Edwardian Architecture
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Early in the 20th century, it was very popular to dress up animals and stage scenes like this. People used to love sending them to each other!
And truly imperial it is too. This impressive and marble-clad palazzo stands at no 33 Wigmore Street, London, a late Victorian or even an emerging Edwardian beauty serving neither King nor Queen, but commerce alone. This used to be the headquarters of Debenham's department stores - shopping as an act of participation in the benefits of imperial power. Fuji X100F. Wigmore Street runs parallel to Oxford Street.
1910 and 1920's inspired outfit with a touch of steampunk, winter, kitty, and witchy.
Outfit:
•torment - Noelle Halo, Lunari crystal
•Wickedpup - Edgy Ears
•K R E E P - Crystalline horns Long Priestess
•ANTAYA - Flowers with pearls v2
•Void + Minttea - Demure Lashes
•Swallow - Pixie Gauged S Ears
•The Lucile - Edwardian Mourning Gown Translucent
•FORMANAILS - Silvana Nails
•Static - Amarth Ring Left and Right, Fae Embers
Hair: Magika - Unravel Hair, Dolly Bangs
Head: Lelutka - EvoX Avalon
Eyes: Celesticat - Snowflake Eyes
Skin: Nar Mattaru - Inalla Skin
Body: Legacy Perky
Pose: Mewsery - Eclipse 3a
Backdrop: Milk Motion - Gothic skybox
Makeup etc:
•Just Magnetized - Gyaru Doll
•Emotional Circus - It's Snowing Blush
•Nar Mattaru - Inalla Skin Nose Highlight, Cheek Highlight
•Izzie's - 07 Eyebrows Soft Arch, 02 Beauty Mole L, 05 Ear Blush, Chin Dimple, Fawn Eyeshadow, 01 Pores, Freckles 03
•Gloom. - Face Enhancer Dark Nostrils
Bexhill or Bexhill-on-Sea is a seaside town situated in the county of East Sussex in South East England. An ancient town and part of the local-government district of Rother, Bexhill is home to a number of archaeological sites, a Manor House in the Old Town, an abundance of Edwardian and Victorian architecture, and the famous De La Warr Pavilion: today a centre for contemporary art – which has featured the work of Andy Warhol, Cerith Wyn Evans and Richard Wilson amongst others – and an auditorium, where Bob Marley had his first UK appearance and has since seen performances by Elvis Costello, Goldfrapp, Ray Davies, Years & Years, Patti Smith and Laurie Anderson.
The first reference to Bexhill, or Bexelei as it was originally called, was in a charter granted by King Offa of Mercia in 772 AD. It is recorded that King Offa had 'defeated the men of Hastings' in 771 AD. At this time, the term Hastings would have referred to this whole area rather than the town itself as it does today. In the charter, King Offa established a church and religious community in Bexhill.
During the Norman Conquest of 1066 it appears that Bexhill was largely destroyed. The Domesday survey of 1086 records that the manor was worth £20 before the conquest, was 'waste' in 1066 and was worth £18 10s in 1086. King William I used the lands he had conquered to reward his knights and gave Bexhill manor to Robert, Count of Eu, with most of the Hastings area. Robert's grandson, John, Count of Eu, gave back the manor to the bishops of Chichester in 1148 and it is probable that the first manor house was built by the bishops at this time. The later manor house, the ruins of which can still be seen at the Manor Gardens in Bexhill Old Town, was built about 1250, probably on the instructions of St. Richard, Bishop of Chichester. St Richard's Catholic College, the local Catholic school, was duly for said bishop. The Manor House was the easternmost residence owned by the bishops and would have been used as a place to stay while travelling around or through the eastern part of their diocese. There were often disputes between the Bishops of Chichester and the Abbots of Battle Abbey, usually about land ownership in this area. In 1276 a large portion of Bexhill was made into a park for hunting and in 1447 Bishop Adam de Moleyns was given permission to fortify the Manor House.
In 1561 Queen Elizabeth I took possession of Bexhill Manor and three years later she gave it to Sir Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset. The Earls, later Dukes, of Dorset owned Bexhill until the mid 19th century. Their main residences were Buckhurst Place in Sussex and Knole House in Kent.
