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Wootton Lodge

Wootton Lodge is a privately owned 17th-century country house situated at Wootton near Ellastone, Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Architectural description The impressive west entrance front has basements and three storeys topped by a balustraded parapet. Five main bays are flanked at north and south by three-sided angled bays, all windows being mullioned and transomed. The rear courtyard has a pair of matching pavilions which are Grade II* listed. History The nearby Calwich Abbey estate, owned prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries by the Priory of Kenilworth, was in 1543 granted by Henry VIII to John Fleetwood (High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1548 and 1568), who converted the priory building into a house. Wootton Lodge was built about 1611 for Sir Richard Fleetwood Bt (High Sheriff in 1614), possibly by the architect Robert Smythson. During the English Civil War the house was held for the Crown and was badly damaged during a Parliamentary siege. It was restored in about 1700 when a flight of balustrade entrance steps was added. Fleeing from Cromwell's army during the Civil War, one owner of Wootton Lodge took refuge in the coal cellar of Lower House at Prestwood. This had just been built by William Orpe, a member of one of Ellastone's oldest families, who had a strong connection with the nearby Croxden Abbey. The Orpes provided shelter for their Royalist friends. It was the home in 1800 of Thomas Wilson-Patten, who owned Oakamoor copper works. During the 19th and 20th centuries the house was occupied by several tenants, including Granville, Dewes, Unwin and Heywood. In the 1930s it was for four years the home of the British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley and his wife Diana Mitford. In 1950, when great houses and their estates were being broken up due to heavy taxes and the lack of staff, the house was purchased by the then-famous war poet Major Alan Rook (of Skinner and Rook, wine merchants of Nottingham) to create two households: one for himself and his playwright partner Dennis Woodford, the other for his mother Dorothy Sophia Rook (in her youth one of the Brewills of Edwalton). Latterly the estate was purchased and much improved by businessman J. C. Bamford and is still owned by his family. Exterior shots of Wootton Lodge were used in the 1947 Technicolor film Blanche Fury, which starred Valerie Hobson and Stewart Granger. See also Grade I listed buildings in Staffordshire Listed buildings in Ramshorn References
Wootton Lodge

Wootton Lodge est une maison de campagne du XVIIe siècle située à Wootton près d'Ellastone, dans le Staffordshire, en Angleterre. C'est un bâtiment classé Grade I. Description architecturale L'imposante façade ouest comprend des sous-sols et trois étages surmontés d'un parapet à balustrade. Cinq travées principales sont flanquées au nord et au sud de travées triangulaires en angle ; toutes les fenêtres sont à meneaux et traverses. La cour arrière abrite deux pavillons identiques classés monuments historiques de Grade II*. Histoire Le domaine de l'abbaye de Calwich, situé à proximité et appartenant avant la dissolution des monastères au prieuré de Kenilworth, est octroyé en 1543 par Henri VIII à John Fleetwood (haut shérif du Staffordshire en 1548 et 1568), qui transforme le bâtiment du prieuré en demeure. Wootton Lodge est construit vers 1611 pour Richard Fleetwood (haut shérif en 1614), probablement par l'architecte Robert Smythson. Durant la Première révolution anglaise, la demeure est confisquée par la Couronne et gravement endommagée lors d'un siège parlementaire. Elle est restaurée vers 1700, date à laquelle un escalier d'entrée à balustrade est ajouté. Fuyant l'armée de Cromwell pendant la guerre civile, un propriétaire de Wootton Lodge se réfugie dans la cave à charbon de Lower House à Prestwood. Celle-ci venait d'être construite par William Orpe, membre d'une des plus anciennes familles d'Ellastone, étroitement lié à l'abbaye de Croxden voisine. Les Orpe offrent un abri à leurs amis royalistes. En 1800, elle est la demeure de Thomas Wilson-Patten, propriétaire de la fonderie de cuivre d'Oakamoor. Au cours des XIXe et XXe siècles, la maison est occupée par plusieurs locataires, dont Granville, Dewes, Unwin et Heywood. Dans les années 1930, elle est pendant quatre ans la demeure du chef fasciste britannique Oswald Mosley et de son épouse Diana Mitford. En 1950, alors que les grandes demeures et leurs domaines sont démantelés en raison des impôts élevés et du manque de personnel, la maison est achetée par le célèbre poète de guerre Alan Rook (en) (de Skinner et Rook, marchands de vin de Nottingham) pour créer deux foyers : l'un pour lui-même et son partenaire dramaturge Dennis Woodford, l'autre pour sa mère Dorothy Sophia Rook (dans sa jeunesse, l'une des Brewill d'Edwalton). Plus tard, le domaine est acheté et grandement amélioré par l'homme d'affaires J. C. Bamford et appartient toujours à sa famille. Des plans extérieurs de Wootton Lodge sont utilisés dans le film en Technicolor de 1947, Jusqu'à ce que mort s'ensuive (Blanche Fury), avec Valerie Hobson et Stewart Granger. Références Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum

The Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum is an art gallery and local museum in Worcester, the county town of Worcestershire, England. History The museum was founded in 1833 by members of the Worcestershire Natural History Society. It was originally located on Angel Street, but moved to larger premises on Foregate Street in 1836. Since 1896 it has been located in the Victoria Institute, which was established as a combined public library, museum, and School of Art and Science. The Worcestershire Regiment Museum collection moved from Norton Barracks to the Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum in 1970. In 2021 the Art Gallery & Museum received a donation of £300,000 from an unnamed donor. Collections The gallery has a programme of contemporary art and craft exhibitions. Displays include the industrial history of Worcester, local geology, natural history, together with 19th- and 20th-century paintings, prints, and photographs. The Worcester Soldier galleries display the collections of the Worcestershire Regiment and the Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars. See also List of museums in Worcestershire References External links Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum website Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum on Facebook Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum on X
The Hive, Worcester

The Hive, is a large golden-coloured building in Worcester, England, which houses the fully integrated Worcestershire County Council, City of Worcester public library, the University of Worcester's academic library, Worcestershire Record Office, the county Archive and Worcestershire Archaeology Service. The library houses over a quarter of a million books. History The Hive was procured under a private finance initiative programme and was built by Galliford Try at a cost of £60 million. The Hive's joint commissioning clients were the University of Worcester and Worcestershire County Council. Funding was also provided by the National Lottery and the British government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Department for Education. It was opened to the public on 2 July 2012 and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 11 July 2012. Awards Awards include: Best new-build project of the year in the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Building Performance Awards 2013 Sustainable Project of the Year in the Building Awards 2013 Outstanding Library Team – Times Higher Leadership and Management Award – June 2013 Sustainable Project of the Year – Building Magazine – April 2013 Civic Trust Award – March 2013 Contribution to the local community through The Hive – Guardian University Award – February 2013 New build project of the year (value above £5 million) – CIBSE – February 2013 Building Excellence Award – South Worcestershire Building Control – 2012 BREEAM Outstanding 86.4% – June 2012 Best Sustainability in a Project- Public Private Partnership Awards – May 2012 References Further reading Better Public Libraries; Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment; 2003 RIBA Journal; April 2012 CIBSE Journal; March 2013 External links The Hive website University of Worcester, Library Services Architects : Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios Engineers : Max Fordham Media related to The Hive, Worcester at Wikimedia Commons
Worcester Sixth Form College

Worcester Sixth Form College is a 16-19 Academy in Worcester, England. It is located in the south-east of the city and was founded on the site of the former Worcester Grammar School for Girls following reorganisation in 1983. The College joined the Heart of Mercia Multi-Academy Trust in 2019. Admissions The College currently has approximately 1750 students enrolled. The majority of students are full-time and are enrolled on A Level, Applied or T Level courses. Thirty-four A Level subjects are presently offered along with Applied programmes in Business, Criminology, Engineering, Health and Social Care, Law, IT, and Sport & Exercise Science. In January 2023, an Ofsted inspection gave the College a Good rating. In September 2014, work was completed on a Science Centre, with a £3 million extension completed in September 2023. History Grammar school As the City of Worcester Grammar School for Girls, it was situated on Sansome Walk in the centre of Worcester. This has now become flats. It started in 1908 as the Worcester Secondary School for Girls, which moved into new buildings on 2 November 1910, and moved again in 1929 to a site in Barbourne. It became the City of Worcester Grammar School for Girls in September 1945. In September 1962 it moved to the Spetchley Road site. Royal Grammar School Worcester was the analogous boys' school, and was partly maintained by Hereford and Worcester until 1983 when it became completely independent. Due to the boys' school becoming independent, the LEA proposed changes to its education policy (under a Conservative government) during 1982 to create a 'super' co-educational grammar school on the girls' school site to educate 125 boys and girls (potentially) from the whole of Hereford and Worcester. Sir Keith Joseph had doubts about the scheme. The grammar school closed in 1983. Sixth form college The sixth form college opened in September 1983 - instead of a 'super' 11-18 co-educational grammar school and six 11-16 comprehensives in Worcester, the sixth form college model was chosen with six comprehensives. In 1998, the LEA changed from Hereford & Worcester to Worcestershire. Former teachers Robin Parry, British theologian and writer Jacqui Smith, Labour MP for Redditch and former Home Secretary Rosamund Stanhope, poet Mary Taylor Slow, physicist, first woman to take up the study of radio as a profession. Alumni Worcester Sixth Form College Simon Archer, Badminton player Laura Blindkilde Brown, Footballer Myles Edwards, Rugby player Matt Kvesic, Rugby player Chelsea Weston, Footballer Andy Short, Rugby player Worcester Grammar School for Girls Karen Burt, engineer Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor of London from 2000–03 and 2004–08, Labour Member of the London Assembly from 2000-04 for Enfield and Haringey Jane Moore, Sun Columnist Elizabeth Organ, Artist and gallery owner Former teachers Patricia Kemp, taught German until 1974, the daughter of Bishop Kenneth Kirk, and wife of Bishop Eric Kemp, and mother of Edward Kemp (playwright) See also Worcester College of Technology, local further education college References
Working Men's College

