embankment fires caused by sparks and flying hot embers during very dry weather. The railway hosts numerous special events throughout the year, including steam and diesel galas.
For more information please see: www.svr.co.uk/
A visit to the National Trust property of Tyntesfield in North Somerset, on the way down for the mid autumn holiday in Dorset.
It is to the west of Bristol and the M5.
At look around the rooms at Tyntesfield House, only the ground floor was open. The upper floors might reopen in 2022.
Grade I Listed Building
Tyntesfield House, Servants Wing and Chapel
The Cloister at Tyntesfield House.
Coat hooks for visitors to put there coats on, or for the family at the time. Probably also space for boots / shoes at the bottom.
Inspired by Kate Beaton's comics about Nancy Drew covers. Used bookstore books, mod podge, coat hooks. We used screws meant for light switch plates because the coat hook screws would have gone past the back covers.
Covent Garden (/ˈkɒvənt/) is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St. Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit and vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and the Royal Opera House, which is also known as "Covent Garden". The district is divided by the main thoroughfare of Long Acre, north of which is given over to independent shops centred on Neal's Yard and Seven Dials, while the south contains the central square with its street performers and most of the elegant buildings, theatres and entertainment facilities, including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the London Transport Museum.
Though mainly fields until the 16th century, the area was briefly settled when it became the heart of the Anglo-Saxon trading town of Lundenwic. After the town was abandoned, part of the area was walled off by 1200 for use as arable land and orchards by Westminster Abbey, and was referred to as "the garden of the Abbey and Convent". The land, now called "the Covent Garden", was seized by Henry VIII, and granted to the Earls of Bedford in 1552. The 4th Earl commissioned Inigo Jones to build some fine houses to attract wealthy tenants. Jones designed the Italianate arcaded square along with the church of St Paul's. The design of the square was new to London, and had a significant influence on modern town planning, acting as the prototype for the laying-out of new estates as London grew. A small open-air fruit and vegetable market had developed on the south side of the fashionable square by 1654. Gradually, both the market and the surrounding area fell into disrepute, as taverns, theatres, coffee-houses and brothels opened up; the gentry moved away, and rakes, wits and playwrights moved in. By the 18th century it had become a well-known red-light district, attracting notable prostitutes. An Act of Parliament was drawn up to control the area, and Charles Fowler's neo-classical building was erected in 1830 to cover and help organise the market. The area declined as a pleasure-ground as the market grew and further buildings were added: the Floral Hall, Charter Market, and in 1904 the Jubilee Market. By the end of the 1960s traffic congestion was causing problems, and in 1974 the market relocated to the New Covent Garden Market about three miles (5 km) south-west at Nine Elms. The central building re-opened as a shopping centre in 1980, and is now a tourist location containing cafes, pubs, small shops, and a craft market called the Apple Market, along with another market held in the Jubilee Hall.
Covent Garden, with the postcode WC2, falls within the London boroughs of Westminster and Camden, and the parliamentary constituencies of Cities of London and Westminster and Holborn and St Pancras. The area has been served by the Piccadilly line at Covent Garden tube station since 1907; the journey from Leicester Square, at 300 yards, is the shortest in London.
Early history
The route of the Strand on the southern boundary of what was to become Covent Garden was used during the Roman period as part of a route to Silchester, known as "Iter VII" on the Antonine Itinerary. Excavations in 2006 at St Martin-in-the-Fields revealed a Roman grave, suggesting the site had sacred significance. The area to the north of the Strand was long thought to have remained as unsettled fields until the 16th century, but theories by Alan Vince and Martin Biddle that there had been an Anglo-Saxon settlement to the west of the old Roman town of Londinium were borne out by excavations in 1985 and 2005. These revealed Covent Garden as the centre of a trading town called Lundenwic, developed around 600 AD, which stretched from Trafalgar Square to Aldwych. Alfred the Great gradually shifted the settlement into the old Roman town of Londinium from around 886 AD onwards, leaving no mark of the old town, and the site returned to fields.
