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St Andrew, Stoke Newington

St Andrew, Stoke Newington, is a Grade II* listed Anglican parish church on Bethune Road in Stamford Hill (on the border of Stoke Newington), in the London Borough of Hackney, England. The church, which is dedicated to St Andrew, is located at the junction of Bethune Road and Dunsmure Road in London. History A temporary iron church was established on Manor Road in 1876. On 23 September 1883 the parish of Stoke Newington, St Andrew was created from parts of the parishes of Saint Mary, Stoke Newington and Saint Thomas, Upper Clapton. It was one of several Hackney parishes listed by Charles Booth on his 1898–99 Poverty Map. The new parish's church, consecrated on 11 October 1884, was designed by Arthur Blomfield. The church's records, from 1883 to 1977, are held at the London Metropolitan Archives. Features The interior is particularly striking, and features the extensive use of murals, mostly by the Victorian designers Heaton, Butler and Bayne. Most of the murals have been painted directly onto the walls; only those at high level in the chancel are marouflage. The reredos paintings are on mahogany and portray the Crucifixion and the Apostles. The murals on the walls of the nave depict the life of Jesus from the Annunciation to the Ascension. Figures from the Old Testament and the New Testament are in the chancel above the string course. Heaton, Butler and Bayne also designed most of the stained glass in the church's windows. The windows on the south side of the church did not survive damage by a bomb on 18 July 1944, during the Second World War. The east window, dating from 1951, is by the Scottish stained glass artist William Wilson. The great west window was designed by Burlison and Grylls, largely as a First World War memorial, and was dedicated in 1919. It was rededicated on 15 November 2015 by the Bishop of Stepney, the Rt Revd Adrian Newman, at a celebration marking the completion of the first phase of the ongoing repairs to St Andrew's Church. The church also includes an unusual First World War memorial listing those from the parish who served and returned. It has been restored and is now hung in its original position at the east end of the north aisle. The font, designed by Blomfield in alabaster, dates from 1884. Blomfield also designed the pulpit. The organ is by Walker and Sons. See also Stoke Newington (parish) References External links Official website Parish boundary London churches in photographs: St Andrew, Bethune Road, Stamford Hill Church Urban Fund: St. Andrew, Stoke Newington AIM 25: Saint Andrew, Stoke Newington: Bethune Road, Hackney The National Archives (UK): Saint Andrew, Stoke Newington: Bethune Road, Hackney Charles Booth Online Archive notebook pages: references to St Andrew, Stoke Newington
St Mary, Stoke Newington

St Mary, Stoke Newington is a parish church in Stoke Newington, London Borough of Hackney. Designed in the Gothic Revival version of the Decorated style by George Gilbert Scott and completed in 1858, it replaced a medieval and 16th century church, now an arts venue, and serves what remains of the ancient parish of Stoke Newington after other parishes were split from it in 1849, 1873, 1883 and 1892. The design was loosely based on that of Salisbury Cathedral. It is Grade II* listed. The first vicar was Thomas Jackson, who, as a young rector, was attracting congregations from all over London by his reputation as a preacher. The church's steeple, however, was not completed until 1890, by Scott's son John Oldrid Scott, which led to a humorous rhyme being composed: "Stoke Newington's a funny placeWith lots of funny people;Thomas Jackson built a churchBut could not build a steeple." A restoration of St Mary's was undertaken under Nugent Cachemaille-Day after the Second World War. It was Grade II* listed on 1 September 1953. W. T. Carter Shapland's 1960 window for the north transept is particularly distinctive. It's modernist design depicts in its lower part a multitude of ephemera associated with science, engineering, and technology, including fossils, constellations, scientific instruments, chemical elements, a steam engine, nuclear reactor and the Jodrell Bank telescope. Composer William Carter was organist at St Mary, Stoke Newington from 1854 through 1856. References External links Church website 'A Church Near You' entry
St Mary's Church, Halford

