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Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
The Joseph B. and Josephine H. Bissell House was originally constructed as one of five Italianate style brownstone row houses designed by architect Thomas Thomas and built in 1869 by owner and builder John W. Stevens. When the Bissell House was initially constructed, many row houses were being built on the side streets in the area below Central Park while larger mansions were being constructed along Fifth Avenue. By the early 20 century this area was the city’s most prestigious residential neighborhood and was known as Vanderbilt’s Row because of that family’s involvement in maintaining the elite character of the neighborhood. The house was purchased by Josephine H. Bissell in 1903 and she hired prominent architect Edward L. Tilton to alter the house by removing the traditional Italianate style brownstone facade and its high stoop and replacing it with a more fashionable neo-Classical style brick and limestone facade with an American basement plan.
The Bissell House facade is a rare example of a private residential commission by Tilton, who is particularly associated with the design of libraries. The facade features a bowed front, red and black brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern and limestone details including two prominent cornices with block modillions and scroll brackets. Mrs. Bissell lived in the house with her husband, Dr. Joseph B. Bissell, and their children and sold it shortly after his death. Dr. Bissell was a surgeon who did pioneering research in the treatment of cancer with radium. Several prominent physicians lived in the house in the first half of the 20century. The next owner was Dr. James Ramsay Hunt who lived and maintained an office in the house. Dr. Hunt was a preeminent neurologist who is known today because several neurological disorders bear his name. In 1943, Drs. Harry Sidney Newcomer and Marian Anastasia Staats Newcomer purchased the house. Dr. H. Sidney Newcomer was an inventor as well as a physician and his wife, Dr. Marian Newcomer, was the author of a book that provided medical advice to laypersons. Gradually the house went from residential to non-residential use and it is currently owned by a clothing manufacturer based in Italy.
Early History of the Site and House
The site of the Bissell house was part of the common land of New York City until 1851 when the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonality of the City of New York sold it to Stephen V. Albro,a grocer who had his business and residence at 328 Bowery at the time.The land remained vacant until 1869, when owner and builder John W. Stevens constructed five Italianate style brownstone row houses designed by architect Thomas Thomas at 44-52 West 55Street.The first owners of No. 46 were Felicia S. Lowndes and Louise A. Alker,who appear to be related,although it appears from the Trow’s City Directories that Lowndes did not live in the house. Members of the Alker and Lowndes families lived in the house until 1886.By 1900 subsequent owners, who do not appear to have lived in the house, rented the house to Maria L. Grouard and her sister Elizabeth P. Grouard. The Grouard sisters lived and ran a school for girls in the building.Blondelle Malone, an artist from South Carolina, was also living in the house in 1899-1900.
Joseph B. and Josephine H. Bissell
The house had a number of owners before Josephine H. Bissell purchased it from Sadie S. Dearborn in early 1903. Mrs. Bissell hired architect Edward L. Tilton to completely alter the front facade of the house by replacing the Italianate style brownstone facade and its high stoop with a more fashionable neo-Classical style facade with an American basement plan. The alteration was carried out between May 21, 1903 and June 27, 1904.Josephine H. Bissell and her husband, Dr. Joseph B. Bissell lived there with their four children and two female servants.Joseph B. Bissell was a surgeon who did pioneering research in the treatment of cancer with radium and was visiting surgeon for many years at Bellevue and St. Vincent’s Hospitals. He graduated from Yale University and the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. In July 1915, he opened the Radium Sanatorium of New York at 203 West 70Street.
Earlier that same year, the Bissell’s eldest daughter Eugenie married Lawrence Millet, son of the late American artist Francis D. Millet, in the drawing room of the house.Dr. Bissell, a major in the U.S. Army during World War I, died in December 1918 while working as chief surgeon at Fort McHenry near Baltimore, Maryland. In the following year, Josephine Bissell sold the house to Dr. J. Ramsay Hunt.She later moved to Great Neck, Long Island and married William Bradford Merrill, general manager of the Hearst newspapers and the uncle of her son-in-law Lawrence Millet.
The Bissell house is a rare example of a private residential commission by Tilton. There is one other known example of a row house that was altered with a new front by Boring & Tilton. The house at 132 West 72 Street (within the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District) was one of five Renaissance Revival style brownstone row houses built in 1883-84 and designed by Gilbert A. Schellenger. In 1901-02, the front was replaced by Boring & Tilton’s design for a new brick and ashlar facade that featured a bowed front at the third and fourth storiesand stone details such as quoins and keystones.
Subsequent History
James Ramsay Hunt bought the house from Josephine Bissell a few months after being discharged from the military in 1919, and lived in the house with his wife Alice St. John Nolan Hunt and their two children until his death in 1937. He was a preeminent neurologist who is known today because several neurological disorders bear his name.Dr. Hunt was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and was stationed in France in the medical corps of the U.S. Army during World War I. The Hunts hosted dinner parties each week in their home that were attended by others within the medical profession and wealthy members of the business world, according to their daughter, Alice Hunt Sokoloff.During this time, he was a professor of neurology at Columbia University and had consulting privileges at several hospitals. He eventually moved his office to the ground floor of the house. He recorded his experiences with private patients from 1903 to 1937 in what are known as the James Ramsey Hunt Casebooks. The Hunt family continued to live in the house after his death; however, the house was foreclosed by the Bowery Savings Bank in 1940 and then sold by the bank to Drs. H. (Harry) Sidney Newcomer and Marian Anastasia Staats Newcomer in 1943.
Dr. Marian Newcomer was educated at the Syracuse University Medical School and was best known as the founder of the Mater Christi Guild, a Catholic guidance center for the assistance of young people in family difficulties, and as the author of a 1936 book, Bewildered Patient, which provided medical advice for laypersons. She maintained an office in the house.Her husband, Dr. H. Sidney Newcomer, developed a three-stage amplifier using thermionic valves that amplified nerve action currents with fellow Johns Hopkins School of Medicine student Herbert S. Glasser in 1921.Newcomer also invented and received several U.S. patents for optical devices. In 1930 he exhibited an anamorphic lens that was used as a projection device. Similar research was being done in France by Henri Chretien at the same time. This technology developed into Cinemascope in the 1950s.Newcomer was associate medical director of the pharmaceutical company, E. R. Squibb and Sons, when they lived in the house. According to a Certificate of Occupancy issued in 1944and the New York Telephone Company Address Directories, there were non-residential uses in the building while the Newcomers lived there; these included Marian Newcomer’s Mater Christi Guild, Dioptric Instrument Corp., a manufacturer of precision lenses, and Reach Yates Matton Inc., an advertising firm.
In 1954, H. Sidney Newcomer sold the house to Edward A. Viner and it served as the main office of Edward A. Viner & Co., Inc., an investment firm. In addition to offices, a Certificate of Occupancy dated 1954 indicates that there was a laboratory in the cellar and a duplex apartment at the fourth and fifth stories.After the building was sold by the Estate of Edward A. Viner in 1956 it housed a variety of commercial firms, mostly in the garment industry.The owner Jean Robert Ltd., a clothing retailer, altered the building by replacing the windows and enlarging the door opening in 1987 and received a new Certificate of Occupancy that did not include any residential use.Les Copains, a manufacturer of women’s clothing based in Italy has occupied the premises as its U.S. headquarters since purchasing the building in 2001.