Le Working Men's College est un établissement de formation continue créé en 1854. Créé au départ pour proposer une formation complémentaire aux artisans, il est au XXIe siècle ouvert à tous les adultes. Le Working Men's College a été créé par des socialistes chrétiens : F. D. Maurice en tête, ainsi que Thomas Hughes ou Frederick Furnivall. Il reçut le soutien de Dante Gabriel Rossetti et John Ruskin qui y enseignèrent le dessin et la peinture antique. Ruskin voyait dans l'établissement la possibilité de ne peut-être pas « faire d'un charpentier un artiste, mais à le rendre plus heureux dans son métier de charpentier ». Charles Kingsley, George Macaulay Trevelyan, N. L. Mayën, E. M. Forster ou Seamus Heaney soutinrent l'institution tout au long de son existence. Liens externes Site officiel Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Portail de l’éducation Portail de Londres
Working Men's College

Het Working Men's College is een instelling voor volwassenonderwijs in Londen dat werd opgericht in 1854. Aanvankelijk was het Working Men's College bedoeld om extra scholing aan te bieden aan arbeiders en ambachtslieden, maar vanaf de tweede helft van de twintigste eeuw staat dit college open voor iedere volwassene. Het onderwijs is gebaseerd op de zeven vrije kunsten (Liberal Arts). Geschiedenis Het Working Men's College is het initiatief van de vroege christensocialistische beweging in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Zij zagen in onderwijs de sleutel tot het verbeteren van het lot van de arbeiders en ambachtslieden om zich staande te houden in het industriële tijdperk. De school werd in 1854 opgericht door de theoloog en christensocialist F.D. Maurice, de schrijver en theoloog Charles Kingsley, de advocaat en schrijver Thomas Hughes, de advocaat John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow, de schoonzoon van Darwin, Richard Buckley Litchfield, de wetenschapper Charles Blachford Mansfield, de filosoof John Stuart Mill en enkele anderen. De bedoeling was om door middel van het liberal artsprogramma de kennis van de studenten te vergroten. In tegenstellig tot andere scholen voor volwassenen werd er les gegeven door hoog gekwalificeerde docenten. Naast de genoemde oprichters gaven ook de bekende schrijvers kunstenaars zoals John Ruskin en Dante Gabriel Rossetti er les. In 1864 werd door Elizabeth Malleson het Working Women's College opgericht. Malleson was een onderwijskundige en pleitbezorger van vrouwenrechten. Sinds 1905 is de Working Men's College gelegen in Camden Town, Londen. De eerste directeur (Principal) was oprichter Frederick Denison Maurice, die deze functie van 1854 tot zijn dood in 1872 bekleedde. Externe link (en) Officiële website[dode link]
Worle Community School

Worle Community School - an Academy (often shortened to WCSA) is a coeducational secondary school academy located in Worle, a suburb of Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England. There are currently 1,348 students aged 11 to 16 in the school. The school received media attention in early 2016 after a student was stabbed. Shortly after, an Ofsted inspection revealed the school to perform inadequately in every aspect, resulting being placed into special measures. In order to increase the school's performance, on March 1, 2017, Worle Community School became an academy as part of The Priory Learning Trust. Exam results In the academic year 2022/2023, the school's Progress 8 benchmark score was -0.55 which was well below average compared to the North Somerset average score of -0.02 and compared to the England average which was -0.03. The school's Attainment 8 score was 38.2, lower than North Somerset's Attainment 8 score of 46.4 and the England average which was 46.2. The percentage of pupils who achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs was 32%, lower compared to the North Somerset percentage of 44% and also lower compared to the England average of 45%. Notable alumni Richard Kingscote, professional jockey. Won 2022 Derby on Desert Crown. Jill Dando, journalist and broadcaster, was a student at the school until 1978. References External links Official website
Worsbrough Mill

