Items matching courtyards (results page 1)

The Kitchen Wall, PeterhouseCambridge (1920)

“But the history of the English Universities must be considered as that of communities into whose lives colleges were introduced for a social rather than a scholastic purpose. Cambridge grew into a se [...]

Keywords: colour, colleges, buildings, courtyards

Places shown: Peterhouse College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-06-28

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The Old Hall, Corpus Christi CollegeCambridge (1920)

Corpus Christi college was founded in A.D. 1352. “Before turning to the more modern aspect of Cambridge, the subject demands that something should be said of those notable periods of prosperity, the f [...]

Keywords: colour, colleges, buildings, courtyards, creeper, windows

Places shown: Corpus Christi College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-08-17

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25. Haddon Hall, DerbyshireThe Growth of the English House (1909)

“The most complete and most interesting house of this period [the fourteenth century] is the well-known Haddon Hall in Derbyshire. It consists of two courts (Fig. 24), the hall being placed in the win [...]

Keywords: castles, manors, courtyards, windows, entrances, arches, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Bakewell; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2005-08-28

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261.—Knole, Kent.English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Plate 261 - The West Side of the Green Court.

Keywords: manors, creeper, windows, doors, entrances, chimneys, courtyards, colour

Places shown: Knole; Kent; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Magdalen CloistersOxford: 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: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-06-20

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63.—Bronze Well-Head by Alberghetti—Courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale.Venice (1907)

“Marco tells of magnificent feasts made by the Great Kaan on his birthday and on New Year’s Day. He delights in stories of the chase within the domain of Cublay’s palace of Chandu (perhaps the Xanadu [...]

Keywords: statuary, fountains, courtyards, architecture, buildings, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Venice; Veneto; Italy

Added: 2006-04-12

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Haddon Hall, EnglandFamous Scenes and Cities (1894)

Almost in the centre of England stands this ideal specimen of an old baronial mansion, known as Haddon Hall. In the twelfth century it came into the possession of the Vernon family, who occupied it fo [...]

Keywords: manors, stately homes, windows, battlements, tudor architecture, courtyards, ivy, creeper, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Haddon Hall; Bakewell; Derbyshire

Added: 2020-09-19

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A Court[yard] at Siout.Pictureseque Egypt Vol II (1878)

Siout is an ancient city; the modern name is Asyut or Assiut; the ancient Greek name was Lycopolis. Before we can run in to el-Homra, the harbour of Siout, the river winds so frequently that it appea [...]

Keywords: courtyards, architecture, egypt, people, turbans, wells, streets, buildings, greyscale

Places shown: Assiut; Egypt

Added: 2016-10-15

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Nevilles Court, Trinity CollegeCambridge and its Story (1912)

Hmm, this one came out better, I’m encouraged to try some more.

Keywords: colleges, courtyards, windows, gothic, spooky, colour

Places shown: Trinity College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2004-03-11

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