Design and Construction
In the late 19 century, the New York City row house began to be transformed by architects and housing developers interested in moving beyond the traditional form to achieve a more “scientific division of space,” while at the same time effecting an “artistic disposition” on the interior as well as the exterior.One of the most notable solutions was what came to be called the American basement plan. According to architectural historian Russell Sturgis, the American basement plan was first introduced around 1880. It gained widespread popularity during the 1890s and first few years of the 1900s, when it was promoted in the architecture and real estate press as a practical, stylistic, and even social improvement over the speculatively built brownstone row houses that had predominated into the latter half of the 19century. In the traditional row house plan, the main entrance was reached by a tall flight of stairs—the stoop, from the Dutch for “step”—which was set to one side of the facade. The main reception hall shared the first floor with the parlor, beyond which was usually another parlor, a library, or sometimes a dining room. More often the dining room was located in the front of the raised basement, which was entered via a short flight of stairs sunk beneath the stoop; visitors to the house would therefore enter on the level of the family’s main living space. The Bissell house, when constructed in 1869, was a traditional row house.
The entrance to an American basement plan row house was instead lowered virtually to street level, and was often centered on the facade. The resulting changes in the interior arrangement of space were quite dramatic; the main entrance hall and stair now occupied the front of the ground story with the kitchen behind, and on the first floor the parlor now occupied the entire building frontage, separated from the rear dining room by a stair hall that functioned as a secondary reception hall. Moving the entrance to the center of the ground floor created the possibility of a generous foyer leading to a grand main stairway, and a larger, better lit parlor occupying the entire building frontage on the first floor.Architecture critic Montgomery Schuyler summed up the innovations embodied by the “New New York House,” writing in 1906 for Architectural Record that “…there is a practical consensus to the effect that the “American basement,” with the full frontage available on the second floor, is the most convenient arrangement, and the most economical in reality in spite of the ‘waste’ of the entrance hall. And the narrower the front, the more desirable it is, practically and especially architecturally, that the entrance be at the centre.”
The introduction of this new row house type coincided with increased stylistic experimentation by architects and developers seeking to create distinguished facades that would be readily marketable as private, upper-class residences. Fostered in part by the classical styles used at the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, many of the row houses employing the American basement plan were given facades in a variety of architectural styles including Renaissance Revival, Modern French, Beaux-Arts, and Georgian Revival.
After the turn of the century, brownstone row houses throughout the city were remodeled by the removal of the stoops, rearranged of the interior floors layouts and, sometimes, the replacement of the whole front facade. In 1903 architectural critic Herbert Croly observed that high-stooped brownstone dwellings had become “extremely unfashionable, both in design and plan” and described a new movement “gradually gathering momentum toward the substitution of reconstructed American basement dwelling for old brownstone fronts.”There was also an increasing desire for individualized designs. Reacting against “the monotony of the once fashionable … brownstone-front, in blocks of a dozen of more houses exactly alike,”architects and developers entered into “a persistent and deliberate striving after individuality” using a variety of different styles, designs, and materials to create distinctive facades that would be readily marketable as private upper-class residences.
The facade alteration by Edward L. Tilton in 1903-04 for the Bissells altered the house from a traditional row house plan to an American basement plan row house and removed the Italianate style brownstone facade and replaced it with a then-fashionable neo-Classical style brick and limestone facade. Tilton employed red and black brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern with limestone details and a bowed front at the first through fourth stories. The house has two prominent limestone cornices above the first and fourth stories with block modillions and scroll brackets. The triple windows at the second and third stories have continuous limestone surrounds with pilasters between the windows and a paneled spandrel between the second and third stories. The Bissell house is a distinguished example of the fashionable townhouses that once characterized the neighborhood.
Description
The Bissell House is a five-story building that is situated on a rectangular lot measuring 20 feet by 100.5 feet. The front facade is constructed of red stretcher and black header bricks laid in a Flemish bond pattern above the first story; except that at the eastern and western lot lines, where the facade is slightly recessed, it is constructed of red brick and projects above the cornice forming side parapet walls that are capped by stone. There are two wide granite steps that lead to the front door. The first four stories have a bowed front. The first story is constructed of limestone with a wide molded door surround having the building number (“46”) at the center above the door and is surmounted by a prominent cornice with large block modillions and scroll brackets. The door and window openings at the first story were altered in 1987 to accommodate an enlarged door opening that has four paneled wood doors set within a wood return. Non-historic light fixtures and bronze plaques (“Les Copains”) are located on either side of the doors and there is a Siamese connection, two remote utility meters with exposed conduit and a metal plate to the east of the door. There is an intercom and card entry panel on the eastern end of door return.
A two-story molded limestone window surround at the second and third stories has square pilaster mullions with simple capitals, inset panels between the second and third stories and above the third story windows and is surmounted by a molded cornice. There is a molded limestone band between the third and fourth stories behind the cornice that forms a continuous sill for the fourth story windows. The second and third stories have triple windows with multi-pane wood casements and multi-pane wood transoms. A flagpole was attached to the sill of the center third story window after 1939. The fourth story has three multi-pane wood casement windows, above the windows is a prominent limestone cornice with block modillions and scroll brackets and a molded band beneath the brackets that form a continuous lintel for the fourth story windows. The fifth story is set-back from the bowed front of the lower stories and has three single windows with splayed red brick lintels and one-over-one double-hung windows that appear to be wood sash. The windows were replaced in 1987. The molded roof cornice is partially constructed of bronze and has four roundels. There is a non-historic metal rooftop railing and a metal leader at the western end of the facade.
The visible part of the western facade, which projects beyond the adjacent setback row house, is constructed of red stretcher and black header bricks laid in a Flemish bond pattern.
- From the 2010 NYCLPC Landmark Designation Report
Overview of how to replace batteries in an Avaya Partner ACS phone system processor. This problem is known by a message that will appear on all display phones stating “replace system batteries with power on”.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 23-Oct-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 05-Jun-25.
Named: "Diyarbakir", later "Van" (Jun-06).
A quite early Boeing 737-800 (L/N 80), it was first flown in Jul-98 with the Boeing test registration N1786B, the aircraft was delivered to THY Turkish Airlines as TC-JFC in Oct-98. It was fitted with blended winglets in Jan-09.
The aircraft was transferred to Turkish Airlines 'low-cost' subsidiary, AnadoluJet, in Jun-16 and operated with Turkish Airlines flight numbers.
AnadoluJet was renamed A-Jet Airlines at the end of Mar-24 and now operates flights using its own 'VF' flight prefix. Current, updated 05-Jun-25.
Going to be a bigger job, thought I could get away with replacing the fronts but three rotten posts means starting again. Wore my Nora Dolomits sockless all day, 16,244 steps, 11 hours!
All Saints, Hitcham, Suffolk
If you don't know mid-Suffolk, you may well be surprised by the hills which roll across the space between Stowmarket and Hadleigh, as if this was not East Anglia at all. In this remotest part of the county, miles from the nearest town, villages take on a self-sufficient air, and Hitcham is the largest of them. Its church, All Saints, sits high in a wide open churchyard on the outskirts of the village. The house opposite the entrance to the graveyard was the medieval guild hall. This is a big church, and was once the centre of one of the county's largest parishes. It was the Priory of Ely's most valuable living in the whole of the county, worth twice as much as any other, and was therefore bestowed on favoured clerics.
