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I don't know what this is, or was, as it's clearly damaged - looks like a light fitting, but it's a strange shape. Is the facing surface mica ? It's set on the side of a rusty warehouse at Gravesend's Albion Parade (or was, I don't know if it's still there).
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The whole of the fitting rather than just the face.
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.
Abstract found by looking up into a light fitting. Line, shape, direction, colour, texture are elements of design that attract me. I got a bronze in the Better Photography competition.Olga
Rear cover of an Alfred Gardiner & Sons catalogue: "Illustrated Price List of High-Class Furnishing Ironmongery" of about 1880. The firm, with premises in Nelson St., and All Saints St., Bristol, later became Gardiner, Sons, & Co. Ltd. The All-Saints Iron Works made all sorts of iron and brass work in addition to the ecclesiastical work being promoted here..
I was making the bed one day, when the updraft caused the droplet to flip up. There is stayed for quite a while. Everything has life energy. Clearly this droplet has an anti establishment vibe........
My first day in Egypt included the short bus ride from my Cairo hotel to Al-Jīzah on the outskirts of the city.
Our first stop was at Marriott Mena House.
Once the site of an old hunting lodge set on 16 hectares of gardens, Mena House in Giza first opened to the public in 1886. Photographs of screen stars, presidents and princesses who have visited sit in a case in the elaborate drawing room of this oId stone palace, and I could well imagine Hercule Poirot sitting under the elaborate gas chandelier, looking out over the manicured lawns and the Great Pyramid.
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Surrounded by modern office and apartment blocks the grand red brick mansion “Warwillah”, built on the corner of Beatrice Street and St Kilda Road, is one of the few remaining examples of a time Melbourne’s St Kilda Road was still a grand boulevard of elegant residences.
In March 1875 the government announced that the land on the western side of St Kilda Road would be alienated from parkland and that the land would be sold for residential purposes. Following the subdivision, a gentleman of means named Rudolph D. Benjamin purchased the land on which he planned to build an elegant residence as befitting his station.
Designed by well known Melbourne architect John Beswicke, “Redholme” was a sixteen-roomed brick mansion built on Mr. Benjamin’s block in 1896 by the builder James Downie. Although not in the Benjamin family, “Redholme” survived the death taxes that came after the Great War and the Great Depression of 1929. It was still a privately owned home in its entirety in 1939 when it was owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Reddish. Sadly, after the Second World War, “Redholme” changed ownership, usage and even name. From the early 1950s, the red brick building became the “Warwilla Guest House”. The name “Warwilla” is what the house has been known as ever since.
“Warwilla” is an unusual mansion as it is an early example of a transition from Modern Gothic to Queen Anne design. The red brick tuckpointed facade is asymmetrical with picturesque massing, but the larger half-timbered gable and cantilevered banked window on the south side is balanced by the octagonal corner tower and ‘candle snuffer’ roof on the north. The Modern Gothic is suggested by the depressed pointed arches to main openings, and engaged colonettes at the porch entrance, whilst the half-timbered gable, octagonal tower with ‘candle snuffer’ roof and Art Nouveau stained glass windows are very much stylistic elements of Queen Anne architecture. These elements were to remain popular for at least another decade. The tall banded brick chimneys (done in the style of Henry Kemp) dominate the terracotta tile roof, as do the decorative finials which include a dragon.
Walking through the stained glass framed front door, you enter “Warwilla’s” lofty entrance hall. The original ornate Art Nouveau plaster ceilings and foyer fireplace with brass, wood and tiled surround still remain intact. A grand early twentieth century crystal chandelier hangs from the central ceiling rose. On the landing of the original staircase a fine stained glass window by British born, German trained, Melbourne stained glass artist William Montgomery still overlooks St Kilda Road. Featuring a beautiful woman in Tudor garb in a garden setting, the window is typical of the British Arts and Crafts Movement which would have dominated interior design at the time. Framed by stylised Tudor flowers and pomegranates the line “a merlin sat upon her wrist, held by a leash of silken twist” appears on a scroll. Taken from the long narrative poem “The Lay of the Last Minstrel” written in 1805 by Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832) the choice of image and literary quote hark back to heraldic times, a great driver of the aesthetics of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. The stair hall window is signed by William Montgomery in the bottom left-hand corner of the frame, where it also lists his address as 164 Flinders Street.
