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Southbank Tower

Southbank Tower (formerly South Bank Tower, and the King's Reach Tower until 2013) is a high-rise building on Upper Ground, Southwark, London. It was originally a thirty-storey structure 111 metres (364 ft) high and was completed in 1972, designed by the architect Richard Seifert and built by John Laing. In recent years, the tower has undergone extensive redevelopment and a height increase. The tower is similar in design to Tower 42, which was designed by the same architect. Previous tenants The tower was the headquarters of IPC Media, one of the biggest publishing companies in Europe. In the late 1970s, the tower became part of the mythos surrounding the British comic 2000 AD, published by IPC, and the building was depicted as a disguised spaceship, and home to the 'Nerve Centre' of its alien editor, Tharg. IPC moved to the Blue Fin Building in nearby Bankside in 2007. Redevelopment In February 2005 the then owners Capital & Counties Properties applied for planning permission with a design by Make Architects to remodel the tower by extending it to 34 floors along with replacement buildings for the T-shaped building at its base. Permission was granted in July 2005. However no redevelopment took place. Capital and Counties sold the property to Simon Halabi's Buckingham Securities in 2006 for a reported £80m. As part of their joint venture, CIT and Jadwa Investment purchased the property for £60m in 2010. In July 2011 CIT was awarded planning permission to convert the building to residential use along with additional mixed uses. The redevelopment of the building commenced in January 2013. Six new floors were originally planned to be added to the tower, increasing its height to around 128.4 metres (421 ft). The new tower was to house 173 apartments, with retail units to be built around the base and the existing podium building increased in height and transformed into new office space. In mid 2013, CIT requested permission to increase the tower's height by a further 5 floors (bringing the total to 11) which would bring the tower to 155 metres (509 ft). 18 additional apartments would be made available with this increase. The plans were approved by Southwark councillors on 16 July 2013. In September 2012 the joint venture secured £250m of funding from a consortium of Middle Eastern financial institutions. In 2015 the building was purchased by Hermes Central London Limited Partnership who commissioned TPBennett llp to carry out a CAT A fit out design for all of the commercial space, to redesign the retail frontages not already completed and to remodel the entrance to the central street and both of the office entrances. These works also incorporated a new 9 storey feature staircase suspended from the side of the tower building. The additional works were completed in 2017. See also Tall buildings in London References External links Media related to South Bank Tower at Wikimedia Commons Residential Website From emporis.com
South Bank Tower

