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Storrs Hall

Storrs Hall is a hotel on the banks of Windermere in Storrs in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. The hotel, a Grade II* listed Georgian mansion, is also home to the National Trust-owned folly the "Temple" on the end of a stone jetty on Windermere. History The mansion was first built in the 1790s by Sir John Legard, a Yorkshire landowner. After 14 years of owning the building, Sir John Legard became increasingly crippled by gout, and eventually sold Storrs Hall in 1804. The new owner of Storrs Hall was John Bolton, born in Ulverston, Lancashire in 1756, who was a rich man and one of the wealthiest men of his class. He extended the mansion and created a park. John Bolton was a Lancastrian who made a fortune as a Liverpool slave trader. He bought Storrs Hall with some of the proceeds and used the residence to entertain in style, holding regattas on the lake which were attended by Wordsworth and Sir Walter Scott amongst others. Elizabeth Bolton died in 1848 and the hall passed to her nephew Reverend Thomas Staniforth. Thomas was the son of former Lord Mayor of Liverpool Samuel Staniforth and grandson of Thomas Staniforth, also former mayor and slave trader. Staniforth moved into the hall in 1859 after retiring from his parish and lived there until he passed in 1887. As he never had any children the estate was sold off in lots. Between 1940 and 1944, Storrs Hall (which had previously been used both as a girls' school and as a youth hostel) played host to the staff and boys of St Hugh's School, Woodhall Spa, who were evacuated from their own buildings amidst the airfields of Lincolnshire during World War II. Today Today, Storrs Hall is a 4 star hotel, and stands on seventeen acres of grounds and woodland. In Literature A plate showing the hall appeared in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1832 (Artist, Harwood - Engraved by Tombleson), accompanied by a poetical illustration entitled 'Storrs, Windermere Lake' by Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) to which she adds the following remarks: The calm and picturesque scenery of the Lake of Windermere might awake a thousand far more romantic visions than that of the return of the first warm feelings of youth. Shut out as it were from the world, and enshrined in delicious seclusion; here might the weary heart dream itself away, and find the freshness of the spring-time of the spirit return upon it. Here, at the mansion of Colonel John Bolton—a circumstance which gives interest to the plate—did the late Mr. Canning retire from the whirl of public affairs; and, to use the words of Fisher's Illustrations of Lancashire, "here was restored, in some measure, the elasticity of a mind, whose lofty energies were ultimately, and for our country we may say prematurely, exhausted in the preservation of a nation's welfare." See also Listed buildings in Windermere, Cumbria (town) References External links British Listed Buildings - Storrs Hall
Stour Valley Community School

Stour Valley Community School is a coeducational free school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Clare in the English county of Suffolk. It opened in September 2011 as one of the first 24 free schools in England. It opened with around 170 pupils and a total staff of 29, including non-teaching support staff. The headteacher is Rachel Kelly. The school opened on the site of the former Clare Middle School which had around 300 pupils in four year groups. A building programme estimated to cost around £4.8 million and take around a year to complete and carried out by Balfour Beatty. The middle school closed in August 2011 as part of Suffolk County Council's reorganisation of schools into a two-tier system. At the beginning of the autumn term (starting in September) of 2016, the school had 573 pupils. History Local families formed a group called Campaign for Local And Rural Education (C.L.A.R.E) asking for the council to open a secondary school at the site, but the council refused. The group then set up the Stour Valley Educational Trust, and applied directly to the national government to open a school, concerned that children would have to travel up to 10 miles (16 km) to one of two existing secondary schools with around 1,200 pupils. The application was accepted, and the trust, operating as Stour Valley Educational Trust Ltd., opened the school on the old middle school site in September 2011. Criticisms The trust, which opened the school with around 170 pupils, had initially expected over 200 pupils to attend the school in its first year and planned for more than 500 pupils by 2015. The school has been criticised as unnecessary, for wasting taxpayers' money and for its possible impact on surrounding high schools. In 2011 the school spent £28,000 on marketing. The trust has stated that teachers will "have to teach two subjects and bring something else (to the school) as well". The school catchment area is predominantly made up of households in the "wealthy achiever" category, the most well off category, despite the free school programme being aimed at increasing social mobility. References External links Stour Valley Community School homepage
Stouts Hill

