tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71795131403545868762024-03-13T05:35:18.473+00:00Walking in the countryLearning to see. A process of discovery.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-66902050991359029092023-06-18T19:38:00.002+01:002023-06-18T19:38:57.263+01:00Antwerp: The Royal Museum of Fine Arts<div class="separator"><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">..</p></div><div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGO48nYDcI7xuY10YtVkGyUVTwtVBuyWV_EKX9XxSRdsBigePPT8K7msbznUKxuYEySaHxakOLxFe3_HSLgpZ4UcQIYOvTFG18OIa3lAJO5gptUibe5OH9SzTFtdr27dWNrSk_SI7msGnb7lVW-NepU1_K2zuIZBomEDzsCsGDAqvJ2YBgqA2SjSJ3/s5184/P1021788.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGO48nYDcI7xuY10YtVkGyUVTwtVBuyWV_EKX9XxSRdsBigePPT8K7msbznUKxuYEySaHxakOLxFe3_HSLgpZ4UcQIYOvTFG18OIa3lAJO5gptUibe5OH9SzTFtdr27dWNrSk_SI7msGnb7lVW-NepU1_K2zuIZBomEDzsCsGDAqvJ2YBgqA2SjSJ3/w640-h426/P1021788.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke which was active from the late 14th century to 1773 was succeeded by a new museum in 1817: it listed 127 items in its catalogue. The current museum was closed for major renovations at the end of 2011, reopening on 24 September 2022 after 11 years of work.</p><p>This is the large gallery that you first enter ...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8dcG6ssbQpO3BOp8XIiuZEUrByO7fuPUhMJIk52dsdwnq2L8yhmEKF5DLUGogfp7hJGakn2nkSQZm_Qc0yat2OSfV5Vq4qV255LSirJYJB2t0uXOVtnoYsyRzIRye22FctjcPhGF2XHjTHrvyD2GWszz9KZvsMfNFexLVW441GnNxSj18XbzxZz5/s5184/P1021791.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8dcG6ssbQpO3BOp8XIiuZEUrByO7fuPUhMJIk52dsdwnq2L8yhmEKF5DLUGogfp7hJGakn2nkSQZm_Qc0yat2OSfV5Vq4qV255LSirJYJB2t0uXOVtnoYsyRzIRye22FctjcPhGF2XHjTHrvyD2GWszz9KZvsMfNFexLVW441GnNxSj18XbzxZz5/w400-h266/P1021791.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here are a small selection some of the best paintings ..... Caritas (Lucas Cranach the Elder) ...<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3OV3ksk98YCjNuzoP__wjB9I8x2jeoJCBifo-GgC8l5k-9Aa1nreHPdTP6A0vMB7sG16RgNDywOXqyChUTSxj5XI4gtWvfkkd9ZxkbuaogQ8mJXTK-cy74DPTxT9UMwvBfOqsgKnYqB2Iu7vw2Iv8Aw_OocaCbHS8uGAoM0YNN6mROXSeD1F7owK/s5184/P1021801.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3OV3ksk98YCjNuzoP__wjB9I8x2jeoJCBifo-GgC8l5k-9Aa1nreHPdTP6A0vMB7sG16RgNDywOXqyChUTSxj5XI4gtWvfkkd9ZxkbuaogQ8mJXTK-cy74DPTxT9UMwvBfOqsgKnYqB2Iu7vw2Iv8Aw_OocaCbHS8uGAoM0YNN6mROXSeD1F7owK/w266-h400/P1021801.JPG" width="266" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">.... Virgin and child surrounded by angels (Jean Fouquet c1454)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDKp2AG5suMSf1kHq9YNNO9_IU2TZ8dPbXMlBy3jT3c8We-1f0zcP02aSw0DUkJnpBtYiQhfgmkWei7E2I50CEB41HR5ryHzLEe7PPfty_DHjIcwKBY-55y1u1CZ8Udh8gE29KgbxcXzr_tbuCO9nRCdxKOm_j_kGkUz6YIMLoILd4wvGwnQfBg_O/s5184/P1021822.