Around 1200 the first mention of an abbey garden appears in a document mentioning a walled garden owned by the Benedictine monks of the Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster. A later document, dated between 1250 and 1283, refers to "the garden of the Abbot and Convent of Westminster". By the 13th century this had become a 40-acre (16 ha) quadrangle of mixed orchard, meadow, pasture and arable land, lying between modern-day St. Martin's Lane and Drury Lane, and Floral Street and Maiden Lane. The use of the name "Covent"—an Anglo-French term for a religious community, equivalent to "monastery" or "convent" —appears in a document in 1515, when the Abbey, which had been letting out parcels of land along the north side of the Strand for inns and market gardens, granted a lease of the walled garden, referring to it as "a garden called Covent Garden". This is how it was recorded from then on.
The Bedford Estate (1552–1918)
After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1540, Henry VIII took for himself the land belonging to Westminster Abbey, including the convent garden and seven acres to the north called Long Acre; and in 1552 his son, Edward VI, granted it to John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford. The Russell family, who in 1694 were advanced in their peerage from Earl to Duke of Bedford, held the land from 1552 to 1918.
Russell had Bedford House and garden built on part of the land, with an entrance on the Strand, the large garden stretching back along the south side of the old walled-off convent garden. Apart from this, and allowing several poor-quality tenements to be erected, the Russells did little with the land until the 4th Earl of Bedford, Francis Russell, an active and ambitious businessman, commissioned Inigo Jones in 1630 to design and build a church and three terraces of fine houses around a large square or piazza. The commission had been prompted by Charles I taking offence at the condition of the road and houses along Long Acre, which were the responsibility of Russell and Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth. Russell and Carey complained that under the 1625 Proclamation concerning Buildings, which restricted building in and around London, they could not build new houses; the King then granted Russell, for a fee of £2,000, a licence to build as many new houses on his land as he "shall thinke fitt and convenient". The church of St Paul's was the first building, begun in July 1631 on the western side of the square. The last house was completed in 1637.
The houses initially attracted the wealthy, though when a market developed on the south side of the square around 1654, the aristocracy moved out and coffee houses, taverns, and prostitutes moved in. The Bedford Estate was expanded in 1669 to include Bloomsbury, when Lord Russell married Lady Rachel Vaughan, one of the daughters of the 4th Earl of Southampton.
By the 18th century, Covent Garden had become a well-known red-light district, attracting notable prostitutes such as Betty Careless and Jane Douglas. Descriptions of the prostitutes and where to find them were provided by Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies, the "essential guide and accessory for any serious gentleman of pleasure". In 1830 a market hall was built to provide a more permanent trading centre. In 1913, Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford agreed to sell the Covent Garden Estate for £2 million to the MP and land speculator Harry Mallaby-Deeley, who sold his option in 1918 to the Beecham family for £250,000.
Modern changes
Charles Fowler's 1830 neo-classical building restored as a retail market.
The Covent Garden Estate was part of Beecham Estates and Pills Limited from 1924 to 1928, after which time it was managed by a successor company called Covent Garden Properties Company Limited, owned by the Beechams and other private investors. This new company sold some properties at Covent Garden, while becoming active in property investment in other parts of London. In 1962 the bulk of the remaining properties in the Covent Garden area, including the market, were sold to the newly established government-owned Covent Garden Authority for £3,925,000.
By the end of the 1960s, traffic congestion had reached such a level that the use of the square as a modern wholesale distribution market was becoming unsustainable, and significant redevelopment was planned. Following a public outcry, buildings around the square were protected in 1973, preventing redevelopment. The following year the market moved to a new site in south-west London. The square languished until its central building re-opened as a shopping centre in 1980. An action plan was drawn up by Westminster Council in 2004 in consultation with residents and businesses to improve the area while retaining its historic character. The market buildings, along with several other properties in Covent Garden, were bought by a property company in 2006.