In 1804 soldiers of the King's German Legion were stationed in barracks at Bexhill. These troops were Hanoverians who had escaped when their country was overrun by Napoleon's French Army. As King George III was also the Elector of Hanover, he welcomed them and they fought as part of the British Army. At about this time, defensive Martello Towers were built along the south east coast, some near Bexhill, in order to repel any French invasion. In 1814 the soldiers of the King's German Legion left Bexhill, eventually playing an important part in the Battle of Waterloo the following year. The German troops had been here to protect Bexhill from the French. However, many of the local people were actively trading with the enemy by way of smuggling. The best known of the local smugglers were in the Little Common Gang and the most famous incident was the infamous Battle of Sidley Green in 1828.
In 1813 Elizabeth Sackville had married the 5th Earl De La Warr, and when the male line of the Dukes of Dorset died out in 1865 she and her husband inherited Bexhill.
It was the 7th Earl De La Warr who decided to transform the small rural village of Bexhill into an exclusive seaside resort. He contracted the builder, John Webb, to construct the first sea wall and to lay out De La Warr Parade. Webb, in part payment for his work, was given all the land extending from Sea Road to the Polegrove, south of the railway line. Opened in 1890, the luxurious Sackville Hotel was built for the 7th Earl De La Warr and originally included a house for the use of his family. In 1891 Viscount Cantelupe, his eldest surviving son, married Muriel Brassey, the daughter of Sir Thomas and the late Annie, Lady Brassey of Normanhurst Court near Bexhill. The Manor House was fully refurbished so that Lord and Lady Cantelupe could live in style as Lord and Lady of the Manor. Finally, the 7th Earl De La Warr transferred control of his Bexhill estate to Viscount Cantelupe. When the 7th Earl De La Warr died in 1896
Viscount Cantelupe became the 8th Earl De La Warr. At this time he organised the building on the sea front of the Kursaal, a pavilion for refined entertainment and relaxation. He also had a bicycle track made, with a cycle chalet, at the eastern end of De La Warr Parade. These amenities were provided to promote the new resort. Meanwhile, many independent schools were being attracted to the expanding town due to its health-giving reputation. The railway came through Bexhill in 1846, the first railway station being a small country halt situated roughly where Sainsbury's car park is today. This was some distance from the village on the hill. A new station, north of Devonshire Square, was opened in 1891 to serve the growing resort. In 1902 the current railway station was opened and a Bexhill West Station was built for the newly built Crowhurst Branch Line.
1902 was the year that Bexhill became an Incorporated Borough. This was the first Royal Charter granted by Edward VII. Bexhill was the last town in Sussex to be incorporated and it was the first time a Royal Charter was delivered by motorcar. To celebrate the town's newfound status and to promote the resort, the 8th Earl De La Warr organised the country's first ever motorcar races along De La Warr Parade in May 1902. The town was scandalised at this time by the divorce of Earl De La Warr.
Muriel had brought the action on the grounds of adultery and abandonment. She was granted a divorce and given custody of their three children. Muriel, with her children, Myra, Avice and Herbrand, went back to live with Earl Brassey at Normanhurst Court. The 8th Earl De La Warr remarried but was again divorced for adultery. He also suffered recurrent and well-publicised financial difficulties. At the start of the First World War in 1914 the Earl bought a Royal Naval commission. He died of fever at Messina in 1915.
Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville became the 9th Earl De La Warr. He is best known for championing the construction of the De La Warr Pavilion, which was built and opened in 1935. The 9th Earl also became Bexhill's first socialist mayor. He died in 1976.
The Second World War caused the evacuation of the schools and substantial bomb-damage to the town. Many schools returned to Bexhill after the war but there was a steady decline in the number of independent schools in the town. The break-up of the British Empire and in particular the Independence of India in 1947 hastened the process. Most of the schools were boarding and catered largely for the children of the armed forces overseas and of the colonial administration. Although the number of schools decreased, many of the parents and former pupils had fond memories of the town and later retired to Bexhill.
