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Bridgewater House, Runcorn

Bridgewater House is in the Old Coach Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. Originally built for the use of the Duke of Bridgewater, it has since been used for various purposes and has now been converted into offices. History Bridgewater House was built in 1771, near the lower end of a line of ten locks leading from the Runcorn basin of the Bridgewater Canal to the River Mersey. It was the occasional residence of the Duke of Bridgewater when he was supervising the building and operation of the Runcorn branch of the canal. The canal was opened to the Mersey in 1773 and completed throughout its length in 1776. After the Duke's death in 1803 the house was used as offices by the Bridgewater Trustees, and from 1872 by the Bridgewater Navigation Company. In 1887 the assets of this company, including the house, were bought by the Manchester Ship Canal Company, who used it mainly for the purpose of entertaining. At the outbreak of the Second World War, part of the house was taken over by the Balloon Section of the Royal Air Force. In 1943 the whole house was requisitioned by the Air Ministry. After the war the house returned to the ownership of the Manchester Ship Canal Company and its future became uncertain. In 1998 a fire damaged the roof and many of the rooms. Architecture The house is built in brown brick with a slate roof and stone dressings in Georgian style. Its consists of 2½ storeys with a basement. The entrance front has five bays and the canal front seven bays. Steps lead up to the entrance which has a stone Doric doorcase and the entrance front is rusticated up to the ground floor level. There are stone bands at the first and second sill levels and at the top is a stone cornice with a brick parapet. The roof is hipped. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe the house as being "imposing". Present use The house has been repaired and restored and is now owned by Bridgewater Property Management. This company uses it partly for its own purposes and leases the rest of the building as offices for other companies. See also Listed buildings in Runcorn (urban area) References Citations Sources External links Media related to Bridgewater House, Runcorn at Wikimedia Commons
Bridgewater House

Bridgewater House ist ein palastartiges Herrenhaus im Londoner Stadtteil St. James’s. Es befindet sich, den Green Park überblickend, auf dem, zwischen der Little Street, der Cleveland Row und der Little St James's Street, Nachbargrundstück des St. James’s Palace. Die erste bekannte Haus auf dem Gelände war das Berkshire House, gebaut um 1626–27 für Thomas Howard, der zweite Sohn des Earl of Suffolk und Master of the Horse Königs Charles I. von England als dieser noch Fürst von Wales war. Nach dem Sieg der parlamentarischen Truppen im Englischen Bürgerkrieg wurde das Haus als portugiesische Botschaft verwendet. Nach der Wiederherstellung der Monarchie lebten in ihm Edward Hyde, 1. Earl of Clarendon. Anschließend wurde das Haus von der Geliebten Karl II. bewohnt. Barbara Villiers wurde im Jahre 1670 zur Herzogin von Cleveland erhoben, wodurch das Haus als Cleveland House bekannt wurde. Sie ließ das alte Haus erneuern, die Front umdekorieren und mit neuen Flügeln versehen. Einige Jahre gehörte das Haus einem Spekulanten, welcher es im Jahr 1700 an John Egerton, 3. Earl of Bridgewater verkaufte, welcher es durch Vererbung an seine Nachkommen hinterließ. Die Familie der Earls und zwischenzeitlichen Dukes of Bridgewater besaß das Anwesen bis 1948. Baugeschichte Der grundlegende Umbau des alten Cleveland House in einen Neorenaissance Palast wurde bis 1803 durch den Architekten James Lewis (1750–1820) und besonders seit 1840 im Italianate-Stil von Sir Charles Barry durchgeführt und 1854 von Lord Ellesmere den späteren Earl of Ellmere für Francis Egerton, 3. Duke of Bridgewater umgestaltet. Es besteht aus dem typischen gelblichen Sandstein aus Bath, umfasst über einem Keller drei Stockwerke und wird von einem Schieferdach bedeckt. Eine neue Gallery wurde durch Charles Tatham (1772–1842) gestaltet um die große Bildersammlung aufzunehmen. Berühmt wurde das Haus als einer der beiden Standorte der berühmten Sammlung Orléans, der Stafford Galley (im Cleveland House) und der Bridgewater Galerie (in Bridgewater House), wo die Sammlungen von Gemälden des Herzogs von Bridgewater und seinem Neffe und Erbe George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1. Duke of Sutherland (dessen zweiter Sohn Ellesmere war) zumindest zeitweilig zur Besichtigung geöffnet war. Die Sammlung dieser etwa 70 Gemälde aus der Sammlung wurde im Jahre 1803 eröffnet und konnte jeden Mittwochnachmittag von Ausgesuchten bzw. von der Royal Academy empfohlenen Personen besucht werden. Das Gebäude wurde im Zweiten Weltkrieg stark beschädigt und seiner Ausstattung beraubt. Der Wiederaufbau des Hauses zu Büros verdeckte die architektonischen Meisterleistungen. Diese wurden 1999 bei einer gründlichen Renovierung wiederentdeckt. Im Jahr 1981 kaufte der griechische Reeder Giannis Latsis Bridgewater House. Es ist heute im Besitz seiner Familie und nicht öffentlich zugänglich. Einzelnachweise Weblinks Das Haus in der viktorianischen Ära
Bridgewater House