Geography
Historically, the Bedford Estate defined the boundary of Covent Garden, with Drury Lane to the east, the Strand to the south, St. Martin's Lane to the west, and Long Acre to the north. However, over time the area has expanded northwards past Long Acre to High Holborn, and since 1971, with the creation of the Covent Garden Conservation Area which incorporated part of the area between St Martins Lane and Charring Cross Road, the Western boundary is sometimes considered to be Charring Cross Road. Shelton Street, running parallel to the north of Long Acre, marks the London borough boundary between Camden and Westminster. Long Acre is the main thoroughfare, running north-east from St Martin's Lane to Drury Lane.
The area to the south of Long Acre contains the Royal Opera House, the market and central square, and most of the elegant buildings, theatres and entertainment facilities, including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the London Transport Museum; while the area to the north of Long Acre is largely given over to independent retail units centred on Neal Street, Neal's Yard and Seven Dials; though this area also contains residential buildings such as Odhams Walk, built in 1981 on the site of the Odhams print works, and is home to over 6,000 residents.
Governance
The Covent Garden estate was originally under the control of Westminster Abbey and lay in the parish of St Margaret. During a reorganisation in 1542 it was transferred to St Martin in the Fields, and then in 1645 a new parish was created, splitting governance of the estate between the parishes of St Paul Covent Garden and St Martin, both still within the Liberty of Westminster. St Paul Covent Garden was completely surrounded by the parish of St Martin in the Fields. It was grouped into the Strand District in 1855 when it came within the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works.
In 1889 the parish became part of the County of London and in 1900 it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster. It was abolished as a civil parish in 1922. Since 1965 Covent Garden falls within the London boroughs of Westminster and Camden, and is in the Parliamentary constituencies of Cities of London and Westminster and Holborn and St Pancras. For local council elections it falls within the St James's ward for Westminster, and the Holborn and Covent Garden ward for Camden.
Economy
The area's historic association with the retail and entertainment economy continues. In 1979, Covent Garden Market reopened as a retail centre; in 2010, the largest Apple Store in the world opened in The Piazza. The central hall has shops, cafes and bars alongside the Apple Market stalls selling antiques, jewellery, clothing and gifts; there are additional casual stalls in the Jubilee Hall Market on the south side of the square. Long Acre has a range of clothes shops and boutiques, and Neal Street is noted for its large number of shoe shops. London Transport Museum and the side entrance to the Royal Opera House box office and other facilities are also located on the square. During the late 1970s and 1980s the Rock Garden music venue was popular with up and coming punk rock and New Wave artists.
The market halls and several other buildings in Covent Garden were bought by CapCo in partnership with GE Real Estate in August 2006 for £421 million, on a 150-year head lease. The buildings are let to the Covent Garden Area Trust, who pay an annual peppercorn rent of one red apple and a posy of flowers for each head lease, and the Trust protects the property from being redeveloped. In March 2007 CapCo also acquired the shops located under the Royal Opera House. The complete Covent Garden Estate owned by CapCo consists of 550,000 sq ft (51,000 m2), and has a market value of £650 million.
Landmarks
The Royal Opera House, often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", was constructed as the "Theatre Royal" in 1732 to a design by Edward Shepherd. During the first hundred years or so of its history, the theatre was primarily a playhouse, with the Letters Patent granted by Charles II giving Covent Garden and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane exclusive rights to present spoken drama in London. In 1734, the first ballet was presented; a year later Handel's first season of operas began. Many of his operas and oratorios were specifically written for Covent Garden and had their premières here. It has been the home of The Royal Opera since 1945, and the Royal Ballet since 1946.
