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And so with the sun fading in the sky we reached the beginning of our walk around town. It was a thoroughly enjoyable day with the girls, the only downside was that we didn't have enough daylight to do more. When I was a boy this was a post office delivery depot - now the deliveries are of a different nature!
Thanks to everyone who has followed my and left such wonderful feedback. I appreciated all of it immensely!
If you want to read more about our walk please see my blog entry at www.worthingwanderer.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/lewes-histori...
The "downside" of indoor / outdoor Kitties.
Bobby went outside Friday night (seven weeks ago) as usual, I have not seen him since. We have had super hot and heavy rainstorm weather, so I hope he is with somebody, only because the other options are all bad.
Still holding out hope of his coming home.
Checked Animal Control / Shelter - very nice lady named Amy - Added Bobby to the missing Kitty list.
St Alban is venerated as the first recorded British Christian martyr, who is estimated to have died c. 209 - 305 in Verulamium, the Roman town which now bears his name: St Albans.
Detail from the east window in Downside Abbey church by Sir Ninian Comper.
BEST VIEWED LARGE ON BLACK--still with out internet service,at my sons today. Will be a few day before I'm able to leave comments. Thanks for viewing.
The only real downside to this very interesting photo trip in Spain was that, after almost three weeks on the road, we were just as shot as the churches we visited! Of course, we had planned in advance so as to not have to re-pack and move to a different hotel every single day, but that had not always been possible, and Spain is a large country: even though we only went through a part of it and the accommodations were, most of the time, top-notch (we will always remember our two-night stay at a “pilgrims’ inn” on the Path to Compostela, the wholesome, heartwarming food and the awfully nice people), we had driven around quite a lot, unpacked and re-packed quite a lot, shot a lot as well (and that does require some concentration!), and we were a bit tired.
Therefore, and as a gesture of self-congratulation, I booked us for three nights into the best ocean-view room of the nicest hotel in a small coastal resort in the Pays Basque, about two dozen kilometers from the French border. There, we recovered from the fatigue of the trip, ate local fish, slept late and drove around for the absolute minimum distances required to see the surrounding sights. Knowing me, you know I had to take a few photos, and here they are.
I hope you enjoy this “Goodbye to Spain!” series.
Washing the nets of a trawler in Getaria.
Broon looks a little like Pete Townshend here. He lit one torch, and was stringing the audience along before lighting the other torch. It's possible that he was allotted a certain length of time for his act, and he had to extend his act for that duration, otherwise it could have ended sooner. The downside to that would be the risk of not getting enough tips.
The evening walk around Stratton-on-the-Fosse on our first day staying in the village.
Checking out Downside Abbey after closing time, and just before sunset.
The Abbey Church of St Gregory the Great.
Grade I Listed Building
Abbey Church of St Gregory the Great, Downside Abbey
Description
In the entry for:
STRATTON-ON-THE-FOSSE FOSSE WAY
ST 65 SE (west side)
13/187
Abbey Church of St
Gregory The Great,
Downside Abbey and
School
GV
I
The address shall be amended to read:
ST 65 SE FOSSE WAY
5/187 (west side)
Abbey Church of St
Gregory The Great,
Downside Abbey
- I
and the description shall be amended to read
Abbey church and north cloister. Commenced 1873 and as yet unfinished (west front
and two bays of nave are missing). Main building periods 1872-82, c.1890, 1901-5,
1911-12, c.1923-25, 1938. Architects in date order, A M Dunn and E J Hansom,
Thomas Garner, F.A.Walters, Sir G.G.Scott. Interior fittings and furnishings by
the principal architects and Sir J N Comper. Bath stone ashlar with red plain
tile roofs, the east end chapels roofed very conspicuously in copper sheeting.