Bridgewater House est situé à côté du palais St. James à Londres en Angleterre. Reconstruite en 1840 par Lord Ellesmere, c'était une des demeures londoniennes les plus fastueuses. Elle est aujourd'hui l'une de ces rares demeures anciennes encore existantes, à l'instar de Lancaster House ou de Spencer House. Elle fait l'objet d'un classement de protection. De Berkshire House à Cleveland House Une première demeure, Berkshire House, est construite en 1626-1627 pour Thomas Howard, comte de Berkshire. Elle est occupée par les troupes du Parlement pendant la Guerre civile et abrite l'ambassade du Portugal. Elle est ensuite la demeure de Barbara Palmer, duchesse de Cleveland, et prend le nom de Cleveland House. Propriété des Bridgewater En 1700 elle est vendue à John Egerton, 3e comte de Bridgewater et devient le domicile londonien des comtes puis ducs de Bridgewater jusqu'en 1803. Le 3e et dernier duc de Bridgewater, devenu richissime grâce au Bridgewater Canal, sans enfant, décide un partage de ses biens entre son neveu, duc de Sutherland et le fils cadet de ce dernier, Lord Ellesmere. Lord Ellesmere adopte le nom de famille des Bridgewater, Egerton. Il entreprend la reconstruction de la demeure en 1840 par l'architecte Charles Barry et la rebaptise Bridgewater House. Barry la reconstruit en pierres de Bath et lui donne un style de palais italien sur 3 niveaux avec une façade plate, deux avant-corps latéraux, un toit à balustrade. Elle est élevée sur un soubassement à bossages et décorées de chaînages à bossages vermiculés. Les travées du 1er étage sont surmontées de frontons cintrés sur consoles. Deux travées en fausses serliennes sont percées dans les avant-corps latéraux. Au moment où Ellesmere possédait Bridgewater House, son frère, 2e duc de Sutherland, entreprenait la reconstruction de Lancaster House, achetée par leur père. La famille Leveson-Gower possédait alors deux des plus importances demeures londoniennes. Bridgewater House est gravement endommagée pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et transformée en bureaux. Elle est vendue en 1948 par John Egerton (6e duc de Sutherland). En 1981, elle est achetée par Yiannis Latsis (en) et subit de profondes restaurations. Voir aussi Collection de la Maison d'Orléans Ducs de Bridgwater Références Liens externes (en) « Bridgewater House, 14 Cleveland Row, London SW1 » Portail des châteaux Portail de Londres Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
Bridgewater House

