Items matching gates

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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Sheldons, Wiltshire [Frontispiece].

“Sheldons Manor in Wiltshire is a charming example of alteration. The original house, of which the porch is a part, was built by the Gascelyns in the fourteenth century. The sixteenth-century addition [...]

Keywords: manors, entrances, trees, gates

Places shown: Sheldons; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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The Lion Gates, Hampton Court

Hampton Court Palace was built by Cardinal Wolsey, starting in 1514, although some time in the 1520s it became the property of King Henry VIII. The Lion Gates are at the Bushey Park entrance to the Pa [...]

Keywords: gates, entrances, statues, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: East Molesey; Surrey; England

Added: 2006-01-19

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Gate at Karnak

[Karnak] is the most imposing ruin in the world, devastated sadly, but not in a heap of débris. The ruins cover an area of nearly two miles in circumference. Was there one symmetrial structure, dedica [...]

Keywords: temples, entrances, gates

Places shown: Karnak; Egypt

Added: 2007-03-27

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