Abbey church consists of nave with blind aisles and gallery chapels to south over
north cloisters, by Sir G G Scott 1922-25 incorporating temporary west front, in
simplified early Perpendicular style. Transepts with chapels opened 1882 and base
of tower 1884, by A Dunn and E Hansom in early English style; tower finished 1938
by Scott in Somerset Perpendicular. Choir 1902-05 by Thomas Garner in early
Decorated style; east end, ambulatory and radiating chapels with large projecting
Lady Chapel opened 1888 by Dunn and Hansom in a French C13 style. Of the earliest
work by Dunn and Hansom the 2 bays transepts have a rose window to the north,
south transept with tower on south side; tower with much emphasised doorway and
with gabled canopy with figures; with Scott's addition it rises to about 166 ft,
corner buttresses, pinnacles, 3 tiers of 2-light bell-chamber windows. Eight bay
nave with triforium and clerestorey, pierced parapet, 2-light windows, rich
tracery, west end (unfinished) with triple lancets. Chancel of 7 bays, with tall
transomed clerestory windows, pierced parapets, flying buttresses, massive end
pinnacles, 3-light east window. Chapels at east end with much emphasis on
facetted roofs. Interior rib-vaulted in C13 French style; nave with tall
Perpendicular arcades; triforium in Decorated style; richly fitted and furnished
with much high quality work including altars, carvings, tombs, paintings and
stained glass; canopied tomb of Cardinal Gasquet (d.1929) by Sir G G Scott, effigy
by E Carter Preston. The Lady Chapel was decorated, glazed, paved and screened by
Comper.
'The most splendid demonstration of the renaissance of Roman Catholicism in
England' (Pevsner) it was built for a community of Benedictine monks, founded at
St Gregory's monastery at Douai in Flanders in 1607, house re-established in
England 1795, present estate purchased 1813.
References: Pevsner. Buildings of England, North Somerset and Bristol 1958 and
for full description of church: James, Dom Augustine. The Story of Downside Abbey
Church 1961. Fitzgerald-Lombard, Dom C.A guide to the Church of St Gregory the
Great Downside Abbey, 1981.
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STRATTON-ON-THE-FOSSE CP FOSSE WAY (West side)
ST65SE
13/187 Abbey Church of St. Gregory The
Great, Downside Abbey and School
-
GV I
Abbey Church, and north cloister. Work commenced 1872 and as yet unfinished, viz. west end of Abbey Church. For
community of Benedictine monks, founded at St Gregory's Monastery at Douai in northern France, 1601; house
re-established in England 1795, present estate purchased 1814. Bath and Doulting stones, lias; tile and copper sheeting
roofs. Abbey Church consists of nave with blind aisles and gallery chapels to south over north cloister, by Sir G G
Scott c1923-25 incorporating temporary west front, in simplified French Perpendicular style. Transepts with chapels and
base of tower c1882, by A Dunn and C Hansom in rich Early English style; tower finished 1938 by Scott in Somerset
Perpendicular. Chancel c1901-05 by Thomas Garner in Early Perpendicular style; east end, ambulatory and radiating
chapels with large projecting Lady Chapel c1890 by Dunn and Hansom in French Perpendicular style. Of the earliest work
by Dunn and Hansom the 2 bay transepts have a rose window to the north, south transept with tower on south side; tower
with much emphasised door opening, gabled canopy with figures; with Scott's addition it rises to about 160 m, corner
buttresses, pinnacles, 3 tiers of 2-light bell-chamber windows. Eight bay nave with triforium and clerestory, pierced
parapet, 2-light windows, rich tracery, west end with triple lancets. Chancel of 7 bays, with tall transomed clerestory
windows, pierced parapets, flying buttresses, massive end pinnacles, 3-light east window. Chapels at east end with much
emphasis on facetted roofs. Interior rib-vaulted in C13 French style; nave with tall Perpendicular arcades; triforium
in Decorated style; richly fitted and furnished with much high quality work including carvings, tombs, paintings and
stained glass; tomb and recess by Sir Ninian Compter. (Pevsner, Buildings of England, North Somerset and Bristol, 1958;
Fitzgerald-Lombard Dom C, A Guide to the Church of St Gregory the Great Downside Abbey, 1981).