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDKp2AG5suMSf1kHq9YNNO9_IU2TZ8dPbXMlBy3jT3c8We-1f0zcP02aSw0DUkJnpBtYiQhfgmkWei7E2I50CEB41HR5ryHzLEe7PPfty_DHjIcwKBY-55y1u1CZ8Udh8gE29KgbxcXzr_tbuCO9nRCdxKOm_j_kGkUz6YIMLoILd4wvGwnQfBg_O/s320/P1021822.JPG" width="213" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a startling painting by Jean Fouquet: Madonna surrounded by seraphim and Cherubim. <br /></div><p></p><p> <img alt="Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels by Jean Fouquet. c. 1454" class="mw-mmv-final-image jpg mw-mmv-dialog-is-open" crossorigin="anonymous" height="354" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Madonna_omringd_door_serafijnen_en_cherubijnen%2C_Jean_Fouquet%2C_%281454-1456%29%2C_Koninklijk_Museum_voor_Schone_Kunsten_Antwerpen%2C_132.jpg/1920px-Madonna_omringd_door_serafijnen_en_cherubijnen%2C_Jean_Fouquet%2C_%281454-1456%29%2C_Koninklijk_Museum_voor_Schone_Kunsten_Antwerpen%2C_132.jpg" width="322" /></p><p> <br /></p><p> Biddende Maria (<i>Mary in Prayer</i> or <i>Virgin at prayer</i>) (Quentin Matsys) <br /></p><p></p><p><img alt="Quinten Massijs (I) - Biddende Maria - 242 - Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.jpg" data-file-height="1000" data-file-width="798" height="313" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Quinten_Massijs_%28I%29_-_Biddende_Maria_-_242_-_Royal_Museum_of_Fine_Arts_Antwerp.jpg/250px-Quinten_Massijs_%28I%29_-_Biddende_Maria_-_242_-_Royal_Museum_of_Fine_Arts_Antwerp.jpg" width="250" /> </p><p> </p><p>.... Passion Play by the 16th century painter, Gilles Mostaert<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvOC0B4aSrciW7f_GbYkVDjWZyGYA7zvn7TjvmrhlaZZ8dRQ0yNhMZewcxMmB7YxZ1nmkFCSEDK27uyjyEhQ-DUIuNlYKtoQAJkPHOWHDpzjceBkDzbl7Ykqxr3CpRkTNa7T6byCVryNuk7dnh1yJxk2jieQwa7M1HxavWc6005CpBdN4WxDGmgcL/s5184/P1021795.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvOC0B4aSrciW7f_GbYkVDjWZyGYA7zvn7TjvmrhlaZZ8dRQ0yNhMZewcxMmB7YxZ1nmkFCSEDK27uyjyEhQ-DUIuNlYKtoQAJkPHOWHDpzjceBkDzbl7Ykqxr3CpRkTNa7T6byCVryNuk7dnh1yJxk2jieQwa7M1HxavWc6005CpBdN4WxDGmgcL/w400-h266/P1021795.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Countess Rattazzi by Emile August Corelus-Duran ...<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgevb0maaJkbPi9R0GwfKX6R6yVJFYxLi5z7njlEjBiYmSKN0xHnfWDMqmSc4n_DgvCXCCCHmkatd5xjVgy9tm4O0LeRzN64TpMthcRk4u5Kfb_i7uIjgYSs8iOaWE54P1f3NQlTo_V0TDpyCvd-B3SnlJCJoXUgQXITsirQI0RS61xlNzsS7PI_B-/s5184/P1021804.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We had just arrived and were on our way to find the Tourist Office (opposite the Castle). Fresh from the "Strolling around Lille" guide book, we followed "Strolling around Ghent" for our exploration of Ghent. We enjoyed the walks and buildings, but saw only a few Art Nouveau ones. Art Nouveau seems to be less prominent in Ghent than elsewhere in Belgium.<br /></p><p>The wonderful <a href="https://art.nouveau.world/ghent">https://art.nouveau.world/ghent</a> website provides a much more comprehensive listing of Art Nouveau for Ghent. </p><p>We headed towards the Cathdral, on the corner <span style="font-family: times;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">at Biezekapelstraat 1to reach this imposing building ...