Southbank Tower (precedentemente South Bank Tower e King's Reach Tower fino al 2013) è un grattacielo in Stamford Street di Southwark a Londra. In origine era una struttura di trenta piani, alta 111 metri, e fu completata nel 1972, progettata dall'architetto Richard Seifert e costruita da John Laing. Negli ultimi anni, la torre ha subito un'ampia riqualificazione e un aumento di altezza. La torre è simile nel design alla Tower 42, progettata dallo stesso architetto. Proprietari precedenti La torre era la sede di IPC Media, una delle più grandi case editrici d'Europa. Alla fine degli anni 1970, divenne parte del mito che circonda il fumetto britannico 2000 AD, pubblicato da IPC, e l'edificio venne raffigurato come sede del "Nerve Centre" del suo editore alieno, Tharg. Nel 2007 IPC si è trasferita al Blue Fin Building nella vicina Bankside. Riqualificazione Nel febbraio 2005 gli allora proprietari Capital &amp; Counties Properties chiesero il permesso di ricostruzione, con un progetto di Make Architects, per rimodellare la torre estendendola a 34 piani insieme a edifici sostitutivi per l'edificio a forma di T alla sua base. Il permesso venne accordato nel 2005 ma la ristrutturazione non venne realizzata. Capital and Counties vendettero la proprietà alla Buckingham Securities di Simon Halabi nel 2006 per 80 milioni di sterline. Come parte della loro joint venture, CIT e Jadwa Investment acquistarono la proprietà per 60 milioni di sterline nel 2010. Nel luglio 2011 CIT ottenne l'autorizzazione edilizia per convertire l'edificio ad uso residenziale insieme ad altri usi misti. La ristrutturazione dell'edificio iniziò nel gennaio 2013. Originariamente erano previsti sei nuovi piani da aggiungere alla torre, aumentando la sua altezza a circa 128 metri. La nuova torre doveva ospitare 173 appartamenti, con unità commerciali da costruire intorno alla base e l'edificio a podio esistente aumentato in altezza e trasformato in nuovi uffici. A metà 2013, CIT chiese il permesso di aumentare l'altezza della torre di ulteriori 5 piani, cosa che avrebbe portato la torre a 155 metri. Con questo aumento sarebbero stati resi disponibili 18 appartamenti aggiuntivi. Il progetto venne approvato dai consiglieri di Southwark il 16 luglio 2013. Nel settembre 2012 la società ottenne 250 milioni di sterline di finanziamenti da un consorzio di istituzioni finanziarie mediorientali. Nel 2015 l'edificio è stato acquistato da Hermes Central London Limited Partnership che ha incaricato TPBennett llp di eseguire un progetto di allestimento CAT A per tutti gli spazi commerciali, di ridisegnare le facciate commerciali non ancora completate e di rimodellare l'ingresso alla strada centrale e entrambi gli ingressi degli uffici. Questi lavori hanno anche incorporato una nuova scala di 9 piani sospesa dal lato dell'edificio a torre. I lavori aggiuntivi sono stati completati nel 2017. Note Voci correlate Costruzioni più alte di Londra Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su South Bank Tower Collegamenti esterni Sito web, su southbanktower.com. Da emporis.com, su emporis.com.
King's School, Bruton

King's Bruton is an independent HMC co-educational boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located in Bruton, Somerset. It was founded in 1519 by Richard FitzJames, making it one of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom and since the Dissolution of the Monasteries, has been in continuous operation for over 470 years. In 1550 the school received royal foundation status during the reign of Edward VI. History King's School was officially founded on 29 September 1519 by Richard Fitzjames, Bishop of London; Sir John Fitzjames, the Attorney General; and the Abbott of Bruton Monastery, William Gilbert. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the school was re-founded by a Royal Charter from King Edward VI. King's School Bruton once owned a copy of Magna Carta dating from 1297, which it sold to the Australian Government in 1952 for £12,500. Girls have attended the school's sixth form since the 1960s before King's became fully co-educational in the late 1990s. Facilities In September 1999, the Hobhouse Science centre was opened equipped with an observatory and classrooms for science and cooking. The school has a purpose-built theatre, sports hall, fitness suite, 17 hectares of pitches for rugby and cricket as well courts for tennis and netball as and two all-weather astro-turfs for hockey. The Basil Wright Building was opened in 2009 and houses the Headmaster's, Bursar's and Registrar's offices. On 29 March 2019, to mark the school's quincentenary, King's hosted Queen Elizabeth II during a wider Royal visit to the West Country. During the visit the Queen opened a new music school named in her honour, equipped with a Mac room, recording studios, practice rooms and the Hauser & Wirth Recital Hall, a dedicated recital venue used for concerts and choir practices. King's Bruton Foundation The King's School, Bruton Foundation comprises three schools - King's Bruton, Hazlegrove Preparatory School and Sunny Hill Nursery. In 1947, following World War II, King's Bruton Junior School moved from Plox House to a site approximately 10 miles South West at Hazlegrove House to satisfy increasing demand for places. The school has since been known as 'Hazlegrove Prep School,' and acts as the preparatory and main feeder school for King's Bruton, with around a third of each year group moving directly to King's at age 13. In March 2022, it was announced that the foundation would be acquiring the now defunct Bruton School for Girls, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition was made in an attempt to boost links, attendance and finances at the school, thus prospering the entire foundation. Unfortunately, with an expected pupil roll of 45 in September 2022 (down on 199 in 2018), the foundation deemed it unviable to continue operations, and in May 2022 announced that the school would close at the end of the 2021/22 academic year. Headmasters This list is incomplete 1972–1985: Hubert Doggart 2009–2025: Ian Wilmshurst 2025– Matt Radley Combined Cadet Force Kings runs a Combined Cadet Force contingent. References External links King's Bruton The Old Brutonians Association Independent Schools Inspectorate Inspection Report 2003
King's Stairs Gardens