Listing NGR: ST6550550832
Hasselblad 500CM
Zeiss 80mm f/2.8 Planar
Fuji PRO 400H
Exposure: f/8, 1/500
O'Malley's on Main, Seal Beach, CA.
Took a trip to CA this week and re-visited some of the places we went to last year on our trip including this Irish Pub for some lunch. Shot a couple of rolls of 120 and 35mm each and think I got some nice shots. Downside was a dropped Yashica Electro and a prematurely opened A12 back on my Hasselblad which surely ruined the last shot that I waited around 20 minutes and the right light to take!
Anyway, this shot was from last years visit, enjoy :)
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Abbey Church of St Gregory The Great, Downside Abbey, Fosse Way
Grade I Listed
List Entry Number: 1058633
Details
In the entry for:
STRATTON-ON-THE-FOSSE FOSSE WAY ST 65 SE(west side) 13/187 Abbey Church of St Gregory The Great, Downside Abbey and School GV I The address shall be amended to read:
ST 65 SE FOSSE WAY 5/187 (west side) Abbey Church of St Gregory The Great, Downside Abbey
- I
and the description shall be amended to read
Abbey church and north cloister. Commenced 1873 and as yet unfinished (west front and two bays of nave are missing). Main building periods 1872-82, c.1890, 1901-5, 1911-12, c.1923-25, 1938. Architects in date order, A M Dunn and E J Hansom, Thomas Garner, F.A.Walters, Sir G.G.Scott. Interior fittings and furnishings by the principal architects and Sir J N Comper. Bath stone ashlar with red plain tile roofs, the east end chapels roofed very conspicuously in copper sheeting.
Abbey church consists of nave with blind aisles and gallery chapels to south over north cloisters, by Sir G G Scott 1922-25 incorporating temporary west front, in simplified early Perpendicular style. Transepts with chapels opened 1882 and base of tower 1884, by A Dunn and E Hansom in early English style; tower finished 1938 by Scott in Somerset Perpendicular. Choir 1902-05 by Thomas Garner in early Decorated style; east end, ambulatory and radiating chapels with large projecting Lady Chapel opened 1888 by Dunn and Hansom in a French C13 style. Of the earliest work by Dunn and Hansom the 2 bays transepts have a rose window to the north, south transept with tower on south side; tower with much emphasised doorway and with gabled canopy with figures; with Scott's addition it rises to about 166 ft, corner buttresses, pinnacles, 3 tiers of 2-light bell-chamber windows. Eight bay nave with triforium and clerestorey, pierced parapet, 2-light windows, rich tracery, west end (unfinished) with triple lancets. Chancel of 7 bays, with tall transomed clerestory windows, pierced parapets, flying buttresses, massive end pinnacles, 3-light east window. Chapels at east end with much emphasis on facetted roofs. Interior rib-vaulted in C13 French style; nave with tall Perpendicular arcades; triforium in Decorated style; richly fitted and furnished with much high quality work including altars, carvings, tombs, paintings and stained glass; canopied tomb of Cardinal Gasquet (d.1929) by Sir G G Scott, effigy by E Carter Preston. The Lady Chapel was decorated, glazed, paved and screened by Comper.
'The most splendid demonstration of the renaissance of Roman Catholicism in England' (Pevsner) it was built for a community of Benedictine monks, founded at St Gregory's monastery at Douai in Flanders in 1607, house re-established in England 1795, present estate purchased 1813.
References: Pevsner. Buildings of England, North Somerset and Bristol 1958 and for full description of church: James, Dom Augustine. The Story of Downside Abbey Church 1961. Fitzgerald-Lombard, Dom C.A guide to the Church of St Gregory the Great Downside Abbey, 1981.
