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Ultimate Picture Palace

The Ultimate Picture Palace is an independent cinema in Oxford, England. It is Oxford's only surviving independent cinema, showing a mixture of independent, mainstream, foreign language, and classic films. The cinema has been a Grade II listed building since 1994. History Frank Stuart opened Oxford's first cinema, the Electric Theatre, in Castle Street, in 1910. He was the licensee of the Elm Tree pub on the corner of Cowley Road and Jeune Street. Also in 1910 work started to build Stuart's second cinema on land in Jeune Street behind the Elm Tree. It opened on 24 February 1911 as the Oxford Picture Palace. In 1917 the manager was conscripted to serve in the First World War. The cinema was closed and stood unused for many years before being turned into a furniture warehouse. In 1976 Bill Heine and Pablo Butcher reopened the cinema as the Penultimate Picture Palace. They added a sculpture of Al Jolson's hands by John Buckley to the façade. The first film to be shown was Winstanley. Under the new management the cinema gained a reputation for showing an eclectic and provocative range of films that set it apart from the mainstream cinemas of the time. In 1994 Heine closed the Penultimate Picture Palace. For a month that summer it was squatted by the Oxford Freedom Network, which reopened it as Studio 6 Cinema. Then brothers Saied and Zaid Marham bought it and spent £40,000 restoring the neoclassical façade. They reopened it as the Ultimate Picture Palace in June 1996. In the 2000s the cinema got into debt. In July 2009 Saied Marham sold it to Philippa Farrow and Jane Derricott, who installed a small refreshment bar in the northwest corner of the auditorium. In 2011 Farrow and Derricott sold the cinema to Becky Hallsmith. In 2014, as a result of a successful Kickstarter Campaign, Hallsmith had the auditorium refurbished with new seats. Becky Hallsmith died in September 2018. In April 2022 the 'Own the UPP' campaign offered 312,000 community shares to Oxford residents, in July 2022 the campaign had sold sufficient shares to run the cinema as a community asset. See also Phoenix Picturehouse, Walton Street References Further reading Meyrick, Ian (2007). Oxfordshire Cinemas. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7524-4333-1. External links Official website "The Ultimate Survivor". Philip Hind. – documentary film about the Ultimate Picture Palace "UPP". CowleyRoad.org. – wiki entry on a local website
Ulverston Victoria High School

Ulverston Victoria High School (UVHS) is a secondary school and sixth form located in the town of Ulverston, Cumbria, England. It is the successor school to Ulverston Grammar School and Victoria Secondary Modern, which were combined in 1967 to form Ulverston Comprehensive School. This school ultimately became UVHS. Admissions UVHS is a comprehensive school and takes its pupils from the local area as well as from Barrow-in-Furness, Grange-over-Sands and Coniston. The school also has a Sixth Form. Sport The school's most notable sporting achievements include winning the BSOA Large Secondary School Orienteering crown for 19 of the last 21 years. The orienteering team came back from the 2017 World Schools Orienteering Championship with a silver medal for the junior girls team and individual gold and silver medals for Year 9 pupil, Merryn Stangroom. Music UVHS Swing Band won the national SSAT competition for function bands in 2013, headlining at the Liverpool Echo Arena. The band has recorded 2 CDs with the Royal Marines and has also appeared live on Blue Peter as well as on Classic FM, Radio 2 and Radio Cumbria. In 2018 they played at Disneyland Paris on Bastille day. The Wind Band consists of between 90 and 100 players aged from 11 to 18. The band regularly tours abroad, including Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Salzburg and the Netherlands. In 2014 they performed a live concert on Dutch TV and have also appeared live on Belgian and Spanish TV in the past as well as Czech and British radio. Richard Butler, head of music, was awarded an MBE in the New Years Honours list 2018. Notable former pupils (Includes Ulverston Grammar School and Victoria Secondary Modern) Sir Wilfred Burns CB CBE, town planner Richard Parsons, educational study guide author and founder and owner of CGP William Pearsall, Quain Professor of Botany at University College London from 1944 to 1957, President of the Institute of Biology from 1957 to 1958 Colin Pickthall, Labour MP for West Lancashire from 1992 to 2005 Dame Kathleen Raven, nurse, Chief Nursing Officer in the DHSS from 1958 to 1972 Rt Rev Martin Wharton, Bishop of Newcastle since 1997 John Eccleston, puppeteer, writer, presenter and actor George Elokobi, former professional footballer and current manager of Maidstone United Jess Gillam, saxophonist Elsie Blundell, Labour MP for Heywood and Middleton North from 2024 Morgan Knowles, current professional rugby league player for St Helens See also Town Bank Grammar School, a defunct school in the town, the endowment of which contributed to the school's early development References External links Ulverston Victoria High School - UVHS Ulverston Victoria High School Sixth Form
Umberslade Baptist Church