<br /></span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Gent, Sint-Baafsplei/ Kapittelstraat, Jugendstilhaus (Art … | Flickr" aria-hidden="false" class="r48jcc pT0Scc iPVvYb" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3756/9731554003_3ac8c9c0bf_b.jpg" style="height: 662px; margin: 0px; max-width: 668px; width: 432px;" width="261" /><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> </span></span></b></span><br /></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A</span></span> similar Ar</span>t Nouveau building is nearby in <span style="font-family: times;">Sint<span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">-Baafsplein</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> </span></span></span>21. Both were designed by the local architect, Jean Gys, in 1901.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuQd5BRfBovsqPMmKJ2NnmP816Ly-RmvZuj0zFHM29v4J0R-8nzFF7UjcQOs8vIN9QUAjeQyQDo5zK-NpMF771-3TQLOaRraZE8IUpTpG1H70X61N3_wmqNidKSwKwsYxpi8F6kq1dLA5-XOX83T8xpCXZmgaq3Bhk_PdE7qvjtwFsXZFQwd86OXX/s5184/P1021538.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuQd5BRfBovsqPMmKJ2NnmP816Ly-RmvZuj0zFHM29v4J0R-8nzFF7UjcQOs8vIN9QUAjeQyQDo5zK-NpMF771-3TQLOaRraZE8IUpTpG1H70X61N3_wmqNidKSwKwsYxpi8F6kq1dLA5-XOX83T8xpCXZmgaq3Bhk_PdE7qvjtwFsXZFQwd86OXX/w266-h400/P1021538.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><p>Belfort-strasse 3-5, has a pair of tall identical houses, except that the one on the left has the engraving in its window: Van Artevelde. It is a bar and restaurant.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB68Ayue_03lvt8bFehz0KsPSvMqP7bGQhrXC9s9qLKrWhgaKTDQ21MSP0w6gHulEq_2jdHThqpXFQIWcmiPAma3jltgzLemBlok0SN2cbLB9PO9qK8QpF9_YzcMsr1naQiH0aNcE2GxspMPfVmtZrLyz859cUrS3R28iwvjZYJw9CePCZ_xJltcoJ/s5184/P1021542.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB68Ayue_03lvt8bFehz0KsPSvMqP7bGQhrXC9s9qLKrWhgaKTDQ21MSP0w6gHulEq_2jdHThqpXFQIWcmiPAma3jltgzLemBlok0SN2cbLB9PO9qK8QpF9_YzcMsr1naQiH0aNcE2GxspMPfVmtZrLyz859cUrS3R28iwvjZYJw9CePCZ_xJltcoJ/w266-h400/P1021542.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><br /> The others we noticed, were interesting, but anonymous and possibly not Art Nouveau at all!<br /><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI2NHyoelA-lEjn4Kee8kNuCRUZ5fmy18QskgUd1wzmZImTDMiWMBlcWES8SaeDaQnDAhKTpusm4Yv_n0dbDkm6XSiveIaHId8cX6BpFKHaGAT1zrR9y6S_T0PilJA2pyLZl-VVkgEIKwW53_tMKs8pXeaiDmKqNFUtqV2zaLNi1XQkoO0H1PdSxg/s5184/P1021549.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were strolling along <span style="color: #212529;">Kraanlei</span><b style="color: #212529;"> </b><span style="color: #212529;">when we came upon the House of Alijn. It is located in the historic heart of Ghent, near the Vrijdagmarkt and the Gravensteen. It is the oldest, and only remaining, Almshouse in Ghent. It is now a museum. It was founded in 1363 as a peace offering to resolve a blood feud between the patrician Rijm and </span><span style="color: #212529;">Alijn families. It was later a children's hospital<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDyD2MEIxcd3juoLBy6KBkaumjHTrTrTI5jb1zelAEk-1roEAbXkAfdF6UUPMFjvnVkcqwcWQHb6DsWZrSFYlGGzsltA8SvDI-TWgpOuwx0kMQxd9-jEYtjt4DADN-OsV-PaJqfOHj1IeEFPqaFZsx2OTowV4HalL9kbGj9eNb3ZCbP3fSrznKDfD/s5184/P1021582.