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STRATTON-ON-THE-FOSSE CP FOSSE WAY (West side) ST65SE 13/187 Abbey Church of St. Gregory The Great, Downside Abbey and School -
GV I
Abbey Church, and north cloister. Work commenced 1872 and as yet unfinished, viz. west end of Abbey Church. For community of Benedictine monks, founded at St Gregory's Monastery at Douai in northern France, 1601; house re-established in England 1795, present estate purchased 1814. Bath and Doulting stones, lias; tile and copper sheeting roofs. Abbey Church consists of nave with blind aisles and gallery chapels to south over north cloister, by Sir G G Scott c1923-25 incorporating temporary west front, in simplified French Perpendicular style. Transepts with chapels and base of tower c1882, by A Dunn and C Hansom in rich Early English style; tower finished 1938 by Scott in Somerset Perpendicular. Chancel c1901-05 by Thomas Garner in Early Perpendicular style; east end, ambulatory and radiating chapels with large projecting Lady Chapel c1890 by Dunn and Hansom in French Perpendicular style. Of the earliest work by Dunn and Hansom the 2 bay transepts have a rose window to the north, south transept with tower on south side; tower with much emphasised door opening, gabled canopy with figures; with Scott's addition it rises to about 160 m, corner buttresses, pinnacles, 3 tiers of 2-light bell-chamber windows. Eight bay nave with triforium and clerestory, pierced parapet, 2-light windows, rich tracery, west end with triple lancets. Chancel of 7 bays, with tall transomed clerestory windows, pierced parapets, flying buttresses, massive end pinnacles, 3-light east window. Chapels at east end with much emphasis on facetted roofs. Interior rib-vaulted in C13 French style; nave with tall Perpendicular arcades; triforium in Decorated style; richly fitted and furnished with much high quality work including carvings, tombs, paintings and stained glass; tomb and recess by Sir Ninian Compter. (Pevsner, Buildings of England, North Somerset and Bristol, 1958; Fitzgerald-Lombard Dom C, A Guide to the Church of St Gregory the Great Downside Abbey, 1981).
Listing NGR: ST6550550832
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1058633
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Downside Abbey.
The Abbey of St Gregory the Great at Downside, commonly known as Downside Abbey, is a Benedictine monastery in England and the senior community of the English Benedictine Congregation. One of its main apostolates is the Downside School, for the education of children aged eleven to eighteen. Alumni of the school are known as Old Gregorians.
Both the abbey and the school are located at Stratton-on-the-Fosse between Westfield and Shepton Mallet in Somerset, South West England.
Downside Abbey has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building. Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described the Abbey as "the most splendid demonstration of the renaissance of Roman Catholicism in England"
Foundation and development.
The community was founded in 1605 at Douai in Flanders, then part the Spanish Netherlands, under the patronage of St Gregory the Great, (who had sent the monk, St Augustine of Canterbury, as head of a mission to England in 597). The founder was St John Roberts, who became the first prior and established the new community with other English monks who had entered various monasteries within the Spanish Benedictine Congregation, notably the principal monastery at Valladolid. In 1611 Dom Philippe de Caverel, abbot of St. Vaast's Abbey at Arras, built and endowed a monastery for the community.
The Priory of St. Gregory was therefore the first English Benedictine house to renew conventual life after the Reformation. For nearly 200 years the monastery trained monks for the English mission and six of these men were beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929. Two of them, Saints John Roberts and Ambrose Barlow, were among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970.
French troops invaded Flanders during the French Revolution. The monastic community was expelled by them, after a period of imprisonment, and in March 1795 the community was permitted to proceed to England. They settled for some 20 years as guests of Sir Edward Smythe at Acton Burnell, Shropshire, before finally settling at Mount Pleasant, Downside, in Somerset, in 1814.
The monastery was completed in 1876 and the abbey church in 1925, being raised to the rank of a minor basilica in 1935 by Pope Pius XI.
The building of Downside abbey church was begun in the 19th century, and ended with completion of the nave after World War I. The church houses the relics of St. Oliver Plunkett, archbishop of Armagh, Irish martyr, executed at Tyburn in 1681, who entrusted the disposal of his body to the care of a Benedictine monk of the English Benedictine Congregation. The church is one of only three in the United Kingdom to be designated a minor basilica by the Roman Catholic Church, the others being St. Chad's Cathedral in Birmingham and Corpus Christi Priory, Manchester.