At the time of photographing “Warwilla” was partly a Seasons heritage boutique hotel and partly the entrance to a towering modern apartment block which has been built directly behind it.
John Beswicke (1847 – 1925) was a Melbourne architect and surveyor between 1882 and 1915. He was apprenticed to the firm Crouch and Wilson at the age of sixteen. He worked there for eighteen years, finishing as head assistant. In 1882 Ralph Wilson and John Beswicke formed the partnership Wilson and Beswicke. Through his career he was in sole practice as J. Beswicke, between and following three partnerships including Beswicke and Hutchins, and Beswicke and Coote. John Beswicke designed many commercial and residential buildings during his career. These include: the Brighton Town Hall, the Dandenong Town Hall, the Essendon Town Hall, the Hawthorn Town Hall, the Malvern Town Hall, the St Kilda Presbyterian Church, the Auburn shopping strip along Auburn road, “Bendigonia” in Leopold Street Melbourne which runs off St Kilda Road, “Tudor House” in Williamstown, “Tudor Lodge” (later renamed “Hilton House”) home to Mr. Cullis Hill in Hawthorn, “Redholme” (later renamed Warwilla) and his own Hawthorn home “Rotha”.
Surrounded by modern office and apartment blocks the grand red brick mansion “Warwillah”, built on the corner of Beatrice Street and St Kilda Road, is one of the few remaining examples of a time Melbourne’s St Kilda Road was still a grand boulevard of elegant residences.
In March 1875 the government announced that the land on the western side of St Kilda Road would be alienated from parkland and that the land would be sold for residential purposes. Following the subdivision, a gentleman of means named Rudolph D. Benjamin purchased the land on which he planned to build an elegant residence as befitting his station.
Designed by well known Melbourne architect John Beswicke, “Redholme” was a sixteen-roomed brick mansion built on Mr. Benjamin’s block in 1896 by the builder James Downie. Although not in the Benjamin family, “Redholme” survived the death taxes that came after the Great War and the Great Depression of 1929. It was still a privately owned home in its entirety in 1939 when it was owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Reddish. Sadly, after the Second World War, “Redholme” changed ownership, usage and even name. From the early 1950s, the red brick building became the “Warwilla Guest House”. The name “Warwilla” is what the house has been known as ever since.
“Warwilla” is an unusual mansion as it is an early example of a transition from Modern Gothic to Queen Anne design. The red brick tuckpointed facade is asymmetrical with picturesque massing, but the larger half-timbered gable and cantilevered banked window on the south side is balanced by the octagonal corner tower and ‘candle snuffer’ roof on the north. The Modern Gothic is suggested by the depressed pointed arches to main openings, and engaged colonettes at the porch entrance, whilst the half-timbered gable, octagonal tower with ‘candle snuffer’ roof and Art Nouveau stained glass windows are very much stylistic elements of Queen Anne architecture. These elements were to remain popular for at least another decade. The tall banded brick chimneys (done in the style of Henry Kemp) dominate the terracotta tile roof, as do the decorative finials which include a dragon.