For further information please visit
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bexhill-on-Sea and www.discoverbexhill.com/
Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcestershire, England is a ruined Italianate mansion. Built for the Foleys in the seventeenth century on the site of a former manor house, it was enormously expanded in the early nineteenth century by the architect John Nash for Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley. The estate was later sold to the Earls of Dudley, who undertook a second massive reconstruction in the mid-19th century, employing the architect Samuel Daukes to create one of the great palaces of Victorian and Edwardian England.
The declining fortune of the Dudleys saw the sale of the court after the First World War to a Kidderminster carpet manufacturer. In 1937 a major fire caused great damage to the court, the estate was broken up and sold and the house was subsequently stripped of its fittings and furnishings. Forty years of decay followed before the house and grounds were taken into the care of The Department of the Environment in 1972. Since that point, significant restoration and stabilisation have secured the house as a spectacular ruin.
Witley Court, and the attached Church of St Michael and All Angels, are both Grade I listed buildings
All the figures in this one were in period costume...so I thought sepia would be the better choice for presentation.
Barons Court tube station. The distinctive green tiling and pedimented ticket windows (now very rare) are a major part of the reason why this station is now a listed building.
“Only $2,575,291.” That’s how much GM paid for all of Vauxhall in 1925, according to Alfred P. Sloan in his book, My Years With General Motors. Small stuff for GM, “only a kind of experiment in overseas manufacturing.”
But for Vauxhall, and for Britain, it was the beginning of the end of an era. GM’s acquisition of the small company – Vauxhall never made more than 1500 cars a year – would bring profits to the Luton-based firm, but it would also mean the end of a great Edwardian-era sportster and one of the best British sports cars of the ‘20s, the Vauxhall 30/98.
The 30/98 was the final iteration of a theme that Vauxhall’s Chief Engineer, Lawrence Pomeroy, Sr., (father of noted British auto writer) had begun with the three-liter Prince Henry in 1910. Named for the European trials in which it had first success, the Prince Henry’s engine was enlarged to four liters in 1912-13 in response to competition. That was good, but not enough for some. When one John Higginson asked Pomeroy for a faster Shelsey Walsh hillclimber, Pomeroy enlarged the bore of the four-cylinder engine by three mm and lengthened the stroke by five mm – by cold stretching the crank with a steam power hammer!
Blacksmith engineering completed, the now 4.5 liter engine went into a Prince Henry frame, and Higginson went out and set a record at Shelsey Walsh the first time out. As sure as you can say “Race on Sunday sell on Monday,” a whole lot of folks were beating a path to Bedfordshire for what he was having over there.
A lot is relatively speaking. Only 18 of this new model, christened the 30/98 (for no known reason; the numbers match neither tax nor horsepower), were made before The Great War. The limited production numbers have more than something to do with the chassis price of the 30/98 being £900 while the standard Prince Henry, also in production, cost only £580.
After the war, the 30/98 took over as the “E-type” which, fixed-head engine and all, was guaranteed to do 100 mph in chassis form. In fact, all 30/98s, from the beginning to the end, came with the promise that if the buyer wished, the factory would certify that ability with the customer’s own car.
The E-type was succeeded in turn by the OE-type, which was more different than a simple addition of a letter would suggest. It was drawn not by Pomeroy, whose overhead cam design was rejected after which he left for the U.S., but by one C.E. King. Instead of the E-type’s exposed valves and valve springs, the OE was an overhead valve design with very large valves. Where the E-type made 90 BHP at 3000 rpm (very good for a pre-war design), the OE produced around 115 bhp with revs raised to 3300 RPM. The engine speed was made possible in part by the use of aluminum connecting rods, advanced for 1922, and also by a reduction of the stroke by 10 mm, though the latter was done mainly to keep hood height down. The OE, though, displaced only 4224 cc, and traditionalists preferred the torquier earlier model. Oh well.
The innovation of front brakes came in 1923, though these were cable-operated off a foot pedal which also activated a transmission brake. The meat of the stopping chore was done by the rear brakes, applied by a large lever mounted outside the car itself. Hydraulics came soon after, but only for the foot brake, the cable system being retained for the rears.