Umberslade Baptist Church is a redundant Baptist church southwest of the village of Hockley Heath, Solihull, West Midlands, England (grid reference SP147721). The church, attached school rooms, and the church hall were originally recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building in 1972, but on 9 July 2014, the grading was raised to II*. The building is under the care of the Historic Chapels Trust. History The church was commissioned by George Frederick Muntz, junior and designed by the Birmingham architect George Ingall. It was built in 1877 in Umberslade Park, the estate of Umberslade Hall, Muntz's country seat. A vestry was added to the east of the church in 1893. In the 2000s repairs, including re-roofing, were carried out by Midland Conservation Limited. They were completed in 2008 and cost about £500,000. Architecture Structure The church is constructed in blue lias stone with limestone dressings. The steep roofs are of Welsh slate and are hipped and gabled. It has a four bay nave with a north porch, north and south transepts, a chancel terminating in an apse, and a southwest tower, with a spire, incorporating another porch. The style is Decorated and it is elaborately detailed including pinnacles with finials. Around the church are lancet windows, those in the transepts have rose windows above them. The tower is in three stages. It has diagonal buttresses on three corners rising to the full height of the tower, surmounted by pinnacles. On the northeast corner is an octagonal stair turret with an embattled summit. The bottom stage of the tower has a west doorway with an arch under an ornamented porch. In the middle stage there are trefoil windows. The tall top stage has a clock face on each side over which are lancet bell openings. At the summit is a pierced quatrefoil parapet. The spire has gabled lucarnes. Fittings and furniture Internally the original furnishings are largely intact. They include the benches, the organ, the stained glass, and a Gothic style pulpit, in front of which is an open baptistry. On the floors are encaustic tiles. The two-manual organ was built by Bishop & Son of London in about 1878. There are eight chiming bells, all cast in 1878 by Gillett & Bland of Croydon, who also installed a chiming machine and a carillon. After being derelict for a time, the bells were restored in 1978 but, in the absence of an electrical supply, they cannot be sounded by the chiming machine. Present day Open days and other events are organised by the local committee. The church is "the sole survivor among grand chapels associated with the rise of Birmingham Nonconformity". It is also the "last extant major chapel of... George Ingall". See also List of chapels preserved by the Historic Chapels Trust References External links Heritage at Risk Register: Umberslade+Baptist
Underbank Hall

Underbank Hall (officially listed as 10 Great Underbank) is a Grade II* listed historic town house in the Underbank area of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Although Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council attributes the building to the 15th century, Historic England assigns it to the 16th century. The hall was later associated with the Arden family of Bredbury and has been used as a bank since the early 19th century. History The hall dates back to the 15th century, according to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, although its official listing places it in the 16th century. It was the home of a branch of the Arden family of Bredbury, who were related to William Shakespeare on his mother's side. In 1823 it was sold by William Arden, 2nd Baron Alvanley to pay off debts and was converted into a bank. A banking hall was added at the rear in 1919. The building continues to operate as a bank and now houses the NatWest branch for Stockport. On 13 May 1952, it was designated a Grade II* listed building. Architecture The building is constructed with a timber frame and infill panels, rising two storeys with additional attic space. The upper level projects slightly and is carried on a shaped wooden beam. The front has four large first‑floor windows set in decorative timber surrounds, each divided into multiple panes and supported on small brackets. The ground floor is mostly taken up by matching windows. A two‑storey porch projects from the front, finished with shaped timber details. Above it are three small gabled features, each containing a multi‑paned window, and the gables have patterned bargeboards and finials. Inside, some rooms and the staircase retain early timber panelling, and there is a carved fireplace displaying the Arden family's coat of arms. The grounds include modern railings and end posts topped with pineapple‑shaped ornaments. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester Listed buildings in Stockport References External links Media related to Underbank Hall at Wikimedia Commons
Underhill

