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This plasterwork can be found in the Paved Room on the first floor of the house. The original intention was for the Paved Room to be a staircase landing. The original intention was that the stairs would have continued straight up from the ground floor. However when the house was being built the decision was taken to take the stairs up in the meandering route that is seen today.
It is thought that this room was used as a small dining room. Although by the early 20th century it had been converted into a bedroom. When the National Trust first opened the house to the public in the early 1960's the bedroom furniture was removed. This room was shown with framed embroideries on the panelling and nearly completely bare of furniture. In the 1990's the decision was taken to restore the bedroom furniture.
The Hall of the Boat (Sala de la Barca) is the antechamber to the king’s throne room, or Hall of the Ambassadors (Salón de Embajadores). It’s name is derived from odd combination of the corruption of the Arabic work for blessing, “baraka,” and the Spanish work for ship, “barca.” The latter name coming from the hull-like shape of the wood ceiling, which was destroyed in 1890 and then restored in 1965.
The plasterwork friezes at Hardwick Old Hall are over 400 years old. Because it’s now a ruin, they’ve been exposed to the elements and therefore English Heritage have undertaken conservation work. I visited before this was done.
Hardwick Old Hall was built in place of her father’s manor house between 1587 - 1596 by Bess of Hardwick, after her 4th marriage had failed.
In 1590 she started to build the “new” hall, using architect, Robert Smythson. She ran the two houses side by side. She died in 1608. Her heirs partly dismantled the Old Hall in the 1750s and then it became a ruin.
In 1959 English Heritage took over the Old Hall and the National Trust, the new hall.
Creator: Unidentified.
Location: 0, Queensland.
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Levens Hall is a magnificent Elizabethan mansion that was built around 1350 by the Redman family as a pele (or peel) tower and was later expanded and rebuilt towards the end of the 16th Century. It is the family home of the Bagots, and contains a collection of Jacobean furniture, fine paintings, the earliest English patchwork and many other beautiful objects. (No photos from inside the house as photography is not allowed)
The world-famous award winning gardens were laid out in 1694. The topiary beech hedges and colourful seasonal beds create a stunning visual impact. The topiary garden has huge abstract shapes, pyramids and columns reminiscent of monstrous chess men.
These photographs remind me of my many days visiting stately homes during the summer months, hope you enjoy.
Lanhydrock is the perfect country house and estate, with the feel of a wealthy but unpretentious family home. Follow in the footsteps of generations of the Robartes family, walking in the 17th-century Long Gallery among the rare book collection under the remarkable plasterwork ceiling. After a devastating fire in 1881 the house was refurbished in the high-Victorian style, with the latest mod cons. Boasting the best in country-house design and planning, the kitchens, nurseries and servants' quarters offer a thrilling glimpse into life 'below stairs', while the spacious dining room and bedrooms are truly and deeply elegant
Ganjali Bazaar - Square - Malek Mosque
The bazaar is located in southern part of Ganjali Square. Inside, the bazaar is decorated with exquisite plasterwork and wall paintings and although they are 400 years old, they are still well-preserved. The bazaar is 93 meters long and is connected to Ganjali square through 16 iwans and vaults.
Ganjali Caravanserai and Mosque
The caravanserai is located on the east side of the Ganjali Square. Its portal bears a foundation inscription from 1598 composed by calligrapher Alireza Abbasi. The plan of the caravanserai is based on the four-iwan typology, with double-story halls centered on tall iwans enveloping four sides of an open courtyard. There is an octagonal fountain at the center of the courtyard which is chamfered at the corners. The caravanserai measures thirty-one and a half by twenty-three meters. It has a small domed mosque at one corner that measures five and a half by five meters
This mosque is a construction of the 5th century AH. (the Saljuqi period). Various portions of this mosque, specially the main platform was constructed in the times of Vakil-ol-Molk (1285 AH.), and the eastern porch was repaired in the last century by the late Deylamqani which is a remnant of the Saljuqi period. There is the brick tower in the north eastern section, which was formerly in a state of ruin, but has since then been repaired. Besides which there are three altars worked in plaster.
September 2015.
Various visits to properties on London Open House weekend.
The House of St Barnabas is a Grade One listed Georgian building with one of the finest Rococo plasterwork interiors in London. Soho Square was developed in 1679, but the house was substantially rebuilt in 1746. The rococo decorative scheme dates from 1754.
It currently operates as a private members club that generates revenue for its charitable projects.
The house is currently being monitored by Crossrail for subsidence and cracks as the tunnelling is taking place nearby.
September 2015.
Various visits to properties on London Open House weekend.
The House of St Barnabas is a Grade One listed Georgian building with one of the finest Rococo plasterwork interiors in London. Soho Square was developed in 1679, but the house was substantially rebuilt in 1746. The rococo decorative scheme dates from 1754.
It currently operates as a private members club that generates revenue for its charitable projects.
The house is currently being monitored by Crossrail for subsidence and cracks as the tunnelling is taking place nearby.
The billiard room ceiling at Coleshill House. The house was destroyed by fire in 1952.
Sim Used CL 02/08/1916. This image is © Country Life Images
September 2015.
Various visits to properties on London Open House weekend.
The House of St Barnabas is a Grade One listed Georgian building with one of the finest Rococo plasterwork interiors in London. Soho Square was developed in 1679, but the house was substantially rebuilt in 1746. The rococo decorative scheme dates from 1754.
It currently operates as a private members club that generates revenue for its charitable projects.
The house is currently being monitored by Crossrail for subsidence and cracks as the tunnelling is taking place nearby.
Interior Plasterwork Geometric Ceiling Reliefs in the Jahangiri Mahal Palace of Agra Fort (Qila-i-Akbari) (Actually Built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, designed by Qasim Khan Mir Barr-wa-Bahr, 1565AD-1573AD)
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The Jahangiri Mahal is actually built of lakhauri brick faced with red sandstone. The brick is only visible where the facing has been destroyed.
Taken at Latitude/Longitude:27.177649/78.023029. 0.89 km South-East Belanganj Uttar Pradesh India (Map link)
Creator: Unidentified.
Location: 0, Queensland.
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Ornate plasterwork above a fireplace in Westwood Manor - a charming National Trust property near Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire.
Every junction and seam in the ballroom is decorated with this kind of plasterwork. They don't make them like this anymore.
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
Caesar's Hall
Centre:
King Alfred (‘The Great’) (846/9 – 899)
British (English) School 1750-80
Painted plaster sculpture relief with wooden surround
Left:
Erato/Melpomene/Thalia (?) with a Lyre and Masks (The Muse of Lyric and Love Poetry or Tragedy or Comedy and Pastoral Poetry)
Right:
Soldier with Helmet and Sword, Blowing a Horn
both painted wood by Michael Henry Spang (fl.c.1750 - d.London 1762) 1758