sps1955's photos with the keyword: Victorian

Brandon - Railway Station from forecourt

11 Oct 2020 1 169
Built in 1844-5 and attributed to John Thomas (1813-1862) . Originally symmetrical, but extended to left and right in the 1870s and 1880s. The station became unstaffed in 1967 and the building, vacant since 2004, was under threat of demolition, but received Grade II listing in August 2020: historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1471392 ; www.savebritainsheritage.org/campaigns/item/665/PRESS-RELEASE-Dads-Army-station-saved-by-listing .

Brandon - Railway Station from footbridge

11 Oct 2020 1 2 130
Built in 1844-5 and attributed to John Thomas (1813-1862) . Originally symmetrical, but extended to left and right in the 1870s and 1880s. The station became unstaffed in 1967 and the building, vacant since 2004, was under threat of demolition, but received Grade II listing in August 2020: historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1471392 ; www.savebritainsheritage.org/campaigns/item/665/PRESS-RELEASE-Dads-Army-station-saved-by-listing .

Lincoln - Arboretum looking NW

10 Oct 2018 101
Taken about 8.00 a.m. with the bandstand of 1884 to the left ( www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388688 ), a late C19 cast-iron shelter to the right ( www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388690 ), and the crossing tower of the cathedral in the background. The arboretum itself was designed and laid out by Edward Milner (1819-84) in 1870-2 and opened in 1872, following an act of 1870 which had enabled Lincoln Corporation to purchase Monks Ley Common, part of which was sold for housing to finance the creation of public gardens: www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000985 .

Salt - St James - S porch 2015-06-22

15 Sep 2015 124
Built in 1840-2 to the designs of Thomas Trubshaw at the expense of the Earl of Shrewsbury. The design was described by Pevsner as "architectural roguery" [ The Buildings of England: Staffordshire (1974), p.229] and by Colvin as displaying "a perverse originality" [ A biographical dictionary of British architects, 1600-1840 (3rd edn., 1995), p.995], perhaps somewhat unexpectedly since Trubshaw was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. List description: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1259769 .

Salt - St James from SE 2015-06-22

15 Sep 2015 127
Built in 1840-2 to the designs of Thomas Trubshaw at the expense of the Earl of Shrewsbury, with the bellcote and a rose window placed, unusually, at the east end, so that they face towards the village. The design was described by Pevsner as "architectural roguery" [ The Buildings of England: Staffordshire (1974), p.229] and by Colvin as displaying "a perverse originality" [ A biographical dictionary of British architects, 1600-1840 (3rd edn., 1995), p.995], perhaps somewhat unexpectedly since Trubshaw was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. List description: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1259769 . Perspective view by Trubshaw: www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/exhibit/churches/18to20g1.htm .

Mucklestone - St Mary - interior from SW 2015-06-2…

26 Jul 2015 107
The church, with the exception of the W tower, was rebuilt in 1883 to the designs of Lynam and Rickman of Stoke-on-Trent on the same plan as its Georgian predecessor . It was equipped throughout with stained glass by C. E. Kempe, dating from c.1890 to 1905, mostly at the expense of the Chetwode family of nearby Oakley Park. Pevsner referred to the interior being in the "constant twilight" of Kempe's glass, although large trees in the churchyard to the south also contribute to the gloom. The N aisle has dormer windows, one of them just visible in this shot, and I wonder if these were installed as an afterthought, once it was seen how dark the interior was after the installation of the glass. List description for church: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1377621 .

Cambridge Station from SW 2015-06-04

04 Jun 2015 113
Built in 1845 to the designs of Francis Thompson (or possibly Sancton Wood); the arcade was originally open, forming an entrance loggia, and was matched by a similar one on the platform side. The current treatment of the entrance front dates from 1971. English Heritage listing: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1343683 ; RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/cambs/pp304-313 (item 85); 1950s view showing part of the arcade still open: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/cambs/plate-298 .

London - Great Northern Hotel, King's Cross 2014-0…

02 Jun 2015 1 138
Built to designs of Lewis Cubitt, 1854. The curved plan reflects the original alignment of Pancras Road. List description: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1113244 .

