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I think these indoor shots may have worked better on an overcast day, when I could have preserved the detail in the stained glass rather better. Oh, well, another time...
I had a work-related course on the edge of Wilton the other day, a mild and sunny February day that reminded us that winter won't last forever, so I nipped into the village centre afterwards to take some photos.
St Mary and St Nicholas, better known as the Italianate Church, which the Church of England parish church for what had once been the county town of Wiltshire, is an enormous edifice, with a separate bell-tower reaching a height of 33 metres. It also has an interesting backstory.
By the mid-19th century, the old medieval church of Wilton was in a dreadful state of disrepair. The Hon Sidney Sidney Herbert, son of the Russian Dowager Countess of Pembroke and local aristocrat, loved Italian architecture—he'd been on the Grand Tour, innit—so, in 1845 he convinced his formidable mother to help build a new church in the Italian style, an undertaking that would cost them £20,000, a staggering sum for the time.
They called in young TH Wyatt, then only 34, the diocesan architect for Salisbury, for what would be his first really major commission.
Wyatt and his partner Brandon created a stunning church, oriented on a southwest axis to front onto West Street. The chosen site had been home to the medieval church of St Nicholas, which was in ruins by the 15th century. There is a totally separate bell tower, or campanile, following Italian tradition. The church itself is on the Roman basilica plan.
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After a year without any vacations, because of Covid, I'm in the midst of planning my Spring "Birthdaycation" for 2021!
I've booked a two night stay in Carmel on April 28th and 29th, and three nights in San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood from the 30th through May 3rd.
In the meantime, I've been looking through my folders of photos from my 2015 trip and processing some "new" ones, like this one.
I saw this striking Victorian home in the Concord, North Carolina.
The home is located in the North Union Street Historic District. The district contains fine examples of Late Victorian homes.
Redesigned by the Victorians in 1881.
Leadenhall Market dates back to the 14th century and is situated in what was the centre of Roman London. Originally a meat, poultry and game market, it is now home to a number of boutique retailers, restaurants, cafes, wine bars and an award-winning pub.
Starting as the site of a manor, Leadenhall has survived changes in use, rebuilding, and even the Great Fire to become a popular destination for city residents, visitors and workers.
In 1853 the first pillar box in the United Kingdom was installed at Botchergate, Carlisle. In 1856, Richard Redgrave of the Department of Science and Art designed an ornate pillar box for use in London and other large cities. In 1859 the design was improved, and this became the first National Standard pillar box. Green was adopted as the standard colour for the early Victorian post boxes. Between 1866 and 1879 the hexagonal Penfold post box became the standard design for pillar boxes and it was during this period that red was first adopted as the standard colour. The first boxes to be painted red were in London in July 1874, although it would be nearly 10 years before all the boxes had been repainted.
Cosin's Hall, home to the University Institute of Advanced Studies, dates from the early 18th century, and was originally an Archdeacon’s Inn. It was converted into University accommodation in the 1830s, at which point it was named Cosin’s Hall. Named in his honour John Cosin was a 17th century Bishop of Durham.
Both the building and the post box are within the Durham Castle an Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Victoria, abandoned, unloved and awaiting demolition.
British cultural change.
Victorian craftsmanship disregarded.
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This is my personal doctor's surgery. It was a very fancy Victorian home, but in recent decades has become a popular medical centre in the heart of Launceston.
An elderly Italianate victorian house that still remains strikingly vibrant.
This photo was taken by a Zenza Bronica S2 medium format film camera with a NIKKOR-H 1:3.5 f=5cm lens and Zenza Bronica 82mm L-1A filter using Fuji 400-H film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
When Hamilton Square was designed in the early 19th century, a plot of land was made available for the siting of a town hall between Hamilton Street and Chester Street. Designed by local architect Christopher Ellison,the building was constructed using Scottish granite and sandstone. It was officially opened in 1887.
Built in 1897. Home to John Steinbeck from his birth until he attended Stanford University. On the National Register of Historic Places.
Bradford's 1870-3 gothic revival City Hall with its landmark clock tower and is Grade I listed. It was designed by architects Henry Lockwood and William Mawson, after a competition. The 61 metre high building was designed in the Venetian style, with the bell tower inspired by Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The building was substantially extended in 1902 to plans by Norman Shaw. Another wonderful example of VIctorian exuberance in Bradford.
One thing that is maintained very nicely at the old Mount Royal Hospital complex is the main courtyard garden. In the previous photograph today I showed you a reflection of the buildings and some of the garden. As we turn around and walk into the garden, this is the view we have.
