Treasured UK Structures (TUKS)
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Gisborough Priory by Bootkneck
Gisborough was founded in 1119 by Robert Bruce, / The 1st Lord of Annandale, an ancestor to the Scottish king Robert the Bruce. It lies in the town of Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England. / The Priory was largely destroyed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the stones from it were used in other buildings in the town including Saint Nicholas’ Anglican church. / The east end was left standing with its large window forming a distinctive arch shape, a well-known landmark which is often used as a symbol of the town. / In the 18th century the arch formed a grand backdrop to magnificent gardens created by the Chaloner family on land south of the current Priory site. / The priory is now in the care of English Heritage. / Local legend has it that a ghost, known as the Black Monk, haunts the site of the priory on the first new moon of each year.
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Gawthorpe Hall by shakey
Gawthorpe Hall ,Padiham,near Burnley ,Lancashire,England.The hall was built between 1600 and 1605, around the existing 14 th century tower (built in 1323),by the Shuttleworth family. The family lived there until the last member died in 1970 and the hall was given to the National Trust. Nikon D80,Sigma 55-200 lens.
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The Gherkin by bubblehex08
Swiss Re Building in London is nicknamed “the Gherkin” by Norman Foster /
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Salisbury cathedral at night by Colin Hollywood
This year Salisbury will be celebrating the 750th anniversary of the consecration of the completed Cathedral in 1258. / The spire is 404 feet tall, the highest in Europe… no words of mine can add anything to its beauty! Although I was born in Salisbury, so might be biased, I am sure noone would disagree with the magnificence of this marvellous building. / Captured at 17mm, 30 second exposure, f9, ISO 100 Sold as a mounted print – many thanks to the unknown buyer /
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A time for reflection by David Parkin
Happy Easter my friends :-) The Angel of the North, definitely one of my favourite places to go to spend some time with my thoughts. Camera Canon 350D / Lens Canon 18-55 A rather fitting song = click me
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Coughton Court, Warwickshire by Colin Hollywood
Coughton Court is one of England’s finest Tudor country houses on the main road between Studley and Alcester in Warwickshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The Coughton estate has been in the Throckmorton family since 1409. The house has an impressive facade directly facing the main road, the centrepiece of which is the superb Gatehouse and which dating from 1530 is the oldest part of the present structure. Although the Throckmorton family were themselves only indirectly implicated, the Hall holds a place in English history for its role in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and some of the conspirators rode directly back there after it failed. The house has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1946. The family hold a 300 year lease and manage the estate on behalf of the National Trust.
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Alnwick Castle by Paul McGuire
Alnwick Castle is the second largest inhabited castle in England, and has been the home of the Percys, Earls and Dukes of Northumberland since 1309, making this year the 700 year anniversary. / It’s also the set of many big hollywood films sucha as Harry Potter and Robin Hood! / It’s an amazing place and the gardens are superb! / I wanted a good shot of the castle and grounds and after wondering about for hours was amazed to realise that I had to go right to the other side of town to get this viewpoint! Thats how big this place is! Canon 400D with 18-55mm lens / Aperture f/7.1 / Shutter 1/125sec / ISO – 100 Featured In:- / Treaured UK Structures
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Beaumaris Castle by Shaun Whiteman
Taken with a Canon 400D, Sigma 10-20 lens at 10mm, F11, shutter speed 0.2 seconds, ISO100, edited in Photoshop Beaumaris Castle on the Island of Anglesey is the great unfinished masterpiece. It was built as one of the ‘iron ring’ of North Wales castles by the English monarch Edward I, to stamp his authority on the Welsh. But it was never finished money and supplies ran out before the fortifications reached their full height. Please view large!
