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Holy Trinity Church, Barnstaple

Holy Trinity is an Anglican parish church for Barnstaple in Devon. Dating from 1867 with an earlier tower from 1843 to 1845, the church comes under the Diocese of Exeter and has been a Grade II* listed building since 1981. History and design Holy Trinity is a typical Victorian era church built in 1867 by William White on the site of an earlier church designed in the 1840s by David Mackintosh of Exeter but which necessarily had to be rebuilt as its foundations were unsound. The four-stage tower with set-back buttresses is built in the Somerset style and pre-dates the main body of the present church having been constructed between 1843 and 1845 as part of the earlier church; at 38 metres high the tower is the main reason for the Grade II* listing and is a landmark around Barnstaple and surrounding areas. The tower has an embattled and pierced parapet with corner pinnacles with crockets and lower, central pinnacles to each face and is constructed of rubble with tooled ashlar dressings. The rest of the church is built with snecked stone with ashlar and Bath stone dressings with good carved friezes on the exterior of the nave and tower while the roof is slate. The iron railings and gates at the west end of the tower with an unpierced cast-iron frieze of foliage design also form part of the listing status. The church is built in a free Gothic style influenced by medieval Perpendicular with French Gothic influences to the East end while the interior is a four-bay nave and aisles with a chancel with pairs of projecting bays on its North and South sides. On the south wall to the right of the west door is a memorial to the dead of the parish killed during World War I. The churchyard holds 5 burials from World War I and 4 from World War II which are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). Reordering The church was reordered in 2009 together with repairs to the tower at a cost of £400,000 and an indoor climbing wall installed in the base of the tower in 2010 at a cost of £12,000. The church reordering was in the nave and included a new carpeted floor with underfloor heating, an altered vestibule with disabled toilet, the removal of the pews and the installation of a small kitchen. In 2018 the congregation averaged 150 people with some young families. References External links Holy Trinity, Barnstaple website Holy Trinity, Barnstaple on Find a Church Holy Trinity, Barnstaple - Gravestone Photographic Resource Holy Trinity, Barnstaple - Find a Grave
Bridport Town Hall

Bridport Town Hall is an 18th-century town hall on South Street in Bridport, Dorset, England. It is a Grade I listed building. History The site selected for the town hall had previously been occupied by the Chapel of St Andrew, which was built for Carmelite Friars some time before 1268. The town hall was designed by architect William Tyler RA, a founding member of the Royal Academy and built by James Mason at a cost of £3,000 between 1785 and 1786. The clock tower with cupola and weather vane was paid for by Sir Evan Nepean and was added to the building around 1805; that year a chiming clock with four seven-foot dials was installed by Handley & Moore of Clerkenwell. The two-storey, brick building was built in a T-shape, with the stem of the T pointing south. The ground floor was originally an arcaded open market, while the first floor housed the council chamber. The main front, facing north onto East Street, was given five bays of arcading. Its central three bays are of projecting rusticated ashlar, surmounted by the sculpted Bridport coat of arms, a Venetian window and a pediment. On the inside the upper floor was supported by ten octagon-shaped ship's masts. The clock tower was renewed in 1825. A new clock mechanism was installed in 1919 by John Smith of Derby, and the bells were recast in 1928. In 1925, the interior of town hall was redecorated to a design by Francis Newbery, who had been brought up in Bridport, had worked as a school teacher in the town and had subsequently become the Director of the Glasgow School of Art. The decoration included a mural of panels depicting (from left to right) weaving, spinning, a female figure representing the town, yarn processing and net braiding. Newbery also presented several important paintings to the local council including one depicting Joan of Navarre, Second Wife of King Henry IV, entering Bridport in January 1403 and another depicting King Charles II's escape from Bridport after the Battle of Worcester in September 1651. The town hall became the headquarters of Bridport Municipal Borough Council but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged West Dorset Council was formed in 1974. In 2011 work started on the refurbishment of the building to a design by Jonathan Rhind Architects with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund; improvements included a new lift, new heating and restoration work on the original structural system supporting the upper floor. The work was carried out by Farnrise Construction at a cost of £1.4 million and the building officially re-opened in January 2012. External works, including re-painting of windows and re-pointing of brickwork, were carried out in May 2020. References External links Official website
St Mary's Church, Bridport