The Church of St Mary is an Anglican church in the village of Halford, in Warwickshire, England, and in the Diocese of Coventry. The building dates from the 12th and 13th centuries, and was much restored in the 19th century. It is Grade II* listed. History and description There is a nave and chancel, and a south aisle, west of which is the tower. There was much restoration in 1862 and 1883, but notable features remain from the 12th and 13th centuries. The semi-circular chancel arch, and a niche adjacent to it to the south, and parts of the north wall of the nave, date from the 12th century. There is a small north window, a later replacement of probably a 12th-century window. The north doorway, dating from the mid-12th century, has a semi-circular arch and a tympanum which the listing text remarks "shows one of the earliest known examples of a half-length figure"; it has outspread wings and arms and holds a scroll or ribbon. The gabled porch to the north doorway is thought to be from the 17th or 18th century. The south doorway, also of the 12th century, has a badly weathered arch and an undecorated tympanum. The nave was lengthened in the 13th century, and the chancel is thought to date from this period. The south aisle, with a three-bay arcade (rebuilt in more recent years), and the tower are also of the 13th century. There is an octagonal stone font dating from the 14th century. Its carved oak cover, of the 16th century, has a pyramid shape with crocketed ribs at the angles, and five mitred heads as the finial. Bells There are six bells; the treble bell, by John Taylor & Co, was added to the previous ring of five in 2000, with the help of a Millenium grant. The fourth bell is of unknown date, thought to be 14th-century. There are two bells dating from the late 16th century, one of 1639, and a bell by John Taylor dated 1883, which is a recast of a 15th-century bell. Churchyard A chest tomb of 1799, about 12 metres north east of the chancel, and a headstone of 1682, about 1 metre from the south-east corner of the south aisle, are listed Grade II. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Stratford-on-Avon (district) References
Millichope Park

Millichope Park is a 19th-century country house in Munslow, Shropshire, England, some 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Church Stretton. The house was built in the Greek Revival style between 1835 and 1840 by architect Edward Haycock of Shrewsbury for Revd. Norgrave Pemberton, Rector of Church Stretton. Constructed of ashlar to a rectangular plan, it is a two-storey building with a five window frontage. The entrance is a pedimented portico supported by six Ionic pillars. The house is Grade II* listed and stands in 90 hectares (220 acres) of landscaped parkland. A memorial temple within the grounds is also Grade II* listed. Built by George Steuart, it has a leaden dome supported by eight Ionic pilasters. It is a memorial cenotaph to the More family. History In 1544 the More family bought the manor of Lower Millichope. Thomas More, who inherited the estate in 1689, started the creation of the surrounding pleasure park. His daughter and heiress Catherine left the estate to her cousin Robert Pemberton, after which it descended to the Revd R. Norgrave Pemberton. He replaced the original house by the present one, leaving it in 1848 to his own cousin Charles Orlando Childe, who thereafter changed his surname to Childe Pemberton (and was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1859). The latter, after making improvements to the pleasure grounds, passed it to his son, who sold the estate in 1896 to Captain H.J. Beckwith, in whose family it thereafter descended. Lindsay Bury (senior) and his wife Diana (Moinet) brought up their children Frank and Nancy at Millichope. Frank went off to fight in the Second World War and was killed in the Normandy Landings. Lindsay senior then moved out of the house, believing that it was the end of it being a 'family home'. Between 1948 and 1962 the Hall was used by Shropshire County Council as a boys' secondary boarding (or 'camp') school, housing around 60 pupils. When the school lease expired Lindsay Bury (Jnr) decided to take the family home back in hand. In 1970 Lindsay and Sarah Bury extensively restored, remodeled and reduced the house in size: the parkland was also restored at the same time. In 1998 Lindsay Claude Neils Bury of Millichope Park served as High Sheriff of the county. The current owners, Frank and Antonia Bury, have undertaken a project to restore the rare 1830s curvilinear glasshouses on the estate. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Shropshire Council (H–Z) Listed buildings in Munslow References
Millichope Park