Most 30/98s came with either four-seater Velox or Wensum bodywork, the latter in a handsome nautical style. Only one was known to be bodied in the U.S., that a rumble-seat roadster built by the Durham Body Co. of Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania firm started making carriages in 1887 and expired in the’ 50s after being reduced to making luxury conversions, but in 1926 was well known for the quality automotive coachwork it supplied. The 30/98 Register has no record of the original owner, the registrar David Marsh surmises that the car was shipped from the factory with no body but with fenders and the Vauxhall hallmark fluted hood and radiator.
Ralph Stein wrote of what is probably this car in his book The Great Cars. It was owned by Ray Gilhooly, who sold used foreign cars in New York (though he is best known for the spectacular spin he performed at Indianapolis and that now carries his name). Stein almost bought the car, but presumably it instead went to a J. Frost who began to restore the car but only took it apart. Bought by New York collector Gardener King after World War II, it was finally rebuilt. In the mid-60s it was sold to W.H. Lane, who in turn sold it in 1986 to Charles Mallory of New York City.
The Vauxhall is now, as it always was, a very long legged machine, its booming exhaust chasing it up to an easy 70 mph and beyond. With right-hand drive, the gearshift is near the driver’s right knee. It’s a solid affair which feels as if it was machined from a billet. It isn’t easy to change gears, the non-synchro box wanting double clutching going up as well as down. It’s best just to short shift, matching gear speeds at lower rpm and relying on the engine’s thunder to bring up the speed.
Though light for the era, the steering does take some shoulder to start the almost 3000-pound car turning, though once set into a turn the 32×4.5 Dunlop’s cling with surprising tenacity. Nor does the chassis betray their effort. Brakes are the weak link, the foot brake pulling the car from side to side, though once the drums are warmed the handbrake is quite effective. The trick is not to forget to reach for the handbrake while also remembering that the Vauxhall also has a center throttle, with the brake on the right. If you have to stop right now, what is it one grabs or stomps or…? Speed, though, was the 30/98’s trump: At Brooklands alone some 27 firsts, 28 seconds, and 14 thirds were counted by 1926. It is a tribute to the quality of the Vauxhall 30/98 that one came in fourth in the first Watkins Glen Grand Prix in 1949.
Production of the 30/98 continued after GM bought Vauxhall, but GM had other plans. Vauxhall was to become a volume producer of cars that Alfred Sloan understood: ones that made money. If not history. The 604th and last 30/98 was completed early in 1927. But even today, British enthusiasts debate Bentley versus vintage Vauxhall. It was just that kind of car.
J Matras, Remember Road
At the Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick Junction Station.
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Fountains and Features
The ornate Edwardian period fountain on the south side was donated in 1904 in memory of W R Blythe, who had been a strong promoter of the development of Clive Square.
Thanks to all who take the time to visit and comment on my photo stream....it's greatly appreciated. Also for all of the invitations to join or post my photos into groups!
"Federation architecture is the architectural style in Australia that was prevalent from around 1890 to 1915. The name refers to the Federation of Australia on 1 January 1901, when the Australian colonies collectively became the Commonwealth of Australia." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_architecture
With the death of Queen Victoria on January 22, 1901 the Edwardian age was born. This happened to coincide almost exactly with this new Federation style of architecture which was becoming popular in Australia. Remember that in 1907 Invermay was joined to the Launceston City Council and underwent a building boom.
Invermay has a particularly important architectural collection of Federation style houses. The most historic houses generally have some form of preservation order, but in any case most of the home owners take great pride in maintaining the historic character of Invermay.
So let's start our walk through Invermay.
This belt buckle may be a bit faded, but at well over 100 years old, I think it's entitled to look a little the worse for wear. It still has its own charm as far as I'm concerned. :)
For this week's Macro Mondays group theme, Buckle. The buckle is just under 2" wide.
Typical iron trellis station footbridge of the Edwardian period. At Buckfastleigh on the South Devon Steam Railway. The positioning of the signal box directly underneath the footbridge shows great exploitation of limited space.