The current building is the third theatre on the site following destructive fires in 1808 and 1857. The façade, foyer and auditorium were designed by Edward Barry, and date from 1858, but almost every other element of the present complex dates from an extensive £178 million reconstruction in the 1990s. The Royal Opera House seats 2,268 people and consists of four tiers of boxes and balconies and the amphitheatre gallery. The stage performance area is roughly 15 metres square. The main auditorium is a Grade 1 listed building. The inclusion of the adjacent old Floral Hall, previously a part of the old Covent Garden Market, created a new and extensive public gathering place. In 1779 the pavement outside the playhouse was the scene of the murder of Martha Ray, mistress of the Earl of Sandwich, by her admirer the Rev. James Hackman.
Covent Garden square
Balthazar Nebot's 1737 painting of the square before the 1830 market hall was constructed.
The central square in Covent Garden is simply called "Covent Garden", often marketed as "Covent Garden Piazza" to distinguish it from the eponymous surrounding area. Laid out in 1630, it was the first modern square in London, and was originally a flat, open space or piazza with low railings. A casual market started on the south side, and by 1830 the present market hall was built. The space is popular with street performers, who audition with the site's owners for an allocated slot. The square was originally laid out when the 4th Earl of Bedford, Francis Russell, commissioned Inigo Jones to design and build a church and three terraces of fine houses around the site of a former walled garden belonging to Westminster Abbey. Jones's design was informed by his knowledge of modern town planning in Europe, particularly Piazza d'Arme, in Leghorn, Tuscany, Piazza San Marco in Venice, Piazza Santissima Annunziata in Florence, and the Place des Vosges in Paris. The centrepiece of the project was the large square, the concept of which was new to London, and this had a significant influence on modern town planning in the city,[56] acting as the prototype for the laying-out of new estates as the metropolis grew. Isaac de Caus, the French Huguenot architect, designed the individual houses under Jones's overall design.
The church of St Paul's was the first building, and was begun in July 1631 on the western side of the square. The last house was completed in 1637. Seventeen of the houses had arcaded portico walks organised in groups of four and six either side of James Street on the north side, and three and four either side of Russell Street. These arcades, rather than the square itself, took the name Piazza; the group from James Street to Russell Street became known as the "Great Piazza" and that to the south of Russell Street as the "Little Piazza". None of Inigo Jones's houses remain, though part of the north group was reconstructed in 1877–79 as Bedford Chambers by William Cubitt to a design by Henry Clutton.
Covent Garden market
The first record of a "new market in Covent Garden" is in 1654 when market traders set up stalls against the garden wall of Bedford House. The Earl of Bedford acquired a private charter from Charles II in 1670 for a fruit and vegetable market, permitting him and his heirs to hold a market every day except Sundays and Christmas Day. The original market, consisting of wooden stalls and sheds, became disorganised and disorderly, and the 6th Earl requested an Act of Parliament in 1813 to regulate it, then commissioned Charles Fowler in 1830 to design the neo-classical market building that is the heart of Covent Garden today. The contractor was William Cubitt and Company. Further buildings were added—the Floral hall, Charter Market, and in 1904 the Jubilee Market for foreign flowers was built by Cubitt and Howard.
By the end of the 1960s, traffic congestion was causing problems for the market, which required increasingly large lorries for deliveries and distribution. Redevelopment was considered, but protests from the Covent Garden Community Association in 1973 prompted the Home Secretary, Robert Carr, to give dozens of buildings around the square listed-building status, preventing redevelopment. The following year the market relocated to its new site, New Covent Garden Market, about three miles (5 km) south-west at Nine Elms. The central building re-opened as a shopping centre in 1980, with cafes, pubs, small shops and a craft market called the Apple Market. Another market, the Jubilee Market, is held in the Jubilee Hall on the south side of the square. The market halls and several other buildings in Covent Garden have been owned by the property company Capital & Counties Properties (CapCo) since 2006.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The current Theatre Royal on Drury Lane is the most recent of four incarnations, the Second of which opened in 1663, making it the oldest continuously used theatre in London. For much of its first two centuries, it was, along with the Royal Opera House, a patent theatre granted rights in London for the production of drama, and had a claim to be one of London's leading theatres. The first theatre, known as "Theatre Royal, Bridges Street", saw performances by Nell Gwyn and Charles Hart. After it was destroyed by fire in 1672, English dramatist and theatre manager Thomas Killigrew engaged Christopher Wren to build a larger theatre on the same spot, which opened in 1674. This building lasted nearly 120 years, under leadership including Colley Cibber, David Garrick, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. In 1791, under Sheridan's management, the building was demolished to make way for a larger theatre which opened in 1794; but that survived only 15 years, burning down in 1809. The building that stands today opened in 1812. It has been home to actors as diverse as Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, child actress Clara Fisher, comedian Dan Leno, the comedy troupe Monty Python (who recorded a concert album there), and musical composer and performer Ivor Novello. Since November 2008 the theatre has been owned by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and generally stages popular musical theatre. It is a Grade I listed building.