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDyD2MEIxcd3juoLBy6KBkaumjHTrTrTI5jb1zelAEk-1roEAbXkAfdF6UUPMFjvnVkcqwcWQHb6DsWZrSFYlGGzsltA8SvDI-TWgpOuwx0kMQxd9-jEYtjt4DADN-OsV-PaJqfOHj1IeEFPqaFZsx2OTowV4HalL9kbGj9eNb3ZCbP3fSrznKDfD/w266-h400/P1021582.JPG" width="266" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We entered the passage and emerged into a delightful square with 18 typical Flemish cottages (all interconnected) with different features on the four side, including a chapel. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarzqxhhNIGeRRlnrkkX1UWactoFwvOhKRdCCgF7aXdd98BdtdTPZwIzMw-EJY9ng2vkXqLmsa4oiyakyGUoG6ZysewdfqJDQM5e98OXq46H4OQreGrEVAH15Acc0GTIV18io6rzGcuPPOG7fiqs3Xyruri-oVTFNhDkq20NJ7oZbbMDFRPQmqqxs2/s5184/P1021574.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarzqxhhNIGeRRlnrkkX1UWactoFwvOhKRdCCgF7aXdd98BdtdTPZwIzMw-EJY9ng2vkXqLmsa4oiyakyGUoG6ZysewdfqJDQM5e98OXq46H4OQreGrEVAH15Acc0GTIV18io6rzGcuPPOG7fiqs3Xyruri-oVTFNhDkq20NJ7oZbbMDFRPQmqqxs2/w400-h266/P1021574.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIBGUbeyK-ts30jN1aLBkoSqgg9owykXriTeZbsoDuY3KkDDEvC3FFbmG7mutEMQAOPspEUdaZyjfLL8S6YrrbHauwzKUcWWLqEF2fIDChfzjeIYs1kRvj7TtbzNkQDLMynKfV5mb0Shfu4eainTebc-3hBcT43AKeYbvz65rgbBMipW0pFWo1EOI/s5184/P1021575.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIBGUbeyK-ts30jN1aLBkoSqgg9owykXriTeZbsoDuY3KkDDEvC3FFbmG7mutEMQAOPspEUdaZyjfLL8S6YrrbHauwzKUcWWLqEF2fIDChfzjeIYs1kRvj7TtbzNkQDLMynKfV5mb0Shfu4eainTebc-3hBcT43AKeYbvz65rgbBMipW0pFWo1EOI/w400-h266/P1021575.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>We decided however not to take the guided tour of the interior.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgte0VAaTseWffd6T2DMU5r2vDVZgBUUe4jRxrL-S0aLInUjKPjNsAF4YfA_Wz8QlYRfjAcoQiga0XMKBiHVKtpmVrRkDgLvN8CV6vBKKMPvW7uqmw2XP4nqa5n9FwGCVaC4wVqQ2egZHIewN7Ssy1NxmsOR11hqiwTL4yTVIrCgn5qUGrdq9yVnxWn/s5184/P1021576.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgte0VAaTseWffd6T2DMU5r2vDVZgBUUe4jRxrL-S0aLInUjKPjNsAF4YfA_Wz8QlYRfjAcoQiga0XMKBiHVKtpmVrRkDgLvN8CV6vBKKMPvW7uqmw2XP4nqa5n9FwGCVaC4wVqQ2egZHIewN7Ssy1NxmsOR11hqiwTL4yTVIrCgn5qUGrdq9yVnxWn/w400-h266/P1021576.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p>For comparison, here is an almshouse with a very plain exterior from Delft: the Klaeuwshofje. It is on the bank of the Rijn-Schie canal. <br />
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We saw seen others in Amsterdam, but this was the first time we were
able to see the courtyard garden which is a normal feature.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-83463051469410727912023-05-15T11:30:00.000+01:002023-05-15T14:48:37.816+01:00Ghent: Gravensteen (The castle of the Counts)<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Gravensteen, Ghent, photo: public domain. Ryc. 14. Gravensteen, Ghent,... | Download Scientific Diagram" aria-hidden="false" class="r48jcc pT0Scc iPVvYb" src="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337847637/figure/fig12/AS:834366037057536@1575939773136/Gravensteen-Ghent-photo-public-domain-Ryc-14-Gravensteen-Ghent-foto-domena-publ.jpg" style="height: 332px; margin: 0px; max-width: 516px; width: 482px;" /></p></div><p>We enjoyed our walk around the Castle, but we found it difficult to work out how the various parts related to each other. It is much easier to understand from the photo above.