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St Bartholomew
Church of England
Churches Conservation Trust
This striking flint-and-brick 700-year-old church stands in a pretty churchyard shaded by fine trees near a beautiful stretch of the Thames.
It has several stunning memorials including the nineteenth-century memorial for Sir Francis Sykes which has a statue of a woman weeping. This memorial is by John Flaxman who is famous for his Wedgewood designs.
Jethro Tull, the father of modern farming, has a memorial here and there is a moving marble statue of two young brothers in swimming trunks who drowned in the Thames in 1886.
South Porch
(further pictures and information and even a guide 3D you can see by clicking on the link at the end of page!)
Good day in our parish church of St. Stephan!
The patron saint of our church, which probably is one of the oldest and most beautiful buildings of Amstetten, leads us - as in all Stephan parishes - to Passau. Beginning of the 11th Century founded the bishops of Passau here a large parish, from which in the course of history many of the surrounding parishes emerged.
From the architectural history of the Gothic church (Staffelkirche - multi-aisled church building) we know:
To a Romanesque building which in its dimensions comprised about today's nave and possessed a smaller choir in the 14th Century initially a chapel has been added. It was already at that time consecrated to Our Lady of Sorrows and is now the front part of the northern aisle, where the Marian altar stands. The next phase of construction was the newbuilding of the nave together with the north aisle. The tower whose lower part certainly stems from the predecessor building, since then stood freely added to the west side of the church. In the south it was only built up as the aisle was raised. Around 1450 it was decided to build up the tower in the north, too - so today's baptistery was built. The reconstruction of the church was completed by a late Gothic choir, dominating the nave by a few meters. To the new choir connects in extension of the southern aisle the sacristy. The tower, which was 1787-89 increased and provided with a Baroque helmet, received in 1882 its present neo-Gothic form. Its height up to the pommel of the Cross is 43 m.
Of the equipment of the church the altars, neo-Gothic carvings are remarkable. The high altar is from the South Tyrolean artist Franz Schmalzl from Ortisei, who designed it in 1898 and set it up in 1901: In the middle shrine one sees the martyrdom of St. Stephen, left the statues of Sts. Peter, Lawrence and above John the Baptist, right Sts. Florian, Paul and John the Evangelist above it . Above the shrine the Sts. Joachim (left) and Anna (right) are to see between them is the late Gothic statue of St. Maria, at the very top the Holy Josef is shown. The arrangement of the figures of saints coincides with that of the previous Baroque altar that the from Innsbruck stemming, here domiciled carpenter Thomas Obererlacher had built in 1679. From this altar have been preserved the statues of Sts. Peter, Paul and Joseph (at the columns in the nave), and of St. Lawrence (under the choir).
The side altars 1889 Josef Kepplinger from Ottenheim has designed and realized: In May 1889, the Lady altar in the left aisle with the statue of St. Mary of Lourdes, flanked by angels, including the figures of Sts. John of Nepomuk (left) and Rocco (right), at the very top a statue of Christ, could be consecrated. At the right side altar, who received its consecration in February 1891, the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue is at the center, the side figures represent the Sts. Christopher and Thomas (left ) and Sebastian and Nicholas (right).
The people's altar (Volksaltar) is from the former high altar of the parish church of St. Georgen i. d. Klaus, manufactured in 1886 by Josef Unterberger from Gmunden .
The wood sculpture "Christ on the Column of flagellation" in a niche in the pointed arch next to the right side altar dates from the 17th Century.
In remarkable images has got our Church: The "Assumption of St. Nicholas" by Bartolomeo Altomonte, signed in 1732 (in the sanctuary left), the "Fourteen Holy Helpers", by Johann Georg Staindorffer, painted in 1680, and the "Trinity picture" from the Baroque high altar (in the sanctuary right). The Stations of the Cross, the painter of Seitenstetten Anton August Stern has painted in the years 1869-1872, which it has, like the signature on the 14th Station proves, modeled after the Führich Stations of the Cross in St. John Nepomuk Church in Vienna.