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Sunrise Over The National Monument by Andrew Ness
My word what a fantastic morning it was today, so I hopped on my bike around 5am and pedalled up to Calton Hill for a few snaps. I hope you enjoy. The National Monument, Edinburgh is Scotland’s memorial to those who died in the Napoleonic Wars. The monument is on the top of Calton Hill, just to the east of central Edinburgh. It was designed by Charles Robert Cockerell and his collaborator William Henry Playfair and is modelled upon the Parthenon in Athens. Construction started in 1822. The monument is famous for being only partially complete. According to documentary evidence, the monument was intended to be a full replica of the Parthenon, but money ran out midway through construction and only one side of the structure was completed. The city of Glasgow reportedly offered to cover the costs but Edinburgh was too proud to accept the other city’s charity. As a result, the monument is often given the nickname Edinburgh’s Disgrace or Edinburgh’s Folly. If you like this please check out my other National Monument shot here:
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Church of SS. Peter and Paul at dusk by Shaun Whiteman
Taken with a Canon 50D, Sigma 10-20 lens at 10mm, F11, shutter speed 1/30 second ISO200 tweaked in Photoshop Whilst in Swaffham (in the county of Norfolk) I visited this beautiful church, the sun was setting producing a wonderful golden glow on this stunning building The church of SS. Peter and Paul is said to have been built in 1474; it is in the Early English style, and is cruciform, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts and en embattled tower, bearing two shields, charged with the emblems of its patron saints: the tower was completed in the year 1510 Please view large
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A Cotton Mill by Paul Gibbons
Gibson Cotton Mill Now owned by the National Trust.and is a Heritage site. History Lord Holme Mill – to give it its official title – was erected in the early 1800s by Abraham Gibson, a Heptonstall farmer and cotton spinner, of Greenwood Lee. Following his death in 1790, it was his son, another Abraham, who set in motion the changes which were to transform the family’s cottage industry into a much more ambitious concern; a factory was erected in the heart of Hardcastle Crags and manufacturing began in earnest. Gibson Mill was one of the first generation mills of the Industrial Revolution. The Mill was driven by a water wheel inside and produced cotton cloth up until 1890. In 1833, 21 workers were employed in the building, each working an average 72 hours per week. After it shut down as a working mill, the building became a mini holiday centre or “entertainment emporium” with a cafe, dance hall and skating rink catering mainly for day trippers who visited what became known as “Little Switzerland” until what seemed like its final closure in 1945. “The family line was to survive for only four generations, however. Abraham the second was succeeded by his younger son, William, who in turn produced yet another Abraham, nicknamed “Young Ab,” whose death, in 1956, brought the Gibson dynasty to an end.” “But his legacy was to have far-reaching effects on the area, for it was Young Ab, who not only left a considerable sum of money to local good causes, but, perhaps more significantly, willed his Hardcastle Crags acres to the National Trust.” (Milltown Memories, summer 2003) Since then the mill and its surrounding cottages, in spite of their setting in some of the loveliest countryside in Yorkshire, have fallen into disrepair although they have proved to be useful venues for promenade plays and in recent years as the set for Dotheboys Hall in a film of Charles Dickens’s novel “Nicholas Nickleby
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Historical Tracks III by Bootkneck
Scarborough Castle is a former Medieval Royal fortress situated on a rocky promontory overlooking the North Sea and the town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. / It was founded by William le Gros, in the 1130s during the reign of King Stephen. Work included a gate tower, curtain wall, dry moat and chapel. / In the 17th and 18th centuries the part of castle was used as a prison. / In 1745, during the Jacobite Rebellion temporary repairs were carried out on the castle. A barracks, containing twelve apartments, could accommodate 120 soldiers. / On 16 December 1914, during the First World War, Scarborough came under naval bombardment by the German warships SMS Derfflinger and SMS Von der Tann. The castle was severely damaged by the hail of 500 shells directed at it and the town. / The Castle is now in the car of English Heritage.
