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A church in the village of Stanton St Bernard, which became the parish church of All Saints, was first mentioned in 1267, when it belonged to Wilton Abbey. However, a Norman font indicates it may be somewhat older.
The tower was added in the 15th century, then in 1832 all except the tower was rebuilt in Gothic style; a further rebuilding of the chancel became necessary in 1859. The church lost its resident vicar as early as 1929 and is now part of the Vale of Pewsey team.
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Tower Bridge in London and not to be confused with the plain old London Bridge. I took this photo with my Canon camera from Butlers Wharf
Constructed between 1879 - 1880 to house the Eye & Ear Infirmary which was set up in 1820 ,it was in use till 1978 when the service was relocated to the Liverpool Royal Hospital.
The building itself is amazing, a beautiful red brick facade, a great example of Victorian architecture at its best
San Francisco has a very extensive public transit system.
The system includes electric trolleybuses. You can tell where they run, just by looking up and seeing their electric lines.
Here's a spiderweb of trolleybus electric lines.
The photo also includes an attractive Victorian house on the corner.
Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul, MN, was originally the Federal Courts Building.
The building was completed in 1892 in the Victorian Richardsonian Romanesque style.
In 1972, the City of St. Paul purchased the building for $1.00. In 1978 it opened as Landmark Center.
The Minneapolis City Hall and Hennepin County Courthouse (also known as the Municipal Building) is located in downtown Minneapolis.
The building was completed in 1902 and is an outstanding example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.
I saw this lovely Victorian house on the outskirts of downtown Wilmington, Delaware.
It's now used for offices.
Beautiful Victorian House being prepared for demolition,Ocean City NJ-35mm Olympus Stylus Epic,Ilford XP2 400
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.
The figures on the eastern perdiment, visible here, symbolise Neptune, Mercury and Britannia.
The red buoy has been in place for a few years and commemorates Belfast's maritime heritage and present.
Galveston est une ville construite sur une île dans le golfe du Mexique, dans le sud du Texas. Elle se distingue par la présence de nombreuses demeures victoriennes surnommées les Broadway Beauties et classées historiques comme le Moody Mansion, également connu sous le nom de Willis-Moody Mansion. Parmi plusieurs maisons victoriennes dans ce beau quartier historique de Galveston, ce musée est un incontournable par son histoire et son architecture particulière.
Le manoir a été commandé par Narcissa Willis en 1893 après la mort de son époux, l'entrepreneur et courtier en coton Richard S. Willis qui s’était toujours opposé à la construction d’une telle maison car il préférait garder ses actifs liquides pour être répartis entre ses dix enfants à sa mort. Après la mort de Richard Willis en 1892, Narcissa a fait démolir la maison qu'elle partageait avec son mari et a commencé à planifier la construction d'une maison plus opulente à la place contre l’avis de ses enfants. Ceux-ci n'ont jamais visité le somptueux manoir conçu pour les ramener à Galveston.
La construction fut confiée à un architecte anglais, William H. Tyndall. Suivant le style de Richard Norman Shaw, Tyndall a utilisé des éléments de différentes cultures et périodes, conduisant à une apparence éclectique. À la mort de Narcissa Willis en 1899, la maison a été mise en vente. Après que l'ouragan de 1900 ait dévasté Galveston en septembre, de nombreux enchérisseurs se sont désisté et c’est William Lewis Moody, Jr. qui a remporté le manoir pour une fraction de sa valeur.
Des membres de la famille Moody ont résidé dans la maison jusqu'en 1986, date à laquelle elle a été transformée en musée historique commémorant la famille Moody. Les ouragans continuent d'affecter l'histoire de la maison. En septembre 2008, l'ouragan Ike a entraîné l'inondation du sous-sol. La salle de rempotage de Libbie Moody et la cuisine d'époque ont été perdues. En juillet 2014, le sous-sol a été inauguré sous le nom de Galveston Children's Museum.
Completed in 1863, the building is detached and built of sandstone in the classical style, with a tower and steeple at the corner. There is a rusticated basement and two storeys above with arcades, columns and arches. Around the top of the walls there is a balustrade with finials. There is a metal roof with skylights. The steeple is 180 feet high, metal-covered and decorated by John Thomas with statues representing the four continents.
Walking home from work on a very fine, warm spring evening, the late-day sun and the tall, old tenements along Bruntsfield Place combined to give large spots illuminated by lovely sunlight and the other spots in deep shadows. Between that and the Victorian tenement architecture the scene was begging for a couple of quick B&W shots.
I used to stay just around the corner from these scenes when I was a student and miss the area, it's a great part of town. Alas despite only being fifteen minutes walk from my flat it is a much more pricey area (even by Edinburgh's crazy house prices) so I doubt I will be moving back here any time soon, but I still walk through it sometimes.
The area around modern-day Edinburgh has been inhabited for thousands of years. Its origins as a settlement can be traced to the early Middle Ages when a hillfort was established in the area, most likely on the castle rock. From the seventh to the tenth centuries it was part of the Anglian Kingdom of Northumbria, becoming thereafter a royal residence of the Scottish kings. The town that developed next to the stronghold was established by royal charter in the early 12th century, and by the middle of the 14th century was being described as the capital of Scotland. The area known as the New Town was added from the second half of the 18th century onwards. Edinburgh was Scotland's largest city until Glasgow outgrew it in the first two decades of the 19th century
During a walkabout in the Irvine Park area, near downtown St. Paul, MN, I found this double house built to look like a single mansion. The give-away are the two front doors.