This situation continued when the patronage was taken over by the state after the Reformation, and to be made rector of Hitcham remained a desirable appointment well into the 20th Century. As the excellent guidebook notes, some rectors of this parish achieved fame and influence. Take Adam Easton, for instance. In the 14th Century, he was made a cardinal while still rector here. However, as he was also Archdeacon of Shetland, Orkney and Dorset, as well as Prior of Saint Agnes at Ferrara in Italy and the personal secretary to Pope Urban VI, one assumes that he didn't spend a lot of his time on parish business. His successor John Bremore was the personal secretary to the antipope John XXIII at Avignon, so presumably he didn't live in the parish either.
John Whytewell, Rector throughout the Reformation, was chaplain to Thomas Cranmer, although, unlike that stubborn character, he received a royal pardon from Mary. Coming forward to the 17th Century, Laurence Bretton was a solid Laudian, ensuring his inevitable removal by the Puritans as a scandalous minister (for which, read 'liberal intellectual'). His successor, Miles Burket, had also been a Laudian, but in a Vicar of Bray fashion he became the Puritan preacher here, and died in poverty after the Restoration.
Mostly, the Rectors here seem to have been a jolly lot. John Matters, in the first decades of the 19th century, was famous for his befriending of, and care for, the poor of the parish, matched only by his neglect of his ecclesiastical duty. He is quoted in the guide as having a favourite saying: He that drinks strong beer, and goes to bed quite mellow, lives as he ought, and dies a hearty fellow. And his successor was Hitcham's most famous rector of all, but we'll come back to him in a minute.
Hitcham was not home to a great landed family, so it was the power and wealth of Ely priory that built this church. It is a grand affair, entirely rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries. One look tells you that this was not a piecemeal building. Mortlock observes that the grand flushwork porch is very like the one at neighbouring Bildeston, but it does not seem so imposing here against this big building. There is a very odd stop on the 15th century doorway. The one on the left is a lion, but on the right there appears to be a wild man and a tree surrounded by a picket fence.
At first sight, the interior is slightly disappointing. Large and plain, it is as if it had been scraped clean by Miles Burket's cronies, perhaps in reaction to the incumbency of Laurence Bretton. The brick floors are attractive, and the fine 14th century aches of the arcades reach right up into the clerestory, but the heavy Victorian woodwork gives it all a sombre feel.
The hammerbeam roof was rebuilt after the Reformation, and includes lots of unfamiliar secular imagery, the heraldry of the State. However, there is some dispute about exactly when this happened, why, and how much was renewed. The arms of both James I and Charles I are here, giving a date in the first third of the 17th century, but the pineapple pendants appear more recent. At the west end, however, there are a couple of secretive green men on the hammer beam ends, which must be from an earlier age. One theory suggests that the roof was repaired in a hurry after a fire, and then beautified later.
The chancel is a 19th century rebuilding (a photograph of this event, which used to be at the west end, is rather alarming, like a gap-toothed Madonna) and it is evidence of the Anglo-catholic enthusiasm of Alexander Grant, Rector for the last 40 years of the 19th Century. At nearby Kettlebaston, this enthusiasm was realised by the Vicar there in the form of a gorgeous little shrine, but here, something more grandiloquent was intended. Hence the five steps up to the chancel, and two more up to the sanctuary, representative of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, and familiar from 19th century London Anglo-catholic churches. There is no evidence that Anglo-catholicism ever took such a firm foothold here, though.
The chancel is so grand, some visitors must easily overlook the remains of the rood screen. Only the dado survives, but it is worth a look because instead of saints the panels depict angels holding the instruments of the Passion. Something similar can be seen at Blundeston in the north of the county, and there are also angels on the screen at Southwold of course. Not surprisingly, they were vandalised by the 16th century reformers. What is more surprising is that they have survived at all. Presumably they were moved to their present position at the time of the 19th century reordering, but when Arthur Mee came here in the 1930s, he could barely discern them as figures, and thought them saints. So they've been restored, probably under the influence of Munro Cautley when he was diocesan architect.
In such a wealthy parish, perhaps it is not surprising that little else medieval survives. The converse of this, of course, that the restoration of this church has generally provided work of quality. Although the benches are heavy, they do carry several bench ends which are probably the work of the great Ipswich woodcarver Henry Ringham. The best are the four evangelistic symbols towards the front. In fact, the guidebook suggests that the benches were removed from the church towards the end of the 19th century and replaced with chairs as at Rattlesden and Kettlebaston, only to be returned at the behest of the eccentric and splendidly-named Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton, who was jointly Bishop of Dunwich and Rector of Hitcham in the 1930s and 1940s. Maxwell-Gumbleton had a Bishop's throne built, which he installed in the chancel. It must have given his parishioners something to think about. It is still there today, and is replicated in slightly more modest form by the churchwardens' seats at the west end. Maxwell-Gumbleton's also are the George VI coat of arms, dated 1937, and a lovely modern font cover, given as a memorial.
From an earlier age are the very elaborate brass inlay in front of the sanctuary, and the mid-17th century memorial to a Waldegrave in the north aisle, more austere than it would have been twenty years before or after. In the south aisle there is a copy of the Adoration of the Magi by Rubens, which is in Kings College Chapel. At first, I couldn't work out why it looks a little odd, and then it hit me - it is in reverse.
Many years ago, I chatted with a churchwarden here, and she told me tha, although 42 men in this parish lost their lives in the first world war, only 28 of them are remembered on the war memorial here. She suggested that this was perhaps because the others were from chapel families, or perhaps the families had moved away before the memorial was installed. Whatever, it gave me pause for thought, for if a similar situation exists in other parishes, then we may assume that many hundreds of people who gave their lives have, in fact, been forgotten.
But one name stands out in this parish as forever being associated with it. You might overlook the simple memorial in the chancel by Thomas Woolner, and you'll certainly miss the little memorial plaque above the door as you came in, but both are worth a look because they both remember the same person, the great John Stevens Henslow.
Henslow was a remarkable man by anyone's standards. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Cambridge University in the 1830s, and was looked on with enough favour to secure the lucrative Hitcham rectorship. However, rather than send a poorly-paid curate to do his work for him, which would have been the usual early 19th century Trollopeian way, he followed in John Manner's footsteps, and came to Hitcham himself.
It is hard now to imagine what a contrast this remote place must have been with cosmopolitan Cambridge, barely 40 miles away. Henslow wrote in his diary that he had come to "a woefully neglected parish, where the inhabitants, with regard to food and clothing and the means of observing the decencies of life, were far below the average scale of the peasant class in England." It is recorded that his first congregation here in this vast space was insufficient to fill one pew.
Over the course of the next 25 years, he turned his parish upside down, applying his scientific knowledge to the antiquated and conservative farming methods of the local farmers. He increased their prosperity, and that of the poor farm labourers. He started a school, and an institute of adult education. He led outings through the local countryside, and would sometimes take the whole parish on the train to London, including one trip to the great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park. It was said that the entire village emptied on these occasions, travelling by cart and on foot to Stowmarket railway station, and then on to London.
"Everyone is to be in good humour", he told his parishioners, "accommodating to all, and especially attentive to the ladies of the party. If the weather should prove unpropitious, every one is to make the best of it, and not to complain more than he can possibly help."