Clayhithe - The Conservators' House 2015-04-21

26 Apr 2015 114
From N. Built in 1842 as a toll house; the principal ground-floor room was used for meetings of the Conservators of the river Cam who had been appointed under an act of 1702 for making the River Cam "more navigable from Clay-Hithe-Ferry, to the Queen's Mill [Cambridge]": list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1127370 .

London - King's Cross Station, looking S in the W…

02 Jun 2015 1 165
Built in 1851-2 for the Great Northern Railway to the designs of Lewis Cubitt. The arches supporting the roof were originally of laminated timber, but were replaced with wrought-iron plate in 1886-7. List description: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1078328 .

London - King's Cross station 2014-06-17

02 Jun 2015 1 170
The S front seen from the terrace of St Pancras station. Built 1851-2 for the Great Northern Railway to the designs of Lewis Cubitt, who wrote that "The building will depend for its effect on the largeness of some of the features, its fitness for its purpose and its characteristic expression of that purpose" [Steven Parissien , The English Railway Station (2014), pp.11-12]. List description: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1078328 .

Mucklestone - St Mary - E window of Chetwode chape…

28 Jun 2015 128
The church, with the exception of the W tower, was rebuilt in 1883 and equipped throughout with stained glass by C. E. Kempe, dating from c.1890 to 1905, mostly at the expense of the Chetwode family of nearby Oakley Park. This window was dedicated by Alice Chetwode to the memory of her mother, who died in 1897. List description for church: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1377621 .

London - King's Cross station, looking N in the W…

13 Jun 2015 1 166
Built in 1851-2 for the Great Northern Railway to the designs of Lewis Cubitt. The arches supporting the roof were originally of laminated timber, but were replaced with wrought-iron plate in 1886-7. List description: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1078328 . I think that a fault had resulted in this half of the station being virtually deserted - the train that I was about to catch usually leaves from one of these platforms, but departed from platform 0, on the east side of the station, to the confusion of people who were expecting to find a different train there.

Mucklestone - St Mary - N window in Chetwode chape…

26 Jul 2015 116
The church, with the exception of the W tower, was rebuilt in 1883 and equipped throughout with stained glass by C. E. Kempe, dating from c.1890 to 1905, mostly at the expense of the Chetwode family of nearby Oakley Park. This window, dated 1894, shows scenes from the nativity and the early life of Christ, from the journey of the magi to the flight into Egypt. List description for church: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1377621 .

Mucklestone - St Mary - W window 2015-06-22

26 Jul 2015 130
The church, with the exception of the W tower, was rebuilt in 1883 and equipped throughout with stained glass by C. E. Kempe, dating from c.1890 to 1905, mostly at the expense of the Chetwode family of nearby Oakley Park. This window commemorates the nearby battle of Blore Heath (1459), depicting Henry VI on the left with his wife, Margaret of Anjou, on the right, and St George in the centre. What the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls an "unreliable tradition" claims that Queen Margaret observed the battle from Mucklestone church tower.

Mucklestone - St Mary from E 2015-06-21

26 Jul 2015 116
The church, with the exception of the mid-C14 W tower, was rebuilt in 1883 to the designs of Lynam and Rickman of Stoke-on-Trent on the same plan as its predecessor. List description: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1377621 .

Mucklestone - anvil and St Mary from SE 2015-06-22

26 Jul 2015 145
The church, with the exception of the mid-C14 W tower, was rebuilt in 1883 to the designs of Lynam and Rickman of Stoke-on-Trent on the same plan as its predecessor. List description: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1377621 . What the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls an "unreliable tradition" claims that Queen Margaret of Anjou (wife of Henry VI) observed the battle of Blore Heath (1459) from Mucklestone church tower, and, "witnessing the defeat of the Lancastrians, took flight, reversing the shoes on her carriage horses in order to evade pursuit." The anvil came from a forge that stood opposite the church and was traditionally the one used.

Mucklestone - St Mary - W window - detail showing…

28 Jul 2015 181
The church, with the exception of the W tower, was rebuilt in 1883 and equipped throughout with stained glass by C. E. Kempe, dating from c.1890 to 1905, mostly at the expense of the Chetwode family of nearby Oakley Park. This window commemorates the nearby battle of Blore Heath ; what the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls an "unreliable tradition" claims that Queen Margaret observed the battle from Mucklestone church tower.

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