Walking through the stained glass framed front door, you enter “Warwilla’s” lofty entrance hall. The original ornate Art Nouveau plaster ceilings and foyer fireplace with brass, wood and tiled surround still remain intact. A grand early twentieth century crystal chandelier hangs from the central ceiling rose. On the landing of the original staircase a fine stained glass window by British born, German trained, Melbourne stained glass artist William Montgomery still overlooks St Kilda Road. Featuring a beautiful woman in Tudor garb in a garden setting, the window is typical of the British Arts and Crafts Movement which would have dominated interior design at the time. Framed by stylised Tudor flowers and pomegranates the line “a merlin sat upon her wrist, held by a leash of silken twist” appears on a scroll. Taken from the long narrative poem “The Lay of the Last Minstrel” written in 1805 by Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832) the choice of image and literary quote hark back to heraldic times, a great driver of the aesthetics of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. The stair hall window is signed by William Montgomery in the bottom left-hand corner of the frame, where it also lists his address as 164 Flinders Street.
At the time of photographing “Warwilla” was partly a Seasons heritage boutique hotel and partly the entrance to a towering modern apartment block which has been built directly behind it.
John Beswicke (1847 – 1925) was a Melbourne architect and surveyor between 1882 and 1915. He was apprenticed to the firm Crouch and Wilson at the age of sixteen. He worked there for eighteen years, finishing as head assistant. In 1882 Ralph Wilson and John Beswicke formed the partnership Wilson and Beswicke. Through his career he was in sole practice as J. Beswicke, between and following three partnerships including Beswicke and Hutchins, and Beswicke and Coote. John Beswicke designed many commercial and residential buildings during his career. These include: the Brighton Town Hall, the Dandenong Town Hall, the Essendon Town Hall, the Hawthorn Town Hall, the Malvern Town Hall, the St Kilda Presbyterian Church, the Auburn shopping strip along Auburn road, “Bendigonia” in Leopold Street Melbourne which runs off St Kilda Road, “Tudor House” in Williamstown, “Tudor Lodge” (later renamed “Hilton House”) home to Mr. Cullis Hill in Hawthorn, “Redholme” (later renamed Warwilla) and his own Hawthorn home “Rotha”.
Hanging from the front of one of the more decayed tractors on the beach, this light fitting seems unlikely to illuminate anything...
I was taking a few shots of the new Designer Lights showroom in Glasgow today, and thought this was fun.
Surrounded by modern office and apartment blocks the grand red brick mansion “Warwillah”, built on the corner of Beatrice Street and St Kilda Road, is one of the few remaining examples of a time Melbourne’s St Kilda Road was still a grand boulevard of elegant residences.
In March 1875 the government announced that the land on the western side of St Kilda Road would be alienated from parkland and that the land would be sold for residential purposes. Following the subdivision, a gentleman of means named Rudolph D. Benjamin purchased the land on which he planned to build an elegant residence as befitting his station.
Designed by well known Melbourne architect John Beswicke, “Redholme” was a sixteen-roomed brick mansion built on Mr. Benjamin’s block in 1896 by the builder James Downie. Although not in the Benjamin family, “Redholme” survived the death taxes that came after the Great War and the Great Depression of 1929. It was still a privately owned home in its entirety in 1939 when it was owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Reddish. Sadly, after the Second World War, “Redholme” changed ownership, usage and even name. From the early 1950s, the red brick building became the “Warwilla Guest House”. The name “Warwilla” is what the house has been known as ever since.
“Warwilla” is an unusual mansion as it is an early example of a transition from Modern Gothic to Queen Anne design. The red brick tuckpointed facade is asymmetrical with picturesque massing, but the larger half-timbered gable and cantilevered banked window on the south side is balanced by the octagonal corner tower and ‘candle snuffer’ roof on the north. The Modern Gothic is suggested by the depressed pointed arches to main openings, and engaged colonettes at the porch entrance, whilst the half-timbered gable, octagonal tower with ‘candle snuffer’ roof and Art Nouveau stained glass windows are very much stylistic elements of Queen Anne architecture. These elements were to remain popular for at least another decade. The tall banded brick chimneys (done in the style of Henry Kemp) dominate the terracotta tile roof, as do the decorative finials which include a dragon.