It is said that, on holiday at Felixstowe, he realised the fertilizing properties of the coprolite nodules in the cliffs there, and interested two local farming brothers so much that they set up a fertiliser processing factory at Ipswich docks. Their name was Fison.
But an even more famous name associated with Henslow is Charles Darwin, one of Henslow's students at Cambridge. Henslow encouraged Darwin to investigate the development of species, finding him a place aboard HMS Beagle, the scientific survey ship. Darwin sent his notes and samples back to Henslow, who circulated them in the scientific community. Darwin came back to England to find himself a celebrity. The basis of The Origin of Species was put together at Hitcham Rectory, although Henslow would later repudiate its conclusions.
Most importantly, however, as far as my children were concerned when they were younger, Henslow was the guiding light behind the opening of Ipswich Museum, which still retains one of the finest 19th century natural history collections in the country. A portrait of him hangs in the entrance hall, and the name of a road in the east of the town remembers him.
He died at the relatively young age of 65. His predecessor had been the jolly John Matters. His successor was the Anglo-catholic enthusiast Alexander Grant, who, as well as rebuilding the chancel, is still remembered in the village for taking the side of the workers during the lock-out strike of 1874, when he allowed them to use the church building for their meetings.
These three extraordinary men between them spanned the entire 19th century here. Trollope himself could not have written a better novel.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 31-Jul-25.
Fleet No: "301".
'Eagle' tail livery.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 18-Jan-22 (DeNoise AI).
The photo was taken through double glazing and you can see the slight double image along the top of the fuselage.
Delivered to Singapore Airlines as 9V-SQE in Feb-98. The aircraft was retired after 15 years and stored at Greenwood, MS, USA in Jun-13. It was broken up at Greenwood in Oct/Nov-14.
Note: The registration 9V-SQE was previously used on a Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-212B
Experimental piece for Beyond Beyond with Kim Klassen. The canola field is Kim's photo. The sky replacement is mine. Additional texture by Kim Klassen.
We had a weekend in Borrowdale recently, a Christmas present that we tagged a day on to. After calling at work on Saturday morning to open for business we headed up the motorway to Penrith. The road through the central lakes was washed away in the recent floods and it is going to be a long job replacing it. This made the diverted journey around 145 miles but we had a good run up there. We wanted to get walking ASAP so we pulled in at Threlkeld with a view to heading up Clough Head, and subject to conditions, head over the Dodds and back by the Old Coach Road. We had left appalling weather at home, wind, rain, fog and sleet on the tops. Thankfully it was better further north. There was laying snow on the summits, it was fairly calm low down and some summits were cloud free.
We left the car at 11.10 in our winter gear, straight up through the quarries and the steep scree slope (another Red Screes), by now we were into the snow line. The cloud was down, the wind gale force and the summit frozen hard – a different world up here. South next to Calfhow Pike, the wind made it difficult to talk and it was around -4 so the there was a fair wind-chill factor. It was tough going to our next top – Great Dodd, part of the Helvellyn massif – It was to icy to walk in places which meant deviating from the path, and losing our bearings, visibility was around ten yards with spindrift creating a whiteout at times. We battled on to the top and found the summit cairn. Great Dodd isn’t the easiest top to find your way off in low visibility, we would have gone further but in these conditions it was pointless so we retraced our steps to Calfhow and clear conditions. From here we followed Mosedale beck to Mariel Bridge, which is on the Old Coach Road, this gave us a circular route back to our start. The Old Coach Road has been wrecked by the floods and the 4x4 off roaders are making it a lot worse. 9.25 miles in 3 ¼ hours and we were in Brysons Tearooms in Keswick for Coffee and cake by 3.45pm. We carried on to Borrowdale and checked in at our hotel, not a bad day really.
After a poor night in a poor bed we were breakfasted and out for 8.30. We drove the few miles up to Seatoller and we were kitted up and away at 9.10. A bitterly cold and icy morning, there was some sun but not as much as promised. We could see the summit of Great End covered in cloud, we were heading up there on to the Sca Fell massif. We followed the valley to the east of Seathwaite Fell, a new path for us. Once in the snow the going was very icy with the path ice covered in places. The snow was dry and powdery and in places it had blown over the underlying ice. At this point I might add, we do own crampons. After a winter of splashing around soaked we didn’t expect to need them and they were at home – very clever! This was our first real winters day this winter, other than an hour on Sca Fell Pike on Christmas Day, we haven’t seen winter conditions this winter. By the time we got to Esk Hause it was difficult to stay upright and on our way to Great End we had to pick our way very carefully around the worst of the ice. The spindrift made it difficult to see the ground at times, spinning around our feet in a mist. Once on the summit the cloud was thick and the wind speed high. We had been here fairly recently so I knew the layout of the summit and we had little difficulty finding the summit cairn. We were cursing our lack of crampons and the cloud. Instead of heading into the cloud along the Sca Fell Pike path we decided to get under the cloud, back to Esk Hause and head over Allen Crags and Glaramara. At this point we both took some heavy falls, as did others up there, a lot turned around and headed back down, it was deadly. The cloud had thickened, there wasn’t a ray of sun to soften things. Our chosen route was one of the hardest afternoons we had ever had. Everywhere was frozen solid, we had to kick toe or heel holes to move on slopes that we wouldn’t have broken stride on normally. Minor rock scrambles down steep crags had become life threatening in places and we proceeded with extreme care. The knees were creaking on the long descent to Seathwaite. 10.3 miles in six hours, almost half the speed of yesterday. We made it Keswick for afternoon tea – and bought some Micro Spikes for unfinished business to deal with tomorrow. A beautiful day was forecast so fingers crossed we headed back for a soak in the tub.
