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New in May 2007 for Black Cat services, Optare Tempo X1200 309 departs from Gamston Lock heading for Rushcliffe. It will soon be replaced with new Enviro 200 MMC’s
Originally installed at a different location, this machine was relocated to Sylvia Park in 2024, replacing a 2012 Washtec SoftCare Evo.
Probably my best model so far. I've been improving this for the past 4 or 5 months and it still is here :D Yay for conservation! Scale is pretty nice and it has seats, see other pics for them. It's fig scale and can raise and lower, also has a breech and "trigger" As I said, see the other pics.
Built 1955 to replace an older depot wiped out by NY State Thruway construction. Later a U.S. postal branch station until service suspended on July 18, 2009.
I found a cheap old guitar and I can't play so I replaced the strings with el wire and I hung it on my wall.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 23-Feb-25.
This aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to LTU International Airways as D-AMUO in Sep-98.
It was returned to the lessor in Aug-02 and leased to Blue Panorama Airlines (Italy) as EI-CZH the following day. It was returned to the lessor in Mar-13 and was stored at Shannon, Ireland.
The aircraft was leased to Nordwind Airlines (Russia) as VP-BOY in Jul-13. It was sub-leased to IKAR Airlines in Oct-13 and operated on behalf of Russian tour operator Pegas (Pegasus) in full Pegas livery.
It was stored at Istanbul-SAW in Jun-20 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In Nov-21 the aircraft was returned to AerCap and ferried to Istanbul-ISL for further storage. In Oct-22 it was ferried to Tel Aviv, Israel and stored.
It was thought to be awaiting 'F' conversion, however it was leased to Challenge Airlines (Israel) as 4X-IAH in Jun-23 for operation as a 'Preighter'. It was returned to the lessor in Dec-23 and is again in storage at Tel Aviv. Updated 11-Mar-24.
Replace the short-lived Constructeur rack with a Velo Orange "Porteur Rack" and man do I love this thing. Worth every penny. More pictures to follow soon of different errands I have ran using this rack.
Replaced online image with a scanned image from my book "Tirra Lirra, Rhymes Old and New" by Laura E. Richards. First copyright 1890, with several successive copyrights until Richards herself had rights 1918, 1930 and 1932. Little Brown and Company.
So they tried it in a trice, and found that it was nice,
And with rapture they embraced one another;
And they said, "By hook or crook, we must keep this aged cook;
So we'll ask him to become our elder brother."
[Which they accordingly did.]
Poem by Laura E. Richards
Found at www.archive.org/details/tirralirrarhymes027501mbp, an e-book "Tirra Lirra, Rhymes Old and New" by Laura E. Richards, first copyright 1902. Illustrated by Marguerite Davis.
Photograph taken at 14:53pm on Tuesday Monday September 3rd 2012 off Borrowdale Road B5289 and Lake Road heading away from the shoreline of Isthmus Bay on Derwentwater near to the Lakeland market town of Keswick, one of the Northern most in the Lake District, Cumbria, England.
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Needed to replace the right engine mount, as the hydraulic fluid was leaking out. I replaced it with a new Meyle brand one, also decided to add the Powerflex polyurethane bushing on top as this will prolong the life of the mount and add a bit of rigidity.
Engine mount partnr: 22116778610
Powerflex partnr: PFF5-124
c1910 postcard view of the dam and the Old National Road Bridge over East Fork Whitewater River in Richmond, Indiana. This bridge, constructed in 1834, was the first covered bridge in Indiana. It was replaced by the first Main Street Bridge in 1897 and that bridge was replaced in 1917. Both Main Street bridges carried the Old National Road/US 40 across the Whitewater River Valley after the covered bridge was closed. However, in 2000 the downtown portion of Old National Road/US 40 route was moved south one block to South A Street and a new bridge was built linking South A Street with the original Old National Road route on the west side of the river.
The dam in this scene was a diversion structure for a millrace. Both features are shown on the key pages of the 1891 and 1896 Sanborn™ fire insurance map sets for Richmond The 1901 map set shows the millrace, but not the dam. The 1909 map set doesn’t show either feature. The millrace followed the east side of the river from north of South A Street to south of South C Street. The 1891 key map shows the Starr Piano Works straddling the millrace near its south end.
The photographer was standing at the east edge of the river and looking northwest. The postcard title identified this area of the river as the swimming hole, and at least one springboard had been mounted at the dam.
The advertising painted on the side of the stone foundation of this bridge is displayed clearly in other views of the bridge. It advertised ELLWOOD MORRIS & CO. MORRIS & HUNT DEALERS IN WALL PAPER, BOOKS, STATIONERY....
From a private collection.
The full postcard image can be seen here.
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My new wheels, replacing the much-loved Škoda Superb, is this, latest in the TS collection of old barges, a Jag X-Type Sovereign. Continuing the tradition of my Wife giving our cars ridiculous names, this one will be called "Bianca".
Bianca Jaguar, geddit?
I also note, with much more than a tinge of regret, that I am without a Škoda car in my life for the first time in well over 10 years.
Pentacon Praktica DCZ520 Digital Camera
For more of my photographs, see here
This weekend, we replaced tracks and switches at New Lots Av on the 3 Line in Brooklyn.