It's the Armstrong-Quinlan Mansion. It was built in 1886 and later moved to this location.
The Minneapolis City Hall and Hennepin County Courthouse (also known as the Municipal Building) is located in downtown Minneapolis.
The building was completed in 1902 and is an outstanding example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust founded in 1282. The bridge was constructed to give better access to the East End of London, which had expanded its commercial potential in the 19th century. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales in 1894.
San Francisco's Postcard Row. It is probably the most photographed row of Victorian houses in the world.
The row is part of the Alamo Square Historic District. The photo was taken from Alamo Square.
In the distance is the San Francisco skyline.
The Victoria Tower is a square tower at the south-west end of the Palace of Westminster in London, adjacent to Black Rod's Garden on the west and Old Palace Yard on the east.
San Francisco's Postcard Row. It is probably the most photographed row of Victorian houses in the world.
The row is part of the Alamo Square Historic District. The photo was taken from Alamo Square.
In the distance is the San Francisco skyline.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust founded in 1282. The bridge was constructed to give better access to the East End of London, which had expanded its commercial potential in the 19th century. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales in 1894.
One of the most beautiful Victorian homes in the historic village of Mendocino, the MacCallum House was built in 1882 as a wedding gift for Daisy Kelley and her husband Alex MacCallum.
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This is a single exposure, using a tripod, and the following settings: 6/10th of a second @ f/3.5 and 200 ISO.
Getting this shot took some planning. I wanted to show the house all lit up just before nightfall, yet still have some daylight in the sky. I arrived ahead of time to be able to do some test shots and be ready for the moment. Because it was slightly windy, the clouds were moving quite quickly and there was enough movement in the bushes and decorations that they would get motion blur, so I couldn't do a very long exposure. I tried several shots, and eventually settled on f/3.5, at 6/10th of a second, and ISO 200. I guess I could have increased the ISO but my experience with the Canon EOS 20 D, suggested it best to keep the ISO as low as possible to minimize grain in the final shot. This final and most successful of the evening's exposures was taken at 5:48 P.M. in mid December (several years ago).
Northern California's Mendocino Coast was home to many Native American tribes until Spanish conquistadores, and Mexican settlers -- and later Anglo settlers from the East Coast -- arrived and systematically took over tribal lands after, sad to say, decimating the native populations. There is an excellent museum at the Cabrillo Lighthouse just north of Mendocino village which pays tribute to the culture of the first true Americans - the Pomo - to have lived along this coast.
As for more recent history, here is more information about the Kelley family, one of the first Anglo settler families to establish themselves in this area in the mid-1800's, see: www.kelleyhousemuseum.org/
St Leonard's Church in the tiny village of Hardwick, near Wellingborough in Northamptonshire was built around 1200. It is Grade II*-listed. Small and compact with a thirteenth century tower and battlements, a clerestory was added on the south side in the fourteenth century. In 1795 the chancel was shortened by eight feet, the aisle taken down, and a new south wall erected blocking the arcade. This was incorporated within the new wall and a south porch was also erected.
Adjacent to the church is a 19th century former village school with a teacher's residence attached which has been converted into residential accommodation. This dates from 1870 and was erected by the Thornton family, lords of the manor.
During a walkabout in the Irvine Park area, near downtown St. Paul, MN, I found this double house built to look like a single mansion. The give-away are the two front doors.
It's the Armstrong-Quinlan Mansion. It was built in 1886 and later moved to this location.
Galveston's East End Historic District has a wonderful collection of Victorian Houses.
George Fox built this house at 1402 Ball Street in 1908.
The photo was taken in July 1980.
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The Balmoral Hotel sits at the intersection of the Princes Street shopping district and the North Bridge in Edinburgh and was opened in 1902 as the North British Railway Hotel, serving Waverly Station right next door. It wasn't privatized until 1983 and it took some refurbishment before it became the 5-Star high-end hotel that we know and see today. Balmoral is Gaelic for majestic dwelling and at twilight, it's especially hard to argue with that moniker~!
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During a walkabout in the Irvine Park area, near downtown St. Paul, MN, I found this beautifully restored Victorian house.
It's the Henry Horn House.
The house was built in 1869 for pastor David Riddle Breed and was originally twice as big with a front door facing the river.
When Henry Horn acquired the house around 1884, he added the ornately carved woodwork to the exterior and moved the front door from the Mississippi Riverside to face the Irvine Park.
The New West End Synagogue, located in St. Petersburgh Place, Bayswater, London, is one of the oldest synagogues in the United Kingdom still in use. It is one of two synagogues which have been awarded Grade I listed building status by Historic England, which has described it as "the architectural high-water mark of Anglo-Jewish architecture".
The Arcade is a Victorian-era structure of two nine-story buildings, joined by a five-story arcade with a glass skylight spanning over 300 feet (91 m), along the four balconies. Erected in 1890, the Arcade is identified as one of the earliest indoor shopping malls in the United States. Designed by John Eisenmann, the Arcade is one of the few remaining arcades of its kind in the United States. Modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II located in Milan, the construction was financed by John D. Rockefeller, Marcus Hanna, Charles F. Brush and several other wealthy Clevelanders of the day. In 2001, the Hyatt corporation redeveloped the Arcade into Cleveland's first Hyatt Regency hotel. The Hyatt Regency occupies the two towers and the top three floors of the atrium area. The two lower floors of the atrium area remain open to the public with retail merchants and a food court.