It is a fine time capsule of Victorian architecture, right down to the little fountain that seemed to attract birds all the time I was there. It would have been a wonderful place for patients and their visitors to relax in.
[PHOTO NOTE: It might seem strange to shoot this at f/18 and an ISO of 31 in the midday sun. But I had two reasons for this. I wanted to trace the line of water droplets in the fountain (by slowing down the exposure) and there was a slight breeze, so I thought I may get a little interesting movement and colour in the blooms. I had no tripod so this was as slow a shutter speed as I dared use.]
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This is a photo from a few years ago, during the blue hour, and the MacCallum House was all dressed up and welcoming! This year most establishments in this historic little village are pretty much closed due to the pandemic so the MacCallum House did not decorate. Town is very quiet: the ocean's gentle nurturing roar in the distance and Jupiter and Saturn's proximity are the sound and visuals for 2020 Christmas.
The MacCallum House Inn & Restaurant is one of the most beautiful Victorian homes in this historic village. It was built in 1882 as a wedding gift offered to Daisy Kelley and her husband Alex MacCallum, by her parents. The town was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in the early 70's.
The Collegiate is a striking, Grade II listed building, with a facade of pink Woolton sandstone, designed in Tudor Gothic style by the architect of the city's St. George's Hall, Harvey Lonsdale Elmes. The foundation stone was laid in 1840 and the Liverpool Collegiate Institution was opened by William Gladstone on 6 January 1843, originally as a fee-paying school for boys of middle-class parents and administered as three distinct organisations under a single headmaster. The Upper School became Liverpool College and relocated to Lodge Lane in 1884, whilst the Middle and Lower (or Commercial) Schools occupied the original site and would combine to form the Liverpool Collegiate School in 1908.
Step into Thornton’s Arcade, Leeds’ inaugural covered shopping arcade, unveiled in 1878. Designed by architect George Smith for entrepreneur Charles Thornton, this architectural gem connects Briggate to Lands Lane. Its Gothic-style façade, adorned with intricate stonework, leads to a glass-roofed passage lined with charming boutiques. A highlight is the Ivanhoe Clock, featuring life-sized figures from Sir Walter Scott’s novel, crafted by John Wormald Appleyard. This historic arcade seamlessly blends Victorian elegance with contemporary retail, standing as a testament to Leeds’ rich architectural heritage.
Belfast’s Custom House is a symmetrical two-storey building, with basement and attic, designed in an Italianate Palazzo style by Sir Charles Lanyon. The building was designed by Lanyon in 1847 and built by D and J Fulton 1854-7. There were significant repair and refurbishment projects in 1983 and 1996.
I often take photos of this beautiful building in the blue hour when I'm visiting family in Belfast.
Above it towers the 85m high Obel Tower, Ireland's tallest storeyed building, completed in 2011.
St Michael and All Angels' Church is a pure piece of Victoriana, built in 1877-8 by well-known Wiltshire church architect Charles Ponting, with the tower following in 1883. “An ambitious church in a prominent position by an
architect better known for restoration work”, says the official listing, quoting Pevsner.
This Grade II* listed building is in the village of West Overton, 3½ miles/6 km west of Marlborough in the Upper Kennet Valley. It had a 2021 census population of 636.
Because of the large number of historic Victorian homes in Ocean Grove the town had the honor of being entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and in 1977, the New Jersey State Register of Historic Places.
The Distillery District is a national Historic Site with an incredibly rich history. The site was once The Gooderham and Worts Distillery, and represents the largest and best preserved collection of Victorian Industrial Architecture in North America.
In its time, The Gooderham and Worts Distillery played an important role in the growth and wealth of both the city and nation. In addition to various involvements in real estate and banking, the company at one time contributed more to Federal coffers than any other enterprise in the country.
The Distillery Historic District opens in May 2003 and quickly becomes a vital part of the city and one of Canada’s top tourist attractions.
The same place as previously only a few days later. My friend and I were in the area getting pizzas and beers, the light was pretty cool however, so I decided to get a photo.
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Cette gare est au 38 Oswald Street à Glasgow, Écosse.
Cette vue de l'élégant passage surélevé de la gare ferroviaire est obtenue à partir d’Argyle Street, à l’angle d’Union Street. Mise en service en 1879, c'est la plus grande des deux gares de grandes lignes de Glasgow. La gare est sur deux niveaux, le niveau haut étant légèrement au-dessus du niveau de la rue, et le niveau bas étant souterrain.
