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The Bridge at Durham The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

Etched by J.C. Varrall from a drawing by Thomas Hearne in the British Museum. Walter & Boutall ph. sc. The picture shows Elvet Bridge, which was originally built in the 12th century, repaired in 1500 [...]

Keywords: bridges, gothic, people, water, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour

Places shown: Durham Durham; England

Added: 2005-09-20

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Plate II. Canterbury Cathedral. South West View. The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

Canterbury Cathedral Church, pictured here under a rather dramatic and gloomy sky, burned down in 1174, and was rebuilt as shown here; the building work was finished in the year 1184.

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, towers, gothic, gothic architecture, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2010-05-22

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Plate III. Gloucester Cathedral. West Front and South Side. The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

Gloucester Cathedral was built 900 years ago (it was completed in 1100); it was originally the Abbey of St. Peter, part of a Benedictine monastery. Here we see the towers and spires, the gothic windo [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, churches, towers, windows, gothic, gothic architecture, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Gloucester; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2010-05-22

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Rain-Water Head, Haddon Hall Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

A rain-head, collecting water from gutters and divirting it to a down-pipe, elaorately carved in the Gothic style.

Keywords: architecture, decor, gothic, greyscale

Places shown: Bakewell; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-04-22

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21. Stokesay Castle (General View) The Growth of the English House (1909)

The hall and adjoining rooms are to the right; the south tower is in the centre; the Elizabethan gatehouse to the left. There are also pictures in Grose’s Antiquities and in Oman’s Castles. For some [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, towers, gravestones, gothic, greyscale

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Wollaton Hall From the North-East English Homes Vol III no. 1, Late Tudor (1922)

Wollaton Hall was designed by Robert Smythson and completed in the 1588. It has been described as the first English house to abandon the traditional central courtyard; instead it had a high-ceilinged [...]

Keywords: manors, gothic, greyscale

Places shown: Nottingham; Nottinghamshire; England

Added: 2005-06-01

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Magdalen Cloisters Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

The tower is also featured in several paintings by Haslehust’s illustrations of Oxford.

Keywords: colleges, cloisters, entrances, courtyards, creeper, gothic, churches, towers, people, arches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-06-20

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Niches at Oriel Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: gothic, windows, entrances, statues, colleges, colour

Places shown: Oriel College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-04-13

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The Gateway of St. John’s College Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by H. Toussaint. St. John’s College, Oxford, was founded in 1555, replacing an earlier college abolished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The statue of St. Bernard [I think] [...]

Keywords: colleges, gothic, arches, entrances, statues, people, greyscale

Places shown: St. John’s College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-08-29

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Winchester College Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

Chamber Court, Winchester College. (From a Photograph by H. W. Salmon) Winchester College Web Site I found a reference to H. W. Salmon having a photograph used by the Illustrated London News in 1889; [...]

Keywords: gothic, towers, churches, windows, colour

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-04-28

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Porch of St. Mary’s Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: entrances, colleges, churches, pillars, people, gothic, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Plate XXV. The Cloisters, Norwich Cathedral. The Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

Cloisters; a man leads a dog through them, presumably to give a sense of scale. The arches of the vaulted ceiling are prominent. On the left there is a graveyard.

Keywords: churches, gothic, gravestones, churchyards, arches, windows, cathedrals, greyscale

Places shown: Norwich; Norfolk; England

Added: 2004-05-04

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