London Transport Museum
The London Transport Museum is in a Victorian iron and glass building on the east side of the market square. It was designed as a dedicated flower market by William Rogers of William Cubitt and Company in 1871, and was first occupied by the museum in 1980. Previously the transport collection had been held at Syon Park and Clapham. The first parts of the collection were brought together at the beginning of the 20th century by the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) when it began to preserve buses being retired from service. After the LGOC was taken over by the London Electric Railway (LER), the collection was expanded to include rail vehicles. It continued to expand after the LER became part of the London Passenger Transport Board in the 1930s and as the organisation passed through various successor bodies up to TfL, London's transport authority since 2000. The Covent Garden building has on display many examples of buses, trams, trolleybuses and rail vehicles from 19th and 20th centuries as well as artefacts and exhibits related to the operation and marketing of passenger services and the impact that the developing transport network has had on the city and its population.
St Paul's Church
St Paul's, commonly known as the Actors' Church, was designed by Inigo Jones as part of a commission by Francis Russell in 1631 to create "houses and buildings fitt for the habitacons of Gentlemen and men of ability". Work on the church began that year and was completed in 1633, at a cost of £4,000, with it becoming consecrated in 1638. In 1645 Covent Garden was made a separate parish and the church was dedicated to St Paul. It is uncertain how much of Jones's original building is left, as the church was damaged by fire in 1795 during restoration work by Thomas Hardwick; though it is believed that the columns are original—the rest is mostly Georgian or Victorian reconstruction.
Culture
The Covent Garden area has long been associated with both entertainment and shopping, and this continues. Covent Garden has 13 theatres, and over 60 pubs and bars, with most south of Long Acre, around the main shopping area of the old market. The Seven Dials area in the north of Covent Garden was home to the punk rock club The Roxy in 1977, and the area remains focused on young people with its trendy mid-market retail outlets.
Street performance
Street entertainment at Covent Garden was noted in Samuel Pepys's diary in May 1662, when he recorded the first mention of a Punch and Judy show in Britain. Impromptu performances of song and swimming were given by local celebrity William Cussans in the eighteenth century. Covent Garden is licensed for street entertainment, and performers audition for timetabled slots in a number of venues around the market, including the North Hall, West Piazza, and South Hall Courtyard. The courtyard space is dedicated to classical music only. There are street performances at Covent Garden Market every day of the year, except Christmas Day. Shows run throughout the day and are about 30 minutes in length. In March 2008, the market owner, CapCo, proposed to reduce street performances to one 30-minute show each hour.
Pubs and bars
The Covent Garden area has over 60 pubs and bars; several of them are listed buildings, with some also on CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors; some, such as The Harp in Chandos Place, have received consumer awards. The Harp's awards include London Pub of the Year in 2008 by the Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood, and National Pub of the Year by CAMRA in 2011. It was at one time owned by the Charrington Brewery, when it was known as The Welsh Harp; in 1995 the name was abbreviated to just The Harp, before Charrington sold it to Punch Taverns in 1997. It has been owned by the landlady since 2010.
