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Exeter House

Exeter House era un edificio che sorgeva in Exeter Street, a Derby, fino al 1854. La casa sembra essere stata la più grande residenza a Derby e ha subito diverse fasi di rimodellamento. Nel 1935 sul sito venne costruita la Derby Magistrate Courts, chiusa nel 2004 e dell'attuale edificio il destino non è ancora deciso dal consiglio comunale. In questo luogo, durante l'insurrezione giacobita del 1745, il pretendente Carlo Edoardo Stuart, detto Bonnie Prince Charlie, prese la propria residenza e tenne il suo consiglio di guerra dirigendosi verso Londra: qui prese la decisione di tornare in Scozia. Quando il principe Carlo Edoardo la occupò, la casa era di proprietà dell'ottavo conte di Exeter che, pur essendo un conservatore, dovette poi essere stato in profondo imbarazzo per l'associazione tra la sua casa e la ribellione, tanto che poco dopo cedette la proprietà al suocero del futuro filantropo Jedediah Strutt. Di seguito è riportato un estratto dalla Storia di Derby di Stephen Glover (1843): La stanza di Bonnie Prince Charlie La stanza dove il principe prese la sua decisione era rivestita in pannelli di quercia risalenti probabilmente ad una ristrutturazione circa del 1710, e si affacciava sul Derwent. Questa pannellatura è fondamentalmente legata alla storia del Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Exeter House, allora di proprietà di William Mousley, due volte sindaco di Derby, era diventata troppo grande per la manutenzione, e il suo sito ostacolava i piani per lo sviluppo dell'Exeter Bridge. In attesa della demolizione, il rivestimento avrebbe dovuto essere venduto ad acquirenti diversi, frammentandone l'interezza. Nel Derby Museum esiste una lettera che attesta come vari notabili locali, comprese Michael Thomas Bass, il conte di Chesterfield, e William Bemrose, si mossero assieme per salvare il rivestimento. William Mousley abbandonò l'idea della vendita davanti all'impegno e alla convinzione che era necessario mantenere il prezioso cimelio storico nel Derby. Tenuti i pannelli nelle cantine della Derby Assembly Rooms fino al 1879, il rivestimento fu in quell'anno installato fedelmente nel nuovo Derby Free Library and Museum, opera di Michael Thomas Bass. La conservazione del rivestimento originale portò ad altre donazioni di oggetti collegati all'avvenimento al Museo: il Conte Stanhope di Chesterfield donò una bella medaglia, per esempio, ancora oggi visibili nel Museo. Tutto questo arrivò all'attenzione anche della regina Vittoria, che nel 1873 gentilmente inviò al Museo una lettera autografa del principe Carlo Edoardo, completa di sigillo e di firma, proveniente dalla propria collezione privata. Con il nome di "Camera di Bonnie principe Charlie" è in mostra dal 1995. Voci correlate Veduta di Derby
Эксетер-хаус

Эксетер-хаус (англ. Exeter House) — особняк начала XVII века, стоявший на Фулл-стрит в Дерби до разрушения в 1854 году. Название было дано в честь Маркиза Эксетерского, семья которого владела строением до 1757 года, но известным здание стало после того, как в нём 4 декабря, во время якобитского восстания 1745 года, останавливался Чарльз Эдуард Стюарт. В доме принца принимала вдовая мать Самуэля Уорда; сам он, тогда будучи ещё ребёнком, с позволения матери дегустировал пищу принца, за что при отъезде Чарльза Эдварда получил алмазное кольцо. После смерти 8-го графа, владельца дома, в 1757 году, дом был продан его вдовой Джону Бингхему, мэру Дерби в тот год. Тот жил в доме до своей смерти в 1773 году, после чего, в 1795 году, дом купил Джедедайя Стратт, который прожил в доме вплоть до своей смерти в 1797 году. Последним владельцем дома был Уильям Итон Маузли, дважды мэр Дерби; он разрушил дом, сочтя его слишком большим и дорогим в содержании, а также решив дать возможность для строительства моста Эксетер . Примечания
Fox and Grapes, Birmingham