Millichope Park est une maison de campagne du XIXe siècle à Munslow, dans le Shropshire, en Angleterre, à environ 8 km au sud-est de Church Stretton. La maison est construite dans le style néo-grec entre 1835 et 1840 par l'architecte Edward Haycock Sr. de Shrewsbury pour le révérend Norgrave Pemberton, recteur de Church Stretton. Construit en pierre de taille selon un plan rectangulaire, il s'agit d'un bâtiment de deux étages avec une façade à cinq fenêtres. L'entrée est un portique à fronton soutenu par six piliers ioniques. La maison est classée Grade II * et se dresse sur 90 hectares (220 acres) de parc paysager. Un temple commémoratif dans le parc est également classé Grade II *. Construit par George Steurt, il a un dôme en plomb soutenu par huit pilastres ioniques et est un cénotaphe commémoratif de la famille More. Histoire En 1544, la famille More achète le manoir de Lower Millichope. Thomas More, qui hérite du domaine en 1689, entreprend la création du parc d'agrément environnant. Sa fille et héritière Catherine laisse le domaine à son cousin Robert Pemberton, après quoi il est passe au révérend R. Norgrave Pemberton. Il remplace la maison d'origine par la maison actuelle, la laissant en 1848 à son propre cousin Charles Orlando Childe, qui a ensuite changé son nom de famille en Childe Pemberton (et est haut shérif du Shropshire en 1859). Ce dernier, après avoir apporté des améliorations au domaine d'agrément, le passe à son fils, qui vend le domaine en 1896 au capitaine HJ Beckwith, dans la famille duquel il reste par la suite. Lindsay Bury (senior) et sa femme Diana (Moynet) élèvent leurs enfants Frank et Nancy à Millichope. Frank part combattre pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et est tué lors du débarquement de Normandie. Lindsay senior quitte ensuite la maison, croyant que c'est la fin de son utilisation comme une «maison familiale». Entre 1948 et 1962, la maison est utilisée par le conseil du comté de Shropshire comme internat secondaire (ou «camp») pour garçons, abritant environ 60 élèves. Lorsque le bail de l'école expire, Lindsay Bury (Jnr) décide de reprendre la maison familiale en main. En 1970, Lindsay et Sarah Bury restaurent, remodèlent et réduisent la taille de la maison : le parc est également restauré en même temps. En 1998, Lindsay Claude Neils Bury de Millichope Park est haut shérif du comté . Les propriétaires actuels, Frank et Antonia Bury, ont entrepris un projet de restauration des rares serres curvilignes des années 1830 du domaine . Références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Millichope Park » (voir la liste des auteurs). Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Portail de l’Angleterre Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
The Falcon Hotel

The Falcon Hotel (branded as the Hotel Indigo since 2019) is a grade II* listed hotel, with origins in the early 16th century on Chapel Street in the centre of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The half-timbered building was originally a single storey house, built around 1500. The second floor was added around 1645. In 1655-61 it was recorded as an inn, which makes it the oldest continuously licensed premises in Stratford. From 1834, The Royal Shakespeare Club held its annual dinner there. It gained grade II* listing in 1951. In 2014 the St James Hotel Group took ownership of the hotel, and in April 2017, began a major refurbishment of the building, employing specialist contractors, which took 18 months to complete. The building re-opened in January 2019 newly renamed as Hotel Indigo Stratford upon Avon. The re-naming of the historic hotel faced local opposition, with opponents arguing that it showed disrespect to the town’s history. However the owners of the hotel have stated that the Falcon name will be continued by the tea rooms at the front of the building, which will retain the Falcon name, and have a wooden Falcon sign hung outside. Since its refurbishment, The hotel features 93 guest rooms, themed in either a Georgian townhouse, Tudor or contemporary style. Within the hotel is a restaurant called ‘The Woodsman’. It is now part of the Hotel Indigo chain. References External links Media related to The Falcon Hotel (Hotel Indigo) at Wikimedia Commons Official website
Holy Trinity, Brook Green

