Items in or near Worcestershire (results page 1)

Warwick Castle from the RiverWarwick and Leamington (1920)

The towers of Warwick Castle are silhouetted against a sunset; smoke from the chimneys of two thatched cottages rises up against trees in autumn foliage. In the foreground, a solitary boatsman punts d [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, colour, water, boats, people, houses, sunsets, trees

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-11-09

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Front cover of “Warwick and Leamington”Warwick and Leamington (1920)

All of the colour plates from this book are online here, including a higher-resolution version of the cover picture, Leycester Hospital.

Keywords: colour, book covers

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2006-06-20

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Jacobean Houses in Frankwell, ShrewsburyEnglish Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

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

Keywords: tudor, houses, streets, windows, entrances, colour

Places shown: Shrewsbury; Shropshire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Stanton Court: The Centre of West PointEnglish Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

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, colour

Places shown: Stanton; Broadway; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Stanton Court: The Centre of West PointEnglish Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

This is a version that I coloured slightly. The photographs in the book are monochrome, so this is just a guess on my part.

Keywords: manors, windows, creeper, windows, entrances, colour

Places shown: Stanton; Broadway; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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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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Gloucester Cathedral Old Print - Wallpaper VersionThe Cathedral Churches of England (1925)

A version of Plate III without the border, scaled very slightly to make a computer desktop or wallpaper image.

Keywords: cathedrals, religion, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Gloucester; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2010-05-22

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Gable End, Shrewsbury.Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

The gable-end post is at one end of the roof; this one has a figure, probably female, on the top, standing on a face, with a coiled rope carved beneath that, and a smiling bearded man’s face at the bo [...]

Keywords: gothic architecture, architecture, carving, statuary, faces, beards, greyscale

Places shown: Shrewsbury; Shropshire; England

Added: 2012-06-27

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The Feathers Inn, Ludlow, ShropshireArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

Thus, in former times (as may be seen, for instance, in the older houses at Bury St. Edmunds or Lavenham, in Suffolk) brackets would be made to spring from Gothic caps, which again formed the crown o [...]

Keywords: tudor buildings, houses, architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Ludlow; Shropshire; England

Added: 2012-06-26

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150.—Daneway House, Gloucestershire.English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Plate 150 - The Entry

probably early 15th century in origin.

Keywords: interiors, manors, arches, doors, chairs, corridors, steps, colour

Places shown: Bisley; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Stokesay CastleThe Story of Some English Shires (1897)

“Shropshire is one of the most picturesque, as it is one of the most interesting, of English counties, possessing an interest of its own, as being the border-land between England and Wales, and associ [...]

Keywords: castles, manors, towers, water, trees, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-08-18

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169.—Condover Hall, ShropshireEnglish Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

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, colour

Places shown: Condover; Shropshire; England

Added: 2003-03-30

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19. Stokesay Castle, Shropshire (cir. 1240-90).The Growth of the English House (1909)

Ground Plan.

There are lots of other pictures of Stokesay Castle here; try a search for Shropshire.

Keywords: plans, maps, castles, colour

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2004-08-19

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194.—The ParapetEnglish Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Taken at Condover Hall, Shropshire.

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, manors, greyscale

Places shown: Condover; Shropshire; England

Added: 2005-03-03

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195.—Condover HallEnglish Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

The West Side.

Keywords: manors, trees, windows, chimneys, colour

Places shown: Condover; Shropshire; England

Added: 2003-12-20

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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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22. Stokesay Castle. Window and Doorway of the Hall.The Growth of the English House (1909)

“It must be borne in mind that hitherto windows had not been glazed. They were usually of small size for purposes of security, and no doubt their smallness was an advantage so far as the inlet of col [...]

Keywords: diagrams, manors, windows, doors, architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2005-02-18

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23. Stokesay Castle.The Growth of the English House (1909)

Window in South Tower—Showing shutter and stone seats. “... in striking contrast to the gloom of the tower, where the small windows provide a patch of light which only renders the general darkness mor [...]

Keywords: windows, castles, manors, architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2005-02-18

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Plate 3. Chipping Campden Church and AlmshousesCotswold Country (1939)

Chipping Campden, Church and Almshouses

Chipping Campden was the home of William Morris, the founder of the Arts and craft movement in 19th century England.

Keywords: old photographs, villages, churches, buildings, streets, colour

Places shown: Chipping Campden; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2008-08-28

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Chantry Chapel, WarwickOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This beautiful engraving, printed in colour using multiple plates, shows the stone ceiling, a tiled floor, an arched entrance-way, a stained-glass window, a church-warden’s chest, a seat and a reading [...]

Keywords: colour, chapels, interiors, churches, castles, windows, furniture

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2010-10-30

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