The Fox and Grapes was a historic, heritage-designated public house in the Digbeth area of Birmingham, England. After some time derelict, and a major fire, it was demolished in 2018. History Parts of the building dated from the late 17th or early 18th century. A public house had stood on the site, at 16 Freeman Street, on the corner of in Park Street, since at least 1829, and possibly as early as 1815. The name "Fox and Grapes", which refers to one of Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Grapes, was in use by 1849. The facade was remodelled in the mid-19th century. The pub was owned by Smiths Brewery, until taken over by Butlers (later Mitchell & Butlers), in 1957. One wing of the stuccoed brick building, which had a tiled roof, included a former coach house. The already-derelict building was badly damaged by fire on the afternoon of 3 January 2015 – an incident which was attended by eight fire appliances from the West Midlands Fire Service. The building was given grade II listed status in July 1982, legally protecting it from unauthorised alteration or demolition. Despite this designation, the building was demolished overnight on Saturday 15–16 September 2018. The demolition was strongly criticised by a city historian, Professor Carl Chinn, who described the act as being "as mystifying as it is upsetting and disgusting". Birmingham City Council said that the demolition was "part of the HS2 Curzon Street Station development", referring to construction of the northern terminus of phase one of the High Speed 2 railway, nearby, and citing "structural issues" identified by "HS2's surveyors". The building was very near to the site of Island House, which was demolished controversially in 2012. References Further reading Porter, Libby; Barber, Austin (17 August 2006). "The meaning of place and state‐led gentrification in Birmingham's Eastside" (PDF). City. 10 (2): 215–234. doi:10.1080/13604810600736941. S2CID 144213204.
Rookery House

Rookery House, formerly Erdington Town Hall and, before that, Birches Green House, is a former municipal building in Wilberforce Way in Erdington, a suburb of Birmingham in England. The house, which started life as a private residence, became the headquarters of Erdington Urban District Council and was then returned to residential use, is a Grade II listed building. History The building was commissioned by Abraham Spooner, an ironmaster who was the proprietor of Bromford Forge and Aston Furnace. The site he selected in Birches Green was occupied by an earlier timber-framed house. Originally known as Birches Green House, the new building was designed in the neoclassical style, built in brick with a stucco finish and was completed in 1727. Abraham's son, Isaac, who was a banker, inherited the house in 1788, and Isaac's son, Richard, was born there and went on to be a member of parliament. After Abraham's granddaughter, Barbara, married the anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce, in May 1797, the house became their home. The house was remodelled in the early 19th century. The glass manufacturer, Brueton Gibbons, who installed plate glass doors in the house, lived there from 1816 and the pencil-case manufacturer, William Wiley, lived there from 1871. Following significant population growth, largely associated with residential development, a local board of health was formed in the Aston Parish area in 1869. After the local board of health was succeeded, in that part of the parish, by Erdington Urban District Council in 1894, the new council began using the building as its headquarters. The building remained the local seat of government until the area was annexed by Birmingham City Council in 1911. The council continued to use the building, latterly as a social services office, until 2008. It subsequently fell into poor repair and the council declared it surplus to requirements. It was sold it to a developer, Cameron Homes, in 2017, and construction work, to convert the building into 15 residential apartments, started in 2019. Architecture The three-storey building is constructed of brick, covered in stucco, with a slate roof. It is seven bays wide, with the central section of three bays slightly recessed. There is an off-centre entrance, in a porch formed by Doric order columns supporting an entablature and a cornice. The building is fenestrated by sash windows. There are various extensions, including a two-bay single storey addition to the right of the original building. It has been grade II listed since 1982. References
Frilford Heath Golf Club