<br /></p><p> Our first view, from outside was the moat with its innumerable small towers.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxCrEJGBUyOLJKIkqfm1A1xipjAFculB_Z3QyueSy-O_dbSbDxn5TO9-nwe-_b37QMQ9X09YI0Tq2VOpryXTBexODqJYyhTgHQYcIDzNtq1HHgXWjPD7z_IqSZNvIseDuK0qrJXBjI9Sjiemcx1PCtoJU6BrACWyvSmWeKBxDkW2bwiipYh0spSai/s5184/P1021624.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxCrEJGBUyOLJKIkqfm1A1xipjAFculB_Z3QyueSy-O_dbSbDxn5TO9-nwe-_b37QMQ9X09YI0Tq2VOpryXTBexODqJYyhTgHQYcIDzNtq1HHgXWjPD7z_IqSZNvIseDuK0qrJXBjI9Sjiemcx1PCtoJU6BrACWyvSmWeKBxDkW2bwiipYh0spSai/w400-h266/P1021624.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">And this is the sight of people and trams in the area in front of the entrance to the Castle.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwXRb00xRYSde_IVfYvTOMdQHvt8ZWLfRf6RGnOMJu5KTRYlkwpTEse5F8BBJ7BqAp6q7KvTQJehu4RpvbqeAAzmr4lnLJCS-tS-nXpYQIRVS3Bxet2GzM3gEMF7m8LjwEhjdpvheXZXmqDW6bNENRtrEVa2xBVFXIgCVMa2M7rEJjoAl9Zuu4ger/s5184/P1021588.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwXRb00xRYSde_IVfYvTOMdQHvt8ZWLfRf6RGnOMJu5KTRYlkwpTEse5F8BBJ7BqAp6q7KvTQJehu4RpvbqeAAzmr4lnLJCS-tS-nXpYQIRVS3Bxet2GzM3gEMF7m8LjwEhjdpvheXZXmqDW6bNENRtrEVa2xBVFXIgCVMa2M7rEJjoAl9Zuu4ger/w400-h266/P1021588.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>The Castle was built in 1180-1200 by Count Philip of Alsace. The cross in the upper part of the entrance celebrates Count Philip's return from the Crusades.</p><p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB">In the late 18th
century, the Castle of the Counts was sold to private owners who later
converted it into a factory complex. In 1807, the fortress in the heart
of Ghent housed a cotton mill, and its outbuildings served as primitive
dwellings for about fifty families of workers. When the mill and its
workers left, the Castle of the Counts was in a state of complete
disrepair, ready for demolition. </span></span></span>Instead it was restored during the period 1893–1903.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7hVrKJEHymrzaM2CUzbLmVzvdmC4MQajSzAvrgWo9N1YQnEh5esu84i8mVxqga3gjKxS3PSyJdUeQVUM1q77CpcgKDD1_2rMkGSusO_vlTUxpC7vcIYIpj6LjY1ay4C6JFH_LMcVDzJ0knlggNDBk5CV8EoexgI5FWrej8bmc9sQOH6uwdQ618hY/s5184/P1021590.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7hVrKJEHymrzaM2CUzbLmVzvdmC4MQajSzAvrgWo9N1YQnEh5esu84i8mVxqga3gjKxS3PSyJdUeQVUM1q77CpcgKDD1_2rMkGSusO_vlTUxpC7vcIYIpj6LjY1ay4C6JFH_LMcVDzJ0knlggNDBk5CV8EoexgI5FWrej8bmc9sQOH6uwdQ618hY/w400-h266/P1021590.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Above is a close view of a different angle of the Donjon from the south.</p><p>We climbed the stairs inside the Donjon to reach the highest point which also gave us an idea of the number of towers there are to be seen in Ghent.