Walking through the stained glass framed front door, you enter “Warwilla’s” lofty entrance hall. The original ornate Art Nouveau plaster ceilings and foyer fireplace with brass, wood and tiled surround still remain intact. A grand early twentieth century crystal chandelier hangs from the central ceiling rose. On the landing of the original staircase a fine stained glass window by British born, German trained, Melbourne stained glass artist William Montgomery still overlooks St Kilda Road. Featuring a beautiful woman in Tudor garb in a garden setting, the window is typical of the British Arts and Crafts Movement which would have dominated interior design at the time. Framed by stylised Tudor flowers and pomegranates the line “a merlin sat upon her wrist, held by a leash of silken twist” appears on a scroll. Taken from the long narrative poem “The Lay of the Last Minstrel” written in 1805 by Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832) the choice of image and literary quote hark back to heraldic times, a great driver of the aesthetics of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. The stair hall window is signed by William Montgomery in the bottom left-hand corner of the frame, where it also lists his address as 164 Flinders Street.
At the time of photographing “Warwilla” was partly a Seasons heritage boutique hotel and partly the entrance to a towering modern apartment block which has been built directly behind it.
John Beswicke (1847 – 1925) was a Melbourne architect and surveyor between 1882 and 1915. He was apprenticed to the firm Crouch and Wilson at the age of sixteen. He worked there for eighteen years, finishing as head assistant. In 1882 Ralph Wilson and John Beswicke formed the partnership Wilson and Beswicke. Through his career he was in sole practice as J. Beswicke, between and following three partnerships including Beswicke and Hutchins, and Beswicke and Coote. John Beswicke designed many commercial and residential buildings during his career. These include: the Brighton Town Hall, the Dandenong Town Hall, the Essendon Town Hall, the Hawthorn Town Hall, the Malvern Town Hall, the St Kilda Presbyterian Church, the Auburn shopping strip along Auburn road, “Bendigonia” in Leopold Street Melbourne which runs off St Kilda Road, “Tudor House” in Williamstown, “Tudor Lodge” (later renamed “Hilton House”) home to Mr. Cullis Hill in Hawthorn, “Redholme” (later renamed Warwilla) and his own Hawthorn home “Rotha”.
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Empty shop series, begun on instagram, and ongoing.
Best viewed as a slideshow.
Uploaded from the new flickr mobile app
Taken to go in the PIP group "blind photography" thread. Shot taken with the camera pointing behind me as I walked forward, not knowing what I was going to get. I don't think I could have framed it better if I was looking. All the elements are there: A fellow PIP member Noel English (ShooterNoel) with PIP Tshirt perfectly framed in the doorway of a bottle shop. Does this say something about the photographer or the subject or PIP!
Working from home today and I was banished to the dining room for an hour as my wife needed to use the study. I looked up as I was considering a particularly knotty problem (or perhaps I was idly looking around the room) when I spotted myself in the reflection of the light fitting above my head. I took the shot accordingly...it was not until I checked out the shot that I saw just how dusty and cobwebby the fitting was!
In October 1898, Hymettus won the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne, much to the delight and excitement of humble Ballarat railway porter Michael Taffe who had put a small amount of money on the horse, at great odds, to win. Married only five years to Julia Berkery, whose parents were district pioneers from nearby Bungaree, the substantial win enabled Michael to purchase a permanent home for the young couple close to the other Taffe families of Ballarat.
After purchasing the land at 6 Cardigan Street, the proud new owners employed local architect J. Turton to build them a cottage, which when completed in 1901, they named “Hymettus Cottage” in memory of the win that changed their lives. Julia Taffe had such a strong sense of history and family, that she requested that upon her death in 1928, “Hymettus Cottage” remain the family home.