King's Stairs Gardens is a riverside park in Bermondsey, London, named after the stairs used by King Edward III to access his manor house from the River Thames. It is bordered to the north by the River Thames and to the south by Jamaica Road (A200), the other side of which is Southwark Park. Beginnings In July 1947, the London County Council (LCC) declared Bermondsey a reconstruction area and, as part of wholesale post-war regeneration, approved the idea of extending Southwark Park to the river. The idea of a link to the river pre-dated the Second World War by a few years, but the post-war need to reconstruct gave this aim more resonance. In January 1948, the LCC Planning Committee endorsed the policy of a park by the river at King's Stairs riverside. Putting the policy into practice proved to be a slow business because of a combination of objections from, among others, Bermondsey Council and local businesses. For instance, in 1953, the County of London Plan was subject to an Inquiry, and the Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Chambers of Commerce objected to the park extension. In September 1954, the Ministry of Housing approved the compulsory purchase of land to extend the park, but this took a few years to implement. In 1960, the LCC approved a design for the King's Stairs riverside walk, which was opened in November 1962. In January 1963, the LCC approved the name King's Stairs Gardens. In 1964, the LCC agreed to a grassy area to the south of The Angel public house. Again, the implementation seems to have been delayed due to financial constraints, and it was not until 1968 that the Greater London Council (the successor body to the LCC) reappraised the site and agreed to three green space additions. These were finally completed by 1982, and it is in that form that King's Stairs Gardens still exists today. Queen Elizabeth II's Jubilee 1977 For the Silver Jubilee of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977, a memorial stone was unveiled by Her Majesty on the banks of the River Thames in King's Stairs Gardens. To coincide with the summer 2002 restoration works in nearby Southwark Park and to commemorate the Golden Jubilee, a new memorial stone was unveiled in King's Stairs Gardens by the Earl and Countess of Wessex. The Earl and Countess returned in 2012, on the occasion of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, to unveil an additional inscription. Conservation and Thames Water plans Thames Water named the park in September 2010 as one possible site for works as part of the planned construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel, but following a consultation process and a vigorous local campaign ("the Save King's Stairs Gardens Campaign), Thames Water decided against using the site, choosing Chambers Wharf instead. The park was also given village green status in March 2012 by the London Borough of Southwark under the Commons Act 2006, a move which reduced the likelihood of any future such threat. In 2013, Fields in Trust gained protection. Together with the nearby King Edward III manor house, the park forms part of Southwark Council's Edward III's Rotherhithe Conservation Area. References
King's Wood, Heath and Reach

King's Wood is an area of ancient woodland in the parish of Heath and Reach in Bedfordshire, England. The wood lies north of the village of Heath and Reach and east of Great Brickhill and with neighboring Bakers Wood forms the largest area of ancient woodland in Bedfordshire. Much of the wood lies within Kings Wood and Rushmere National Nature Reserve, jointly owned and managed by the Greensand Trust, Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, Central Bedfordshire Council and Tarmac Aggregates. Kings Wood and many parts of the National Nature Reserve are part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest named Kings and Bakers Woods and Heaths, which also includes Rammamere Heath in Buckinghamshire and Shire Oak Heath in Bedfordshire. References See also List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Bedfordshire List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Buckinghamshire List of ancient woods in England National nature reserves in Bedfordshire
King Alfred School, London