Day three, a gorgeous icy, sunny winters day. Things looked promising. We left along yesterday’s route at the same start time – with walking poles and Micro Spikes! At the top of the valley we met a guy who had set off before us, two guys known to him were picking their way through the crags, tiny specks on the 800 foot rocky crag. Some appeared to have tried to climb the snow filled chimney that runs to the summit but we heard later that conditions weren’t suitable. Even though it was minus four the sun had softened the snow just enough to get a grip and it was easier to avoid the worst of the ice, unlike yesterday. The summit of Great End was incredible with never ending vistas. We could see a steady stream of walkers on every path by now. Word had got out that we were in for a rare treat today, plus it was school half term so a lot of people were off work. I visited every possible viewpoint as we went to the summit of Ill Crag , Broad Crag and finally Sca Fell Pike. It was 1.00 PM by now and a steady stream of elated walkers were arriving on England’s highest point. It was bitter but beautiful. We had around five miles back to the car along the Corridor Route to Styhead, Stockley Bridge and Seathwaite. Part of this route we had covered recently on Christmas Day and despite the snow and ice we powered along. We would have been back in two hours but! A mile from the car, following the manmade path down Taylorgill Force to Stockley Bridge Jayne Stumbled. It’s not often she walks in front. I normally lead and relay instructions and warnings back to her. She hit the rock path with her head and face really hard, stunned, she rolled off the path over a drop. She was vertical, resting on a rock on her knees and clinging on to the edge of the path with her fingertips. I grabbed her rucksack and held her whilst I checked her injuries. She had a bad bump on her temple, another on her forehead, split the bridge or her nose, her glasses had gone flying but would straighten. Being left handed she had stuck her left hand out and it had been bent back, it was swelling and discolouring pretty fast. When I had established that nothing was serious enough to stop her moving I got her back on to the path to see to her injuries. The pain initially made her think that she was in a worse state than ( I thought) she really was. She could move her fingers and wrist, albeit with some pain but not enough for it to be broken. The wound to the bridge of her nose although very painful wasn’t going to be a problem. The bumps on her head were turning into eggs by now. I gave her Ibuprofen and Paracetemol and she sat and composed herself for the final mile. We made it to the café in Keswick and got a slightly later afternoon break, our first of the day again. 11.3 miles today in 6 ¼ hours and fairly tough going. It was nothing more than a careless, tired perhaps, stumble on one of the horrible ( our own opinion, I might add) manmade paths made out of irregular stones which are laid at odd angles and are a nightmare to descend when wet on tired legs. A few days later and Jayne is sat on reception at the doctors looking like she’s been boxing, with a purple eye and nose, her left hand swollen and purple – otherwise she’s OK. I came down with mild food poisoning during the night and had to drive 145 miles home at 8.00 the morning after feeling extremely ill. I was due to start fasting for a Colonoscopy in three days. I ended up eating six slices of toast over a four day period – Monday evening to Thursday evening- Having had over 40 stomach endoscopies in twenty years the colonoscopy was nothing more than uncomfortable and , subject to biopsy results, everything looked OK. The trapped wind was another matter – for two days! All in all a very traumatic week. Needless to say we didn’t use the Micro Spikes.
Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a better version 10-Apr-22 (DeNoise AI).
'Lufthansa Express' titles
Named: "Emden".
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWCE, this aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa as D-AIDD in Mar-89. It was leased to Hapag-Lloyd in May-04. Hapag-Lloyd was renamed Hapagfly in Apr-05.
It was returned to Lufthansa in Nov-05 and stored at Bournemouth, UK. The aircraft was sold to a lessor in Feb-06 and was due to be leased to Eagle Aviation (France) as F-GTIA. However the lease fell through and it was sold to Blue Airways (Kyrgyzstan - surprise!) as EX-31088 in Mar-06.
It was officially wet-leased to Mahan Air (Iran) in Jan-07. The aircraft was sold to Mahan Air as EP-MHO in Apr-08. It was permanently retired at Kerman, Iran in Jul-20 after 31 years in service. It's due to be preserved at Kerman. Updated 10-Apr-22.
The building has since been demolished and has been replaced by a Lidl supermarket..
The view from Poole Lane.
For: the people that love to download music for free without worrying too much about viruses or fake songs...
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downsides: If you are using Internet explorer you'll end up gettin some pop-ups... i would recommend safari for most of us but ill talk about that in a diff vid.
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Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a better version 27-Aug-21 (DeNoise AI).
Fleet No: "609".
An early B767 (Line No:91), This aircraft was built as a standard B767-200. It was first flown with the Boeing test registration N6055X, it was delivered to Canada Trust/Canadian Mutual Life and leased to Air Canada as C-GAUY in May-84.
It was converted to B767-200ER standard in early 1995. The aircraft spent over 18 years with Air Canada until it was stored at Mojave, CA, USA in Sep-02. It was returned to the lessor in Jul-03 and permanently retired. The aircraft was broken up at Mojave in Oct-06.
11-shot HDR Panorama taken from the 5th floor deck of the Marriott Waterfront. View the original size to check out the detail. You can even read the banner that the plane is pulling. I highlighted a few of the details you can see at Max size.
In the foreground is the Pier 6 Concert Pavilion. 12 hours earlier, Several Species, a Pink Floyd cover band, was just finishing up their encore inside the tent. It's a great place to see a concert.
It took me several days to process the 11 shots through Photomatix. I did all the HDR conversions before stitching them together in Photoshop CS4. The finished product was too big for Flickr, so I had to reduce it a bit.
This was a the biggest mistake we made during our trailer remodel nearly six years ago. We should have pulled the nasty old green toilet when we were tiling the bathroom. We didn't and had a nasty old toilet in there this entire time. Wendy was sick of it so we hired a plumber to help us swap it out.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 09-Jan-22 (DeNoise AI).
On a typical Manchester winters afternoon...
This aircraft was delivered to East Line Airlines as RA-76369 in Mar-93. It was leased to Airstars in May-05 and leased to AirStan by 1998.
The aircraft was returned to East Line Airlines in Aug-02. It was leased to Airstars again in 2003 and sold to Reem Air as EX-054 in Apr-05.
It was sold to Gomelavia as EW-242TH in Jun-06 and then to Asia Continental Airlines as UN-72604 in Jul-07. In Oct-08 the aircraft was sold to Libyan Air Cargo (Libyan Air Force ?) as 5A-DNX. It's C of A expired in Mar-10. Presumably stored in Libya.
Replaced the torque converter with a high stall one and added a shift kit. Next mod will have to be a posi-trac rear end.
Replacing a photo taken at PAE 27-Jul-15 with a better version without obstructions 29-Jul-15.
Prototype KC-46A Tanker with boom and underwing 'probe & drogue' pods.
We are replacing a serpentine belt on a Ford F-250,6.0 poerstroke diesel engine. We are Ford Powertroke,Cummins,and Duramax Diesel engine Experts. Call Dan's Auto/Truck Repair in Arlington,Texas for any questions or concerns you may have. 817-548-8373,ask for Dan
A random snapshot of the old circuit cut-out switches that were on one of the old utility poles that were recently replaced on Main Street in the Pearlhaven Community in Brookhaven, Mississippi.
These cutouts are quite large up close when they are on the ground compared to them being up on top of the pole when it was in service.
This old pole had a lever switch that when it was turned, it would open up these electrical circuits, cutting power down the lines... when the circuits are closed, the electrical power flows through.
For those that do not know, the power lines or cables are called ''conductors'' whilst the porcelain ceramic bits that stop the flow of electricity as well as holding the wires on the poles are called ''insulators.''
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a (slightly) better version 04-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI). A 23 year old negative with my 'trademark' yellow band...
Fleet No: "621".
An early Boeing 767-200ER (line No:18), built as a standard B767-200 this aircraft was delivered to China Airlines (Taiwan) as B-1836 in Dec-82.
It was sold to a lessor in Dec-89 and immediately leased to ANZ Air New Zealand as ZK-NBF where it was converted to a B767-200ER in Jan-90.
It was returned to the lessor as N681SH in Jun-95. It was due to be leased to Air Canada as C-FUCM but the registration wasn't used (can't imagine why, oh yes I can! Although they did keep sister-ship C-FUCL...). It was registered C-FVNM instead and delivered towards the end of Jun-95.
It was withdrawn from service, returned to the lessor and permanently retired at Roswell, NM, USA in Oct-08. The aircraft was sold to the Jet Midwest Group as N753JM in Apr-12 and was ferried to Kansas City, MO, USA in May-13 and later broken up. Updated (Jun-20).
The castle has been the seat of the Percy family since Norman times. By 1138 the original motte and bailey castle, with wooden buildings, was replaced with stone buildings and walls. In 1309 the keep and defences were made even stronger by Henry de Percy. The castle then stayed unchanged for 400 years. By the 18th century it had fallen into ruins. The keep however was then turned into a gothic style mansion by Robert Adam. In the 19th century the Duke of Northumberland carried out more restoration of the castle.