The weatherboard “Hymettus Cottage” consists of six rooms, many of which still retain original or 1920s interiors. They also contain many of the original furnishings and fittings. The hallway retains the original “tile pattern” linoleum, whilst the parlour, excluding the original 1901 fireplace, was redecorated upon Julia’s death and the décor of the room remains unchanged from the 1920s, and it houses generational wedding presents and objects that have been gifted over the years from Michael and Julia’s wedding in 1892. The dining room is probably the most in-tact Edwardian room. Textured wallpaper created using sawdust and a reflective frieze called “Fairyland at Lake Wendouree” add a uniquely local sense of history to the room. The ceiling is stencilled with several different patterns. The dining room furniture is Blackwood, whilst a burr walnut piano sits in a corner of the room ready to be played. The room is dwarfed by a very impressive overmantle stamped “Sussman and Kornblum, Ballarat”. Amongst the numerous pieces of Edwardian brick-a-brack that clutter the shelves of the overmantle stands a mayoral trophy for the “Champion Cottage and Garden, City of Ballarat, 1915 –1918” which was won by Michael, a passionate gardener, for his wonderful front and rear garden.
The front flower garden of “Hymettus Cottage” features Nineteenth Century varieties of standard roses with flower beds edged in miniature English Box (Buxus Sempervirens). It also features a large holly bush which was planted when the garden was first established, and today blocks the front door from view when looking towards “Hymettus Cottage” from the street. The rear garden is much more utilitarian and is set in a grid pattern with a variety of heritage vegetables and more Nineteenth Century varieties of standard roses. As in 1901, chickens are still kept at the rear of the property, adjunct to an old orchard, and pet rabbits lop freely about the white gravel paths.
The current generation of Taffes open “Hymettus Cottage” to the general public at different times of the year, so that others may enjoy the wonderful time capsule that the house is. “Hymettus Cottage” was open to the public as part of the 2012 Ballarat Heritage Weekend, an annual two day event when buildings and private properties not usually open to the public are made available for viewing, as a way of celebrating Ballarat’s rich heritage.
Princess Lointaine is a character from Medieval romances who is 'an ideal but unattainable woman' and also the romantic interests of many knights.
In October 1898, Hymettus won the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne, much to the delight and excitement of humble Ballarat railway porter Michael Taffe who had put a small amount of money on the horse, at great odds, to win. Married only five years to Julia Berkery, whose parents were district pioneers from nearby Bungaree, the substantial win enabled Michael to purchase a permanent home for the young couple close to the other Taffe families of Ballarat.
After purchasing the land at 6 Cardigan Street, the proud new owners employed local architect J. Turton to build them a cottage, which when completed in 1901, they named “Hymettus Cottage” in memory of the win that changed their lives. Julia Taffe had such a strong sense of history and family, that she requested that upon her death in 1928, “Hymettus Cottage” remain the family home.
The weatherboard “Hymettus Cottage” consists of six rooms, many of which still retain original or 1920s interiors. They also contain many of the original furnishings and fittings. The hallway retains the original “tile pattern” linoleum, whilst the parlour, excluding the original 1901 fireplace, was redecorated upon Julia’s death and the décor of the room remains unchanged from the 1920s, and it houses generational wedding presents and objects that have been gifted over the years from Michael and Julia’s wedding in 1892. The dining room is probably the most in-tact Edwardian room. Textured wallpaper created using sawdust and a reflective frieze called “Fairyland at Lake Wendouree” add a uniquely local sense of history to the room. The ceiling is stencilled with several different patterns. The dining room furniture is Blackwood, whilst a burr walnut piano sits in a corner of the room ready to be played. The room is dwarfed by a very impressive overmantle stamped “Sussman and Kornblum, Ballarat”. Amongst the numerous pieces of Edwardian brick-a-brack that clutter the shelves of the overmantle stands a mayoral trophy for the “Champion Cottage and Garden, City of Ballarat, 1915 –1918” which was won by Michael, a passionate gardener, for his wonderful front and rear garden.
The front flower garden of “Hymettus Cottage” features Nineteenth Century varieties of standard roses with flower beds edged in miniature English Box (Buxus Sempervirens). It also features a large holly bush which was planted when the garden was first established, and today blocks the front door from view when looking towards “Hymettus Cottage” from the street. The rear garden is much more utilitarian and is set in a grid pattern with a variety of heritage vegetables and more Nineteenth Century varieties of standard roses. As in 1901, chickens are still kept at the rear of the property, adjunct to an old orchard, and pet rabbits lop freely about the white gravel paths.