The Lamb and Flag in Rose Street has a reputation as the oldest pub in the area, though records are not clear. The first mention of a pub on the site is 1772 (when it was called the Cooper's Arms – the name changing to Lamb & Flag in 1833); the 1958 brick exterior conceals what may be an early 18th-century frame of a house replacing the original one built in 1638.[94] The pub acquired a reputation for staging bare-knuckle prize fights during the early 19th century when it earned the nickname "Bucket of Blood". The alleyway beside the pub was the scene of an attack on John Dryden in 1679 by thugs hired by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, with whom he had a long-standing conflict.
The Salisbury in St. Martin's Lane was built as part of a six-storey block around 1899 on the site of an earlier pub that had been known under several names, including the Coach & Horses and Ben Caunt's Head; it is both Grade II listed, and on CAMRA's National Inventory, due to the quality of the etched and polished glass and the carved woodwork, summed up as "good fin de siècle ensemble". The Freemasons Arms on Long Acre is linked with the founding of the Football Association in 1896; however, the meetings took place at The Freemasons Tavern on Great Queen Street, which was replaced in 1909 by the Connaught Rooms.
Other pubs that are Grade II listed are of minor interest, they are three 19th century rebuilds of 17th century/18th century houses, the Nell Gwynne Tavern in Bull Inn Court, the Nag's Head on James Street, and the White Swan on New Row; a Victorian pub built by lessees of the Marquis of Exeter, the Old Bell on the corner of Exeter Street and Wellington Street; and a late 18th or early 19th century pub the Angel and Crown on St. Martin's Lane.
Cultural connections
Covent Garden, and especially the market, have appeared in a number of works. Eliza Doolittle, the central character in George Bernard Shaw's play, Pygmalion, and the musical adaptation by Alan Jay Lerner, My Fair Lady, is a Covent Garden flower seller. Alfred Hitchcock's 1972 film Frenzy about a Covent Garden fruit vendor who becomes a serial sex killer, was set in the market where his father had been a wholesale greengrocer. The daily activity of the market was the topic of a 1957 Free Cinema documentary by Lindsay Anderson, Every Day Except Christmas, which won the Grand Prix at the Venice Festival of Shorts and Documentaries.
Transport
Covent Garden is served by the Piccadilly line at Covent Garden tube station on the corner of Long Acre and James Street. The station was opened by Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 11 April 1907, four months after services on the rest of the line began operating on 15 December 1906. Platform access is only by lift or stairs; until improvements to the exit gates in 2007, due to high passenger numbers (16 million annually), London Underground had to advise travellers to get off at Leicester Square and walk the short distance (the tube journey at less than 300 yards is London's shortest) to avoid the congestion. Stations just outside the area include the Charing Cross tube station and Charing Cross railway station, Leicester Square tube station, and Holborn tube station. While there is only one bus route in Covent Garden itself—the RV1, which uses Catherine Street as a terminus, just to the east of Covent Garden square—there are over 30 routes which pass close by, mostly on the Strand or Kingsway.
