It cuts quite an imposing figure high up on the hill when viewed from the road below and looks most impressive.
Sutton Scarsdale Hall is an English Heritage property in Derbyshire. See their page for information and history on the hall. It cuts quite an imposing figure high up on the hill when viewed from the road below and looks most impressive.
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Earlier in the year I paid a visit to lincoln to experience and photograph a steam punk event. Whilst there I paid a brief visit to Lincoln Cathedral and a very attractive and impressive one it is too. There are also some shots around Lincoln Castle Well Ladies and Gentleman I bring for your delight a rather interesting and beautiful building located off a country lane in the middle of nowhere in Northamptonshire. Sir Thomas Tresham was a Catholic in protestant Britain. His faith and refusal to convert to the protestant faith resulted in significant regular fines and eventual imprisonment. At age 15 he inherited large estates from his grandfather giving him a rather privileged start to adult life. Between 1581 and 1605 he had paid penalties in the sum of £8,000 (£1, 240, 00.00 in todays terms) He was imprisoned for 15 years until his release in 1593. He designed and constructed the lodge himself using alternating light and dark limestone. He designed it as a protestation of his faith - everything relating to the number 3 signifying the holy trinity - God the Father, God the son and God the Holy Spirit. The structure is three sided - the walls are 33 feet long and there are triangular windows throughout and there are three floors to the lodge including a basement. Even the year of construction - 1593 is perfectly divisible by three with no remainder (though it is believed that construction did not actually occur until 1594 - but that would not have fitted in with his thinking so 1593 adorns two sides of the lodge with his initials being on the third). I wont put up any of the history of Victoria baths, purely because there is so much information out there it's very easy to find and there's lots of information on their own website here. They have open days when the public can visit, take the tour and then wander around at leisure - dates here. If you are within reasonable travelling distance I'd urge you to visit - this is a very, very special place. History of the site here and an excellent article here. Here is the start of the last linked article: The Victoria Baths is a building of enormous historic and cultural value, in the heart of Manchester. Built in the 1900s, it provided washing and leisure facilities until its closure in 1993; private baths and laundry were housed there along with three swimming pools and the Turkish Baths. If you watched the restoration series on television with Griff Rhys Jones you may remember that this won the first ever series back in 2003. It is still a work in progress and the plans are to open the baths once more for public use.This was my third visit to this wonderful place and was an organised visit just for our group of 30 people so we had plenty of space and room to ourselves. Enough with the words now on to the pictures. A lot of pictures on this one, but it is such a wonderful place, I hope you'll excuse my indulgence,
So 08 Sep 2011 saw the start of the yearly English heritage open days. I planned several potential places to visit over the Saturday and Sunday. Abney Hall was my first port of call on the Sunday and represents the highlight of the weekend. A simply stunning building with an interesting history which you can read more about here and here. The building was completed in 1847 with further additions in the 1850's and 1890's. Among it's owners as a private residence was one James Watt - of retailer Kendal Milne fame. Visitors during it's time as a private home included Prince Albert, King Edward VII, Disraeli and Prime minister Gladstone. Agatha Christie was a regular visitor and wrote two novels during her time there. It is a simply stunning building that is only open to the public once a year on these heritage open days. The rest of the time it is just used as offices. |
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