Stouts Hill is an 18th-Century Gothic Revival country house situated in the Cotswolds, just outside the village of Uley. Although there are records of one Adam le Stut settled here in the 13th century, the present house, built for the Gyde family of local weavers, dates only from 1743, the design being attributed to William Halfpenny. In the late 18th century, the estate was acquired by the Lloyd Baker family, whose principal estate was established at Hardwicke Court, near Gloucester. It was subsequently occupied as a secondary house by members of the family, including Colonel Chapman Browne, one of whose sons was Sir Benjamin Chapman Browne (mayor of Newcastle, 1885–1886, chairman of R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, 1886-1916 and deputy Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland 1901). Stouts Hill was the birthplace of the distinguished Persian scholar Edward Granville Browne, the oldest son of Sir Benjamin Chapman Browne and grandson of Colonel Chapman Browne. It was also, reputedly, the birthplace of the Gloucestershire historian Samuel Rudder. From 1935 until 1979 it was let for use as a private boys' preparatory school in which some 100 pupils were boarders. Notable former pupils of the school include Stephen Fry, who makes a detailed reference to the school in his 1997 autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot, and Captain Mark Phillips, former husband of Anne, the Princess Royal. References Mander, Nicholas (2008). Country Houses of the Cotswolds. Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1-84513-331-3. External links Stoutshillschool (blogsite)
Stow Minster

Das angelsächsisch-normannische Stow Minster (auch Minster of Saint Mary) im Dorf Stow, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire ist eine der ältesten Kirchen Englands. Es ist als Grade-I-Baudenkmal eingestuft. Zusammen mit vier benachbarten Kirchen bildet es eine church group innerhalb der Diözese Lincoln der Church of England. Lage Das Stow Minster liegt im kleinen Ort Stow ca. 17 km nordwestlich der Stadt Lincoln im Osten Mittelenglands in einer Höhe von ca. 40 m. Bis zur Nordseeküste bei Grimsby sind es etwa 40 km (Luftlinie); die Großstadt Sheffield ist etwa 65 km (Fahrtstrecke) in westlicher Richtung entfernt. Geschichte Bereits vor der Ankunft der Dänen (ca. 870) gab es in Stow eine Kirche, die möglicherweise als Kathedrale des Bistums Lindsey diente, jedoch in dieser Zeit zerstört wurde. Bischof Eadnoth II. ließ im Jahr 1040 eine neue Kirche erbauen, die – vor den Ende des 11. Jahrhunderts begonnenen Umbauten zur Abteikirche durch Bischof Remigius von Fécamp, einen Begleiter Wilhelms des Eroberers – auch schon wieder in einem beklagenswerten Zustand war. Infolge der Umbauten des 11. Jahrhunderts finden sich an dem bald danach zu einer Pfarrkirche (parish church) herabgestuften Bau sowohl angelsächsische als auch anglo-normannische Elemente. Architektur Der einschiffige, aber mit einem Querhaus versehene Kirchenbau macht von außen einen zwar großen, aber ansonsten ungegliederten und schmucklosen Eindruck, was auch auf die nur grob behauenen Bruchsteine zurückzuführen ist. Die beiden Portale zeigen deutliche romanische Formen, während die Maßwerkfenster im Vierungsturm und an den Seiten des Chors (chancel) erst in der Zeit der Spätgotik eingesetzt wurden. Während das Langhaus nur über eine Holzdecke verfügt, finden sich im Vierungs- und Chorbereich steinerne Gewölbe, z. T. mit normannischer Ornamentik an den Gewölbebögen und an den Fenstern. Ausstattung Wichtigster Teil der Ausstattung ist ein dem 13. Jahrhundert zugerechnetes Taufbecken ohne christliche Symbole, welches auch den blattumrankten Kopf eines sogenannten Grünen Mannes zeigt. Einige Sitzbänke (pews) stammen aus dem 15. Jahrhundert; andere sind durch Kopien aus viktorianischer Zeit ersetzt. Siehe auch Kathedralen und Minsters im Vereinigten Königreich Einzelnachweise Weblinks Stow Minster – Website (englisch)
Clare Hall