1. Soholm Pitcher 1963, 2. Danish salt seller, 3. 1970's owl trivet, 4. Danish enamel cake ring, 5. This week, 6. Lonborg, 7. Finel cassorole dish, 8. 1970's Danish table mat, 9. Escher puzzle, 10. Ira Denmark Tin, 11. Cathrineholm Bowl, 12. modernist plant pot, 13. 1960s atomic coathooks, 14. Vintage photography lamp, 15. Addis vintage utensils, 16. 1970s Gaydon plastic bowls, 17. Vintage cocoa tin, 18. Vintage dog nutcracker, 19. Enamelware, 20. 1960's Elephant olive forks, 21. Cathrineholm Milk pan, 22. 1970', 23. Atomic plate rack, 24. Guzzini cruet set, 25. Atomic Decoration, 26. Modernist vintage kettle, 27. Cast iron Dog nutcracker, 28. Bakelite car tray 1950's, 29. cathrineholm bowl, 30. vintage umbrella stand, 31. Vintage space age lamp, 32. vintage cocoa tin, 33. Welware vintage ice bucket, 34. Cathrineholm coffee pot, 35. Enamel candle holder, 36. Dala Nils Olsson Horse
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Custom Entryway Bench. 42" wide x 73" high x 16" deep- Flat top w/ cove molding as well as roping. 55" high raised panel back, 3 vertical & 4 horizontal sections with raised panels. Hooks approx 40" from bottom. Bench seat with rounded corners, 2 drawers 4" high, flat, inset and full extension glides. Open area below 6 1/4" high for shoe storage. Rustic cherry- Asbury stain. Q29-ORB hooks, K3063-ORB handles on drawers. Horr, 928181057, FF, A0464, R889PD,
Custom Entryway Bench. 42" wide x 73" high x 16" deep- Flat top w/ cove molding as well as roping. 55" high raised panel back, 3 vertical & 4 horizontal sections with raised panels. Hooks approx 40" from bottom. Bench seat with rounded corners, 2 drawers 4" high, flat, inset and full extension glides. Open area below 6 1/4" high for shoe storage. Rustic cherry- Asbury stain. Q29-ORB hooks, K3063-ORB handles on drawers. Horr, 928181057, FF, A0464, R889PD, Shown is the side view .
It's hard to take a decent photo of this as our hallway is so dark, but I love these coat hooks!
Small things = much happiness.
Kleerhaakjes en trappenhuis. Duizenden voetstapjes van klas 1 naar klas 6.
De hal van de oude school Vest Dordrecht
The Cornwallis Battery, Twin 6-pounder Emplacement is a self-contained battery constructed in 1941. Mainly of reinforced concrete construction, it comprises a casemated Gun Emplacement, a Battery Observation Post tower over, a sunken War shelter for the detachment and a subterranean Magazine. The guns, which had a range of seven miles, and which once sunk a torpedo during target practice, were never fired in anger.
BATTERY OBSERVATION POST -
The Battery Observation Post (BOP) was contained in a four-storey concrete tower served by external steps, which may have been protected by metal shuttering, rising from inside the casemate, a painted sign ''6 PDR BOP'' survives on the wall at the foot of the steps. Each floor is a single room, the lower two are 6ft 10in square with angled corners, while the upper two are rotated through 45° and are 7ft 11in square. The rooms have metal frames for heavy outward-opening metal doors. A narrow Slit in each floor presumably allowed access for power cables and metal water pipes providing heating from the stove and boiler in the war shelter. The ground floor room is reached by a doorway in the south wall, 2ft 11in wide x 6ft 5in high. It has no windows. Small recesses in the floor and scars on the walls are probably connected with distribution of electric power through out the battery.
The first floor room, entered through a doorway in the south wall, 2ft 5in wide x 5ft 11in high, has no internal features, but was probably the telephone exchange for the battery. The second floor room, with a doorway in the south-West wall, 2ft 11in wide x 6ft 2in high, ha an observation embrasure, 1ft 11in high, extending the full length of the south-east wall and 2ft 11in along the adjoining walls. The remains of the vertically-sliding internal galvanised shutters survive, though all glazing has gone. External metal shutters along the south-east and north-east walls open downwards onto metal support struts, others to the south-west open upwards to prevent blocking of the steps there. Inside, the scars of coathooks are situated behind the door. This room functioned as the searchlight direction station, and possibly also for the Commanding Officer. The third floor room, reached through a doorway 3ft 0.5in wide x 6ft 7in high in the south-east wall, originally has a wooden floor, the concrete base is 2ft lower.
An observation embrasure is identical to that in the room below, except the external shutters open downwards. A central concrete pillar, 1ft 9in square and originally 3ft 10in high, supported a Coast Directoe 13 instrument for gun control (Anon 1981, 6) with telephone niche below, 8in wide x 1ft 1in deep and 2ft high. Scars from coathooks and shelves occur on the south-west wall. The scar of a box on the wall may relate to power supply or telephone communications.