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St Alkmund's Church, Duffield

Saint Alkmund's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Duffield, Derbyshire. History It dates back to the first millennium, and is situated on the banks of the River Derwent to the south of Duffield, Derbyshire, England. It is the parish church of Duffield, and is associated with the nearby church of St Paul's in Little Eaton. In times past, the Parish of Duffield was much larger than it is now, covering the area known as Duffield Frith. The church's distance from the centre of the village is thought be because it was next to Duffield Bridge, which was used by pilgrims and other travellers. The church is Grade I listed. The current building dates from the 14th century, but was restored in 1847 by James Piers St Aubyn and in 1896–97 by John Oldrid Scott. Its weathercock was installed in 1719 by ironsmith Robert Bakewell. The church is in a joint benefice with St Paul's Church, Little Eaton, which was formerly part of Duffield Frith. Bells During the restoration of 1887, the peal of eight bells was augmented to ten by a gift from Sir Arthur Heywood, 3rd Baronet. St Alkmund's is one of only a few churches outside the larger centres so endowed. Organ The church has a pipe organ by Cousans dating from 1972. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. Current leadership Rev. Dr. James Hughes: Vicar of St Alkmunds, Duffield, and also of St Pauls, Little Eaton James Rollin: Licenced Lay Minister for Discipleship and Evangelism Rev. Jim Wigglesworth: Curate See also Grade I listed churches in Derbyshire Grade I listed buildings in Derbyshire Listed buildings in Duffield, Derbyshire References External links Official website
Eastney Beam Engine House

Eastney Beam Engine House is a Grade II -listed Victorian engine house in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Dating from 1887, it contains two 150 hp James Watt & Co. beam engines. The pumps were built as part of a plan to improve Portsmouth's sewage system. The other element of the plan was large holding tanks which held the sewage until the pumps could empty them into the ebb tide. The pumps have since been superseded by advancing technology but have been restored (in 1980). The restoration was funded by grants totalling £10,066 from Portsmouth city council, £4000 from Hampshire county council and £2000 from the Department of the Environment. The Engine House is now open to the public as a museum, owned by Portsmouth City Council (Museums Service) but operated by volunteers; consequently is only open on the last weekend in every month. References External links Portsmouth City Museums: Eastney Beam Engine House Eastney Beam Engine House (at Portsmouth Guide) Photo gallery of interior detail views
The George Inn

The George oder das George Inn ist ein sogenanntes Public house in London, welches im ausgehenden Mittelalter an der Borough High Street in Southwark errichtet wurde und sich heute im Besitz des staatlichen National Trust befindet. Es steht etwa 250 m südlich der Themse auf Höhe der London Bridge. Es ist der einzige erhaltene Ausspanngasthof Englands mit hölzernen Säulengalerien. Geschichte Eine frühe Karte von Southwark um das Jahr 1543 verzeichnet das Haus eindeutig als „George“. Seinerzeit hieß es noch George and Dragon, benannt nach der Sage von dem Kampf des heiligen Georg mit einem Drachen. Seinerzeit gab es viele solcher Inns in diesem Teil Londons. Vermutlich war The Tabard das bekannteste, wo Geoffrey Chaucer 1388 seine Canterbury Tales aufzuschreiben begann. Nach einem desaströsen Feuer, welches 1677 große Teile Southwarks und auch das George zerstört hatte, wurde das Gasthaus wieder aufgebaut. (Auch das Tabard war von dem Feuer betroffen, wurde ebenfalls neu aufgebaut, jedoch im späten 19. Jahrhundert vollständig abgerissen.) In Ermangelung fester Theaterhäuser fanden die ersten Theateraufführungen des Elisabethanischen Theaters in Inns oder ihren Innenhöfen statt (siehe Inn-Yard Theatre). In den späteren Jahren nutzte die Eisenbahngesellschaft Great Northern Railway das George als Depot und riss hierfür zwei Frontbereiche ein. Aus diesem Grund ist heute nur die Südfassade vollständig erhalten. Der englische Schriftsteller Charles Dickens war hier zu Gast und erwähnte dies auch in seinem gesellschaftskritischen Fortsetzungsroman Little Dorrit. Beschreibung Das Gebäude ist, wie es seinerzeit üblich war, zu einem Teil in Fachwerkbauweise ausgeführt. Das Erdgeschoss ist in mehrere miteinander verbundene Schankräume unterteilt. Die „Parliament Bar“ wurde als Warteraum für Kutschenreisende genutzt. Die mittlere Bar war der Kaffeeausschank (heute würde man Café dazu sagen), welcher auch gerne von Charles Dickens aufgesucht wurde. Die Schlafstätten, heute ausgebaut als Restaurant, befanden sich im oberen, säulengesäumten Stockwerk. Das George Inn gehört zu den einzig verbliebenen Ausspann-Gasthäusern in London und ist das einzig erhaltene Gasthaus mit Säulenbauweise. In der nördlichen Nachbarschaft befand sich seinerzeit das White Hart (abgerissen im 19. Jhd.); und das The Tabard lag nur wenige Meter in südlicher Richtung in der heutigen Straße Talbot Yard. In der Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest wird das George als ein Gebäude der Kategorie Grade I eingestuft. Auch die Traditionsbewahrer der CAMRA führen das Haus in ihrer Liste des „National Inventory of Historic Pub Interior“. Literatur Der Londoner „Beer Writer“ (übersetzt etwa „Gastro-Autor“) Pete Brown (* 1968) beschreibt die Geschichte und die historische Umgebung des Pubs in seinem Buch Shakespeare’s Local: Six Centuries of History Seen Through One Extraordinary Pub ISBN 978-0230761261 Bertram Waldrom Matz The George Inn, Southwark, Chapman & Hall, London 1918 Galerie Einzelnachweise Weblinks Informationen zum George Inn beim National Trust
The George Inn, Southwark