GWR 7820 'Dinmore Manor' arrives from Totnes. She is on loan from the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Heritage Railway.
We are still preparing a second clothing collection, but in a meantime we finally finished our special design dress. It is mostly made by hand, it has over two hundred of beads, handmade jewelry, over 16 square meters of lace fabric and over 30 meters of lace trims. The dress is inspired of a true period clothing from Edwardian Era.
Absynthia is Or-doll Eris on Spiritdoll Proud 1st body small bust option ws
Face-up by Himi*Mo
Eyes by Gumdrops
Wig by Volks
Outfit and jewelry by us - Ayu&Ana Design
Saturday For Stairs (or any day of the week)
What a lovely staircase to descend every morning. Thanks for your lovely comments, it isn't my home, this is an AI creation!
I took this one about a month ago, but didn't get around to posting it. The hand painted enamelled button dates from the late 19th century. The wooden bobbins and vintage postcard are from the 1900s.
Edwardian Weekend at Crich Tramway Village in 2015.
I’m not sure they had lager beer back in Edwardian times...
Explored 11.3.2021.
Wide boulevards, Georgian and Edwardian architecture and expansive, award-winning parks provide a sophisticated backdrop to this Regency shopping paradise. Often described as ‘the best bits of London, all in a ten-minute walk’, Leamington town centre combines a treasure-trove of independent, specialist boutiques with all the national chains you would expect to find in a large city. With an impressive array of entertainment venues, a rich choice of restaurants and some of the country’s best spas and salons, we're certain you will find it one of the most appealing towns in the UK.
The flood arches at Lea Marston feature heavily in this shot constructed by the Midland Railway in 1908 for the Whitacre cut off line as 220030 zips by with 1V44 Leeds to Plymouth; 52 late at this point making up 9 minutes before its destination.
After visiting Wolverhampton’s excellent art gallery and discovering St Peter’s church nearby, we went to Bantock House. The house is now a museum of Edwardian life, much altered since it was built as a farmhouse in 1731. It was bought by the Bantock family around 1860 and inherited by Albert Baldwin Bantock in 1896, who lived there until his death in 1938. Very much involved in local politics, he was mayor of Wolverhampton twice and High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1920. Dying childless, he left the house, its contents and 48-acre gardens, to Wolverhampton. Inside, it certainly feels like an Edwardian family home, with a number of pieces he collected in his lifetime. It is also home (at the moment at least) to some of the exhibits from the National Puppetry Archive including the Lanchester marionettes.
The Old Timers race... or as it is actually known, The Edwardian Era.
This is Rebecca Smith in a 1914/18 Vauxhall A/D Type.
Although technically the Edwardian period came to an end with the death of King Edward VII in 1910, many consider this optimistic period in history came to a crashing end with the start of the First World War in 1914.
As you can see in the fine detail of this house on Sandy Bay Road, it was built in 1913, right at the end of the Edwardian period architecturally. This house still looks splendid in the the bright sunlight of a late afternoon. The perfect time for a brisk walk.
We are still preparing a secong clothing collection, but in a meantime we finally finished our special design dress. It is mostly made by hand, it has over two hundred of beads, handmade jewelry, over 16 square meters of lace fabric and over 30 meters of lace trims. The dress is inspired of a true period clothing from Edwardian Era.
Absynthia is Or-doll Eris on Spiritdoll Proud 1st body small bust option ws
Face-up by Himi*Mo
Eyes by Gumdrops
Wig by Volks
Outfit and jewelry by us - Ayu&Ana Design
We are still preparing a second clothing collection, but in a meantime we finally finished our special design dress. It is mostly made by hand, it has over two hundred of beads, handmade jewelry, over 16 square meters of lace fabric and over 30 meters of lace trims. The dress is inspired of a true period clothing from Edwardian Era.
Absynthia is Or-doll Eris on Spiritdoll Proud 1st body small bust option ws
Face-up by Himi*Mo
Eyes by Gumdrops
Wig by Volks
Outfit and jewelry by us - Ayu&Ana Design