Le trait architectural le plus connu de cette gare est un grand passage vitré qui surplombe Argyle Street, surnommé localement « Heilanman's Umbrella ». Cela viendrait d'une légende urbaine locale selon laquelle des Highlanders économes préféreraient s'abriter sous la passerelle plutôt que s'acheter un parapluie et s'aventurer sous la pluie. Sous l'Umbrella se trouvent une série de boutiques et de bars ainsi que la boîte de nuit Arches.
Glasgow est situé dans l'ouest de la partie centrale des lowlands écossaises. La naissance de la ville repose sur deux fondations médiévales : l'ancien archidiocèse de Glasgow et l’université de Glasgow en 1451. À partir du 18e siècle, Glasgow est un centre considérable du commerce transatlantique et pendant la Révolution industrielle, au 19e siècle, l’ingénierie et la construction navale prennent le relais devenant « la deuxième ville de l’Empire britannique » après Londres.
Avec le déclin des industries, la ville a acquis la triste réputation de ville de taudis mais, graduellement, se diversifie, Elle est devenue depuis l’un des centres financiers les plus importants d’Europe et accueille les quartiers généraux de grandes entreprises écossaises.
Otherwise known as the Church of St Philip and St James, it is younger than it looks and was actually built in the 1860s by William White for the Carew Pole family, who owned the adjacent Antony House and its associated estate. The steeple was built a few years later to White's design. The church is Grade II*-listed. Michael Swift, eminent Cornish historian, has spoken of it as ‘a gem’, and ‘one of the most important buildings in Cornwall’.
According to a detailed note by Veronica Writer in Trip Advisor, "It is well-proportioned, picturesque, and exceptionally well-designed, and stands in a small garden. Inside White used colour to great effect, from the polychromatic arches, to the marble altarpiece, from the pillars to the pattern on the floors. He designed the fixtures and fittings, and all blend together in harmony."
"The stained glass windows are a magnificent example of the work of Clayton and Bell, ‘one of the most prolific and proficient workshops of English stained glass during the latter half of the 19th century.’ (Wikipedia) The stories told in the glass are grouped by theme, and they include careful details so easy to miss on a first inspection. For example, Moses stands as the Red Sea retreats, and there in the waves are the outlines of fishes."
Built in 1874 during the Gold Rush era that saw Wandiligong's population swell to its largest number, the Manchester Unity hall would have been a focal point for some of the townsfolk. Built of red brick with stone detailing, the hall's parapet featuring the date plaque features some elegant scroll work. The hall is remarkably intact and still has its original supper room below the stage at the rear of the building on the lower level. The hall represents the activities of Friendly Societies in country towns during the Victorian era.
Wandiligong is a town in north-eastern Victoria in the alpine region around 330 kilometres from Melbourne. Established in the 1850s as part of the Victorian Gold Rush, Wandiligong became a hub for many gold miners, including a large Chinese community. At its peak, the town was home to over two thousand inhabitants and boasted shops, churches, a public library, halls and even an hotel. Much has changed since those heady days of the gold rush, and the picturesque town nestled in a valley and built around the Morses Creek, is now a sleepy little town full of picturesque houses which are often let to visitors to the area. The whole town is registered with the National Trust of Australia for its historic landscape and buildings of historic value.
Un des luminaires de style égyptien ornant la façade du Meridien Shelbourne Hotel au 27 St Stephen's Green,Dublin, Irlande.
Cet édifice historique victorien datant de 1824 a été magnifiquement restauré. C'est le dernier survivant des grands hôtels dublinois du 19e siècle. La constitution irlandaise y fut rédigée en 1922.
Dublin (en irlandais : Baile Átha Cliath) est la plus grande ville de l'île d'Irlande et de l'État d'Irlande, dont elle est la capitale (Belfast étant la capitale de l'Irlande du Nord). La ville est située sur la côte orientale de l'île et au centre du comté de Dublin. Depuis le haut Moyen Âge, Dublin est le centre historique, politique, artistique, culturel, économique et industriel de l’Irlande.
Le nom de « Dublin » est généralement considéré comme provenant du gaélique originel Dubh Linn (« l'étang noir ») qui signifie maintenant « baie de la fumée », le nom d'un bassin d'un affluent de la Liffey, près duquel s'est érigée la première place forte des Vikings irlandais. Le nom gaélique contemporain Baile Átha Cliath (« La ville du gué des haies de roseaux ») fait référence au hameau qui se trouvait près du site de fondation de Dublin.