The George Inn, or The George, is a public house established in the medieval period on Borough High Street in Southwark, London, owned and leased by the National Trust. It is located about 250 metres (820 ft) from the south side of the River Thames near London Bridge and is the only surviving galleried London coaching inn. History The pub was formerly known as the George and Dragon, named after the legend of Saint George and the Dragon. It is possible that it was used for Elizabethan theatrical productions (Inn-yard theatre), as other galleried inns were. A pub has existed on the site since medieval times. In 1677, it was rebuilt after a serious fire destroyed most of Southwark. The medieval pub was situated next door to The Tabard Inn where Chaucer set the beginning of The Canterbury Tales. Later, the Great Northern Railway used the George as a depot and pulled down two of its fronts to build warehousing. Now just the south face remains. Charles Dickens visited The George, and referred to it in both Little Dorrit and Our Mutual Friend. Description The building is partly timber framed. The ground floor is divided into a number of connected bars. The Parliament Bar used to be a waiting room for passengers on coaches. The Middle Bar was the Coffee Room, which was frequented by Charles Dickens. The bedrooms, now a restaurant, were upstairs in the galleried part of the building. It is the only surviving galleried coaching inn in London. The White Hart was immediately to the north but was demolished in the nineteenth century. Immediately to the south was The Tabard (which was described in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales); it too was demolished in the nineteenth century. The building is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England, and is listed in the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. Gallery See also The George Inn, Norton St Philip, another coaching inn with a galleried courtyard References Further reading Matz, Bertram Waldrom (1918). The George Inn, Southwark . London: Chapman and Hall. Brown, Pete (2012). Shakespeare's Local. London: Pan Books. External links The George Inn at the National Trust The George Inn at A London Inheritance
Grafton Centre