Clare Hall est un des 31 collèges de l'université de Cambridge au Royaume-Uni. Il a été fondé en 1966. Personnalités liées au college Hannele Klemettilä, docteur en histoire médiévale finlandaise. John Laband, historien sud africain. Patricia Vinnicombe, archéologue sud-africaine. Liens externes Site officiel Ressource relative aux beaux-arts : Art UK (lieux d'art) Portail des universités Portail de l’Angleterre
Clare Hall

Clare Hall è uno dei college che costituiscono l'Università di Cambridge. È un college per gli studi avanzati, riservato a studiosi e studenti laureati. Fondazione Clare Hall è stato fondato nel 1966 dal Clare College (denominato a sua volta "Clare Hall” per più di 500 anni dal 1338 al 1856) come istituto per gli studi avanzati. Ospita studenti già laureati e nel corso dei loro programmi universitari superiori, research fellows che studiano a livello postdottorale, permanent fellows che occupano posti d'insegnamento o di ricerca nell'università, e visiting fellows, ossia studiosi provenienti dalle università di tutto il mondo per svolgere attività di studio e ricerca senza impegni didattici. Storia Il Clare College iniziò ad esplorare l'idea di costituire un nuovo centro per gli studi avanzati nel 1961. L'idea fu sviluppata nel 1962-63 per realizzare una nuova istituzione per gli studenti laureati a Clare ma separata dal college e con un certo grado di autonomia. Dopo varie discussioni, fu accolta la proposta di fondare un istituto per gli studi avanzati che mantenesse relazioni speciali con Clare. Nel 1963 Clare scambiò suoi terreni in Grange Road con alcuni in Hershel Road, in una triangolazione con l'università e il St. John College. Nel 1964 un comunicato stampa di Clare College annunciò l'intenzione di fondare Clare Hall e in novembre vengono nominati i primi visiting fellows. Nel 1966 Clare Hall ha 10 official fellows, 5 research fellows e 3 visiting fellows. Fino al 1969 Clare Hall rimase fisicamente parte di Clare College, acquisendo successivamente edifici propri in Herschel Road poi raddoppiati con l'ala di West Court (1998-2000). Nel settembre 1969 Sir Eric Ashby inaugurò formalmente gli edifici del college che divenne indipendente nel 1984, ricevendo la Royal Charter. Nel 1994 Gillian Beer, professoressa di letteratura inglese alla cattedra King Edward VII, diventa presidente di Clare Hall. Bibliografia Richard Eden, Clare Hall. The Origins and Development of a College for Advanced Study, Cambridge, 2009. Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Clare Hall Collegamenti esterni Sito ufficiale, su clarehall.cam.ac.uk.
Клэр-холл

Клэр Холл (англ. Clare Hall) — один из колледжей Кембриджского университета, учреждён и получил своё название от Клэр-колледжа. Клэр Холл является колледжем для углублённого изучения, к обучению допускаются студенты и фелло с высшим образованием. История Решение о создании было принято в январе 1964 года небольшой группой фелло Клэр-колледжа под председательством ректора Эрика Эшби. Планировалось создать не только центр для углублённого изучения, но и обеспечить комфортные условия для проживания семейных сотрудников и выпускников, научных сотрудников, работающих на докторантуре, стипендиатов (постоянных и приглашённых из университетов по всему миру). Основанный в 1966 году новый колледж решили назвать Клэр Холл, под этим названием сам Клэр-колледж был известен более пятисот лет, с 1338 по 1856 год. На момент официального открытия в сентябре 1969 года, первый президент Клэр Холла Брайан Пиппард уже заселился со своей семьей в ректорский дом, а более дюжины студентов-исследователей и приезжих аспирантов со своими семьями жили в недавно построенных квартирах колледжа. В числе первых приглашённых фелло Клер Холла был Айвар Джайевер, лауреат Нобелевской премии по физике в 1973 году. В 1977 году Клэр Холл посещает поэт Иосиф Бродский, лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе 1987 года. Как правило, приглашённый специалист или учёный (стипендиат), помимо места для проживания с семьей, становится членом сообщества Клэр Холл англ. Life Members of Clare Hal) с правом участия в жизни колледжа. Президенты Клэр Холла Ректорские обязанности выполняет Президент колледжа, срок пребывания на посту — 7 лет. 1966 Брайан Пиппард (англ. Brian Pippard). 1973 Роберт Хоникомб (англ. Robert Honeycombe). 1980 Майл Стокер (англ. Michael Stoker). 1987 Энтони Лоу (англ. Anthony Low). 1994 Джиллиан Бир (англ. Gillian Beer). 2001 Экхард Салье (англ. Ekhard Salje). 2008 Мартин Харрис (англ. Martin Harris). 2013 Дэвид Иббетсон (англ. David John Ibbetson). Известные преподаватели и фелло Ким Дэ Чжун (1924—2009), приглашённый профессор (до 1995 года). Андреас Акривос (р. 1928). Питер Дронке (р. 1934), профессор и заведующий кафедрой средневековой латинской литературы в 1989—2001 годы. Стивен Адлер (р. 1939). Иосиф Бродский (1940—1996). Януш Кохановский (1940—2010), почётный член. Майкл Грин (р. 1946), профессор математики в 2009—2015 годы, затем профессор кафедры прикладной математики и теоретической физики, научный сотрудник. Джулиус Липнер (р. 1946), профессор индуизма и сравнительного религиоведения кафедры богословия и вице-президент. Джон Барроу (р. 1952), профессор математики и теоретической физики с 1999 года. Афанасиос Фокас (р. 1952), профессор и почётный член с 2005 года. Известные выпускники Руди Дучке (1940―1979), немецкий марксистский социолог и политик. Тамала Кришна Госвами (1946―2002), индуистский кришнаитский религиозный деятель и проповедник. Примечания Ссылки Официальный сайт колледжа Клэр Холл Архивная копия от 6 мая 2009 на Wayback Machine (англ.)
Stowe Hill Tunnel