The King Alfred School is a co-educational independent day school in Golders Green in North West London. It was founded in London in 1898 by Charles E. Rice, a former teacher at Bedales School . The school was considered "radical" for its era, as it provided a secular education in a co-educational setting. Hyperpop The school has several alumni associated with the Hyperpop musical genre, including PC Music founder A. G. Cook, songwriter Finn Keane, singer GFOTY and producer/composer Danny L Harle. Notable former pupils Ian Aitken, journalist and political commentator Pegaret Anthony, artist and lecturer Nora Beloff, journalist Richard Clements, journalist and political adviser Nina Conti, actress, ventriloquist and comedian A. G. Cook, musician and founder of the web label PC Music Richard Gregory, experimental psychologist J. B. Gunn, physicist Dylan Howe, musician and composer Lucy Jones, artist Alexis Korner, pop musician Paul Kossoff, pop musician Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, geometer Danny Kustow, pop musician Chloe Madeley, television host, journalist and ice skater Juliet Mitchell, psychologist Heydon Prowse, actor and activist Gaby Roslin, television presenter Jolyon Rubinstein, actor and activist Raphael Samuel, historian Peggy van Praagh, ballet dancer, teacher and director Zoë Wanamaker, actor Bonnie Wright, actress Emily Young, sculptor Jonathan Rietti, rabbi References Bibliography
King Arthur's School

King Arthur's School is a smaller than average secondary school in Wincanton, Somerset, England. It had 350 students between the ages of 11 and 16 in 2017. Before April 2019 it was called King Arthur's Community School. Description The campus includes the Wincanton Community Sports Centre and West Hill Nursery. The logo is linked to the Arthurian story of Excalibur, which is also the name of the school magazine. In 2017 the community school was rated as inadequate by Ofsted. At the end of 2017 the head teacher left amid speculation about a merger with Ansford Academy. The school was assisted to restructure by staff from The Gryphon School Sherborne, and in April 2019 formally joined the Sherbourne Area Schools' Trust (SAST). SAST was established in June 2017 with seven schools serving the west and north Dorset area, as well as students from south Somerset. Academics The school had been criticised for its poor performance: its poor, “ineffective” governance, and lack of support for children with special educational needs. Teachers' expectations of what pupils can achieve had been too low. To change this the SMT is working with SAST and has in place new procedures. Secondary education in the United Kingdom is compulsory until the age of 16. It is divided into two key stages of three and two years, or two and three. Students must study the National Curriculum. In King Arthur's School, Key Stage 3 lasts three years, Year 7, 8, 9. SAST encourages the EBacc qualification: Core subjects are English and Maths, EBacc subjects are Science, Geography, History or French. Creative Subjects, Art, PE etc. make up the rest of the timetable. In Key Stage 4, that is years 10 and 11, this continues, but with a different time emphasis. The Core remains the same, and the language drops from being compulsory to being one of a wider pool of options. There is no 6th form Notable alumni Alumni include Professor Sir Robert Burgess, formerly Vice Chancellor of Leicester University; and Lieutenant Colonel Lucy Giles, the first female Commander at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. References External links Official website
King Arthur’s Hall (Bodmin Moor)

King Arthur’s Hall (deutsch König Arthurs Halle) ist eine rechteckige, megalithische Einhegung bei St Breward auf dem Bodmin Moor in Cornwall in England. Es wird angenommen, dass es sich um eine spätneolithische oder frühbronzezeitliche Kultstätte handelt. Die Einhegung misst etwa 20,0 × 47,0 m und besteht aus 56 Steinen, die als Rechteck in einem konzentrischen Erdwerk angeordnet sind. Durch das Fehlen archäologischer Funde sind ihr Alter und ihre Verwendung spekulativ. Ein ähnliches Gehäuse in der Bretagne ist eine bronzezeitliche Verbrennungsstätte, aber eine ähnliche Konstruktion am Lough Gur in Irland deutet auf ein neolithisches Datum. Untersuchungen von König Arthur’s Hall wurden 2013/14 durchgeführt. Die Arbeiten enthüllten eine Verkleidung, die errichtet wurde, um die Innenseite des Walls zu erhalten. Es wurde festgestellt, dass im Laufe der Zeit Erde abgerutscht war, die rund 140 ehemals aufrechte Steine begrub, die nun liegen oder schräg stehen. Die Struktur war ursprünglich möglicherweise ein mit Wasser gefüllter Bereich für den rituellen Gebrauch. In der Umgebung liegen Grabhügel, Hüttenkreise, Steinkisten und die Steinkreise von Emblance Downs. Siehe auch Causewayed camp Grubenwerk Cursus Weblinks Beschreibung engl. und Bilder pastscape.org.uk
King Arthur's Hall