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in Hammersmith, London W6. Its building is Grade II* listed History and architecture Cardinal Wiseman donated the land on which to build the church, and on 6 May 1851 he laid the foundation stone. It is built of Kentish ragstone and cost about £20,000 to complete. Helen, Countess Tasker, a benefactor of several Roman Catholic church and school projects, gave £4,000. The church was opened on 26 July 1853. The architect was William Wardell, who designed the church in a Gothic Revival rendition of Decorated Gothic. It has north and south side aisles and the nave is lit by a clerestory. The nave and chancel have arch-braced roofs. The building has stained glass windows by John Hardman. From the beginning, Holy Trinity served a growing Catholic community in the area, initially boosted by the Irish mass migrations to Great Britain. In 1862 a school for girls and infants was built behind the church to designs by Joseph John Scoles. In 1894 the children were transferred to the nearby Sacred Heart School and the former school building became the parish rooms. The church has a southwest tower, with a spire that was added later. Sources disagree as to whether the spire was added in 1867 or 1871. Most sources agree that it was designed by Joseph Hansom, although Nikolaus Pevsner originally attributed it to his brother Charles Francis Hansom. The present presbytery was completed in 1964. Holy Trinity today Today Holy Trinity serves an ethnically diverse parish as the demographics of the parish change. There is a sizable French-speaking population because the church is near the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in nearby South Kensington. It is also used by the Syriac Catholic Church, who hold Mass here in Arabic and Aramaic on Sunday afternoons. See also History of Shepherd's Bush St Simon's Church, Shepherd's Bush References
Garrick Inn

The Garrick Inn is a pub in Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, England, located at 25 High Street, next door to Harvard House. It is reputedly the oldest pub in the town. The Garrick is located along Stratford's Historic Spine. History It has been an inn within the current Elizabethan, half-timbered building since 1718. An earlier medieval building on the same site was also used as an inn. The precise date of the construction of the current building is not known. However, it is considered to be 1596, with parts dating back to the 14th century, making it one of the oldest buildings in Stratford-upon-Avon. It is listed at Grade II*, a heritage designation for properties which are "particularly important buildings of more than special interest". Restoration of the property took place in around 1912, when a brick front added in about 1800 was replaced. Restoration also took place in 2005. It was previously called the Greyhound, as well as the Reindeer, before its name was changed to the Garrick Inn after the actor David Garrick in 1795. It is thought that a bout of plague may have started within the original inn in 1564 after a weaver's apprentice, Oliver Gunn, died of the disease there. The phrase "hic incepit pestis", which translates as 'here begins the plague', was written in Gunn's burial entry. However, it is unclear whether these words were added to the burial register in order to indicate the local plague outbreak starting at this location. It is also claimed that the pub is haunted. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Stratford-on-Avon (district) List of pubs in the United Kingdom Harvard House, 26 High Street, Stratford-upon-Avon Notes and references Notes References
Burford House, Shropshire

Burford House is an 18th-century country house in Burford, Shropshire, near Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England. It now functions as a garden centre, cafe, garden and retail outlet. Built in 1728, it is a Grade II* listed building, built of red brick to a double-pile plan with a six-window three-storey frontage. It stands in 3 hectares (7.5 acres) of ornamental gardens. History The estate of Burford, which had belonged to the Cornwall family since the Middle Ages, was sold in 1720 to William Bowles for £35,000. Bowles was the proprietor of the Vauxhall glassworks in Lambeth, London, the largest glass works in the country, and was Member of Parliament for Bridport and later for Bewdley. He commissioned the building of the present house in 1728, extended the grounds and built a summerhouse (which is also listed Grade II*). From the 1860s Burford was the home of George Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick, a descendant of the Bowles family. During his time the house was greatly extended by the addition of east and west wings, which were demolished in the 1950s. In 1954 the estate was purchased by Mr John Treasure and his brother, who demolished the added wings, completely replanted the gardens, and in 1958 opened the grounds to the public. Architectural details A country house in red brick with bands and a tile roof with coped gables and parapets. There are three storeys and a symmetrical front of six bays, a double-depth plan, and a rear parallel extension. In the centre is a projecting porch with Greek Doric columns and an open pediment, and above the doorway is a fanlight. The windows are sashes with gauged brick lintels. Brick garden walls extend from the southeast corner of the house. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Shropshire Council (A–G) Listed buildings in Burford, Shropshire References Sources Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Shropshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-12083-4
St Mary's Church, Woburn