Stowe Hill Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the West Coast Main Line just south of the village of Weedon, Northamptonshire, England. Background The tunnel was built as part of the London and Birmingham Railway and designed by its chief engineer, Robert Stephenson. Stephenson also surveyed the route. He took the line north-west from Roade Cutting, bypassing Northampton, partly because reaching it would require a gradient greater than the ruling 1:330 that Stephenson was determined to preserve. From Blisworth, at the north end of the cutting, the railway crosses the Blisworth Arch then follows much the same route as the Grand Union Canal, built a generation earlier. Stowe Hill is the sixth tunnel from London in the northbound direction. Description The tunnel runs in a straight line underneath the A5 main road between Weedon and Towcester from about northwest to southeast. The tunnel has a single bore with twin tracks and is 520 yards (480 metres) long. The next station southbound is Wolverton and northbound Rugby. It has red brick portals, of which that at the north end is more elaborately decorated. It has a heavy three-tiered cornice, brick parapets with stone copings, and stone voussoirs around the mouths. It has large, splayed abutments which meet brick wing walls, parallel to the tracks, and terminate in hexagonal pillars with square stone caps. The south portal has brick voussoirs, straight abutments. It has a plainer cornice and parapet and straight abutments which meet curved wing walls. History This section of line is largely as-built; south of Roade, the line has been heavily modified to accommodate a second pair of tracks but between there and Rugby the Northampton loop (built to serve Northampton in the 1870s) acts as a continuation of the second pair so no rebuilding was necessary on the original line. Overhead wires were added for electrification in the late 1950s. A short distance beyond the tunnel, the line crosses Weedon Viaduct. During the 2000s, in preparation for the introduction of the British Rail Class 390 tilting trains, which would enable regular operating speeds of 125 miles per hour (201 kilometres per hour) along this section of the line, it was determined that the Stowe Hill tunnel would, without modification, cause such pressure changes to trains traversing it at high speed as to exceed passenger comfort levels. Accordingly, modifications to the tunnel were made in the form of four vertical pressure relief shafts being installed to provide sufficient mitigation; additional land around these new shafts was acquired, in some cases using compulsory purchase orders. The tunnel was close to the site of the Weedon rail crashes in 1915 and 1951 in which a total of 25 people died, though was unconnected with the cause of either. References Bibliography Beckett, Derrick (1984). Stephensons' Britain. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 9780715382691. Biddle, Gordon (2011). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: A Gazetteer of Structures (second ed.). Hersham: Ian Allan. ISBN 9780711034914. Biddle, Gordon (2016). Railways in the Landscape. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Transport. ISBN 9781473862357. Footnotes
Stowell Park

