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Paull Holme Tower

Paull Holme Tower is an unusual late-medieval fortified tower in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. History The tower is part of a rectangular, moated enclosure near the village of Paull, dating from the beginning of the 15th century. The tower is three storeys high, each floor having a single chamber, the whole protected by a portcullis entrance. There has been debate as to the purpose of the site – in part the fortification resembles the more northern pele towers, although alternatively the tower may have been built to give luxury accommodation overlooking the Humber estuary which flows nearby, similar to some properties built near King's Lynn. It is a unique building for the period and region. The tower was restored in 1871, from which the current windows, doorways and plasterwork dates, but has been roofless since the early 20th century and as of 2010 is ruined and in what English Heritage considers to be a very bad condition. It is a scheduled monument and a Grade I listed building. In December 2016 a grant of £160,000 was secured from Historic England to enable restoration work to begin with an aim of completing the work by September 2017. A shield of arms is displayed on the outer wall. See also Castles in Great Britain and Ireland List of castles in England References Bibliography Emery, Anthony (1996). Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500: Northern England. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-49723-7. External links Website: https://paullholmetower.org.uk Facebook: https://facebook.com/paullholmetower Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user53765211
Paulton Memorial Hospital

Paulton Memorial Hospital is a community hospital located in the village of Paulton, Somerset, approximately 12 miles (19 km) from Bath, managed by HCRG Care Group. History The original hospital was founded by Dr Alexander Waugh and Mrs John George Mogg, and was opened by Lord Arthur Hervey, Bishop of Bath and Wells, in October 1872. Extensively upgraded facilities were opened in January 1997. In 2003, plans to close the hospital, as well as a petition to keep it open, were debated in Parliament. Services There are 28 beds for inpatients in the hospital ward including six single rooms and the largest bay having six beds. An outpatient service operates five days a week Monday to Friday. Bath and North East Somerset Primary Care Trust provide a specialist local outpatient service. The hospital also has other specialists offering advice, e.g. diabetic nurse specialist, continence advisors, and a one-stop INR clinic weekly and diagnostic ultrasound scans once or twice weekly. The hospital also has a maternity unit, managed by Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust which performs approximately 120 deliveries a year. See also Healthcare in Somerset List of hospitals in England References
Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth

The Pavilion Theatre and Ballroom is a concert hall in Bournemouth. It opened in 1929 and has been redesigned several times since. History The area around Bournemouth Gardens was granted permission by the owners in 1859 to incorporate a public pleasure ground. Discussions for a fixed entertainment venue took place during the 1880s, and as part of the 1892 Bournemouth Improvement Act, the council were granted £20,000 for constructing a pavilion in the gardens, which could accommodate a municipal orchestra. These plans were continually blocked by local residents who felt that licensed premises for drinking were immoral. A fixed plan for a venue in the gardens was approved in 1908, but saw further delays and was consequently postponed until after World War I. By the 1920s, the orchestra felt that the Bournemouth Winter Gardens was no longer a suitable venue and requested a more accommodating hall be built. In 1923, a competition was held to design the concert room, chaired by Edwin Cooper. The winners were by G Wyville Home and Shirley Knight, whose design was consulted with Owen Williams. Construction began in September 1925 with the laying of the foundation stone. On 19 March 1929, the building was opened by the Duke of Gloucester. It had cost £250,000. In the early 1930s, the Pavilion was rebuilt to accommodate theatrical productions as well as orchestras. It re-opened with a production of The White Horse Inn on 7 July 1934. Several alterations were undertaken in the 1950s, including the addition of two storeys to either side of the main entrance. In 1975, the Oasis Bar was added as a western extension of the hall. This proved to be unpopular, and was demolished in 2007 when the theatre underwent a £12 million restoration programme. The building was Grade II listed on 19 January 1998. It is currently owned by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council and managed by BH Live. The Pavilion operates alongside its sister venue, the Bournemouth International Centre. In 2019, Lenny Henry complained that a historical photograph in the pavilion's dressing room, showing actors in blackface, was outdated, racist and offensive. A spokesman for the pavilion apologised. References Citations Sources External links Media related to Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth at Wikimedia Commons Bournemouth International Conference Bureau
Studio Theatre (Brighton)