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ALNWICK CASTLE, THE CASTLE, STABLE COURT AND COVERED RIDING SCHOOL INCLUDING WEST WALL OF RIDING SCHOOL
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1371308
National Grid Reference: NU 18685 13574
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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 05/10/2011
NU 1813 NE 2/1 NU 1813 SE 1/1 20.2.52. 5330
Alnwick Castle The Castle, Stable Court and Covered Riding School including West Wall of Riding School
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Alnwick Castle has work of every period on the line of the original motte and bailey plan. By 1138 a strong stone built border castle with a shell keep in place of the motte, formed the nucleus of the present castle with 2 baileys enclosing about 7 acres. The curtain walls and their square towers rest on early foundations and the inner gatehouse has round-headed arches with heavy chevron decoration. The Castle was greatly fortified after its purchase by Henry de Percy 1309 - the Barbican and Gatehouse, the semi-circular towers of the shell keep, the octagonal towers of the inner gateway and the strong towers of the curtain wall date from the early to mid C14. Ruinous by the C18, the 1st Duke had it rehabilitated and extended by James Prince and Robert Adam, the latter being mainly concerned with the interior decoration, very little of which remains except for fireplaces in the Housekeeper's and the Steward's Rooms and for inside the present Estates Office range. Capability Brown landscaped the grounds, filling in the former moat (formed by Bow Burn). The 4th Duke employed Anthony Salvin 1854-65 at the cost of £1/4 million to remove Adam's fanciful Gothic decoration, to restore a serious Gothic air to the exterior and to redesign the state rooms in an imposing grand Italian manner. The Castle is approached from Bailliff gate through the crenellated Barbican and Gatehouse (early C14): lion rampant (replica) over archway, projecting square side towers with corbelled upper parts, fortified passage over dry moat to vaulted gateway flanked by polygonal towers. Stone figures on crenellations here, on Aveners Tower, on Record Tower and on Inner Gateway were carved circa 1750-70 by Johnson of Stamfordham and probably reflect an earlier similar arrangement. In the Outer Bailey to the, north are the West Garrett (partly Norman), the Abbott's Tower (circa 1350) with a rib vaulted basement, and the Falconer's Tower (1856). To the south are the Aveners Tower [C18], the Clock Tower leading into the Stable Yard, the C18 office block, the Auditor's Tower (early Clk) and the Middle Gateway (circa 1309-15) leading to the Middle Bailey. The most prominent feature of the Castle on the west side is the very large Prudhoe Tower by Salvin and the polygonal apse of the chapel near to it. In the Middle Bailey, to the south are the Warders Tower (1856) with the lion gateway leading by a bridge to the grand stairs into the walled garden, the East Garrett and the Record Tower (C14, rebuilt 1885). In the curtain wall to the north are 2 blocked windows probably from an early C17 building now destroyed and the 'Bloody Gap', a piece of later walling possibly replacing a lost truer; next a small C14 watch tower (Hotspur's Seat); next the Constable's Tower, early C14 and unaltered with a gabled staircase turret; close by is the Postern Tower, early C14, also unaltered.'To the north-west of the Postern Tower is a large terrace made in the C18, rebuilt 1864-65, with some old cannon on it. The Keep is entered from the Octagon Towers (circa 1350) which have 13 heraldic shields below the parapet, besides the agotrop3ic figures, and a vaulted passage expanded from the Norman gateway (fragments of chevron on former outer arch are visible inside). The present arrangement of the inner ward is largely Salvin's work with a covered entrance with a projecting storey and lamp-bracket at the rear of the Prudhoe Tower and a corbelled corridor at 1st floor level on the east. Mediaeval draw well on the east wall, next to the original doorway to the keep, now a recess The keep, like the curtain walls, is largely mediaeval except for some C18 work on the interior on the west and for the Prudhoe Tower and the Chapel. The interior contrasts with the rugged mediaeval exterior with its sumptuous Renaissance decoration, largely by Italians - Montiroli, Nucci, Strazza, Mantavani and inspired from Italian sources. The chapel with its family gallery at the east end has 4 short rib vaulted bays and a shallow 3-light apse; side walls have mosaics, covered now with tapestry. The grand staircase With its groin vaulted ceiling leads to the Guard Chamber from which an ante-room leads west into the Library (in the Prudhoe Tower) and east into the Music Room (fireplace with Dacian captives by Nucci). Further on are the Red Drawing Room (caryatid fireplace by Nucci) and the Dining Room (ceiling design copied from St Lorenzo f.l.m. in Rome and fireplace with bacchante by Strazza and faun by Nucci). South of the Middle Gateway are Salvin's impressive Kitchen quarters where the oven was designed to burn a ton of coal per day. West of the Stable Courtyard, with C19 Guest Hall at the south end, is the C19 covered riding school, with stable to north of it, and with its west wall forming the east side of Narrowgate. The corner with Bailliffgate has an obtuse angled tower of 2 storeys, with a depressed ogee headed doorway from the street, and merlons.
Listing NGR: NU1863413479
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ALNWICK CASTLE
Heritage Category: Park and Garden
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1001041
National Grid Reference: NU1739315366, NU2254414560
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Extensive landscape parks and pleasure grounds developed from a series of medieval deer parks, around Alnwick Castle, the seat of the Percy family since the C14.
Between 1750 and 1786, a picturesque landscape park was developed for Hugh, first Duke of Northumberland, involving work by James Paine, Robert Adam, and the supervision of work by Lancelot Brown (1716-83) and his foremen Cornelius Griffin, Robson, and Biesley in the 1760-80s, working alongside James and Thomas Call, the Duke's gardeners. During the C19 each successive Duke contributed and elaborated on the expansive, planned estate landscape, within which the landscape park was extended. This was accompanied by extensive C19 garden works, including a walled, formal flower garden designed in the early C19 by John Hay (1758-1836), and remodelled mid C19 by William Andrews Nesfield (1793-1881).
NOTE This entry is a summary. Because of the complexity of this site, the standard Register entry format would convey neither an adequate description nor a satisfactory account of the development of the landscape. The user is advised to consult the references given below for more detailed accounts. Many Listed Buildings exist within the site, not all of which have been here referred to. Descriptions of these are to be found in the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest produced by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT
In the C13, Hulne Park, West Park, and Cawledge were imparked within the Forest of Alnwick. Hulne Park lay to the north-west of Alnwick Castle and Cawledge to the south and south-east. By the late Middle Ages, Hulne Park extended to 4000 acres (c 1620ha) enclosed by some 13 miles (c 21km) of wall. It was stocked with some 1000 fallow deer and a tower at Hulne Priory served as a hunting lodge. The parks formed the basis of Alnwick Park, landscaped by Sir Hugh Smithson (1714-86) who in 1750 became Earl of Northumberland, inheriting his father-in-law's northern estates. Prior to this, from 1748 he and his wife, Elizabeth Seymour (1716-76), had lived at Stanwick, Yorkshire (qv) and at Syon Park, London (qv), where they had already established a reputation for gardening, attested by Philip Miller's dedication, in 1751, of his Gardener's Dictionary to the Earl.
