Items matching entrances

Gatehouse, Battle Abbey (wallpaper version)

Cropped version of Gatehouse, Battle Abbey intended for use as a computer desktop background or wallpaper; I cropped the image so it’s 1600x1200 pixels, and also made 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480 ver [...]

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, abbeys, towers, entrances, trees, people

Places shown: Battle; Sussex; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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118.—Gatehouse, Battle Abbey.

The abbey at Battle commemorates the Battle of Hastings in which William the Conqueror defeated King Harold on 14th October, 1066, to become the King of England. The buildings were used as a school fr [...]

Keywords: abbeys, towers, entrances, trees, people

Places shown: Battle; Sussex; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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Courtyard, Naworth Castle

The story of the ill-planned rising of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland has already been told. One of their associates was Leonard Dacre, who held the castle of Naworth, and gathered roun [...]

Keywords: castles, steps, staircases, entrances, windows

Places shown: Brampton; Cumberland; England

Added: 2006-09-07

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Edgar’s Gateway, Worcester

The engraving (signed Whymper) is of Edgar Tower, also known as St Mary’s Gate, an arched and defended stone tower guarding a gateway in the city wall. It was thought to have been build in the 10th C [...]

Keywords: gates, towers, entrances, people, windows, christmas

Places shown: Worcester; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2006-06-14

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Court of an Egyptian House at the Time of the Khalifs

120x185mm, signed by Gustav Richter.

Keywords: entrances, buildings, steps

Places shown: Alexandria; Egypt

Added: 2006-01-03

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Jacobean Houses in Frankwell, Shrewsbury

These houses were built some time after 1620, so they are after the Tudor period.

Keywords: tudor, houses, streets, windows, entrances

Places shown: Shrewsbury; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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169.—Condover Hall, Shropshire

A Corner of the North Elevation showing the position of the lead heads. “A Royal manor in Saxon times Condover, throughout the sixteenth century, was in and out of the hands of the Crown until, in 158 [...]

Keywords: manors, entrances, windows

Places shown: Condover; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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Cranborne Manor House: The Loggia

Located near Wimborne, Dorset, and now known for its gardens. It was originally built at the start of the 13th Century, but the entrance shown here is much later, postdating the English Civil War.

Keywords: manors, entrances, arches

Places shown: Cranborne; Wimborne; Dorset; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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Stanton Court: The Centre of West Point

The porch and oriel projections are small, and gable-ended wings stretch forth. [p. xvi]. Nowadays you can stay at Stanton Court Cottages (I think this is the same place; it’s near Broadway, Worceste [...]

Keywords: manors, windows, creeper, windows, entrances

Places shown: Stanton; Broadway; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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262.—Knole, Kent.

Plate 260 - Bourchier’s Gate-house.

The home of the Sackvilles since 1603; it was first built in and around 1457 by Archbishop Bourchier.

Keywords: manors, castles, entrances, clocks, windows, towers, doors

Places shown: Knole; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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92.—Kirby Hall

92. – The Porch and Hall Windows.

As seen through the central arch of the loggia.

Keywords: manors, windows, entrances, arches, ruins, clouds

Places shown: Corby; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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410.—Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire.

Originally early 12th Century, or perhaps older, but greatly renovated in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Plate 410 - Doorway in the ruins of the Duke’s Building

Keywords: manors, castles, entrances, ruins, crests

Places shown: Old Bolsover; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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