King Arthur's Hall is a megalithic enclosure on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England. It is thought to be a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age ceremonial site. Description The monument consists of fifty-six stones arranged in a rectangle with a bank of earth around them and measures approximately 20m by 47m. The interior fills with water and a contemporary ground level has not been established. It has suffered damage by cattle in the past and is now protected by a gated fence. It can be reached by footpaths east of St Breward. The surrounding area contains many stone circles, hut circles, cairns and cists. Origin and use In the absence of any archaeological finds, its origin and use is only speculative. A similar enclosure exists in Brittany which was a Bronze Age cremation site, but a similar rampart construction at Lough Gur in Ireland suggests an earlier Neolithic date. It has even been suggested that it was merely a medieval cattle pound, but the effort required to build the bank and to erect the slabs suggests that it had a more important function. Some clearance and investigation of King Arthur's Hall was conducted by members of The Heritage Trust in 2013/14. Their work revealed a revetment wall built to retain the inner bank. It was concluded that over time the earth had covered over the top of the revetment wall and that around 140 upright stones now lie buried, recumbent, or standing at an angle. It was suggested that the structure originally formed a tank which filled with water, or was possibly used ritualistically. In September 2022 Cornwall AONB’s Monumental Improvement project worked with the Cornwall Archaeological Unit to conduct an excavation, to determine when the structure was built. A group of specialists from UK universities have now dated the site to the Neolithic period. References External links Media related to King Arthur's Hall at Wikimedia Commons
King David School, Birmingham

Between 1843 and 1860 the Rabbi of the Congregation was also the Secretary to the Congregation and the Headmaster. In 1860, the two secular roles were split off, and in 1904, the Headmaster's post was split from the Secretary post. The school was supported in part by the fundraising of the Hebrew Educational Society. The current King Davids is an infants and primary Jewish day school. Students learn Hebrew, eat kosher food, recite Jewish prayers, and celebrate Jewish holidays. Birmingham Hebrew Congregation owns the school buildings and is responsible for alterations and external repairs to the premises with a 90% grant from the Department for Education. Birmingham City Council is responsible for the day-to-day running costs and provides funds to the Governors under a delegated budget within the Scheme for Local Management of Schools. The school is a Group 2, one-form entry, co-educational day school. There are approximately 140 pupils on roll aged between 3 and 11. The school is unique for its multicultural intake and atmosphere. In the late 1950s, the declining local Jewish population led the school to accept non-Jewish students, most of whom were Muslim due to the changing demographics. As a result, in 2007 about half of the school's 247 students were reportedly Muslim, with less than 40% Jewish. An article in The Independent praised the school's ethos and its efforts in promoting inter-faith harmony from such a young age. The Principal is Nina Capek. The History of the School The King David School, of Birmingham, England was founded in 1840 by the Birmingham Hebrew Congregation. The Birmingham Hebrew Congregation gave a grant and the use of the vestry in the Severn Street Synagogue (1813 to 1856) for a school which met there until 1843. While in th 1840s the school was intended for all social classes, by the 1860s it was seen as a charity school for the children of poor Jews. It would remain a charity school until 1867 when it was put under government inspection and received a grant, and variable fees were introduced. From 1840 to 1843 the school was held in the vestry of Severn St Synagogue. In 1843 a new building in Lower Hurst Street was opened as the Hebrew National School. Its foundation stone was laid by Sir Moses Montefiore. In 1856 the Severn Street Congregation moved to the newly built Singers Hill Synagogue with which the school remains associated, and a building next door was used for the school. In 1899 the New Infant School was built at the corner of Blucher St and Gough St, with money bequeathed to the congregation by Albert Bremer. In 1930, a new school was built on a site at St Luke's road, opening in May 1932. The name was changed to King David School when it moved to the present site in Mosely, in 1965/66 . References External links Official website