St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Bridport, Dorset, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Part of the Bridport Team Ministry, it is the civic church of the town and principal church of the Parish of Bridport. There is a strong connection with the Bridport United Church (Methodist/United Reformed Church) and the two hold joint services, study groups and children's holiday clubs. The parish is linked with Roumois in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Évreux, Normandy, France. The church has a maximum capacity of 400 and hosts many events. It has a peal of eight bells. History The earliest remains of the church, dating from the early 13th century, are to be found in the north and south transepts. Much of the rest of the building, including the central tower, dates from the late 14th century and the 15th century. The church was substantially restored and altered in the 19th century. There is a 17th-century monumental brass in St. Catherine's Chapel that commemorates Edward Coker who was killed in 1685 during the Monmouth Rebellion, reportedly of a gunshot wound on East Street. References External links Official website
Phare d'Harwich (High)

Le phare d'Harwich (High) est un phare désaffecté situé dans la ville d'Harwich, dans le comté d'Essex en Angleterre. Appartenant à la ville, il a été transformé en musée. Ce phare fut géré par le Trinity House Lighthouse Service à Londres, l'organisation de l'aide maritime des côtes de l'Angleterre, de 1836 à 1863. Histoire Au moins trois paires de phares ont été construits au cours des derniers siècles avec des feux directionnels pour aider à la navigation des navires entrant dans le port d'Harwich. La première paire était constituée de structures en bois: le High Light (lumière haute) se dressait au sommet de la Old Town Gate, tandis que le Low Light (lumière basse) se trouvait sur la plage. Les deux fonctionnaient au charbon. En 1818, ils ont été remplacés par des structures en pierre, conçues par John Rennie Senior, qu'on peut encore voir aujourd'hui. Désaffectées en 1863, ils ne fonctionnent plus comme phare : le phare d'Harwich (Low) abrite le musée maritime de la ville, l'autre (Harwih High) a été récemment converti en musée depuis 2015. Ils étaient la propriété du général Rebow de Wivenhoe Park, qui touchait une taxe calculée sur les cargaisons entrant dans le port pour l'entretien des phares. En 1836, ils ont été rachetés par Trinity House, mais en 1863 ils furent déclarés redondants en raison d'un changement de position du chenal utilisé par les navires entrant et sortant du port, causé par les sables mouvants. Ils furent à leur tour remplacés par une paire de phare en fonte à Dovercourt, à proximité. Ceux-ci sont encore en place, mais ils ont été désaffectés, encore une fois en raison du déplacement du chenal, en 1917. Phare d'Harwich High C'est une tour en brique, à neuf côtés, de 21 m de haut. La lumière était émise des fenêtres supérieures. elle remplaça celle qui était érigée sur le haut d'une porte de la ville. Elle a été construite en 1818 et son feu a été désactivé dès 1863 par Trinity House. Il fonctionnait en feu directionnel avec le phare d'Harwich (Low) à proximité. Le phare a été transféré au Conseil municipal de la ville d'Harwich en 1909. Partiellement reconstitué par la ville en 1974, la tour est restée vide jusqu'en 1991, puis a été loué pour en faire le Wireless Museum. Le musée a fermé durant l'année 2010. En 2014 le phare a été loué à la Harwich Society avec une ouverture en 2015. Identifiant : ARLHS : ENG-093 . Notes et références Voir aussi Lien connexe Liste des phares en Angleterre Liens externes (en) Lighthouses of Southeastern England Essex et Kent) (en) Harwish Hight Lighthouse - Lighthouse Explorer Portail des phares Portail de la mer du Nord Portail de l’Angleterre Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
Moot Hall, Elstow