St Mary's Church, Woburn, is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Woburn, Bedfordshire. History The church, on Park Street, Woburn, was built to the designs of the architect Henry Clutton between 1865 and 1868 and paid for by William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford. It replaced the old parish church in the town which, except for the tower, was demolished when the new church opened. The tower was equipped with a monster bell (said to be the largest in a parish church at the time) of 55 cwt (6,160 pounds (2,790 kg)), cast in C by Mears and Stainbank of London. On opening the church tower was surmounted by a spire which reached to a height of 181 ft. This was itself crowned with a copper cross at its summit, which took the total height to 195 feet (59 m). However, structural problems caused the removal of the spire in 1890. The church was consecrated on 23 September 1868 by the Rt. Revd. Harold Browne, Bishop of Ely. The east window was inserted in 1894 as a memorial to George Russell, 10th Duke of Bedford and is by Charles Eamer Kempe. Organ The original organ of 1868 by T.J. Robson was replaced in 1904 by a new instrument by Norman and Beard. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. References
Congleton Town Hall

Congleton Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Congleton, Cheshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Congleton Town Council, is a grade II* listed building. History The first town hall on the site was a half-timbered, black and white structure referred to as the "moot hall": it included a lock-up and a courtroom and was completed in the late 15th century. This structure was replaced by a second building on the same site referred to as the "guildhall"; it was designed in the neoclassical style with a colonnade, a lock-up and a courtroom and was completed in 1804. It was expanded, as a gift from Sir Edmund Antrobus, 1st Baronet, to create a market hall and an assembly room in 1823. After the second town hall became inadequate, civic leaders decided to procure a third town hall on the site. The third building was the subject of a design competition which was assessed by Alfred Waterhouse and won by Edward William Godwin. Construction started in 1864. It was designed in the Gothic style, built by a Mr Burkitt of Wolverhampton at a cost of £8,000, and was officially opened on 11 July 1866. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with seven bays facing onto the High Street; the central bay featured an arched doorway on the ground floor with a two-stage 110 feet (34 m) high clock tower with a pyramid-shaped roof above. The clock by J. W. Benson Ltd, struck the hours and the quarters on two bells. There was a row of thirty-three shields and eight round headed windows flanked by colonettes forming an arcade on the first floor and there were dormer windows on either side of the clock tower at attic level. The front elevation also featured a statue of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (on the right), who granted the town a charter in 1272, and of King Edward I (on the left), who granted the town the right to hold markets in 1274, and a statue of Queen Victoria (on the clock tower). Internally, the principal rooms were a double-height main hall with a hammerbeam roof, a courtroom and a library. The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of Congleton Urban District Council but ceased to be the local seat of government after the enlarged Congleton Borough Council, which had been formed in 1974, relocated to Westfields in Sandbach. An extensive programme of refurbishment works costing £975,000 was completed at the town hall in 1996. Congleton Town Council, which was created in 1980, established offices in the building in January 2007 and acquired its freehold in June 2008. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the town hall and met with local charities and community groups on 24 January 2018. Works of art in the town hall include a silver gilt ceremonial mace which originally bore the words "The Freedome of England by God's Blessing Restored" and the date of manufacture which was 1651 but, after the restoration of the monarchy, it was altered to show the initials "C. R." (Charles Rex) and given an amended date of 1661. See also Listed buildings in Congleton Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire East References