The first building to begin this post about Nottingham’s architecture is Nottingham General Hospital. The hospital was founded by public subscription in 1782 and opened with 44 beds.
London Sculptures – Part One
Another semi-regular series here, featuring sculptures I’ve admired on my walks around London.
Categories: England, London
Tags: edith cavell, Henry Purcell, photo post, Royal Tank Regiment Memorial, suffragette memorial, wind sclulpture
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Hardwick Hall
I’ve been to Hardwick Hall before, to visit the gardens and take in one of the walks around the grounds, but on this occasion we went into the hall itself. Bess of Hardwick created the hall in the 1500s and it was renowned for being more glass than wall, making it at the time a very expensive proposition.
Categories: Derbyshire, England
Tags: Arbella Stuart, Bess of Hardwick, embroidery, Hardwick Hall, Mary Queen of Scots, photo post
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Paycocke’s House and Garden
Paycocke’s House and Garden is a National Trust property in Coggeshall, Essex. The house was built in 1509 by Thomas Paycocke, a wealthy cloth merchant, one of the richest men in Coggeshall. The wool Paycocke produced, known as Coggeshall white, was said to be one of the best cloths in the country.
Categories: Coggeshall, England, Essex
Tags: Coggeshall, flowers, garden, Paycocke House and Gardens, photo post, stained glass, Thomas Paycocke
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Golden Jubilee Sundial, London
Just across from the Houses of Parliament in the Old Palace Yard is the Golden Jubilee Sundial. This was a gift from Parliament to the Queen to celebrate her Golden Jubilee. It is an analemmatic sundial which means it is horizontal and has a vertical gnomon (the part of the sundial that casts a shadow) – in this case the head of the person standing on the appropriate dateline.
Categories: England, London
Tags: Golden Jubilee sundial, Old Palace Yard, photo post, sundial
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Thurland Hall, Nottingham
Thurland Hall is a Grade II listed pub in Nottingham city centre. The architect was G.S. Doughty and the building dates from around 1898-1900. The name Thurland Hall comes from the name of the house of the Earls of Clare which had stood nearby.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: Gilbert S Doughty, photo post, pub, Thurland Hall
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The Museum of Archaeology, University of Nottingham
While visiting the Dinosaurs of China exhibition at Lakeside Arts on the University of Nottingham campus we decided to pop next door and visit the Museum of Archaeology, which none of us had been to before. Focusing on artefacts that have been discovered in the East Midlands, the collection is housed in a single room but well worth a visit.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: archaeology, artefacts, mammoth, mammoth tooth, museum, photo post, University of Nottingham
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London Plaques – Part 1
One of the things I keep an eye out for on my travels is plaques, be they official blue or green or otherwise, and London has an abundance of them. Often I’ll recognise the name even if I don’t know a lot about them but I’ll also stumble across an intriguing plaque that leads me to do more research. As such this will be a continuing series, focusing on plaques found in London and the history behind them, from the well-known to the more obscure.
Categories: England, London
Tags: blue plaque, luke fildes, marcus stone, marie taglioni, phil may, photo post, plaque
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Stanton Moor Edge and the Earl Grey Tower
Stanton Moor Edge is part of the Peak District in Derbyshire that is, as you can tell by its name, to the edge of Stanton Moor and under the care of the National Trust. Here you can find many natural sandstone rocks and see some fantastic views of the surrounding countryside as well as the intriguing Earl Grey Tower.
Categories: Derbyshire, England
Tags: butterfly, Peak District, photo post, Stanton Moor, Stanton Moor Edge
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