Frilford Heath Golf Club is a 54-hole golf club in Frilford, Oxfordshire, set amongst 500 acres of heathland to the southwest of Oxford city. History Frilford Heath was founded in 1908 by Dr Harry Challenor (a local physician), A.E. Preston, and T.S. Skurray, the head of Morland Brewery (which was located nearby in Abingdon). The club held its centenary in 2008. Clubhouse Throughout its long history and gradual expansion to 54 holes, Frilford Heath has had several clubhouses. After the original thatched clubhouse was destroyed by fire as a result of a storm, a new building was erected in 1921 near the junction of Faringdon Road and Oxford Road. After the Second World War, Frilford Heath House Estate and its woodland, which bordered the course, was put up for sale. Fearing the estate could be bought for development, the club purchased the property to avoid endangering the isolation the club enjoyed. The original country mansion, heavily restored, replaced the 1921 building and now serves as the clubhouse. Courses Red Course The earliest of Frilford Heath's three courses, the Red Course was designed by the Open Champion J.H. Taylor in 1908. Green Course The shortest of Frilford's golf courses, the 6,015 yard, par 69 Green Course was initially designed as a 9-hole course and was created by Frilford's first professional, J.H. Turner, to supplement the existing 18-hole Red Course. The course was extended in the years following the purchase of Frilford Heath House in 1964. Blue Course The club's latest addition is the 6,728 yard, par 72, Blue Course, designed in 1994 by Oxfordshire-based golf course architect Simon Gidman. The Blue Course was set out on an additional 169 acres of heathland purchased by the club in 1991. Site of Special Scientific Interest Most of the club grounds are designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest as Frilford Heath, Ponds and Fens. References External links Official site
Frilford Heath Golf Club

De Frilford Heath Golf Club is een golfclub in Oxfordshire, Zuid-Engeland. Geschiedenis De club werd in 1908 opgericht door een aantal families uit Oxford die graag in de omgeving wilden golfen. De opening vond plaats in mei 1908. Ter gelegenheid van de opening werd een demonstratiewedstrijd gespeeld tussen Harry Vardon en John Henry Taylor. Op 16 juni 1921 brandde het clubhuis af. In 1921 werd koning Edward VIII benoemd tot erelid. Hij werd in 1936 beschermheer van de club. In 1931 werd een Ryder Cup-wedstrijd georganiseerd op de club, met dank aan de kwaliteit van de golfbaan. Drie jaar later vond op de clubbaan de eerste international wedstrijd plaats tussen Engeland en Frankrijk; in 2008 werd deze wedstrijd opnieuw georganiseerd, nu vanwege het 100-jarig bestaan van de club. In 2025 werd een renovatie van anderhalf miljoen pond afgerond. Banen Er zijn drie 18-holes golfbanen: De 'Red Course' werd in 1908 ontworpen door John Henry Taylor, vijfvoudig winnaar van het Brits Open en de eerste professional die op de club werkte. Na de Eerste Wereldoorlog groeide het aantal leden en in 1921 werd er een nieuw clubhuis gebouwd. De baan werd uitgebreid tot 18 holes. De 'Green Course' was eerst een 9 holesbaan, in 1928 aangelegd door J.H. Taylor. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog kocht de club het landgoed en werd de baan in 1967 door C.K. Cotton uitgebreid tot 18 holes. De baan is korter, slechts 5492 meter van de herentee, en heeft een par van 69. Er is maar één par 5. Het oude landhuis werd omgebouwd tot clubhuis. De 'Blue Course' werd in 1994 geopend op land dat in 1991 werd bijgekocht. De architect was Simon Gidman, die door het bureau van Hawtree en Taylor werd opgeleid. Deze baan is moderner en doet minder natuurlijk aan dan de oudere banen. De greens zijn veel minder vlak. Toernooien De club is vaak gastheer van nationale amateurtoernooien, maar sinds 2011 wordt er ook de eerste ronde van de Tourschool gespeeld. Externe link Website van de club
All Saints' Church, Bloxwich

All Saints' Church is the parish church of the town of Bloxwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands County of England. It is located to the south of the High Street, close to the junctionwith Elmore Green Road. It is a Grade II listed building. An 18th-century cross in the churchyard has its own Grade II listing. History The church was built between 1791 and 1794 and additional alterations and extensions were made between 1875 and 1877. It was given Grade II listed status in July 1986 by Historic England. A cross in the churchyard has its own Grade II listing. Present day The church serves as a local landmark and place of worship and community gatherings. References
Wayland Hall

