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Some of my Flickr friends were curious about Fonthill, built to be the home of Henry Mercer. So, here are a few more shots that I took earlier this week. This concrete pillar stands at the road. There must have been little traffic back in the early part of the twentieth century!
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Pictures taken from hte book "Alison and Peter Smithson-From the house of the Future to a house of today" edited by Dirt van Heuvel and Max Risselada
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Pictures taken from hte book "Alison and Peter Smithson-From the house of the Future to a house of today" edited by Dirt van Heuvel and Max Risselada
These photos were taken in Fonthill Cemetary, Fonthill, ON - October 30, 2010 by Crack'd Lens Photography
This is a canvas I painted in 1991 (30x25cm, I think). It's a reproduction of a small photo of an engraving by T. Higham (1823) showing Fonthill Abbey, in Wiltshire, England, designed by James Wyatt, 1796–1806. The photo was published in Encicolpaedia Britannica and is avaliable online at www.britannica.com/eb/art-479
A house made of concrete made in the late 1800's - it just looks like a dungeon. www.mercermuseum.org/visit/fonthill-castle/
Antique bicycle that sits in one of the many tiled covered rooms at Fonthill Castle.
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Fonthill Castle located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, is probably the only remaining original castle built in Pennsylvania. Henry Chapman Mercer began construction in 1908 at the age of 52 and completed construction in 1912. He used steel reinforced concrete that was hand mixed, hauled by Lucy his draft horse and hand laid. Henry was not an architect but learned how to build from books and his trips to Europe. The castle has 10 bathrooms, 5 bedrooms, 5 terraces, 18 fireplaces, 32 stairwells, more than 200 windows, an Otis elevator and 21 chimneys and air vents. Henry died in 1930 at the age of 74 and willed the castle to the Bucks County Historical Society with the stipulation that Frank King Swain, the Moravian Tile manager and his wife Laura Swain, Henry’s housekeeper, could live in the castle. Laura continued to provide tours until her death in 1975.
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Position:
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Pictures taken from hte book "Alison and Peter Smithson-From the house of the Future to a house of today" edited by Dirt van Heuvel and Max Risselada
Google Earth and kind people have allowed me to relive part of my youth - Scout Camp at Camp Mohawk near Tisbury England.
The coordinates are for the "X" on the map are
51.07526111N
2.125925W
This puts you in the middle of the parade ground. The long building on the right was the old Dining Hall, the one to the north was the Trading Post, and the one in the upper left was the Recreation Hall.
My how time flies
One of my favorite places to visit, this is the first time I have been able to do photography within the Castle. www.mercermuseum.org/ Access gained via a tour with roaminwithroman.com/
201 Class locomotive no 206 in ex-works condition powers through Clondalkin/Fonthill with the 09:00 Dublin-Cork service. It failed soon after this picture was taken.
William Beckford admiring the construction of his famous Fonthill Abbey.
Small woodcut from ‘The Mirage of Life’ by the Religious Tract Society c1870.
Short biographies to illustrate traits of notable British identities, to inspire children, and to teach moral lessons.
Illustrated by John Tenniel.
Published by the Religious Tract Society, Paternoster Row, London. Red and gilt cloth boards, 226 pages, 15.5cm x 12.5cm.
This is shooting over the roof of that pagoda-like structure (in the previous shot) and towards the Fonthill Museum. Photographers say it's a good idea to take some "big picture" shots, from a distance, and then walk into the scene for closer views. Makes a lot of sense to me, although sometimes I forget to do the long view shots.
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Sir John Mordaunt 1465-1504 and wife Edith Latimer c.1450-1518
John was the son of William Mordaunt 1481 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/11131101253/ and Margaret 1496 daughter of John Peake / Pecke of Cople
Edith was the daughter of Sir Nicholas Latimer d1505 of Buckland Manor, Dorset and Joanna daughter of Sir John Hody, Lord Chief Justice of England. Edith was the widow of John Greene of Stotfold, Beds d pre 1483 by whom she had 2 daughters,
1. Cecily d1522 m Richard Paige/ Page
2. Elizabeth d.1512 m John Mervin / Mervyn of Fonthill
Children of John Mordaunt & Edith
1. John 1st baron Mordaunt 1490-1562 m Elizabeth www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/11119977275/ daughter of Sir Henry Vere of Addington www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/11156578363/
2. Robert,
3. William
4. Joan / Jane m Giles Strangways 1547 of Melbury Samford www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/K7KQN05jSu
Edith m3 Sir John Carew
John fought and was wounded at the battle of Barnet with the Earl of Warwick. He was one of the Lancastrian commanders at the battles of Bosworth 1485 and Stoke 1487. Appointed sergeant at Law 1495 and a Kings Sergeant in 1496 by Henry Vll and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He was MP for Bedfordshire and High Steward of Cambridge University. c1499 he was attorney to Prince Arthur and Chief Justice of Chester. He was knighted in 1502/3. He was a member of the Privy Council and granted special privileges by the Pope.
He founded a chantry here whose chaplains were to teach grammar to the boys of the parish
Turvey church Bedfordshire
1. Fonthill Castle, 2. Snowflake Memories, 3. Christmas Glimmer, 4. Novembers Tears Like Fire, 5. 101_0319#Flickr 12 Days, 6. Her Window, 7. She tossed her silver hair, 8. Emily's Moon, 9. .. in the neighborhood .., 10. Untitled, 11. path through pinewood mist, 12. Istanbul, 13. Umbrella, 14. The Pont Alexandre III Bridge, 15. winter morning...., 16. Astor Place station, NYC, 17. tropical dream, 18. Winter ~ New Mexico Style, 19. Spring Hellebores, 20. Reading, 21. Toffee coloured beech, 22. Frankfurt............., 23. White beauty ... (for Martha), 24. December in Surf City, 25. Viento..., 26. Rosa 'jacqueline Du Pre', 27. Snow day, 28. Untitled, 29. winter feelings, 30. Dusk, 31. ~ merry christmas ~, 32. Early Moon Rising, 33. "Auroras Fields" Acrylic on Canvas, 34. A Winter Day, 35. Merry Christmas, 36. Thankfulness and Joy
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These photos were taken in Fonthill Cemetary, Fonthill, ON - October 30, 2010 by Crack'd Lens Photography - I was a 1920's Film Star and the groom was a vampire....and yes, he did have fangs!
Fonthill Castle, named for Beckford's English manse, was the first of three eye-popping (and eye-poppingly early) poured-in-place concrete structures designed and built by former academic and Arts-and-Crafts tile magnate Henry Chapman Mercer. See text on the Mercer Museum for background and commentary.