The Moot Hall, also known as the Green House, is a medieval structure on The Green in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England. The structure, which currently operates as a museum, is a Grade II* listed building. History The building was originally commissioned as a market hall to serve Elstow Abbey. It was designed in the Tudor style, built in timber frame in-filled with wattle and daub and was completed around 1500. The original design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of four bays facing onto Church End. On the ground floor, the first three bays from the west end featured round headed doorways which provided access to the original shop units. The first floor involved extensive use of jettied timber framing allowing the creation of extra space for the meeting room on that floor. The building was fenestrated by bi-partite casement windows on the ground floor and by single casement windows on the first floor. The roof was formed by rows of clay tiles. In addition to being used as a manorial court, the room on the first floor was used for hearings of the court of piepowders which resolved commercial disputes among merchants. Following the dissolution of the monasteries, the estate was leased to Edward Harvey. His daughter, Isabel Harvey, married the local Member of Parliament, Humphrey Radcliffe, and in July 1553, he was granted ownership of the estate. The building was extended to the east by an extra bay later in the 16th century, and, around the same time, the wattle and daub was replaced by bricks. The estate was then acquired by a local squire, Sir Thomas Hillersden, in 1616. The moot hall was one of the venues at which the writer, John Bunyan, who was born in the village, developed his nonconformist ideas in the mid-17th century. The estate was then acquired by the brewer, Samuel Whitbread, in 1792. The Whitbread family allowed a religious group known as "the Congregation of the Bunyan Meeting" to use the moot hall for their meetings during much of the 19th century. Major Simon Whitbread presented the Moot Hall to Bedfordshire County Council in 1950 and council restored the building as part of their celebrations for the Festival of Britain. It became a museum displaying items related to John Bunyan in 1951 and works of art in the museum include a painting by Andrew Geddes depicting Bunyan in prison. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Bedfordshire Listed buildings in Elstow References
Holy Trinity Church, Swyre

Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England church in Swyre, Dorset, England. The oldest part of the church has been dated to the early 15th century, with a partial rebuild and additions later made in the 19th century. The church is a Grade I listed building. History A church serving Swyre is known to have existed since the 13th century, with the earliest record of a rector there dating to 1297. The oldest parts of the existing church date to c. 1400, which includes the chancel arch and west tower. The clergyman and county historian John Hutchins was rector at Swyre from 1729 to 1733, and he had the chancel repaired at his own expense during that time. In 1843–44, the rebuilding of the nave was carried out at the sole expense of the Duke of Bedford and the chancel at the cost of the rector, Rev. John Wickens. The church reopened on 25 August 1844. A vestry and organ chamber was added to the church in 1885 at the sole expense of the rector, Rev. Orlando Spencer Smith. Architecture Holy Trinity is built of local stone, with slate-covered roofs. It is made up of a nave, chancel, north porch, west tower and vestry/organ chamber. In the north wall of the nave is a reset doorway which partially dates to the late 14th century. The tower has a plain parapet and contains two bells believed to be of 15th century origin. Internal features include the Royal Arms of Charles II above the chancel arch. The arch is flanked by two painted panels of late 18th century origin which list the Ten Commandments. On the north wall of the nave is a brass memorial, with shield-of-arms, to John Russell and his wife Elizabeth (Frocksmer), dated 1505, and another to James Russell and his wife Alys (Wise), dated 1509. The west wall has an undated memorial to George Gollope and seven of his children, two sons-in-law and a grandchild, spanning from 1745 to 1787. On the north wall of the chancel is a monument erected to James Napier and family by Sir Robert Napier, dated 1692. The octagonal font is of 15th century date. The church's organ was installed in 1890. It was built by Alfred Kirkland of London and restored in 1976 by George Osmond & Co of Taunton. References
St George's Church, Fordington

St George's Church is a Church of England church in Dorchester, Dorset, England and the parish church of the suburb of Fordington. St George's has been Grade I Listed since 1950. The earliest parts of the church have late 11th century origins, although much of the building dates from the 12th-15th centuries, with later alterations in the 18th-20th centuries. The vicar Rev Henry Moule was the architect of extension work carried out in 1833 while some rebuilding and extension occurred in 1907 to the designs of Jem Feacy. Internal features of note include a 14th-century altar from Salisbury Cathedral and a pulpit dated 1592. The site of the church was once occupied by a Roman cemetery. A tombstone from this period was discovered under the church's porch and is now displayed in the nave. References External links Media related to St George's church, Fordington at Wikimedia Commons Dorchester & The Winterbournes Team Ministry website
St Peter's Church, Walton, Leeds