The Brighton Dome Studio Theatre (formerly the Pavilion Theatre) is a theatre in Brighton, England. It is part of the wider Brighton Dome complex of buildings. It was built in 1935, originally as a supper room, but later converted into a theatre. Its audience capacity is 232 seated or 350 standing. See also Grade II listed buildings in Brighton and Hove: P–R External links Media related to Pavilion Theatre, Brighton at Wikimedia Commons Official site
Pavilion Theatre, Torquay

The Pavilion Theatre was a theatre in Torquay, Devon, England. It was one of the three main auditoriums in Torbay, and during the 1970s differed from the Princess Theatre, Torquay, and the Festival Theatre, Paignton, in that it had plays rather than variety shows during the lucrative summer seasons. It is a Grade II listed building. History The new municipal borough council decided to make a series of improvements after Torquay was made a municipal borough in 1892. In the late 19th century the Borough Engineer of Torbay, Henry Augustus Garrett, started to lay out the Princess Gardens, the Terrace Walk, Pier Pavilion and Torquay Pavilion on Torquay seafront. The Gardens were named in honour of Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Louise, who laid the foundation stone in 1890. Part of its site was on land reclaimed from the sea, and it was built on a concrete raft on which a steel framework was erected. The Pavilion's architect was Edward Rogers, who drew up the final plans with H. C. Goss. The plans were passed in 1903, but construction did not start until 1911 due to Rogers' death, and the work was taken over by Garrett. The Pavilion was officially opened by the mayor, Charles Towell, on Saturday 17 August 1912. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto Vaughan Road. The central bay featured a segmental headed entrance with an iron canopy; on the first floor there was a Diocletian window flanked by pairs of Doric order pilasters supporting a gable. The outer bays contained curved structures fenestrated by round headed windows and surmounted by copper domes. The building was faced with white tiles made of Doulton's Carrara-enamelled stoneware. Its central copper-covered dome was topped with a life-size figure of Britannia and two smaller domes on each side bear figures of Mercury. Finely sculpted Art Nouveau-style cast iron edged the steps to the promenade deck and the octagonal bandstands or summer houses. Apart from the foyer and auditorium, it had lounges and a cafe, all of which were panelled with oak. A municipal orchestra was founded and many famous conductors and singers performed here. The council proposed demolishing the building in 1973, but it was listed in the same year. It closed in 1976, when it was leased to Rank Organisation and the interior was destroyed in adaptations for various types of amusements, first as a skating rink and then, in the 1980s, as a shopping arcade. As of July 2020, it was closed awaiting restoration; the steel girders which form its framework were heavily corroded. Torbay Council had leased the building to Marina Developments Ltd but that lease was ended in November 2024. In May 2025, the Victorian Society included the building in its list of the 10 most endangered buildings in the country. Shows Shows included: References External links Media related to Torquay Pavilion at Wikimedia Commons
Paxton Pits Nature Reserve

Paxton Pits is an area of active and disused gravel pits at Little Paxton in Cambridgeshire, England. The pits are in the valley of the River Great Ouse. The disused pits have been turned into a nature reserve with 77 hectares (190 acres) of lakes, meadow, grassland, scrub and woodland. The reserve is famous for its nightingales and cormorants and is home to a wide variety of other birds, insects, mammals and flora. There are two marked self-guided walking routes around the reserve, together with the River Trail that follows the route of the Ouse Valley Way. The circular 2-mile (3.2 km) Heron Trail (the first mile of which is a hard-surfaced track suitable for wheelchairs, pushchairs and all-season walking) goes past lakes, through woodland and along the river bank, and which has three bird hides to view the water birds. The circular 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Meadow Trail goes through meadows and around lakes and is especially good for wildflowers in spring and summer and dragonflies on sunny days, although some of the paths become quite muddy in winter and during wet weather. The reserve has free parking at the visitor and education centre, with a café and toilets. References External links Paxton Pits
Peace Gardens