Underhill may refer to: Places Underhill, a community within the rural community of Miramichi River Valley, Canada Underhill (ward), Barnet, London Underhill, Dorset, England Underhill Stadium, Barnet, England, the former home ground of Barnet F.C. Underhill, Vermont, United States Underhill, Wisconsin, United States Underhill (community), Wisconsin. an unincorporated community, United States Underhill, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, first house in the world to be lit by Electric light Underhill, Wolverhampton, a housing estate in North-east Wolverhampton also known as the Scotlands Estate. Fiction Underhill, the name of the first settlement on Mars in the novel Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson Underhill, fictional character in the short story The Rule of Names by Ursula K. Le Guin Underhill, an alternate reality inhabited by any multitude of fantasy creatures in Mercedes Lackey's urban fantasy novels Sherkaner Underhill, fictional non-human character in the novel A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge Underhill, Ted, fictional character in the movie Fletch Underhill, Mr., the name Gandalf gave Frodo Baggins to travel under when he left Hobbiton in The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien Other Underhill (surname), notable people named Underhill USS Underhill (DE-682), a ship of the U.S. Navy
King Alfred’s Tower

King Alfred’s Tower ist ein Folly in Somerset, an der Grenze zu Wiltshire auf dem Landgut Stourhead in England. Der Turm steht auf dem Kingsettle Hill und gehört dem National Trust. Er ist ein denkmalgeschütztes Gebäude (Klasse I). Henry Hoare II plante den Turm in den 1760er Jahren zum Gedenken an das Ende des Siebenjährigen Kriegs gegen Frankreich und den Beitritt von George III. Es wurde in der Nähe von Egbert's Stone errichtet, wo der Überlieferung nach Alfred der Große die Angelsachsen im Jahr 878 vor der Schlacht von Edington zusammenscharte. Der Turm wurde 1944 beschädigt, als ein Flugzeug des Typs Noorduyn Norseman einschlug. In den 1980er Jahren wurde er restauriert. Der dreieckige Turm ist rund 40 Meter hoch, innen hohl und wird mittels einer Wendeltreppe im westlichen Eckvorsprung erschlossen. Eine Statue mit Inschrift erinnert an König Alfred. Weblinks Einzelnachweise
King Alfred's Tower

La tour du roi Alfred est une tour située dans la paroisse de Brewham, Somerset, dans le sud-ouest de l'Angleterre, construite sur le domaine de Stourhead. Elle fut achevée en 1772 et mesure 49 mètres de hauteur. La tour fut endommagée en 1944 lorsqu'un avion Noorduyn Norseman la percuta, tuant 5 personnes. En 1986, la tour fut rénovée. Elle est aujourd'hui la propriété du National Trust et est ouverte aux visiteurs qui peuvent gravir les 205 marches. Liens externes Site officiel Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Portail de l’Angleterre
King Alfred's Tower