Bridgewater House (precedentemente conosciuto come Berkshire House e Cleveland House) è un palazzo nel distretto di St. James's nella Città di Westminster a Londra. È un Grade I listed building e, insieme a Spencer House, Lancaster House, Apsley House e Dudley House, Bridgewater House è uno degli ultimi dei molti palazzi residenziali che un tempo ornavano il centro di Londra. Storia XVIII secolo Il primo edificio noto costruito fu Berkshire House, costruito nel 1626-27 per Thomas Howard, I conte di Berkshire, secondogenito di Thomas Howard, I conte di Suffolk e Master of the Horses di Carlo I d'Inghilterra quando ancora era principe di Galles. Dopo essere stata occupata dalle truppe parlamentari durante la guerra civile inglese, fu utilizzata come ambasciata portoghese, abitata dal Edward Hyde, I conte di Clarendon e in seguito occupata da Barbara Palmer, la più famosa amante di Carlo II d'Inghilterra che venne creata duchessa di Cleveland nel 1670, per questo l'edificio prese il nome di Cleveland House. Alla Palmer si attribuisce l'aggiunta di nuove ali e il rinnovamento della facciata. Dopo essere stato posseduto per alcuni anni da uno speculatore, l'edificio fu venduto nel 1700 a John Egerton, III conte di Bridgewater, dopo di che passò per via ereditaria fino al 1948. XIX secolo Nel 1840 Cleveland House fu progettata nuovamente in un particolare stile neoclassico, detto Palazzo style, da Sir Charles Barry. La costruzione venne completata e rinominata nel 1854 per lord Francis Leveson-Gower, erede designato di Francis Egerton, III duca di Bridgewater. XX secolo Durante la battaglia d'Inghilterra (meglio conosciuta come The Blitz) nella seconda guerra mondiale, l'edificio fu gravemente danneggiato. Nel 2009 fu rinvenuto l'olio su tela Carlo I insultato dai soldati di Cromwell di Delaroche. Nel 1981 Bridgewater House è stata acquistata e restaurata dall'armatore greco Giannis Latsis ed è ancora proprietà della sua famiglia. Architettura e collezione d'Orléans L'attuale edificio, formato da tre piani più un piano interrato, è costruito in pietra di Bath e tetto in ardesia. È famoso per essere stato il sito della Stafford Gallery (in Cleveland House) e Bridgewater Gallery (in Bridgewater House), dove l'enorme collezione di dipinti del duca di Bridgewater era semi-aperta al pubblico. La collezione comprendeva circa 70 dipinti della famosa collezione d'Orléans. Note Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Bridgewater House
Bridgewater gallery

Bridgewater Gallery är en av Storbritanniens mest betydande privata konstsamlingar, inrymd i Bridgewater House, som tillhört earlen av Ellesmere. Bridgewater House uppfördes 1854 efter ritningar av Charles Barry. Samlingen omfattar omkring 300 tavlor och ett stort antal originalteckningar av italienska och andra konstnärer huvudsakligen från 1500- och 1600-talen; bland dessa finns namn som Rafael, Tizian, Nicolas Poussin, Claude Lorrain och Anthonis van Dyck. Källor Carlquist, Gunnar, red (1939 (nyutgåva av 1930 års utgåva)). Svensk uppslagsbok. Bd 4. Malmö: Svensk Uppslagsbok AB. sid. 1138
Bridgwater College Academy

Bridgwater College Academy is a mixed all-through Academy which combines both primary and secondary education for pupils aged 3 to 16. The academy, which is sponsored by Bridgwater College, is located in Bridgwater, Somerset, England. It was established in September 2012 following the merger of East Bridgwater Community School with Sedgemoor Manor Junior and Infants schools. History The former school was a specialist Arts College, and has 800 students between the ages of 11 and 16. Bridgwater was the first town in the South West level to be selected for the UK governments Building Schools for the Future initiative, which aimed to rebuild and renew nearly every secondary school in England. Within Bridgwater, Building Schools for the Future was to develop all of the 4 secondary schools along with 2 special provision schools, Elmwood School and Penrose School at an expected cost of around £100 Million. This included the complete relocation and rebuilding of a new school combining both the Haygrove and Penrose Schools. In July 2010 several components of the scheme for Bridgwater schools were cancelled and others were still under discussion. References External links Official website
Bridgwater services

Bridgwater services is a motorway service station on the M5 motorway near Bridgwater in Somerset, England. The services are located off junction 24, near the Somerset town of Bridgwater and can be accessed from both carriageways via a roundabout on the A38 road. It is owned by Moto. It used to be operated by First Motorway Services. In 2021, it was voted the worst motorway service station in the UK. References External links Official website
Bridlington School