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Holyrood Palace by Linda More
The Palace of Holyroodhouse, or informally Holyrood Palace, founded as a monastery by David I of Scotland in 1128, has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scotland since the fifteenth century. The Palace stands in Edinburgh at the bottom of the Royal Mile. The Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence in Scotland of Queen Elizabeth II, who spends time at the Palace at the beginning of the summer. If you would like to buy a card, print or poster just go to ‘buy/preview’
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Bristol Cross & St Peter's by RedHillDigital
Bristol Cross & St Peter’s The Bristol High Cross & St Peter’s Parish Church, Stourton, Wiltshire, England. Some 40 feet high, the High Cross was originally erected at a main crossroads in the city of Bristol in 1373. The cross was a monument to four kings of England – Edward III, Edward IV, Henry III and King John. Later 4 more statues were added – those of Charles I, Queen Elizabeth I, Henry VI and James I. By 1733, the Cross was considered by some to be something of an obstruction to the thoroughfares of the city, so it was moved to College Green and rebuilt on land owned by Bristol Cathedral. Unfortunately there followed more complaints about its location, and in 1768 the Cross was moved again to the gardens of a friend of the cathedral’s dean, Henry Hoare of Stourhead. St Peter’s Parish Church is on the Stourhead Estate but does not belong to the National Trust. It dates from the 14th century but was reconstructed in the 19th century. The Church contains monuments and relics belonging to the Hoare and Stourton families. Date: 25th October 2009
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Dunstanburgh Boulder Field by Phillip Dove
Dunstanburgh Castle near Craster, Northumberland from the beach at dawn. The large rounded rocks give the name to the boulder field.
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Look Up London by GraceNotes
Big Ben and the Underground sign are both such recognizable features of London – perfectly paired together. And the gray skies are the appropriate backdrop for the duo. Big Ben, St. Stephen’s Tower, is a Westminster Palace UNESCO World Heritage Site. Taken in August 2008 Featured in Cityscapes & City Skylines – Nov. 5, 2009
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"The end of the world". by Bootkneck
Hadrian’s Wall is a stone and turf fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England. / Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, / The Wall marked the northern lines in Britain and also the most heavily fortified border in the Empire. / It was built to prevent military raids on Roman Britain by the Pictish tribes (ancient inhabitants of Scotland) to the north. / In addition to its use as a military fortification, it was believed at the time, North of the wall marked the end of all known civilization, “The end of the world”.
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Brighton West Pier by Lee-Anne Rafferty-Evans
Also Seen on Flickr Brighton West Pier, derelict and sadly neglected for many years, was a magnificent looking structure epitomising the gilded era of Edwardian Britain. Designed by the famous engineer Eugenius Birch work on construction commenced in 1863. Literally built out of the sea, it rose up on iron columns and finally opened three years later on 5th October 1866, having cost £30,000. Brighton West Pier is 1115ft (337.8m) long and originally consisted of only a wooden promenade deck where the Victorian middle classes could stroll at their leisure, to see and be seen. In 1875 a central bandstand was added, and in 1883 a pavilion was built at the pier head, being subsequently enlarged in 1885. 1886 saw the construction of landing stages that allowed paddle steamers carrying day-trippers to visit the town. The transformation from a promenade pier to a pleasure pier had begun. In 1901 the landing stage was enlarged, and 1903 saw the conversion of the pavilion into a 1000 seater theatre. The last major building work was in 1916, with the removal of the central bandstand and the construction of a 1400 seater concert hall, having first widened the immediate decking area by 14ft (4.2m). This concert hall had survived intact until disaster struck in 2002/3. Brighton West Pier offered plenty of diverse activities, both inside and out. Plays, pantomimes and ballet were performed in the theatre, the pier’s own band played in the concert hall, and swimming, diving and paddle steamer excursions took place around the pier head. In its heyday the pier was playing host to over 2,000,000 people every year. Forced to close, and sectioned during the Second World War, Brighton West Pier had been completely