La King Alfred's Tower o Alfred's Tower è un capriccio architettonico collocato nella tenuta di Stourhead, vicina a Mere, nella contea del Somerset. L'edificio prende il nome da Alfredo il Grande, re del Wessex vissuto nel nono secolo. La torre appartiene al National Trust e rientra fra i monumenti classificati di primo grado. Storia La King Alfred's Tower fu concepita dal banchiere Henry Hoare II nel 1762 per commemorare la fine della guerra dei sette anni contro la Francia e l'ascesa di re Giorgio III. Si decise di posizionare la struttura vicino a "Egbert's stone", dove si pensa che Alfredo il Grande radunò i Sassoni nel maggio 878 prima della battaglia di Ethandun, durante la quale fu sconfitto l'esercito danese guidato da Guthrum. Inoltre, la torre doveva fungere da attrazione per coloro che visitavano il parco della tenuta di Stourhead. Il progetto della struttura fu creato nel 1765 dall'architetto palladiano Henry Flitcroft mentre la costruzione iniziò nel 1769 (secondo altre fonti agli inizi dell'anno seguente). Stando alle fonti, i mattoni utilizzati per erigere il capriccio architettonico giunsero sul posto in ritardo. Nell'aprile del 1770, quando la torre aveva raggiunto soltanto 4,7 metri di altezza, Hoare dichiarò: La King Alfred's Tower fu ultimata nel 1772 e il suo costo stimato tra le 5.000 e le 6.000 sterline inglesi. Nel 1938, riferendosi alla King Alfred's Tower, Christopher Hussey scrisse: Nel 1944, la torre fu danneggiata dallo schianto di un aereo Noorduyn Norseman che causò la morte di cinque membri dell'equipaggio e ingenti danni ai 10 metri della parte più alta della struttura. Nel 1986 la King Alfred's Tower fu restaurata e venne utilizzato un elicottero Westland Wessex per calare dall'alto una pietra di 300 chilogrammi sulla cima. In tale circostanza fu anche restaurata la statua di Re Alfredo e sostituto il suo avambraccio destro mancante. Descrizione La King Alfred's Tower si trova su Kingsettle Hill, nella magione di Stourhead (Inghilterra), ha una pianta a triangolo equilatero racchiudibile in una circonferenza di 51 metri e sfiora i 50 metri di altezza. Ciascuno dei suoi tre angoli presenta una sporgenza rotonda. La piattaforma panoramica, che presenta un parapetto merlato e offre una vista sulla campagna circostante, è raggiungibile grazie a una scala a chiocciola di 205 gradini posta nell'angolo più lontano dall'ingresso. Il centro della torre è cavo e sormontato da una griglia che serve a impedire agli uccelli di entrare. La torre è composta da mattoni di pietra Chilmark. La facciata "frontale" della torre ha una porta d'ingresso sovrastata da un arco a sesto acuto, una statua di re Alfredo e un pannello di pietra con un'iscrizione commemorativa che recita: La torre segna l'inizio del Leland Trail, un sentiero lungo 45 chilometri che giunge fino a Ham Hill Country Park. Galleria d'immagini Note Voci correlate Alfredo il Grande Stourhead Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su King Alfred's Tower Collegamenti esterni Sito ufficiale, su nationaltrust.org.uk. (EN) ALFRED'S TOWER, su historicengland.org.uk. URL consultato il 12 novembre 2019.
King Alfred's Tower

King Alfred's Tower (Nederlands: Toren van koning Alfred), ook bekend als The Folly of King Alfred the Great (Nederlands: De folly van koning Alfred de Grote), is een toren in Brewham, in het graafschap Somerset, in het zuidwesten van Engeland. De toren staat op de heuvel Kingsettle Hill en is eigendom van de National Trust. Het bouwwerk is geregistreerd als een graad I listed building. Henry Hoare II plande de bouw van de toren in de jaren 1760 ter herinnering aan het eind van de Zevenjarige Oorlog met Frankrijk en het bestijgen van de troon door koning George III van het Verenigd Koninkrijk. In de directe nabijheid ligt 'Egbert's stone', waar koning Alfred de Grote van Wessex de Saksen verzamelde in mei 878 in aanloop naar de slag bij Ethandun. De toren werd tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, in 1944, beschadigd door een vliegtuig en werd in de jaren 1980 gerestaureerd. De driehoekige, 49 meter hoge toren wordt beklommen via een trappenhuis in een van de hoektorens. Bovenin is een balustrade en tussen de torens is een rasterwerk om vogels buiten te houden. Boven de ingang staat een standbeeld van koning Alfred de Grote en een inscriptie. Geschiedenis Het plan om de toren te bouwen werd in 1762 bedacht door de bankier Henry Hoare II (1705-1785). Het was bedoeld als eerbetoon en monument ter herinnering aan het eind van de Zevenjarige Oorlog met Frankrijk en het bestijgen van de troon door koning George III van het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Alfred's Tower is een eerbetoon aan het karakteristieke Engelse landschap, waarvan hij veel van de mooiste plekken overschouwt, en aan een man die het zeker verdient te worden herinnerd als een van de grootste weldoeners van Engelands landelijke omgeving. - Christopher Hussey, Country Life, 11 juni 1938. De toren werd in 1765 ontworpen door Henry Flitcroft. De bouw begon in 1769 of begin 1770 en het was compleet in 1772. De bouwkosten worden geschat tussen de £5.000 en £6.000. De toren diende als blikvanger voor mensen die in het park op het landgoed Stourhead reden. In april 1770, toen de toren pas 4,7 meter hoog was, zei Hoare: "Ik hoop dat het af zal zijn in dezelfde vrolijke tijden voor dit eiland als Alfred zijn glorieuze leven in beëindigde dan zal ik heengaan in vrede." Inscriptie Op het landgoed Stourhead zijn verschillende inscripties. De inscriptie op de toren is in 1762 opgesteld en in 1772 geplaatst. De stenen inscriptie boven de ingang aan de oostzijde van de toren zegt het volgende: Galerij Referenties Externe link Website van de toren
Башня короля Альфреда