Together they embarked on an ambitious scheme to restore the Castle, develop the grounds and estate, and restore the Percy family traditions and identity at Alnwick. Those employed at Alnwick were also involved elsewhere on the Northumberland estates: James Paine, architect at Syon House, Daniel Garrett, architect at Northumberland House, the Strand (1750-3), Robert Adam, architect at Syon (1762-9), Lancelot Brown, landscape architect at Syon Park (1754-72).
In 1751, Thomas Call (1717-82), who had been the Earl's gardener at Stanwick, prepared a scheme for the parklands and pleasure grounds, including a plan for Brizlee Hill (the south part of Hulne Park). Call and his relation James, working at Alnwick by 1756, were responsible for the development of Hulne Park over twenty years. The date and extent of Lancelot Brown's involvement at Alnwick is uncertain, although his foremen Griffin, Robson, and Biesley worked at Alnwick with teams of men between 1771and 1781 and records shown that they also worked alongside Call and his men (in 1773 for example, Call had a team of sixty men and Biesley one of seventy-eight).
Hulne Park was developed as a picturesque pleasure ground with extensive rides, follies, and the enhancement of natural features. A characteristic of the Duke's scheme was his recognition of antiquarian sites within the landscape, which were embellished. Thus in 1755, Hulne Priory was purchased to become the focal point of Hulne Park. A garden was made within the cloister walls and, from c 1763, the priory became the gamekeeper's residence, with a menagerie of gold and silver pheasants. Statues of friars cut by the mason Matthew Mills were set in the landscape. In 1774, a medieval commemorative cross to Malcolm Canmore (listed grade II), situated at the northern entrance to the North Demesne, was restored.
Following the Duchess' death in 1776, the Duke decorated all her favourite locations with buildings, some being ideas she had noted in her memoranda. Work also included other notes and ideas the Duchess had had, including the ruin at Ratcheugh Crag and some ninety-eight drives and incidents.
Plans for the parklands at the North Demesne, Denwick, and Ratcheugh Crags were developed in the late 1760s, although in the case of the North Demesne some parkland planting had been undertaken by 1760, and the major work undertaken in the early 1770s is that attributed to Brown, mainly on stylistic grounds.
During the C19, under the second Duke (1742-1817) the parks were extended, this including the purchase of Alnwick Abbey and part of its estate. The complex of drives was also extended and this was accompanied by extensive plantations, including the large Bunker Hill plantation central to the north area of Hulne Park, named to commemorate the Duke's action in 1775 in the War of American Independence. Most significantly, between 1806 and 1811, building centred on construction of a perimeter wall, defining the boundary of Hulne Park, and lodges and gateways at entrances to the parks. The carriage drives were extended, necessitating the construction of bridges over the River Aln. These schemes were implemented by estate workers, local masons, and David Stephenson, the Duke's architect.
As the Castle had no formal flower gardens, John Hay was commissioned between 1808 and 1812 to design pleasure gardens to the south-east of the Castle, linking it with a new walled garden at Barneyside, furnished with a range of hothouses, glasshouses, and pine pits. These were extended in the 1860s when Anthony Salvin, employed in the restoration of the Castle, built a gateway between the inner bailey and the pleasure gardens. Nesfield designed a scheme for the walled gardens to be developed as an ornamental flower and fruit garden, with a large central pool, conservatory, and a series of broad terraces and parterres. The Alnwick scheme can be compared to Nesfield's in the precincts of Arundel Castle, West Sussex (qv), in 1845.
Alnwick Castle, parks and estate remain (2000) in private ownership, the latest significant developments being the replanting and restoration of the North Demesne (1990s) and plans to completely remodel the walled garden.
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Alnwick Castle parks cover a tract of countryside encircling Alnwick town on its west, north, north-east, and south sides. The land is a mixture of contrasting landscape types, with high heather moorland and the rough crags of the Northumbrian Sandstone Hills sweeping down to the improved pasture lands along the wooded Aln valley. The parks exploit the boundaries of these distinctive landforms where the rugged moorland gives way to the pastoral, rolling landscape of the Aln, on its route to the sea. In the west parklands the river is confined between hills, and in places has incised deep, narrow valleys while in the east the landscape is more open.
The registered area of 1300ha is bounded on its north-east side by the Hulne Park wall, west of the Bewick to Alnwick Road (B6346). The west side of the area here registered follows field boundaries to the west of Shipley Burn, starting at Shipley Bridge, and then turns south-west at a point c 1km south of the bridge. It then runs for south-west for c 2.3km, to the west of Hulne Park, before crossing the River Aln and running parallel to Moorlaw Dean for c 1.2km, on the west side of the burn. The southern area is defined by Hulne Park wall running around the south point of Brizlee Wood then in a line due east, south of Cloudy Crags drive, to cross the Stocking Burn and reach Forest Lodge. The boundary then defines the north-western extent of Alnwick town and, crossing the Canongate Bridge, the southernmost extent of the Dairy Grounds.
To the east of the Castle the registered area takes in the entire North Demesne bounded on its north by Long Plantation, a perimeter belt which lies on the south side of Smiley Lane and then extends eastwards to meet the junction of the B1340 and A1 trunk road. The A1 has effectively cut through the North Demesne from north to south and, although physically divorcing the two areas, they are still visually conjoined. Defined on its north side within the hamlet of Denwick by tree belts, the park extends eastwards for 1km before cutting across southwards to meet the River Aln at Lough House. This latter stretch is bounded by a perimeter belt. The south boundary of the North Demesne follows the river in part, before meeting the Alnwick to Denwick road (B1340). To the south, the Castle gardens are delimited from the town by property boundaries along Bondgate. An outlying area of designed landscape at Ratcheugh is also included.
A complex series of drives is laid throughout the parks, particularly in Hulne Park. A series of thirty standing stones stand at the beginning of the drives or where they converge. These are inscribed with the names of the drives and act as signposts.
Alnwick Castle (1134 onwards, c 1750-68 by James Paine and Robert Adam, 1854-6 by Anthony Salvin, listed grade I) lies on the high ground on the south side of the Aln valley, commanding views to the north, east, and west. To the south is Alnwick town but the landscape is designed so that the town is not in view of the Castle. The principal views from the Castle lie over the North Demesne.
The North Demesne originally included Denwick Park (they have now been divided by the A1 road), and together these 265ha form the core parkland designed by Brown. Perimeter tree belts define the park, and clumps and scatters of specimen trees ornament the ground plan. The Aln has been dammed to give the appearance of an extensive, natural serpentine lake, with bridges as focal points: the Lion Bridge (John Adam 1773, listed grade I) and Denwick Bridge (1766, probably also by Adam, listed grade I). A programme of replanting and restoration of the North Demesne is under way (late 1990s).
The medieval deer park of Hulne extended to the north of the Shipley Road (outside the area here registered). Hulne Park is now 1020ha and is in agricultural and forestry use. The principal entrance from Alnwick town is Forest Lodge, the only extant part of Alnwick Abbey. Hulne Park is completely enclosed by an early C19 perimeter wall, c 3m high with shaped stone coping and buttresses every 20m. Nearly 5km of wall lies alongside roads, 5km across fields, and 5km defines perimeter woodland and moorland from the enclosed park.