Wayland Hall, also known as Watton Town Hall, is a community events venue in Middle Street, Watton, Norfolk, England: the structure, which also accommodates a local history museum, is a grade II listed building. History In the mid-19th century, a group of local businessmen decided to form a company to raise funds for the erection of an events venue in the town: the site they selected was on the north side of what was then the Market Place. The foundation stone was laid by Lady Walsingham of Merton Hall on 26 April 1853. The building was designed by Edward Buckton Lamb in the Gothic Revival style, built in red and buff bricks with stone dressings and was completed later that year. The name chosen for the building, Wayland Hall, recalled the location of the town and its town hall within the ancient Wayland Hundred. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with a single bay facing onto the Market Place; there was a three-light casement window flanked by single-light windows on the ground floor, a two-light casement window flanked by shorter single-light windows on the first floor and a gable containing an oculus above. The corners were canted and featured bartizan-type structures on the first floor. Internally, the principal rooms were the reading room on the ground floor and the main hall, which featured a hammerbeam roof, on the first floor. Petty session hearings were held in the building once a fortnight in the 19th century and one of the rooms was converted into a cinema so that silent films could be shown in 1933. During the Second World War, the US Eighth Air Force used the airfield at RAF Watton as an air depot and the United States Air Force subsequently presented a shield and an accompanying commemorative plaque to the town: these were later installed in the building. In the 1950s, a public library was established in the building and, following local government re-organisation in 1974, the new town council acquired the building, converted one of the rooms into a council chamber and also established its own offices in the building. A programme of works, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, to convert two of the rooms in the building into a local history museum was completed in March 2018. A room on the ground floor became a research room and a room on the first floor was used as an exhibition area. Items in the collection include a model of a human skeleton, records relating to the manorial court of Watton Hall and memorabilia from RAF Watton. The memorabilia from RAF Watton had its origins in the Wartime Watton Museum which was established in the 1980s but closed when many of buildings on the airfield were demolished to make for the Blenheim Grange Housing Estate. The collection also includes an axe which is thought to be up to 600,000 years old. References
Holy Trinity Church, Smethwick

Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican church in Smethwick, West Midlands, England, and in the Diocese of Birmingham. The building is Grade II listed. The church dates originally from 1837, and was rebuilt on a larger scale in 1889. History and description Before Holy Trinity Church was built, there was a chapel of ease, consecrated in 1732, in the parish of St Peter's Church, Harborne. It was afterwards known as the Old Chapel, or Smethwick Old Church. It is the oldest surviving building in Smethwick. The population of north Smethwick was growing in the early 19th century, and the opening of the New Main Line of the Birmingham Canal in the late 1820s was a factor in the creation of new factories and housing. Holy Trinity Church, planned in 1835, was built in 1837, and consecrated in 1838. It was designed by Thomas Johnson of Lichfield in Early English style; it was built of Tixall stone, had a cruciform plan, and on the west an embattled tower and spire. In 1842 the parish of North Harborne was created for the church, from part of the Harborne parish. The church was mostly rebuilt in 1887 to 1889, on a larger scale, to the designs of Francis Bacon of Newbury. The tower and spire remained from the original building. It is built of sandstone ashlar with limestone dressings. The nave and chancel are under a continuous roof. There are north and south aisles under separate roofs; they have five bays, and paired lancet windows. In the churchyard is an outdoor pulpit erected in 1913. J. H. Newsham, vicar of Holy Trinity from 1912 to 1914, preached here to a men's organisation which he founded, "The Brotherhood". In 1975, new facilities were created including a foyer, kitchen and toilet facilities, and there was a reduction in seating. The pews were later replaced by new seating. References External links Media related to Holy Trinity Church, Smethwick at Wikimedia Commons
Reymerston Hall

Reymerston Hall is a listed Georgian house in Norfolk, England. It is a Georgian building listed as Grade II on the English Heritage Register. It was built in the 1700s by a wealthy landowning family. Building Owners Faden's Map of 1797 shows that the house was owned at the time by William Grigson (1755–1807) who was a cleric. He came from a wealthy family which had owned land in Reymerston for many years. When Thomas died in 1784 William inherited his property, including Reymerston Hall. William did not marry and had no direct heirs so when he died in 1807 he left some of his property, including Reymerston Hall, to the Reverend Thomas Mann, who did not live at the house and for much of the time it was rented out. Thomas Mann was a bachelor and when he died in 1847 he left Reymerston Hall to George Latham Press, Today As of 2022 the hall is used as a wedding venue. References
Berkhamsted Town Hall