This photo shows switch panels lifted to structure by street crane
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Leonard Wiggins.
Hiroko Shikashio
Title: Endless Fun #64 Watercolor 24x30 $1200
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In 1976, the decision was made to ditch ‘Fleet Operators’ and replace it with a truly pocket-sized spotter’s ‘companion’ entitled ‘World Airline Fleets Handbook.’ This softback book measured 4.5” x 6.75” and remained this size for the next three issues to 1979. You will see from the image above that there was a variety of bindings available: square-bound, comb-bound and wire-bound.
1976-1979 WAFH included a selection of black and white airliner photos. From 1980, all photographic illustrations were done away with never to return, and the annual releases have from that day forward become very much a compilation of data. In my opinion, this led to them falling short of the quality of the competing JP Airline Fleets see here: worldoftransportbooks.com/jp-airline-fleets which always provided a decent section of contemporary postcard sized airliner photos (in colour from the 1981 edition) until it was cancelled in 2013.
As for Air Britain, with the new decade came a new title – it was shortened to just ‘Airline Fleets’ which it remains to this day. The 1980 and ‘81 editions retained the 4.5” x 6.75” size but the ’82 edition had 0.75” inches added to the height becoming 4.5” x 7.5.” You can see the difference in height from the image above. This size remained constant until 1986, as did the wire-binding, although it is possible that alternative binding styles were available.
The 1987 edition saw yet another increase in height by 0.75” becoming 4.5” x 8.25” and this size was retained up to the 1989 edition, although binding alternatives are proven by the fact that my ’87 and ’89 editions are wire bound and my ’88 edition is square bound.
Whereas the 1976 to 1979 editions featured photo-pictorial covers, these were replaced by airliner drawings between 1980 and 1986, but reverted to photo-pictorial covers again (this time in colour) for the 1987, ’88 and ’89 volumes.
The airliners depicted on the front covers of each of the editions shown in the image are listed below for your reference:
1976: JA8008 DC-8 of Air Asia and PH-DTK DC-10 of Philippine Airlines.
1977: CC-CCG 707 of LAN Chile and P2-ANT DC-3 of Air Niugini.
1978: HK-1810 Caravelle of TAC Colombia and HK-812 C-46 of Aeropesca Colombia
1979: JA8517 Tristar of All Nippon and VR-HGU 707 of Cathay Pacific
1980: A300 Airbus (drawing)
1981: 727 (drawing)
1982: 737 (drawing)
1983: 707 (drawing)
1984: 757 (drawing)
1985: SD3-30 (or 60?) (drawing)
1986: HS-748 (drawing)
1987: N406XV BAe146 of Presidential/Continental Express
1988: C-GJPC Jetstream 31 of Ontario Express/Canadian Partner
1989: 9J-AFC ATR-42 of Zambia Airways.
Corbeil School Bus Manufacturing Plants and Corbeil School Bus restoration shops will replace all gun factories due to that guns MUST BE BANNED due to guns have been used for a lot of scary inappropriate angry behaviors and evil purposes. It is okay to get angry but it is not okay to aim guns, it is not okay to tell people to shut up, it is not okay to yell god dam hell or god in hell, it is not okay to smack people or hit people, it is not okay call someone a bad boy when they are not. And especially that we need more Corbeil School Buses to appear in this world to make schools friendly as an addition to getting rid of mean teachers that yell at students and Bogen Multicom 2000 systems and bringing back the electric mechanical wall bells.
4 pièces refaites.
Très grand puzzle, plus grand que l’œuvre originale ( environ 120 cm de long ) . Il est dans une boite en bois très ancienne. Il doit dater des années ~ 1910. Assurément mon plus ancien puzzle. Oeuvre de Harry Eliott (Charles Edmond Hermet ) , lithographe français. Le nom de l'oeuvre originale est "Course hippique : chute à la rivière". www.ivoire-france.com/angers-saumur/fr/lot-3024-333222-59...
Replace the dishwasher with a storage area and a walnut door. Also replace the drawer fronts to the right with walnut.
The original courthouse burned in 1913 and was replaced by this building a year later. The Classical Revival styled building is two stories atop a tall base. The front entrance features a two story pedimented portico supported by four columns. Also, it has a low hip roof with an open square, domed cupola. In 1955, a brick veneer was added. Today, the courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places and the grounds are host to a yearly barbecue festival.
in neighboring McNairy County, Sheriff Buford Pusser gained national fame for taking on local corruption. A semi-autobiographical movie about Pusser was made in the early 70s, Walking Tall. The movie producers wanted the film to be shot where the events happened, however the local elected officials didn't want to be embarrassed by the national attention brought to the corrupt county. Instead, they were embarrassed by having the movie filmed here in Henderson (partially at this courthouse) and losing out on important revenue. Due to term limits as sheriff, Pusser had time to be a technical consultant for the film. Then, when he reran for sheriff again, the locals ignored all the good he did to clean up the county and how he helped Hollywood work next door, did not vote him back into office.
Rusty old 1970s 4 door Holden in the Hazelbrook bush. About 40m from the road. We had bushfires through here in Dec. 1977.
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
Details
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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