The Grafton centre is a covered shopping centre in the east of central Cambridge, England. It is one of the three main shopping centres in Cambridge, with Lion Yard and Grand Arcade in the city's centre. The Centre dominates Fitzroy Street and Burleigh Street. The main footprint is linear, running from east to west. It has three atria, the eastern one being the largest. The mall is laid out across two storeys with some of the shops having more than one storey. Currently more than thirty years old, the Grafton Centre underwent a £30m refurbishment programme in 2017 after being bought by Legal & General for £99m. It has since been sold to Trinity Investment Management for £61.4m. The main retail stores include Boots and Next. Until its closure in 2021, Debenhams was the largest store in the centre. It also has its own five-bay bus stop, a food court and two multi-storey car parks, with capacity for 1100 vehicles. Unusually for a shopping centre of its type, the site includes a number of council flats at its western and northern edges. History Initial plans for a shopping centre on the site of the Grafton date to the 1950 Holford-Wright Report on the planning of Cambridge. In 1973, plans by architects Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, later famed for their Pompidou Centre in Paris, were approved by the city council. They were later rejected due to budgetary concerns. Grosvenor Developments took on development from 1978, constructing the Grafton through the early 1980s. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1984. During the preceding decade, plans for the development of this approximately "kite"-shaped area of land (at that time dominated by terraced houses dating from the tail end of the previous century, and extensively used for student lodgings) were met with controversy and opposition. During a decade dominated by national indebtedness and economic decline, with investment funds in short supply, progress towards commencement of the development was slow. In 2016 the centre was bought by Legal & General for £99m. In 2017 a £28.5m refurbishment programme was conducted. The refurbishment largely failed to attract more business, with issues compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the site was put on sale in 2021. In August 2022, Trinity Investment Management, backed by Angelo Gordon, completed the acquisition of The Grafton shopping centre from Legal & General's LGIM Real Assets for £61.4 million, representing a 50% loss of value in 5 years. Proposed uses for the site include redevelopment for life sciences laboratories. References External links Official website Grafton Centre on The Retail Database
The Grange, Ramsgate

The Grange is a house in Ramsgate, Kent, on the south coast of England. It was designed as his own home by the Victorian architect and designer Augustus Pugin, and built between 1843 and 1844. The Grange is built in Gothic Revival style, Pugin intending it to be both a home and a manifesto for his architectural philosophy. Rescued from demolition by the Landmark Trust in 1997, the Grange is a Grade I listed building. The house is notable for its influence, being described by Historic England as occupying "a crucial place in the development of C19 domestic architecture, in planning and style", and by Pugin's biographer Rosemary Hill as "a model for the English family home that was used in various ways by three generations of architects." History Pugin bought the land for the site at West Cliff, Ramsgate, in 1841. The house was built between 1843 and 1844 by the builder George Myers. Pugin's second wife died in 1844 and it was only after his third marriage to Jane Knill in 1848 that it became a family home. The interior of the house was finally completed in 1850. It is built from the inside out in the sense that the layout of the rooms was considered before the outside of the building. This is in contrast to the Georgian style that preceded it. The style was influential on subsequent English architecture designed by architects like Edwin Lutyens. Pugin died in the house in 1852 at the age of 40. He is buried in the impressive Pugin chantry chapel in St Augustine's Church, next to the house, which was also designed by him and completed by his eldest son, Edward Pugin, who was also an architect. Various additions were made by Edward Pugin, including the entrance gates and the long porch. The Grange was listed at grade I in 1968. The house was rescued from demolition by the Landmark Trust in 1997 and restored by them to its condition in Pugin's day with grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund, English Heritage, Thanet District Council and elsewhere. It was re-opened in 2006 for up to eight temporary residents at a time and visitors by appointment on Wednesdays. In October 2010, The Grange was awarded the Restoration of the Century award (South region) by Country Life magazine. A Time Team special documents the work done and biographs Augustus Pugin's life. Gallery See also Historic buildings in Ramsgate References Sources Hill, Rosemary (2007). God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-7139-9499-5. OCLC 237020318. Newman, John (2013) [1969]. Kent: North-East and East. The Buildings Of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300185065. OCLC 857109148. External links Landmark Trust information Thanet website
Harris Museum

Harris Museum of voluit Harris Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery is een museum aan Market Square in het Engelse Preston. Het museum werd opgericht in 1893, onder stimulus van advocaat Edmund Robert Harris naar wie het museum genoemd is. Tot de collectie behoren schilderijen van Richard Ansdell, George Frederic Watts, Lourens Alma Tadema, Stanley Spencer, Lucian Freud, Ivon Hitchens, Graham Sutherland. Een deel van het museum is gewijd aan de geschiedenis van Preston, met onder andere het elandskelet van de 13.500 jaar oude Poulton Elk. Externe link Officiële website
Helmingham Hall

Helmingham Hall er en herregård med voldgrav i Helmingham, i Suffolk i England. Den blev etableret af John Tollemache i 1480 og den har været ejet af familien Tollemache siden. Bygningen er opført omkring en gårdsplads i typisk senmiddelalderlig/tudor-stil. Den er en Listed building af første grad på National Heritage List for England, og den tilhørende park og have er ligeledes Listed af første grad på Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. Se også Haver i England Referencer Eksterne henvisniner Officiel hjemmeside Details from listed building database (1033070). National Heritage List for England. English Heritage.
Helmingham Hall