The current generation of Taffes open “Hymettus Cottage” to the general public at different times of the year, so that others may enjoy the wonderful time capsule that the house is. “Hymettus Cottage” was open to the public as part of the 2012 Ballarat Heritage Weekend, an annual two day event when buildings and private properties not usually open to the public are made available for viewing, as a way of celebrating Ballarat’s rich heritage.
Place settings for three in sleek kitchen of Barbican Apartment, London, UK., Architects: Architects: Mackay and Partners LLP
In October 1898, Hymettus won the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne, much to the delight and excitement of humble Ballarat railway porter Michael Taffe who had put a small amount of money on the horse, at great odds, to win. Married only five years to Julia Berkery, whose parents were district pioneers from nearby Bungaree, the substantial win enabled Michael to purchase a permanent home for the young couple close to the other Taffe families of Ballarat.
After purchasing the land at 6 Cardigan Street, the proud new owners employed local architect J. Turton to build them a cottage, which when completed in 1901, they named “Hymettus Cottage” in memory of the win that changed their lives. Julia Taffe had such a strong sense of history and family, that she requested that upon her death in 1928, “Hymettus Cottage” remain the family home.
The weatherboard “Hymettus Cottage” consists of six rooms, many of which still retain original or 1920s interiors. They also contain many of the original furnishings and fittings. The hallway retains the original “tile pattern” linoleum, whilst the parlour, excluding the original 1901 fireplace, was redecorated upon Julia’s death and the décor of the room remains unchanged from the 1920s, and it houses generational wedding presents and objects that have been gifted over the years from Michael and Julia’s wedding in 1892. The dining room is probably the most in-tact Edwardian room. Textured wallpaper created using sawdust and a reflective frieze called “Fairyland at Lake Wendouree” add a uniquely local sense of history to the room. The ceiling is stencilled with several different patterns. The dining room furniture is Blackwood, whilst a burr walnut piano sits in a corner of the room ready to be played. The room is dwarfed by a very impressive overmantle stamped “Sussman and Kornblum, Ballarat”. Amongst the numerous pieces of Edwardian brick-a-brack that clutter the shelves of the overmantle stands a mayoral trophy for the “Champion Cottage and Garden, City of Ballarat, 1915 –1918” which was won by Michael, a passionate gardener, for his wonderful front and rear garden.
The front flower garden of “Hymettus Cottage” features Nineteenth Century varieties of standard roses with flower beds edged in miniature English Box (Buxus Sempervirens). It also features a large holly bush which was planted when the garden was first established, and today blocks the front door from view when looking towards “Hymettus Cottage” from the street. The rear garden is much more utilitarian and is set in a grid pattern with a variety of heritage vegetables and more Nineteenth Century varieties of standard roses. As in 1901, chickens are still kept at the rear of the property, adjunct to an old orchard, and pet rabbits lop freely about the white gravel paths.
The current generation of Taffes open “Hymettus Cottage” to the general public at different times of the year, so that others may enjoy the wonderful time capsule that the house is. “Hymettus Cottage” was open to the public as part of the 2012 Ballarat Heritage Weekend, an annual two day event when buildings and private properties not usually open to the public are made available for viewing, as a way of celebrating Ballarat’s rich heritage.
Back to the Costa in the Bullring (accessed via Forever 21).
Inside this time, as too cold and blustery to use the balcony.
Interesting look lamp fittings on the ceiling!
Again went to level 2 of Forever 21, before realising I had to go down the stairs to level 1, to get to this Costa!
Selfridges building and Church of St Martin outside!
To be published in the Birmingham Mail readers letters page. Sometime during the week of 10th to 15th March 2014.
Might be on Friday 14th March 2014 (free in the city centre).