Stowell Park Estate is a 6,000-acre (24 km2) historic agricultural and sporting estate in the Cotswold Hills, Gloucestershire, England. The estate includes the village of Yanworth. The main house is a Grade II* listed building and surrounded by extensive parkland, a mill, and church. The landscaped park is listed Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. History The house was built around 1600 for Robert Atkinson, on the site of a previous house. The manor is first recorded in 1086 when it was held by the Archbishop of York. The house is Grade II* listed. The Church of St Leonard was the chapel for the owners of the previous house, having been built in the 12th century. The church has been described as "of very great interest, as it contains quite well-preserved fragments of twelfth-century wall-paintings". The estate was passed to relatives of Atkinson until 1685 when it was bought by John Grubham Howe whose descendants owned the estate until 1811 when it was bought by the judge William Scott. He took the title of Baron Stowell from the estate when raised to the peerage upon the coronation of George IV in 1821. On his death in 1824 the estate was inherited by his brother John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon and passed down through the family until sold in 1923 to 1st Lord Vestey, whose great-great grandson William Vestey, 4th Lord Vestey, is the current head of the family and Chairman of the Vestey Group. During World War II Stowell Park was used for evacuees from Great Ballard School. Architecture The main house is L-shaped. The west front is Elizabethan and has five bays as does the north front. Each is surmounted by hipped and crenellated roofs. The west front includes a door with paired Roman Doric pilasters. The current main entrance on the south front was added in the 19th century. The drawing room has panelling remaining from the 16th century. Within the grounds is a 17th-century dovecote. The former mill powered by water from the River Coln was built in the late 18th century. The Lodge, iron gates and gate piers at the eastern entrance to the estate were added in the late 19th century, when balustrades and steps were added between the house and the lawns. The stable block, which was probably designed by Sir John Belcher, was also added in the late 19th century. Grounds The grounds include terraced lawns with surrounding herbaceous borders. There are walled gardens containing fruit and flower beds. It is opened for the National Gardens Scheme each year. The landscaped park is listed Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The estate hosts shoots for pheasants. It has also been the home of a polo team with one of the players being the Argentine born Héctor Barrantes. References External links Official site
Stowey Castle

Stowey Castle (oder Nether Stowey Castle, lokal auch The Mount) ist eine abgegangene Burg im Dorf Nether Stowey in den Quantock Hills in der englischen Grafschaft Somerset. Die Überreste der normannischen Motte gelten als Scheduled Monument. Beschreibung Die Burg lag auf einem kleinen, isolierten Hügel aus Leighland Slates (Schiefer) aus dem Devon, etwa 119 Meter hoch. Sie bestand aus einem Donjon mit quadratischem Grundriss (entweder ganz aus Stein oder mit Holzaufbau, aber steinernem Fundament) und seinen Verteidigungsanlagen, sowie einer Kernburg und einer Vorburg. Der Mound erhebt sich bis auf 9 Meter Höhe über dem 2 Meter breiten Graben, der seinerseits 2 Meter tief ist. Er ist oben flach. In der Mitte befinden sich 10 Meter × 10 Meter große Fundamente mit inneren Unterteilungen. Geschichte Alfred von Spanien ist der normannische Herr von Stowey, der im Domesday Book aufgeführt ist. Der Bau der Burg wird üblicherweise entweder ihm selbst oder seiner Tochter Isabel zugeschrieben. Die erste urkundliche Erwähnung von Stowey Castle ist in einer Charta von 1154. Oben auf dem Mound wurden im 19. Jahrhundert Ausgrabungen von Amateuren durchgeführt, aber man findet keine Aufzeichnungen über irgendwelche Fundstücke. Die Haufen auf dem Mound sind Bergehalden dieser Ausgrabungen, die durchgeführt wurden, um die Fundamente des Donjons freizulegen. Es könnte aber auch sein, dass es sich um Überreste von Türmen handelt. Die Fundamente aus blauem Liasschutt sind die einzigen sichtbaren strukturellen Überreste der Burg, die auf dem konischen Mound stand und von einem Graben von etwa 250 Meter Umfang umgeben war. Die Burg wurde im 15. Jahrhundert zerstört, möglicherweise als Strafe für den örtlichen Baron Audley, der an dem zweiten cornischen Aufstand von 1497 unter der Führung von Perkin Warbeck beteiligt war. Einige der Bausteine wurden zum Bau des Stowey Court im Dorf verwendet. Einzelnachweise Weblinks