The Peace Gardens are an inner city square in Sheffield, England. The Gardens themselves front onto Sheffield's gothic town hall, not to be confused with Sheffield City Hall (a concert venue), or the Sheffield Old Town Hall. History The Gardens were first laid out in 1938, following the demolition of St Paul's Church. Originally named St Paul's Gardens, they were immediately nicknamed the "Peace Gardens", marking the contemporary signing of the Munich Agreement. The Gardens were originally intended to be replaced by an extension to the Town Hall, but due to the Second World War, this was never built. In 1985, the space was formally renamed the "Peace Gardens". The Sheffield gardens are a fine example of the network of similar gardens created between the two world wars and presage later gardens and community spaces in London and other urban centres. In 1997 work commenced to remove the former St Pauls graveyard, and the whole space was re-modelled. Water features and a central fountain were introduced, with the channels representing the rivers of Sheffield. The construction work was carried out by Tilbury Douglas Construction under a management form of contract, with the design work carried out mainly by Sheffield City Council. The "topping out ceremony" was carried out by Prince Charles, and a plaque on Pinstone Street was unveiled to mark this event. The Peace Gardens were substantially completed by the end of 1998, then the Sheffield Millennium Galleries works commenced and the old egg-box council offices were then demolished. This allowed the remainder of the Peace Gardens to be completed in a second phase, which is also known as Millennium Square. Features It has fountains at the centre, and cascades around the outside. These are to represent the flowing molten steel, which made Sheffield famous, and also the water of Sheffield's rivers, the Sheaf, River Don, River Rivelin, River Loxley and Porter Brook, which were used to power the mills which drove Sheffield's industry. The site contains several memorials for citizens of Sheffield who served in wars, including in the Spanish Civil War and another plaque commemorating Sheffielders who gave their lives in all conflicts, including the Korean War. It also contains a memorial to Hiroshima, unveiled on Hiroshima Day, 8 August 1985, in the presence of three survivors of the atomic devastation. Other memorials include the Holberry Cascades, named for local Chartist leader Samuel Holberry, the Bochum Bell, donated by Sheffield's German twin city Bochum, and a set of standard measures. The measures had previously been located by a wall alongside St Paul's Parade, just outside the Peace Gardens. Gallery See also Sheffield Town Hall References
Peacehaven Community School

Peacehaven Community School is a mixed secondary school for 11 to 16-year-olds in Peacehaven, East Sussex in the United Kingdom. The school was opened in 2001 following a 40-year campaign by the local community for a secondary school in Peacehaven. It is an academy administered and governed by the Swale Academies Trust, a status it gained in September 2019. The current head of school was Darren Warner-Swan with Liza Leung as executive headteacher on behalf of the trust. Previously, it was a foundation school administered by East Sussex County Council and the Peacehaven Co-operative Learning Trust, with governance of the school being undertaken by an interim executive board between 2013 until 2018. Ofsted inspections The school was inspected by Ofsted in 2013 and again in 2016. For both inspections, the school was awarded a grade 3 or 'requires improvement' mark overall, despite previously being a 'good' school. This was reflected in the then-latest exam results, released in August 2016, which showed only 38% of students achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) inc. English and maths compared to the 53% national average. This was 4 points down on the previous year from 42%, despite local authority intervention in the governance of the school and consultation and guidance of the Swale Academies Trust. It was once again inspected in October 2018, and was awarded a grade 2 or 'good' mark overall. Following the academisation of the school, it has not yet had another inspection. Academy conversion controversy Prior to being converted to academy status, parents and teachers went on strike in opposition over the plans, citing concerns such as a gender pay gap at the Swale Academies Trust and the way in which the conversion was imposed upon the school by an interim education board, garnering national press attention. East Sussex County Council and the interim education board defended their decision, arguing "It remains our view and view of the Interim Executive Board (IEB) that this is the right course of action to secure strong leadership and continued improvements at the school." Local MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle also campaigned heavily against academisation. Nevertheless, the academisation process was completed in September 2019. References External links School website. Ofsted report Government Figures 2008 Ofsted
Peak House, Sidmouth

