Rose window, St Llawddog’s church, Cenarth, Carmarthenshire
Tag: Victorian
Sculptured
Angel bench ends, All Saints, Great Chesterford, Essex
Great Chesterford’s church dates from the 13th century though these pleasing angels, on benches currently in the chancel, look to me to be Victorian.
One of the four angels, tragically, has a broken wing but the remaining three look whole and entire. Continue reading “Sculptured”
Bricked
Stokes Croft, Bristol
Another example of individuality within conformity.
Red brick and uniform shop frontages unite the ensemble.
On the left, a Dutch gable tops off a severely classical façade. In the centre sits a utilitarian design, probably fronting a workshop or warehouse. On the right a more Baroque interpretation is also surmounted by a Dutch-inspired pediment with the merest hint of curves.
You might just spot a 20th-century building peeping over the top, but despite being brick-faced for me its height and mass would not class it as a Good Neighbour.
Repost from March 27th 2013
Bedtime
Mirrored four-poster bed, Tyntesfield House, Wraxall near Bristol
Bathtime
Victorian bathroom, Tyntesfield House, Wraxall near Bristol
Ablutions
Bathroom, with Victorian shower head visible in mirror, in Gothic Revival Tyntesfield House, Wraxall near Bristol
Both sides now
Snape Maltings 4/5: early 19th-century archway with clock and bell turret (bell missing)
Angle
More looking up 2/4: tower of former Victorian church of St John’s, Clifton, Bristol
High and mighty
43m across the river Towy and 10.5m high, the bridge at Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire was the third longest single arch span in Britain when built 150 years ago
Dry
Redundant drinking fountain, Cardiff, erected 1850 by a former mayor
My New Shy 