Since the exterior renovation in 1975, the beautiful grave stones, until then exposed outdoors to any kind of weather conditions, in the Church and in the baptistery have been set up. Among them is also that of Andreas of Lappitz www.wehrbauten.at/noe/niederoesterreich.html?/noe/leiben/....
The old organ is the work of Ottenheimer master Leopold Breinbauer, who in 1898 built it into the baroque housing of the 1763 by Lorenz Franz Richter of Freistadt constructed old organ. It has 2 manuals, 20 stops and 1387 pipes. Since 2011 the church has a new virtual organ whose console is set up in the sanctuary. It has 4 manuals and can the organs of Haverhill (GB), Zwolle (NL) and Caen (F) reproduce.
Finally, taking a look at the baptistery next to the tower is worthwhile. The 12-sided baptismal font dates from the 15th century. The neo-gothic attachment, designed by the same master as the side altars, houses a representation of the Holy Trinity. The half reliefs show biblical scenes of salvation from the water. On the inside of the attachment wings Ludwig Hase from Linz has painted two biblical baptisms. The frescoes vestiges on the walls and ceiling, set around 1480, indicate representations of the Gospels symbols, the Last Judgement, the souls in purgatory and parts of the Ursula Legend. The mural paintings are pointing to the original use as a mortuary chapel. The two modern concrete glass windows, created by Albert Birkle 1964, show the following motives: the sevenfold Outpourring of the Holy Spirit on the Church (in the North) and the lamb on the book with the seven seals (in the west).
In a canopy at the western exterior of the church the fresco "The Last Judgment" can be seen (around 1480).
Of the 4 bells with the notes C, E, G and A (Salve regina) dates the oldest one from 1728, cast by Silvius Creuz in Linz. The other three were produced in St. Florian 1957.
It seems that many people only visit the geysers and thermal features at Yellowstone and miss the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. It is jawdropping beautiful - steep, colorful cliffs rising above the deep canyon carved by the Yellowstone River, and punctuated by several beautiful waterfalls. It also seems to be the area from which Yellowstone earned its name - the canyon walls are lined with yellow stone that glows beautifully in the early morning light as on this day when we there at the upper rim trail.
It's interesting to look at the map view - the canyon is a deep gash easily visible from the satellite
The fishing village of Lower Largo is located on the Firth of Forth and is dominated by the old railway viaduct that was built in 1857 by the North British Railway (NBR) on the East of Fife railway line that ran from Thornton Junction to St. Andrews. It was a victim of the Beeching cuts closing in stages between 1965-1969.
The flag raising and lowering event is a popular attraction with local Chinese and tourists
Taken @Tian An Men, Beijing, China
Basildon Park
Basildon Park estate was bought by Francis Sykes in 1771.
Sykes had made his fortune in the East India Company and required a home befitting his status. He demolished the original house and employed architect John Carr to build the mansion that survives to this day.
The Sykes family owned the house until 1838.
The Morrison family owned Basildon Park from 1838 to 1928. It was originally bought by Liberal MP James Morrison who passed it to his eldest son Charles. On his death it was inherited by his sister Ellen who died just seven months later, leaving it to her nephew Major James Archibald Morrison.
During the Second World War, the estate was requisitioned. It served several purposes including being used by the 101st Airborne Division of the American Army for D-Day training, and later as a prisoner-of-war camp for German and Italian soldiers. This was all vital to the war effort but inevitably resulted in severe damage to the house and estate.
In 1952 Lord and Lady Iliffe bought the semi-ruined Basildon Park.
The couple set about restoring the house sensitively to its former glory, with the addition of modern-day comforts such as central heating, a contemporary kitchen and bathrooms.
They restored the elegant interior and scoured the country searching for 18th-century architectural fixtures and fittings to fill their comfortable new home.
The fine paintings, fabrics and furniture they bought can still be enjoyed by visitors today.
The house and gardens have been featured in several Film and TV drama productions including Pride and Prejudice, Bridgerton, Downtown Abbey, The Gentlemen and The Crown.
Lord and Lady Iliffe gifted the house, together with 400 acres of parkland, to the National Trust in 1978.
Grade I Listed
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West Front
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