transformed into the more familiar ‘funfair’ type pier when it eventually reopened. The theatre now had a restaurant on the first floor with a games hall beneath, the concert hall became a café, and the normal plethora of dodgems and ghost trains sprawled across the open decking. Brighton West Pier’s popularity started to decline with the advent of the package holiday. Combined with mounting maintenance costs, the seaward end was eventually closed in 1970, and permission for demolition was granted by the state, subject to local council approval. A determined campaign by local residents ensured that this demolition order was never carried out, and in 1975 the owners closed Brighton West Pier. Purchased for a conditional £100 in 1985 by Brighton West Pier Trust, work began on restoration of the structure but was forced to stop in 1989 after suffering additional damage in the great storms of 1987 and 1988. Finally receiving a lottery grant in 1996 and 1998 the Brighton West Pier now looked like it may be saved. Seeing this beautiful structure left to rot and decay aroused great emotion in me at a time when, as a young man I was working in Brighton. Since moving away, it was with great pleasure that I heard that the Brighton West Pier Trust has been campaigning tirelessly to secure the pier’s future. Unfortunately their valiant efforts have been undermined by red tape and legal disputes. On 29th December 2002 the inevitable eventually happened when, during a violent storm, a section of the sub structure collapsed from the area around the concert hall. Although not entirley lost to the sea, the 1916 structure suffered considerable damage as a result and, once again, its future was left hanging (literally) in the balance. Further tragedy struck in the first few weeks of 2003, this time in the form of two separate arson attacks. Consequently, Brighton West Pier’s two unique pleasure buildings were severely damaged. More legal disputes ensued and subsequently the Heritage Lottery Fund decided to withdraw its support, despite a recommendation from English Heritage that the restoration should go ahead. The future of Brighton West Pier now hangs by a very slim thread, its only chance of survival depending upon English Heritage’s alternative and less costly proposal to restore the pier back to its original 1860s appearance, without the theatre and concert hall. Sadly, this is how it stands today…
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tower bridge by dennis wingard
this lovely bridge is in london it takes a great photo from any angle it was built with pride and is well looked after it was designed by Sir Horace Jones and opened on the 30th June 1894. It is one of the great engineering marvels of it’s age , and the walkways are 42 metres above the River Thames which gives you great photo’s of London
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The Hampshire Jubilee Sculpture, Winchester, southern England by Philip Mitchell
According to Hampshire County Council’s website: “Inspired by Winchester’s Castle and Cathedral and Hampshire’s rich natural resources, this sculpture is a meeting place with a timeless quality. The segments in the outer circle form a Round Table. One half, decorated with fleurs-de-lys and castles, symbolises the reign of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, during which time the Round Table was probably made. The other half illustrates religious presences using arches and arcades. The words relate to fundamental and continuous aspects of society; religion, prosperity and royal governance. The flowing design in the centre circle recalls the wet lands around Winchester Cathedral. The focal point, a large stone ‘Throne’ surrounded by three guardian figures, reflects Winchester’s position as a traditional home to monarchs and bishops. The ‘Alfred’ stone, with its Celtic design influences, symbolises ancient days and embodies the great King’s dedication to art, religion and defence of the realm. The ‘Mitre’ stone represents the authority and influence of the Christian Church. The ‘Overflow’ stone refers to the rich resources of Hampshire that assisted the early growth of this country and which continue today. The three ‘Moot Horns’, used in ancient times to call people together at a meeting place or Moot, celebrate 50 years since HM Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. Interwoven round the ‘Throne’ are three of Hampshire’s rivers, sources of life and symbols of continuity. The work is by Rachel Fenner, a local sculptor. She has used Massangis Jaune, a hard french limestone, for the main elements and her palette of colours for the mosaics was influenced by medieval manuscripts.” The Jubilee Sculpture stands outside the modern Law Courts in Winchester, just below the ruins of the great medieval castle.