The church is built in the Gothic Revival style, and is designed to rival in size the medieval cathedrals of England that were lost to the Catholic Church through the Reformation. The earliest part is the decorated transepts by Archibald Matthias Dunn and Edward Joseph Hansom, dating from 1882.[10] The choir is the work of Thomas Garner (who is buried there), dedicated in 1905. The nave by Giles Gilbert Scott (c. 1923-25) remains unfinished, with its western wall in crude Lias stone standing bare and undecorated.
The Lady chapel is acknowledged as one of the most complete and successful schemes of Sir Ninian Comper, with a reredos and altar furnishings incorporating medieval fragments and a reliquary containing the skull of St Thomas de Cantilupe. The tower, completed in 1938, at 166 feet (55 m), is the second highest in Somerset. The choir stalls are modeled on the stalls in Chester Cathedral.
The Abbey Cemetery, primarily a burial ground for the community, also contains two war graves of World War II, a Lieutenant of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and a Sub-Lieutenant of the Royal New Zealand Navy.
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St Benedict (c.480-c.547) was born in Nurcia (Italy) and was edicated in Rome. Turning his back on the worldliness he encountered there, he retired to live as a hermit in a cave near Subiaco. His fame spread and disciples began to join him, whom he organized into twelve small monasteries. He eventually moved to Montecassino, where he founded the famous abbey, and produced his Rule, drawing on the monastic wisdom of the Christian EAst as well as earlier Western Rules and his own practical experience. He was proclaimed patron of Europe by Pope Paul VI because of his essential influence in the formation of Christian Europe.
This stained glass detail of the saint is from Downside Abbey.
A downside of traveling with all my parts in a small bin is that after a few hours of building, half my parts have exploded onto my work surface -- and they all have to get packed back in before my next move. Sigh. Other than that, it's a good challenge, I'm happy with the builds coming out of it, and very rarely have I missed any parts I left at home. It's true what they always say about design -- the more limitations you have, the closer you are to a solution.
"Thy cradle here shall glitter bright,
and darkness breathe a newer light
where endless faith shall shine serene
and twilight never intervene."
- from St Ambrose's hymn, 'Veni Redemptor Gentium".
Detail from Comper's alabaster reredos in the Lady chapel of Downside Abbey church.
"In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you!"" - Luke 1:26-28.
Detail of a window by Sir Ninian Comper in the Lady chapel of Downside Abbey church.
Today, 25 March, is the Solemnity of the Annunciation.
Rte "215A Downside Common - Kingston". The route was re-numbered to the 215 30/12-67, later this section was w/d on 19/7/69 between Cobham & Downside.
Downside to doing a 365 project for self discovery is, you know, actually discovering things about yourself.
I realized that the reason I don't have jealousy issues isn't because I'm not jealous. I am. It's because I don't think I'm worth it. It's been years, and I still find things that B gave me. I realized I don't ask the people I fall for to stay, or to compromise for me, because when I asked him (the only time I ever asked someone to give something up for me) he refused. I gave him an ultimatum, and he didn't choose me (It was when we found out Casey's cancer wasn't in remission after the chemo and surgeries. We found out the day after he left for a month long motorcycle trip, and I asked him to come back for me). And while I've been systematically rooting out the things he did to me and reframing them in terms of the fact that he was emotionally abusing me, I didn't know this one existed. And the one time I spoke my jealousy out loud to the manly friend, he dumped me by telling me he was choosing her over me.
Yeah, I'm so awesome. I'm so laid back. I'm never jealous. Because I'm so convinced I'm worthless. That I can't be jealous or ask for something, because it will be refused.
And I've already lost people because of this. Both friends and lovers. I'm usually indifferent at this point to the things that B did. But sometimes I hate him so much for fucking me up this badly and leaving such a fucking mess for me to clean up.
The downside to living on top of a hill in a village is having a small house for the money.
This view is the trade off :0)