The park design consists of a series of oval-shaped enclosures, defined by tree belts vital for shelter. The highest point is in the west area of the park, from where there are long-distance views east to the sea. The River Aln winds its way through the park via a series of contrasting steep valleys and flatter lands. The valleys are emphasised by planting on the upper slopes, while the lower areas are encircled with designed plantations to emphasise the river's meanders and ox-bow lakes.
Picturesque incidents survive at Nine Year Aud Hole, where the statue of a hermit (late C18, listed grade II) stands at the entrance to a natural cave along Cave Drive, and at Long Stone, a monolith standing high on the west side of Brizlee Hill, with panoramic views over Hulne Park to the north-west. The picturesque highlight is Hulne Priory (original medieval buildings, C18 alterations and enhancements, all listed grade I), which includes a summerhouse designed by Robert Adam (1778-80, listed grade I) and statues of praying friars erected in the Chapter House (late C18). The Priory's picturesque qualities are well appreciated from Brizlee Tower (Robert Adam, listed grade I), built in 1781 to commemorate the creation of the Alnwick parks by the first Duke and Duchess, a Latin inscription stating:
Circumspice! Ego omnia ista sum dimensus; Mei sunt ordines, Mea descriptio Multae etiam istarum arborum Mea manu sunt satae. [Look about you. I have measured all these things; they are my orders; it is my planning; many of these trees have been planted by my own hand.]
Brizlee is sited on a high point which can be seen in views north-west from the Castle, mirroring views north-east to the 'Observatory' on Ratcheugh Crag, a sham ruined castle sited as an eyecatcher on high ground and built by John Bell of Durham in 1784 (plans to further elaborate it were designed by Robert Adam).
Another principal feature of Hulne Park is a series of regular, walled enclosures (the walls set in ditches with banks cast up inside the compounds) which line Farm Drive, the central road through the park, north-westwards from Moor Lodge. This functioned as the third Duke's menagerie, and is still pasture.
The 15ha Dairy Ground links Hulne Park and the North Demesne. It principally consists of the Aln valley north-west of the Castle, stretching between Canongate Bridge and Lion Bridge, laid out as pleasure gardens. Barbara's Bank and the Dark Walk are plantations laid out with walks on the steep slopes with a Curling Pond to the north of the Aln.
The walled garden of 3ha lies to the south-east of the Castle, reached by the remains of C19 pleasure gardens laid out on the slopes above Barneyside. After the Second World War use of the glasshouses ceased, and until recently (late 1990s) the Estate Forestry Department used it. The earthwork terraces and remnants of specimen planting of Nesfield's scheme survive.
REFERENCES
Note: There is a wealth of material about this site. The key references are cited below.
The Garden, 5 (1874), pp 100-1, 188; 20 (1881), pp 155-6 Gardeners' Chronicle, ii (1880), pp 523-4, 587; ii (1902), pp 273-4 J Horticulture and Cottage Gardener 15, (1887), pp 296-8 P Finch, History of Burley on the Hill (1901), p 330 Country Life, 65 (22 June 1929), pp 890-8; 66 (6 July 1929), pp 16-22; 174 (4 August 1983), p 275 D Stroud, Capability Brown (1975), pp 103-4 Garden History 9, (1981), pp 174-7 Capability Brown and the Northern Landscape, (Tyne & Wear County Council Museums 1983), pp 19, 22-3, 27, 42 Restoration Management Plan, Alnwick Castle, (Land Use Consultants 1996) C Shrimpton, Alnwick Castle, guidebook, (1999)
Description written: August 2000 Resgister Inspector: KC Edited: June 2003
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Replaced VU Meter Lamps by two Blue 5mm LED's (3,5V / 20mA) in series with one resistor of 240 Ohm.
Watch the polarity: on this device the + was on the left (black wire)
On the right VU meter you can see the factory installed green tube lamp.
One of the new three-wheeler Fire Bikes next to the conventional Fire Bike it will eventually replace.
Irkutsk - Oblast - Russia - Siberia
THE SPASSKAYA CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR, IRKUTSK, SIBERIA, RUSSIA
Spasskaya Church is the oldest brick-and-stone edifice in East Siberia. It was built in 1706 to replace the outworn wooden church. This is the only building of the original Irkutsk fort, which survived up to our days. The church was sanctified on August 1, 1710. The Holy Banner with icon of Christ was brought into the new church from the old wooden one. The legend went that it was the very original Holy Banner, which the first Russians were carrying when they reached the mouth of Irkut for the very first time.
Spasskaya church was related to numerous aspects of urban life of Irkutsk.
In the beginning of the XIX century, the church’s facades were decorated with frescoes not only on the inside, but also on the outside. This fact made Spasskaya church one of the rarest monuments of religious edifice – one of the kind from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.
www.irkutsk-baikal.com/irkutsk/
Irkutsk (Russian: Иркутск; IPA: [ɪrˈkutsk]) is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, and one of the largest cities in Siberia.
Visit Church of the Savior, war memorial, Angara river embankment, Cathedral of our Lady of the Sign, Monument to the Emperor Alexander III on the embankment.
On Siberian map Irkutsk appeared in the middle of the XVII century. Irkutsk has a great number of monuments of wooden architecture. There are about 500 architectural monuments in the city, among which historically constructed ensembles are depicted. The greatest interest has ancient part of the including Church of the Savior and Znameniye Cathedral.
Farther on the day we continue the city tour with the Decembrist's House Museum. It is connected with the family of Sergey Volkonsky, one of the Decembrists leaders. They lived for 30 years in Siberia, 17 of them they had been living in Irkutsk in this house. Original things of the Volkonsky family and other Decembrists are kept in the museum.
The former Edward Clark mansion, built in 1931 and replacing a prior structure known as Fenimore House.
It was donated in 1948 following Edward's death by his brother Stephen C. Clark Sr. to become the relocated home of the New York State Historical Association headquarters. The showcase gentleman's farm, divided from this mansion by Route 80 a/k/a West Lake Road, would become the core of the Farmer's Museum.
It would also become the Fenimore Art Museum. Such lovely architecture which likely was designed by either Frank P. Whiting or his rather famous mentor, Ernest Flagg, who designed several structures for the Clark family.
Magnificent Georgian architecture (although also described as Neo-Classical Revival) using native fieldstone.
Austintown Local Schools 4 - 2015 Blue Bird Vision; Cardinal Bus Sales - Lima, Ohio. Bus was bought on a grant to replace aging vehicles with brand new, green, energy-efficient vehicles. One of fourteen new buses in Austintown's fleet. All these new Visions run on propane and are the first propane-fueled buses in Mahoning County and the surrounding area. Replaced a 1997 Blue Bird TC/2000 FE.
To release the memory you will need to push the metal handles that are located on the sides of the memory away from the memory.
The memory chip will pop up.
Take it out. Insert the new memory at a 45 degree angle (just like the old memory was when it poped up) and push it down until you hear a click.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 20-Oct-26.
Named: "Peniscola".
First flown in Mar-02 with the Airbus test registration D-AVZT, this aircraft was delivered to Iberia (still as D-AVZT) in May-02 and stored at Hamburg-Finkenwerder on delivery.
It was delivered to Madrid in Oct-03 and registered EC-ILP the following day. The aircraft was converted to A321-213 standard in Nov-14. Current, updated 20-Oct-26.