Helmingham Hall ist ein Herrenhaus mit Burggraben im Dorf Helmingham in der englischen Grafschaft Suffolk. Die Bauarbeiten wurden von John Tollemache 1480 begonnen und das Anwesen gehört seitdem durchgehend der Familie Tollemache. Das Haus entstand rund um einen Innenhof im typischen Tudorstil. Die heutige Helmingham Hall wurde um 1510 fertiggestellt und steht auf dem Gelände eines früheren Herrenhauses namens Creke Hall. Ihr Äußeres wurde 1745–1760 verändert, dann erneut 1800 von John Nash und nochmals 1840. Die ursprünglich teilweise mit Holz verkleideten Wände wurden mit Ziegelmauerwerk und Fliesen verkleidet. Das Haus hat zwei noch funktionierende Zugbrücken. Sie wurden ursprünglich mit einer Winde bedient, die allerdings in den letzten Jahren durch einen Elektromotor ersetzt wurde. Das Haus ist nicht öffentlich zugänglich und Helmingham Hall ist vor allen Dingen für seine schönen Gärten wohlbekannt, die in regelmäßigen Abständen der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht werden. Es handelt sich um halbformelle Gärten mit ausgedehnten Randbepflanzungen, einem Rosengarten, einem Knotengarten, einem Parterre und einem Obsthain. Jenseits des Gartens befindet sich ein 1,6 km² großer Park mit Rot- und Damhirschen. Die Marienkirche am Rand des Parks ist seit dem Mittelalter mit der Familie Tollemache verbunden. Schätze von Helmingham Die Tollemaches von Helmingham, die seit 1876 den Titel Baron Tollemache führen, besitzen eine von nur zwei englischen Orpheoreons. Ihr Instrument stammt von 1580 und trägt ein Handwerkszeichen von John Rose, einem englischen Geigenbauer aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. Es gibt heute nur noch vier Geigen von John Rose; die einzige in privater Hand gehört den Tollemaches. Man denkt, dass sie für Elisabeth I. gefertigt wurde, die sie bei einem ihrer Besuche in Suffolk den Tollemaches schenkte. Das „Tollemache-Lauten-Manuskript“ wurde von den Helmingham Hall Collections erworben und 1965 bei Sotheby’s an Robert Spencer verkauft. Es wurde von Henry Sampson geschrieben. Einzelnachweise Weblinks Offizielle Website von Helmingham Hall Helmingham Hall. Images of England. English Heritage.
Гелмінгам-холл

Гелмінгам-холл — аристократична садиба у Гелмінгамі, Саффолк, Англія. Він був заснований лордом Джоном Толлмашем у 1480 році й з того часу належить родині Толлмаш. Будинок побудований навколо двору у типовому для пізньосередньовічного / тюдорського стилю. Будинок занесений до І ступеня у списку національної спадщини Англії, а його паркові та офіційні сади, — також до І класу Реєстру історичних парків та садів. Історія Нинішній Гелмінгамський холл, ймовірно був побудований у 1510 році на місці більш раннього будинку під назвою Крік-холл. Зовнішній вигляд було змінено тричі: між 1745—1760 роками, у 1800 році Джоном Нешем та у 1840 році. Первинні фахверкові стіни були приховані цеглою та плиткою. Будинок оточений ровом шириною 18 метрів, через який перекинуто мости, що піднімаються щоночі з 1510 року. Первинно вони піднімалися лебідками, та тепер замінені електродвигунами. Окрім будинку та саду, ще кілька будівель та споруд у маєтку занесені до II-го класу пам'яток: стіна саду на південний захід від садиби, 2 урни, чоловіча та жіноча статуї, сонячний годинник, обеліск, чайні кімнати, міст, ігрова комора, берегове зміцнення. брама на північний схід від холла, лівий й правий передні гостьові будиночки, вхідний прохід та опори між передніми будиночками. Храм Святої Марії на краю парку має зв'язки з родиною Толлмаш з часів середньовіччя. Сади Будинок не є відкритим для громадськості на відміну від загальновідомого Гелмінгамського саду, що відкрито з травня по вересень. Гелмінгамський сад є напівформальним змішаним садом з обширними бордюрами, трояндами, вузловим садом, партером та фруктовим садом. Позаду саду є парк у 160 гектарів зі стадами оленів та ланів. Леді (Олександра) Толлмаш є садовою дизайнеркою, що працює під ім'ям Кса Толлмаш. Вона керує садами в Гельмінгамі, а також працювала над Садом тисячоліття на Замковому пагорбі у Девоні, садом замку Данбіт у Шотландії та садом Клойстер у Вілтон-хауз. Скарби Гелмінгама Толлмашам з Гелмінгама належить одна з двох єдиних англійських орфарних віол, що датована 1580 роком й має етикетку англійського виробника скрипок 16 сторіччя Джона Роуза. З чотирьох скрипок Джона Роуза, що збереглися, ця єдина що перебуває у приватних руках. Вважається, що вона була зроблена для королеви Єлизавети I, яка подарувала її під час одного з своїх візитів до Суффолка. «Рукопис лютні Толлмаш» було придбано з колекцій Гелмінгам-холла й продано на Сотбі у 1965 році Роберту Спенсеру. Його було написано Генрі Семпсоном. Роберт Спенсер, теперішній власник рукопису, продовжує найменування рукопису «Толлмаш», незважаючи на зміну власника. У масовій культурі У травні 2018 року Гелмінгам-холл був місцем проведення телевізійного шоу BBC One's Antiques Roadshow. Він також з'явився у документальному фільмі BBC Danny Dyer's Right Royal Family у 2019 році. Примітки
Heugh Battery