The Church of St. Peter in Walton, near Wetherby in West Yorkshire, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of York and the Diocese of York. History The church originates from the 12th century, although most of the current structure dates from the 14th century, with an extensive restoration undertaken between 1890 and 1891 to the plans of architect W. M. Fawcett. On 30 March 1966, it was registered as a Grade II* listed building. Architectural style The church is constructed of squared magnesian limestone with a graduated green slate roof. The church features a west tower with a clock on its south face, a three-bay nave with a south porch, and a narrower two-bay chancel accompanied by a vestry on the north side. The tower lacks buttresses and includes a small lancet window on its west side. See also List of places of worship in the City of Leeds Grade II* listed buildings in West Yorkshire Listed buildings in Walton, Leeds References External links St. Peter, Walton
Corn Exchange, Rochester

The Corn Exchange is a commercial complex in the High Street, Rochester, Kent, England. The complex, which was commissioned as a corn exchange and is now used as an events venue, is a Grade I listed building. History The corn exchange was commissioned by Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, who was the Member of Parliament for the City of Rochester in the early 18th century. It was designed in the neoclassical style, built in red brick with rusticated quoins and was completed in 1706. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto the High Street. The central bay featured a doorway with a fanlight, flanked by Doric order pilasters supporting a moulded arch with carvings in the spandrels, a frieze and a swan-necked pediment. The outer bays were fenestrated by narrow round headed windows while the first floor was fenestrated by four tall square headed windows. At roof level, there was a modillioned pediment, containing an oculus in the tympanum, a cupola containing a bell, and a weather vane. The original square-shaped projecting clock, also gifted by Shovell, was replaced by the current circular clock in 1771. The author, Charles Dickens, was very impressed by the clock and described it as the "finest clock in the world". The original structure was never much more than a façade and it was massively extended, in the 1860s, by the construction of a new rectangular building on a site to the immediate north of the existing structure and at a right angle to it, facing onto Northgate: the new structure was designed by Flockton and Abbott, built in buff brick and completed in 1870. It was fenestrated by three tall square headed windows with architraves and keystones on the first floor and by three Diocletian windows with architraves and keystones on the second floor. Internally, the principal room was the main hall on the first floor: it featured Corinthian order columns, ornate plasterwork and elaborate chandeliers. The ground floor was fitted out as a public library and opened in that use in June 1888. The use of the complex as a corn exchange declined significantly in the wake of the Great Depression of British Agriculture in the late 19th century. Instead, the it became an events and concert venue and, in October 1964, performers included the band, The Who. After the public library moved from the ground floor of the complex to new premises alongside the Adult Education Centre in Eastgate in 2006, the Medway Register Office relocated from Maistone Road in Chatham to the ground floor of the corn exchange. The projecting clock was restored at a cost of £40,000 in spring 2017. See also Corn exchanges in England Grade I listed buildings in Medway References
Barrington Hall, Essex