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Plymouth N.A.A.F.I. by morpheus71
The Plymouth ‘Naafi’ (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes) on Notte Street was opened in July 1952 by HRH the Princess Margaret. The building cost £400,000. The mid-century modernist building, which borrows some of the strong lines of the earlier Art Deco period (yet without the ornate adornments), was designed by Messrs Joseph. It had a pub, restaurant, dance hall, games room, lounge as well as accomodation for service personnel. Canon A570 IS Powershot & Kodak tripod HDR (7 manually bracketed shots – each at f/8) Software used:- Photomatix Pro 3.1 Adobe Photoshop 6.0 / Imagenomic Noiseware Comunity Edition
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Springtime at All Saints, Barton Stacey, Hampshire, southern England. by Philip Mitchell
Tucked away in the Hampshire countryside some eight miles north of Winchester is All Saints at Barton Stacey; and like so many such English parish churches it has a fascinating and varied history. This Grade II* listed building stands on one of the oldest sites of continuous Christian worship in England. The exact date of the former Saxon church is unknown, but it was certainly standing by the 10th century. It was then called St Victor’s, a very rare dedication, and under this name it is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, valued at 15 shillings. There is no record of when the name was changed to All Saints’. During the late 12th century the church was rebuilt in the Norman Transitional style, but around 1250 the building was enlarged almost to its present size in the early English (Gothic) style, giving it the cruciform shape it has today. In the 15th century the aisles were remodelled in the later perpendicular style; and finally about 1510 the remarkably fine turreted and embattled tower was built into the west end of the church, bringing the whole appearance close to what we see here. In 1792 a disastrous fire swept through the village, caused by sparks from a blacksmith’s opposite the old Malt House. Fewer than ten houses survived the fire, though it seems the church was unscathed, as it was used to shelter the unfortunate villagers. That fire also explains the lack of thatched cottages in the village. It is a measure of the continuing importance of the church to the life of its parishioners that between 1989 and 1991 a major restoration took place, mainly to the stone and flint work, at a cost of some £65,000, nearly half of which was raised from within the village. Services continue here Sunday by Sunday, as they have done for more than a thousand years.
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Nave & East End, interior of St Cross Church, Winchester, southern England by Philip Mitchell
The Hospital of St Cross, England’s oldest continuing almshouse, comprises a group of grade I listed medieval and Tudor buildings, including a medieval hall and tower, Tudor cloister, Norman church, and gardens reflecting a seventeenth century connection with North America. The term “Hospital” has the same origin as the word “hospitality”: for over 850 years St Cross has provided food and shelter to people in need, in the Christian tradition of caring for the less fortunate. It has been home to the Master and Brethren of St Cross since medieval times: there are presently 25 Brothers. Visitors can still receive the Wayfarer’s Dole, a horn of beer and a morsel of bread, given freely to anyone who requests it. The fine Transitional Norman Church, begun in 1135 at the east end with the north porch added nearly 200 years later, is all that remains of the original Hospital. Here the Brothers still gather to celebrate the office of Mattins each day. The walls are over one metre thick and were built from stone brought from as far afield as Caen (in Normandy), Dorset and the Isle of Wight, as well as some flint taken from the local chalk pits. The church’s interior embodies an even longer evolution of styles. In this view we are looking towards the East End, which is unmistakably Norman, with its zigzag decoration over rounded windows, but the capitals of the nave’s piers become less Norman as they proceed westwards. By contrast the nave’s clerestory dates from the 14th century, while the vault arching above was only finished in the 15th century. Yet the whole effect of these shapes and patterns in stone is one of complete architectural synthesis.
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Treasured UK Structures (TUKS)
The guidelines are quite simple:
To capture natural images of a Building or Structure in the United Kingdom (also including Southern Ireland) that is designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance.
This includes internal or external views of Buildings, Castles, Bridges, Monuments, Churches, Statues, Memorials, Piers etc. . . this list is not definitive and open to further interpretation, but the moderators decision to exhibit is final. Information text on the subject is requested, to allow viewers an additional perspective
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