Bridlington School is a secondary comprehensive school with sixth form located on Bessingby Road (A165), in Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. History Grammar school The school was formed from Bridlington School (a grammar school founded on the site 20 September 1899, although founded in 1447 by King Henry VI) on Bessingby Road and Bridlington High School for Girls (founded in 1905) on St John's Street. The girls' school was opened on 26 September 1905 by Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock; it cost £3,500. In November 1938, 13-year-old Tom Elliott of Weaverthorpe died at the school when a small splinter of bone in a playground accident punctured a main artery. The school had around 550 boys in the 1950s and 1960s with a boarding school. The girls' school also had a boarding house. The girls' school had around 550 girls. Comprehensive In 1975 the LEA (one year after Humberside County Council was formed with its base in Beverley) changed the school to a comprehensive. The high school site became Bridlington Lower School and the current site was the Upper School. Most of the lower school site has become a housing estate, although the main building, visible from Quay Road, has been preserved and converted into flats. When a comprehensive it still had its girls' and boys' boarding houses until the 1990s. It no longer has a boarding house. School motto The school motto is “Vitai Lampada Tradunt,” taken from the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius' De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of the Universe – Book II, Line 79), and directly translates as "They Hand on the Torch of Life." The motto is shared with that of Sydney Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, Australia. Combined Cadet Force The school has a Combined Cadet Force which celebrated its centenary in 2010. Before the CCF, the school had an Officers Training Corps. It has all three sections. The Combined Cadet Force is one of the Schools stronger attributes. Awards The school was awarded Sports College status in 2002 Sportsmark was awarded in 2007 by Sport England The school was awarded Artsmark in 2008 by Arts Council England Academic standards Bridlington School emerged from special measures on 1 March 2007. The most recent full Ofsted inspection of the school in May 2013 concluded it was a "good" school. A short inspection on 5 June 2017 confirmed that the school had retained its "good" rating. The Sixth Form has recently joined with Headlands Sixth Form to form 'The Shores'. Notable former pupils Geoffrey Bayldon, actor Ernie Cooper; Guinness Record holder for the longest Rugby Union penalty kick — 81-yard (74.06 m), while captaining the school against an Army team in a match played at the school in 1944. Andrew Dismore; Labour MP from 1997–2010 for Hendon Air Marshal Sir Eric Dunn KBE CB BEM CEng FRAeS RAF, former Chief Engineer of the RAF in the mid-1980s Norman Feather, FRS, nuclear physicist. See also List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom References External links Official site Old Bridlingtonians Club News items School damage in August 2004
List of schools in Barnsley

This is a list of schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in the English county of South Yorkshire. State-funded schools Primary schools Secondary schools Special and alternative schools Greenacre School, Kingstone Springwell Alternative Academy, Athersley Springwell Special Academy, Athersley Further education Barnsley College Northern College for Residential and Community Adult Education Independent schools Special and alternative schools Dove School, Staincross Park House School, Tankersley The Robert Ogden School, Thurnscoe Waterton Newstead Academy, Athersley References
Brigflatts Meeting House

Brigflatts Meeting House or Briggflatts Meeting House is a Friends Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), near Sedbergh, Cumbria, in north-western England. Built in 1675, it is the second oldest Friends Meeting House in England. It has been listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England since March 1954. It is the subject of a twelve-line poem titled "At Briggflatts meetinghouse" by British modernist poet Basil Bunting. Bunting's poem was written in 1975 for the 300th anniversary of the meeting house's construction. Throughout its history, the spelling has varied from Brigflatts, Brigflats, Briggflats, or Briggflatts, for both the village and the Quaker Meeting. Currently, the Quaker Meeting uses the spelling "Brigflatts". The variant spelling with two g's and two t's was used by Bunting for his two poems, "At Briggflatts Meetinghouse" (1975) and the earlier autobiographical long poem Briggflatts (1965). The Meeting House "Howgills" in Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire is based on Brigflatts. References External links VisitCumbria.com "Brigflatts Meeting House" page with several good photos. Media related to Brigflatts Friends Meeting House at Wikimedia Commons
Brighouse Bridge

The Brighouse Bridge crosses the River Calder in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1825 as part of the Halifax and Huddersfield Turnpike. History The Halifax and Huddersfield Turnpike Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. ciii) allowed for the building of Calder Bridge (now called Brighouse Bridge) on what was to become the A641 road; tolls were abolished on the bridge in 1875 and extensive widening work was undertaken in 1905 and 1999 (both of these latter dates being commemorated in dedication stones on the bridge). References See also List of crossings of the River Calder
Brighouse High School

Brighouse High School (and Sixth Form) is an academy school in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. Admissions It has approximately 1,400 students. The school contains around 1,050 students while the Sixth form contains around 350 students. The school is a Business and Enterprise College, rated 'good' by Ofsted. Brighouse High School's Headteacher is Richard Horsfield. It is adjacent to Halifax Road (A644) in the Hove Edge area of north-west Brighouse. History The school began as Brighouse & District Girls' Secondary School on 6 September 1910 then became "Brighouse Girls' Grammar School" in 1944. In 1985, following reorganisation of education in Calderdale, it became Brighouse High School, a mixed comprehensive school. It is now a comprehensive school with Academy status and educates students aged 11–18 years old. The sixth form is separate from the main school in the former grammar school in the town centre on Halifax Road and recently the new Mulberry Suite has opened, which includes a cafeteria for students and new study rooms. Academic performance Notable alumni Notable former students of Brighouse High School have included actor Matthew Wolfenden, politician Holly Lynch, footballer Cameron Murray, and comedian Jack Carroll. References
Brighouse bus station