Worsbrough Mill, also known as Worsbrough Corn Mill and Worsbrough Mill Farm is a complex of buildings including a seventeenth-century water-powered mill and a nineteenth-century steam-powered mill in Worsbrough, Barnsley, England. The mill is open to the public and takes its water from the River Dove, but is hydraulically separate from Worsbrough Reservoir. Note that "Worsbrough" refers to an area that includes today's Worsbrough Bridge, Worsbrough Dale, and Worsbrough Village etc. Worsbrough Mill Country Park Worsbrough Mill is located in the 240-acre Worsbrough Country Park, about 2 miles south of Barnsley on the A61, close to the M1 motorway. It includes the 60-acre Worsbrough Reservoir, which was built for the opening of the Dearne and Dove Canal in 1804. The park includes footpaths and cyclepaths that meander through Willow Carr and around the circumference of the reservoir. Fishing is available in the upper pond and canal basin. History A Worsbrough Mill was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 and the first Curator, [Rob Shorland-Ball – 1975 to 1979] researched the history and states that a "tenuous but continuous documentary record can be traced from then to 1625 which is the likely date for the building of the existing Old Mill. Whether the pre-1625 mill(s) were on the same site is not known. However, a mill was a very important part of the feudal pattern of life and settlement and thus tended to remain on the same site if that site was a satisfactory one". Buildings The oldest building (the Old Mill) is a two-storey watermill with massive lintels over the doors; it is operational and mills a small amount of grain. There is some doubt over the date of construction; there are no dates on or in the buildings (with one exception) but 1625 has been stated (by Shorland-Ball) to be "acceptably representative". The New Mill was originally steam-driven and contained a Watt-type beam engine which was scrapped in 1922. During the restoration of the mill buildings in the 1960s and early 1970s, a 1911 model Hornsby hot bulb oil engine originally from Sykehouse Windmill was installed by Geoff Hatfield (Millwright). The engine still functions, but is not linked to the millstones in the New Mill. The building is known to have been completed 1843 but was not present on a detailed map of 1840. See also Grade II* listed buildings in South Yorkshire Listed buildings in Worsbrough References Hadfield, Charles (1973). The Canals of Yorkshire and North East England (Vol 2). David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5975-4. External links - Worsbrough Mill: Working Mill and Country Park - official site
Worsley Old Hall

Worsley Old Hall ist das ehemalige Wohnhaus und Sitz des Earl of Bridgewater im Ortsteil Worsley von Salford, Greater Manchester in England. In diesem Gebäude wurde der 1761 eröffnete 66 Kilometer lange Bridgewater-Kanal von Francis Egerton, 3. Duke of Bridgewater geplant und der Bau des Kanals überwacht, der den Transport von seinen Kohlengruben in Worsley nach Manchester verbesserte. Geschichte Das ursprüngliche Fachwerkhaus stammt aus dem frühen 16. Jahrhundert und wurde Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts erweitert. Im 18. Jahrhundert wurde es umgebaut und der Ostflügel 1855 hinzugefügt. 1906 wurde ein Billardsaal eingerichtet. Im 20. Jahrhundert gab es weitere interne Veränderungen, vor allem in den 1990er Jahren, als es in ein Restaurant umgewandelt wurde. Heute ist das Gasthaus und Restaurant am Walkden Road (A575) in Worsley ein beliebtes Ausflugsziel und zählt zu den touristischen Sehenswürdigkeit der Stadt. Es ist ein seit 1966 vom English Heritage als denkmalgeschütztes Gebäude (Reference no. 1288296) deklariert. Im August 2013 wurde das Gebäude renoviert und im Dezember 2013 wiedereröffnet. Weblinks History Worsley Old Hall (englisch) Einzelnachweise
Worsley Old Hall

Worsley Old Hall is a public house and restaurant in Worsley, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. History The present building on the site dates from the 16th or early 17th century. It was originally a timber-framed building which has been rebuilt in brick. It is thought that it originally consisted of a hall range on the south side, with wings extending to the north on the east and west sides. The house was remodelled in the 18th century with the addition of a range immediately to the north of the hall range. It was substantially extended in or around 1855 when an extension was added to the east wing. Further work was carried out in 1891; in 1905 the space between the wings was filled in with a billiard room with a table supplied by Orme and Sons. In 1906 a small wing was added on the northwest side. During the 20th century there were further internal alterations, particularly in the 1990s when it was converted into a restaurant. The hall is of particular historical importance because it was here that Francis Egerton, the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, James Brindley and John Gilbert planned the Bridgewater Canal and supervised its building. Architecture The building is in brick, most of which is rendered. The roofs are of stone and slate. Some of the 19th-century extensions are timber-framed. Present day As of 2011 the building was a public house and restaurant in the Brewers Fayre chain. In August 2013, the building was sold and following refurbishment re-opened in December 2013 as a food-led real ale pub operated by Brunning & Price. See also Listed buildings in Worsley Worsley New Hall References External links Photograph of the hall in 1889 Worsley Old Hall website - Brunning & Price