Башня короля Альфреда (англ. King Alfred's Tower) — архитектурная достопримечательность графства Сомерсет. Располагается в Англии недалеко от города Брюхэм. Построена башня как памятник в честь окончания Семилетней войны. Является архитектурным капризом. История Строительство башни было задумано банкиром Генри Хором II в 1762 году. Конструкция ознаменовала успешный для Британии исход Семилетней войны. Проект башни был выполнен в 1765 году архитектором Генри Флиткрофтом. За основу была взята венецианская башня Святого Марка, однако конструкция получилась несколько иной. Само сооружение было решено назвать в честь знаменитого английского короля Альфреда. Строительство началось 1769 году и было завершено в 1772 году. Башня была повреждена в 1944 году (самолёт врезался в верхнюю часть, погибли пять членов экипажа). Восстановили разрушенную часть башни в 1986 году. В 1961 году она внесена в список памятников архитектуры I степени. Описание Высота сооружения составляет 49 метров. Она имеет треугольное основание, в каждом углу имеются характерные круглые выступы. При входе в башню расположена массивная деревянная дверь, за ней располагается винтовая лестница, состоящая из 205 ступенек. Она ведет к вершине конструкции, где расположена смотровая площадка. Главным украшением башни является статуя короля Альфреда. Примечания Ссылки На Викискладе есть медиафайлы по теме Башня короля Альфреда Башня короля Альфреда
Вежа короля Альфреда

Вежа короля Альфреда (англ. King Alfred's Tower) — популярна архітектурна пам'ятка графства Сомерсет. Розташовується в Англії неподалік міста Брюхем. Побудовано вежу як пам'ятник на честь закінчення Семирічної війни. Є архітектурним капризом. Історія Будівництво вежі було задумане банкіром Генрі Хором II у 1762 році. Конструкція ознаменувала успішний для Британії результат Семирічної війни. Проект вежі був виконаний в 1765 архітектором Генрі Фліткрофтом. За основу була взята венеціанська вежа Святого Марка, проте конструкція вийшла дещо іншою. Саму споруду було вирішено назвати на честь знаменитого англійського короля Альфреда. Будівництво почалося 1769 року і було завершено 1772 року. Башта була пошкоджена у 1944 році (літак врізався у верхню частину, загинули п'ять членів екіпажу). Відновили зруйновану частину вежі в 1986. В 1961 вона внесена до списку пам'яток архітектури I ступеня. Опис Висота споруди складає 49 метрів. Вона має трикутну основу, у кожному кутку є характерні круглі виступи. При вході в вежу розташовані масивні дерев'яні двері, за ними розташовуються гвинтові сходи, що складаються з 205 сходинок. Вона веде до вершини конструкції, де розташований оглядовий майданчик. Головною окрасою вежі є статуя короля Альфреда. Примітки Посилання Вікісховище має мультимедійні дані за темою: Вежа короля Альфреда
List of schools in the London Borough of Bromley

This is a list of schools in the London Borough of Bromley, England. State-funded schools Primary schools Source. (CE indicates Church of England and RC Roman Catholic schools). Secondary schools Source. Grammar schools Newstead Wood School St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School Special and alternative schools Beckmead Park Academy* Bromley Beacon Academy Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Glebe School Marjorie McClure School Riverside School *This school is located in Bromley, but is for pupils from Croydon Further education Bromley College of Further & Higher Education Independent schools Primary and preparatory schools Bickley Park School Breaside Preparatory School St Christopher's The Hall School St David's Prep Senior and all-through schools Babington House School Bishop Challoner School (closed 2025) Bromley High School Darul Uloom London Eltham College Farringtons School Kings London Special and alternative schools Baston House School Browns School Clannad Education Centre Kent House Hospital School TLC The Learning Centre The Tutorial Foundation References