Brighouse bus station serves the town of Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro. The bus station is situated in the Brighouse Town Centre and could be accessed from Gooder Street and Ganny Road. The current station was opened from 10 May 2009 on the site of the previous one that dates back from the 1970s. The new bus station cost £2.38 million and provides passengers with more comfortable and safer enclosed waiting areas, new seating and lighting, real time electronic passenger information, 24-hour CCTV surveillance and additional footpaths and pedestrian access It has six stands. Services The main operators that use the station are First West Yorkshire's Bradford and Calderdale & Huddersfield operations, Arriva Yorkshire and Team Pennine. National Express services go from here daily south to London Victoria Coach Station. Buses run from the bus station to Bradford, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Elland, Halifax and Huddersfield.There used to be a service to Saltaire but it was cut. References External links Metro's Brighouse bus station page Brighouse bus station (picture from 1985) - geograph SE1422 £2.38m bus station ready for business - Brighouse Echo
Brighstone Forest

Brighstone Forest is located in the southwest of the Isle of Wight. It is the largest forest on the Isle of Wight, being just a few hectares larger than Parkhurst Forest. It is spread over a number of hilly ridges which form the backbone of the Isle of Wight. From west to east the ridges are Chessell Down, Westover Down, Brighstone Down, Newbarn Down, Rowborough Down and Idlecombe Down. The main entrance is located at grid reference SZ 419849. The forest lies close to the small town of Brighstone, and is part of the Isle of Wight AONB. Shalcombe Down is an outlying block of woodland to the west of Brighstone Forest. The entrance to this block is located at grid reference SZ 395852. Both woods are managed by the Forestry Commission under leasehold agreements - the total area is 482 hectares. External links https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235501/http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/hunting/inquiry/evidence/wightcon.htm Forestry Commission management plan
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy

Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) is a coeducational academy school in Brighton. It opened on 1 September 2010 replacing Falmer High School. It is part of the Aldridge Education multi-academy trust set up by founder and former executive chairman of business process outsourcing company Capita plc, Sir Rodney Aldridge who Peter Kyle MP, upon Kyle's resignation as chairman of BACA board of governors, described as "the spark that ignited this remarkable effort." Dylan Davies became Brighton Aldridge Community Academy's second Principal succeeding Philomena Hogg on her retirement, taking up the role in January 2014. Davies left the role in 2018. In October 2010 the school announced a partnership with Sussex Cricket League to promote cricket in the area. The Aldridge Cricket Academy was subsequently formed which allows sixth form students from Brighton Aldridge Community Academy or Portslade Aldridge Community Academy to combine A level studies with an intensive cricket development programme. Brighton Aldridge Community Academy, Portslade Aldridge Community Academy and Latest TV jointly provide a digital media academy to students called the Brighton Digital Media Academy (BDMA), which launched in September 2015. The school was rated "Good" in all categories by Ofsted in January 2017. An Ofsted inspection in March 2022 rated the school "Inadequate", the lowest rating. In 2023 it was rated "Requires Improvement" and in 2025 it was rated "Good" across all categories. Campus The building was designed by architects Feilden Clegg Bradley and constructed by building firm Kier Group. The first phase of the new building was finished in September 2010 and all buildings were completed by September 2011. References External links Brighton Aldridge Community Academy official website Proposed Falmer Academy
Brighton Centre

Das Brighton Centre ist ein Veranstaltungs- und Kongresszentrum in Brighton, England. Es ist das größte seiner Art in Südengland und fasst 5.000 Leute bei Konferenzen sowie 4.500 Zuschauer bei Konzerten. Es wird ebenfalls für Hochzeiten und Bankettveranstaltungen genutzt. Es wurde am 19. September 1977 von James Callaghan eröffnet und zuvor von den Architekten Russell Diplock & Associates entworfen. Veranstaltungen 10. Oktober 1977: Auftritt Bing Crosby 31. März 1986: Auftritt Depeche Mode 1. Februar 1992: Auftritt Eric Clapton 2003, 2004: British Open (Snooker-Turnier) 2007–2015, 2017, 2021 (pandemiebedingt abgesagt), 2022, 2023: Premier League Darts 2018: Champions League of Darts Weblinks Offizielle Website Einzelnachweise