Peak House in Sidmouth, Devon, is a building designed by Evelyn Hellicar. It was finished in 1904 and is entirely made of beer stone. It is a Grade II Listed building. History In 1793, London financier Emmanuel Baruh Lousada of the Lozada family purchased 125 acres at Peak Hill and established Peak House estate. The house, built about 1796, commanded a fine view of the sea. Many of his wealthy relatives and friends came to visit and later made their own houses in the area. Sidmouth became an important site for the Anglo-Jewish community. Emmanuel Lousada died in 1832 and the estate passed to his nephew, also named Emmanuel. The property remained in the family until 1877 when it was sold to a John Hough of Middlesex. The original Peak House burned down in 1903. The current building was designed by Evelyn Hellicar for Thomas Charles Dewey, President of the Prudential Assurance Company, and constructed just north of the ruins of the old house. The new house was completed in 1904 and retained many of its Georgian features and furnishings. During World War I, Dewey loaned Peak House to the Red Cross for use as a 100 bed convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers. It is now divided into four flats. References
Pease Pottage services

Pease Pottage services is a motorway service station at Junction 11 of the M23 motorway near Crawley. It is owned by Moto. Facilities Facilities on the site include M&S Foodhall and WHSmith. Burger King, Costa Coffee (with Costa Express), Greggs, Krispy Kreme & The West Cornwall Pasty Company all have outlets. Also free WiFi is offered on the site for all, there are a few gambling machines in a separate area and toilets. Artwork The service station is one of fourteen with a large mural by David Fisher in the 1990s, designed to reflect the local area and history. References External links Official website
Pebble Brook School

Pebble Brook School is a co-educational special school in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 19. The school has approximately 152 pupils. The school caters for secondary school and Sixth Form aged children with moderate learning difficulties. References External links Pebble Brook School Website GOV.UK Pebble Brook School Latest Ofsted Report Department for Education Performance Tables
Peckham Rye

Peckham Rye is an open space and road in the London Borough of Southwark, London, England. The roughly triangular open space lies to the south of Peckham and consists of two contiguous areas, Peckham Rye Common to the north and Peckham Rye Park to the south. The road forms the western and eastern perimeter of the open space. Peckham Rye is also a ward of the London Borough of Southwark, and forms part of the Lewisham West and East Dulwich constituency, with its northern part in Peckham. Location Peckham Rye railway station on Rye Lane is a short distance north of the open space in Peckham. To the east is Nunhead, to the south is Honor Oak and to the west is East Dulwich. Barry Road connects the Rye with Dulwich Library while Friern Road is named after an old friary. History It was on the Rye in the 1760s that the artist William Blake claimed to have seen visions. According to Blake's biographer Alexander Gilchrist, his first vision was one of "a tree filled with angels, bright angelic wings bespangling every bough like stars." The Park includes the 49 acres of land south of the Common that surrounded Homestall Farm, which was purchased by the Vestry and London County Council in 1868, for £51,000. A few other small parcels of land were later incorporated into the Park when the leases of Homestall Farm and other properties expired. The land for Peckham Rye Park was purchased by the London County Council for £51,000 (equivalent to £5,700,000 in 2025) and declared open on 14 May 1894. At that time the park was 54 acres (220,000 m2). Homestall Farm was 13 acres. One of the first features of the new park, an ornamental 'Old English Garden' was created. It was later renamed the 'Sexby Garden' after Lt-Col J. J. Sexby the London County Council's first Chief Officer of Parks. It was re-developed in 1936 and the paths re-laid with yorkstone paving. During World War II, part of the Common became a camp for Italian prisoners of war. The River Peck was largely enclosed in 1823. Today, parts of this stream can still be seen on the west side of Peckham Rye Park. The Park includes a Japanese garden and hosts a weekly Parkrun event. Local landmarks Cultural references Peckham Rye is also Cockney rhyming slang for tie (necktie). Muriel Spark's 1960 novel The Ballad of Peckham Rye tells the story of a Scotsman moving to the area. 2019 movie Blue Story makes many references to Peckham, and in particular Peckham Rye when talking about the location of rival gangs and gang warfare in the area. 2020 song Comet Face from King Krule references Peckham Rye. References External links Know Your Ryes, local landmarks with "Rye" and "Peckham Rye" in their names
Peckham Rye