Barrington Hall is a Grade II* listed 18th-century English country house in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England. Barrington Hall is built in red brick, in both two and three storeys, with a balustraded parapet and a number of ornamentally shaped Dutch gables. The south front of the house has a central block centrepiece with carved figures. It was Grade II* listed in 1975, its listing stating: "c.1734 and mid C19. Of red brick with stone dressings and rusticated stone quoins." History The original manor of Hatfield Broad Oak was bought by Sir Francis Barrington in 1612. The Barringtons were the hereditary woodwards (foresters) of Hatfield Forest. Prior to 1600 the family seat was an earlier Barrington Hall, which once stood on a moated site north of the village of Hatfield Broad Oak. In 1735, John Shales Barrington succeeded his cousin the 5th Baronet Barrington to the estate. He began to build a new Georgian manor but the plan was not concluded until after his death and the house was not occupied on a permanent basis until 1863. After his death, the house was owned by Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington. The Barrington family sold their interest in Hatfield Forest in 1832 to John Archer Houblon after the death of Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington. In 1863, the Hall was still not occupied; it was inherited by George Alan Lowndes, a distant relative of the Barringtons. Lowndes adopted the surname after inheriting the estate; previously, his patronymic was Clayton. He arranged to have it remodeled in a neo-Jacobean style to the design of Edward Browning and lived at Barrington until his death in 1904. The property was then sold in 1908 to Alfred Gosling, whose family held it until selling it to the British Livestock Company in 1977 for use as offices. Following this, in 1980 the hall was sold to Contemporary Perfumers Ltd. In 2012 the property was offered for sale for £5,000,000, and in 2014 it was purchased by the developer Silvertown Properties. After an extensive restoration it was listed for sale in 2019 with a guide price of £15,000,000 including 41.25 acres of grounds. References
Tregaminion Church

Tregaminion Church is a Church of England church in Tregaminion, Cornwall, England, UK. The church dates to the early 19th century and is a Grade II* listed building. History The church at Tregaminion was established as a chapel of ease to St Andrew's in Tywardreath. It was built at the sole expense of William Rashleigh of Menabilly, who also endowed the church with £50 a year for its upkeep. The foundation stone was laid by Rashleigh's wife Rachel in April 1813. Construction work was completed in 1815, and the chapel opened for divine service on 1 October 1815. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Exeter, the Right Rev. George Pelham, on 4 August 1816. In 1890, a tablet was installed inside the church by Jonathan Rashleigh, son of William Rashleigh, in memory of his parents. It was made from polished white alabaster by Harry Hems of Exeter and includes the Rashleigh coat of arms. In 1963, the church was repaired and redecorated by voluntary labour under the supervision of Mr. R. Meade-King. Design Tregaminion Church is built of local stone rubble, with a stone tile roof. It is made up of a three-bay nave, chancel and south porch. There is a bell-cot containing a single bell. The interior has a west gallery and a carved pulpit believed to be of medieval origin. References
J. Ashford & Son building

The former Ashford & Sons factory in Birmingham, England is a Grade II* listed building in Arts & Crafts style. The factory, at 16-18 Great Hampton Street in the city's Jewellery Quarter, in the Hockley district, was designed by local architect Arthur McKewan and completed in 1912. It was given Grade II* listed status in 1982, protecting it from unauthorised development or deletion. The list entry describes it as: A particularly sensitive formal elevation to a jewellery works, containing Birmingham Arts and Crafts with Edwardian Baroque details all executed to a very high standard. In June 2016, plans to convert the then-empty building into 64 one-bedroom, 77 two-bedroom and six three-bedroom residential apartments were announced. As of 2022, the converted apartments have been operated as a build-to-let development by Grainger plc. Ashford & Sons John Ashford was a gilt toy maker ("toy" meaning small items like buckles and buttons, not children's playthings) in Birmingham from 1842. In 1905 he sold the business to Joseph Aitken. The firm, which made enamelled objects and men's jewellery, closed in 1980, but its name is still shown, carved in Portland stone on the building's frontage. References External links Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1075540)". National Heritage List for England.
St Nicholas' Church, Abbotsbury

St Nicholas' Church is a Church of England church in Abbotsbury, Dorset, England. The earliest parts of the church date to the 14th century origin, with later alterations and extensions over the following centuries, including the construction of the west tower and north chapel in the 15th century. The church underwent restoration in 1807–08, 1885 and 1930. The church's porch contains the effigy of an abbot of Abbotsbury Abbey. It was discovered on the site of the Abbey's church, St Peter's, in 1778, and has been given an approximate date of 1200. The Jacobean pulpit contains two bullet holes stemming from a fight in 1644, during the English Civil War, when Parliamentarians besieged Royalists at the church. St Nicholas' has been Grade I listed since 1956. In 2015, the World War I memorial in the churchyard, dating to around 1920, became Grade II listed. References External links Media related to St Nicholas' church, Abbotsbury at Wikimedia Commons Chesil Churches website