United Kingdom
Pleasure of Ruins
Derbyshire
Yorkshire
York Minister (14th and 15th cents.) (See stained glass in Stained Glass page)
Fountain Abbey ruined Cistercian monastery, c. 1131
Castle Howard
Castle Howard Interior
London
Old Whitechapel Bell Foundry, founded in 1570
Along the Thames River - Oxford
360 degrees Panoramic views of Oxford from the University Church of St. Mary the Virgin (post card)
Windsor
Berkshire
Cast-iron Conservatory at Horniman Museum. The Conservatory was ordered from the catalogue of Walter McFarlane's Saracen Foundry in Glasgow, in 1894.
London, England
Cast Iron Store Font Facades in the UK
Cambridge
King's College Chapel, Cambridge University
An English invention, King College Chapel has the largest and most noblest fan vaults in the world.
An English invention, King College Chapel has the largest and most noblest fan vaults in the world.
Buckinghamshire
Stowe Country House
Northamptonshire
All Saints' Church, Earls Barton - a noted Anglo-Saxon parish Church built in the 10th Century
Norfolk
Lincolnshire
Burghley House, Northants (1577-87), Lincolnshire
Lincoln
Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral has a strong claim to being England's finest medieval building, being one of the most ambitious and beautifully designed and adorned cathedrals in Europe, a real masterpiece of Gothic architecture.
Sited dramatically on a hilltop overlooking the city below, it's three tapering towers are a landmark visible from miles away over the otherwise flat Lincolnshire countryside. Originally however the effect was even more magnificent, as the towers were formerly crowned by lead-covered wooden spires, the tallest of which gave the cathedral the title of the World's tallest building for some two and a half centuries until the spire was blown down by a gale in 1549. The smaller spires on the west towers survived until they too were dismantled in c1810.
The earliest part is the core of the west front and the lower part of the west towers, part of the original Romanesque cathedral begun in 1088 by Bishop Remigius and ornamented with a fine carved frieze, of which significant sections remain (some recently replaced by copies, others still currently boxed in for protection from the elements). The remainder of this building suffered damage in an earthquake in 1185 and was replaced by the present cathedral in the following century.
The first phase of reconstruction between 1192 & 1210 was directed by Bishop Hugh of Avalon, later known as St Hugh of Lincoln, whose shrine was later venerated in the completed building. The bulk of the building is 13th century Early English Gothic, with lancet windows, coloured marbles and stunning rose windows in the main transepts (like several of England's larger cathedral's Lincoln was given a secondary pair of transepts flanking the choir).
Lincoln Cathedral has a strong claim to being England's finest medieval building, being one of the most ambitious and beautifully designed and adorned cathedrals in Europe, a real masterpiece of Gothic architecture.
Sited dramatically on a hilltop overlooking the city below, it's three tapering towers are a landmark visible from miles away over the otherwise flat Lincolnshire countryside. Originally however the effect was even more magnificent, as the towers were formerly crowned by lead-covered wooden spires, the tallest of which gave the cathedral the title of the World's tallest building for some two and a half centuries until the spire was blown down by a gale in 1549. The smaller spires on the west towers survived until they too were dismantled in c1810.
The earliest part is the core of the west front and the lower part of the west towers, part of the original Romanesque cathedral begun in 1088 by Bishop Remigius and ornamented with a fine carved frieze, of which significant sections remain (some recently replaced by copies, others still currently boxed in for protection from the elements). The remainder of this building suffered damage in an earthquake in 1185 and was replaced by the present cathedral in the following century.
The first phase of reconstruction between 1192 & 1210 was directed by Bishop Hugh of Avalon, later known as St Hugh of Lincoln, whose shrine was later venerated in the completed building. The bulk of the building is 13th century Early English Gothic, with lancet windows, coloured marbles and stunning rose windows in the main transepts (like several of England's larger cathedral's Lincoln was given a secondary pair of transepts flanking the choir).
Lincoln Cathedral (in full The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, or sometimes St. Mary's Cathedral) is a cathedral located in Lincoln in England and seat of the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. Building commenced in 1088 and continued in several phases throughout the medieval period. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 238 years (1311–1549). The central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars; the eminent Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: "I have always held... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have."
Gainsborough Old Meeting House
Belton House, Lincolnshire, c.1685-08.
Salisbury and Wiltshire
Somerset
Bath Abbey - The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, c.1501-39
Memorials on the Abbey walls mostly commemorate people from the 1700s and 1800s. Through the memorials, we learn about their lives, loves, and belief in the Christian hope of resurrection (life after death).
Herefordshire
Cornwall
Isle of Wright
Scotland
Nestled in the secluded, idyllic Scottish borders is Traquair House - Scotland's Oldest Inhabited House
Visited by 27 Scottish Kings and Queens Traquair dates back to 1007 and has been lived in by the Stuart family since 1491. During the Medieval period the Traquair estate served as a Royal hunting lodge and defensive tower. King Alexander 1 (1078-1124) was the first Sottish monarch to reside and hunt at Traquair. It is approximately 7 miles southeast of Peebles.
Visited by 27 Scottish Kings and Queens Traquair dates back to 1007 and has been lived in by the Stuart family since 1491. During the Medieval period the Traquair estate served as a Royal hunting lodge and defensive tower. King Alexander 1 (1078-1124) was the first Sottish monarch to reside and hunt at Traquair. It is approximately 7 miles southeast of Peebles.
A regular meet-up with old friends in London