The Heugh (pronounced: ) Gun Battery is located on the Headland at Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The museum bills itself as the only battlefield of World War I in Great Britain. History Heugh Battery was one of three erected in 1860 to protect the fast-growing port of Hartlepool. Heugh and Lighthouse Battery were placed close by the lighthouse and armed with four and two 68pr smoothbore guns respectively. The third battery, Fairy Cove mounted three of the same weapons and was slightly further to the north at the end of the town moor. The original battery was modified for three 64pr Rifled Muzzle Loading guns in the 1880s and then fell out of use with the introduction of breech loaders on hydropneumatic mounts in 1893. The lighthouse battery was reconstructed for one of these guns, a 6-inch Mk VI and a further two were placed in Cemetery Battery north of the town. In 1900 Heugh was completely reworked for two 6-inch Mk VII guns using the standard configuration of two emplacements with underground magazine between. The defences were further modified in 1907 when the Lighthouse gun was replaced with a 6inch Mk VII and the Cemetery Battery closed. Manned by the Territorial Force gunners of the Durham Royal Garrison Artillery, these were the three guns that were to see action in the Bombardment of Hartlepool on 16 December 1914. During the bombardment (at 08:10), the leading German battle cruiser fired a shell which struck aground less than 100 metres from the battery. This marked the first death in action of a soldier on British soil in World War I. A plaque commemorating the event is found on the coastal walkway just outside the battery. In 1936 the No 1 gun was removed and the Lighthouse Battery integrated into Heugh Battery so that the Lighthouse gun became Heugh No 1. A Barr and Stroud rangefinder was also introduced. In 1939 the Territorial Army was mobilised and the battery was manned by men of the Durham Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery. During the early part of the Second World War new rangefinding and fire control equipment was introduced, paving the way to conversion to the Coast Defence / Anti Aircraft role in 1942. The Lighthouse and remaining Heugh emplacement were reworked for turret mounted 6inch Mk 24 guns and an emplacement for a third (No 3) was built a hundred yards to the north though it seems unlikely that a gun was ever mounted here. Heugh Battery was mothballed in 1944 to be reopened in 1947 and shortly after QF 3.7 inch AA guns were introduced. The battery closed in 1956 with the closing of coast defence. The battery is now in the care of the Heugh Gun Battery Trust and is home to a museum and artillery collection. In the 2020s the battery was found to be in need of restoration, so Historic England donated £40,000 to pay for a comprehensive survey of the structure. See also 54.697121°N 1.176655°W﻿ / 54.697121; -1.176655 map coordinates Notes External links Heugh Gun Battery Trust Heugh Gun Battery Heugh Gun Battery Heugh Gun Battery References Norman E.H. Litchfield, The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges), Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, ISBN 0-9508205-2-0.