Berkhamsted Town Hall is a Grade II listed municipal building in the High Street, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. History The current building was commissioned to replace a 16th century town hall in Church Lane which still stands and is now known as the "Court House". It was also intended to replace a Tudor market hall which had been located further east along the High Street and which had burnt down in 1854. Lady Marian Alford was closely involved in the initiative to establish the new town hall and a site was selected for the new building which had previously been occupied by the offices and stables of a firm of London carriers. The new building, which was designed by Edward Buckton Lamb in the Gothic Revival style was financed by public subscription and completed in 1859. A substantial contribution to the cost was made by John Egerton-Cust, 2nd Earl Brownlow. The design involved a market hall on the ground floor, and a large assembly hall and rooms for the Mechanics' Institute on the first floor. On the first floor there was an octagonal turret with lancet windows and a spire on the left, a set of three two-light windows with a gable above in the centre, and a three-light ogee-shaped oriel window with tracery and a gable above on the right. A projecting clock was erected on the outside of the building, in memory of Thomas Read, a former town surveyor, in 1897. The town hall served as the meeting place of Berkhamsted Parish Council until 1898, and the venue for hearings of the local magistrates' court until Berkhamsted Civic Centre was built on the south side of the High Street in 1938. During the Second World War the town experienced a surge in the size of the local population, and the town hall served as a British Restaurant providing meals for needy people, many of whom had been evacuated from London. After the Second World War, the vacant building became derelict and, when Dacorum Borough Council was formed in Hemel Hempstead in 1974, the new council made proposals to demolish the building. These plans were stopped by a ten-year citizens' campaign, supported by local people Graham Greene, Richard Mabey and Antony Hopkins, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, which eventually ended at the High Court. The town hall was restored in the 1980s and the market hall on the ground floor was officially opened for commercial use as a shopping arcade by the actor Bernard Miles in December 1983. After the shopping arcade fell out of use, the market hall was converted for restaurant use in 1998, and after some years as "Cafe Uno" and then being re-branded as "Brasserie Chez Gérard" in 2007, it became "Carluccios" in 2012 and "the Copper House" in 2019. It re-opened again as Prime Steak & Grill in September 2023. References Sources Hastie, Scot (1999). Berkhamsted, an Illustrated History. Kings Langley, UK: Alpine Press. ISBN 978-0-9528631-1-3.
St Peter's Church, Arkley

St Peter's Church, is an early Victorian Church of England church in Arkley, in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a grade II listed building. History The construction of the church, from local bricks, was funded by Enosh Durant (c.1778-1848). It was consecrated on 1 November 1840 by Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London. Durant, who is commemorated by a monument placed in the church by his widow the year after his death, was the owner of a local brickworks, and lived at the High Canons estate in Shenley, near Borehamwood. The chancel was added in 1898 and was consecrated by the Bishop of St Albans, John Festing. The stained glass of the east window by Charles Eamer Kempe was installed in 1903. In 1921 a Lady Chapel was added and a war memorial, now Grade II listed, was unveiled opposite the church in 1920. There are also memorials in the church to the fallen of both World Wars. A commemorative bench by the west door (2023) is dedicated to local stalwarts Geoffrey and Jan Mabbett. This replaced one installed in 1953 for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, which, after 70 years, was in poor condition. Another bench, to commemorate the Coronation of Charles III (2023), was unveiled by Theresa Villiers MP and is in the garden behind the church. St Peter's was originally built for the benefit of Durant's tenants and workers, but, some years after his death, it became a chapel-of-ease of St John the Baptist Church, Chipping Barnet. It was dedicated for this purpose in 1888 by Alfred Blomfield, Bishop of Colchester, son of Charles Blomfield. Arkley became a separate parish in 1905 with St Peter's as its church. Since 1983 St Peter's has been part of what is now the Chipping Barnet Team Ministry. Notable people The ashes of the English actor Trevor Howard are buried in an unmarked plot near the church. A small plaque on the exterior wall of the church commemorates the Howard family. Christine Hardman, who, as Bishop of Newcastle, became the second female diocesan bishop in the Church of England, was married at St. Peter’s in 1971. The Vicar from 2024-6 was the Revd Cindy Kent, former lead singer of the 1960s/70s folk-pop band the Settlers. Gallery References External links Media related to St Peter's Church, Arkley at Wikimedia Commons Official website