Peckham Rye to park położony w dzielnicy Peckham w południowym Londynie, w obrębie gminy Southwark. Jego powierzchnia, przypominająca kształtem trójkąt, zajmuje łącznie ponad 42 hektarów. Na terenie parku znajduje się rzeka Peck. Nazwę Peckham Rye noszą również ulice ciągnące się po wschodniej i zachodniej granicy parku. Park wspominany był już w dokumentach z XIV wieku. W 1868 roku ówczesny właściciel ziemi prawnie zabezpieczył teren przed ewentualną zabudową. W kolejnych latach park cieszył się rosnącą popularnością. W weekendy i święta stawał się tak zatłoczony, że z uwagi na komfort i bezpieczeństwo odwiedzających postanowiono go powiększyć. Za sumę 51 tys. funtów wykupiono sąsiadującą farmę Homestall i całość oficjalnie otworzono jako Peckham Rye w 1894 roku. Podczas II wojny światowej teren parku posłużył jako obóz, w którym trzymano włoskich więźniów wojennych. W latach 60. XVIII wieku poeta William Blake na terenie Peckham Rye miał doznawać serii wizji i objawień. W okolicach parku toczy się akcja powieści Ballada o Peckham Rye szkockiej powieściopisarki Muriel Spark z 1960 roku. Przypisy
Peckham Rye Park

Peckham Rye Park är en park i Storbritannien. Den ligger i riksdelen England, i den södra delen av landet, i huvudstaden London. Peckham Rye Park ligger 25 meter över havet. Terrängen runt Peckham Rye Park är platt, och sluttar norrut. Närmaste större samhälle är City of London, 6,3 km norr om Peckham Rye Park. Runt Peckham Rye Park är det i huvudsak tätbebyggt. Kommentarer Källor
Peckover House and Garden

Peckover House & Garden is a National Trust property located in North Brink, Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. History The house was built in 1722 and later bought by Alfred Southwell. It was bought by Jonathan Peckover at the end of the 18th century. Alexander Peckover was created Baron Peckover in 1907. During the period in which the building was in the ownership of the Peckovers, the building was known as Bank House. During the Second World War local tradition has it that Alexandrina Peckover, the largest contributor to the Wisbech Spitfire Fund, did so in lieu of giving up the railings in front of the house for the war effort. The Peckovers, a Quaker banking family and owners of the Peckover Bank, presented the building to the National Trust in 1948. The house was given a grade II listed building status in 1985. The garden was filmed by the BBC in 1997. Architecture and grounds The exterior of the house gives little idea of the elaborate and elegant interior of fine panelled rooms, Georgian fireplaces with carved over-mantels, and ornate plaster decorations. At the back of the house is a beautiful 0.8 ha (2 acre) Victorian walled garden with interesting and rare trees, delightful summer houses and fruiting orange trees, thought to be 300 years old, roses, herbaceous borders, fernery, croquet lawn and 17th-century reed thatched barn. In the grounds is a pet cemetery still in use and nearby the Grade II listed 'White Cross of the Low'. The remains were dredged from the river Nene and once stood at The Low until the Reformation. Across the river is another former Bank House (now Octavia Hill Birthplace House), this once belonged to James Hill, a merchant and banker, father of Octavia Hill a founder of the National Trust. It is also open to the public. A mantrap once belonging to the Peckovers is now on display in Wisbech & Fenland Museum. Reed Barn The Barn was used as an amateur theatre during WWII and is thought to have been used as a theatre prior to the opening of the Georgian Theatre in Deadman's Lane. This Barn was fitted out as a restaurant and gift shop. Following the COVID-19 Lockdown the barn was controversially closed in order to create a meeting place for people living with dementia and those who care for them. Popular culture Peckover House was the inspiration for John Gordon's 1970 novel, The House on the Brink. The film was the subject of an episode of a BBC documentary on National Trust gardens, in 1992, produced by Peter Seabrook. The house has been used for a number of films, including Dean Spanley (2008). References External links Peckover House & Garden information at the National Trust