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcHTBcKM73DfHbN0OLZ-yE_hLE32FBKZ5V_cSC41wXyQ4wJ5BDlX2S1JGBZz-eWSfHgzm_C1T3gx3RDsRAOkdAhQXL2ylvDQ5n1y94PnjM_c5WIp5r58jcfsJVEXWcFkBh9udva259fO8bsHWymClDPgqxp2klocv-pJNuPMg8rk6hRkmnAvj8NJO/s5184/P1021592.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcHTBcKM73DfHbN0OLZ-yE_hLE32FBKZ5V_cSC41wXyQ4wJ5BDlX2S1JGBZz-eWSfHgzm_C1T3gx3RDsRAOkdAhQXL2ylvDQ5n1y94PnjM_c5WIp5r58jcfsJVEXWcFkBh9udva259fO8bsHWymClDPgqxp2klocv-pJNuPMg8rk6hRkmnAvj8NJO/w400-h266/P1021592.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Descending to the very bottom we paused in the crypt.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNO_iJ6xn23dOhrqTyOMVlpTsfiEB6OxycbUqUIgm8fEAEn3-OSWiGJj2l-EeWg-yt0eOREbyl6DtJ3kaMMN4ooEfDtFaLdAkOvbEu1DQNR7clCf_2p5DLSPKmXBrxXkeGdvDBm4h_vYeGjUVqDiAN9o8eUQaNKnPhZrUuLbsXu21dXIYPD8R1ogK/s5184/P1021596.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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In 1920 he </span>decided to build a villa in the countryside for his growing family. When he encountered Robert Mallet-Stevens he soon decided that he had found a suitable architect for his house. It was to be a complete work of art, or Gesamtkunstwerk<i>, </i>inspired by the ideas of Richard Wagner<i>. </i>Unfortunately, Mallet-Stevens had other commitments which meant that work could not start until 1929. </p><p>Mallet-Stevens designed the house to have yellow bricks on a concrete frame and two red brick walls. Each piece of furniture was designed by Mallet-Stevens for its specific
use. He also designed the layout of the grounds with its lawns and water
features.</p><p>When work did finally start, it was completed in 1932. But only eight years later the Villa was taken over by German troops. The family resumed their occupancy in 1947 and this continued until 1986. Thereafter, the new owners let it fall into decline and it was bought by the state in 2001. The villa opened again to the public in 2015.<br /></p><p>The Villa is surrounded by a grassy park. You follow the curved path to reach the centrally positioned entrance. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3hI04U73gCJtjy8WuN2XbkV4e7yQ24_Zosy0PUY0amxqpFc6JW5ds-8kjHM6JRUFi9AvfZNO9nKzPP-DR8CtaOqeW6hUgRaFmg4FA0wa3RYX2cV6L9yu4O9pod-gxXvloO6SJLtX4OvpjDdj_Tyl8qmgj-efyxMvHfLeGLv3euzUABaS44QmMTpVA/s5184/P1021392.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3hI04U73gCJtjy8WuN2XbkV4e7yQ24_Zosy0PUY0amxqpFc6JW5ds-8kjHM6JRUFi9AvfZNO9nKzPP-DR8CtaOqeW6hUgRaFmg4FA0wa3RYX2cV6L9yu4O9pod-gxXvloO6SJLtX4OvpjDdj_Tyl8qmgj-efyxMvHfLeGLv3euzUABaS44QmMTpVA/w400-h266/P1021392.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The high ceiling and black and white floor tiles set the tone for servants' area of the house. <br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPwyw3YZTZow8EjV3zLolRUl8k37kWiCoXyf6SWkAsuIjuZ2VCIsrpIUQ1TZ0WMNT4B6WNLLSE-xtRgTyguSvhiC4fqzjMDIoucPbt1i4UQ0nHSAQuryHip60XrWQE8MjOunW9Iia7x-jIcqI2qfOhCs0JFzPzOSPhz8GjyCmPgUpMJK5flC941pq/s5184/P1021396.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPwyw3YZTZow8EjV3zLolRUl8k37kWiCoXyf6SWkAsuIjuZ2VCIsrpIUQ1TZ0WMNT4B6WNLLSE-xtRgTyguSvhiC4fqzjMDIoucPbt1i4UQ0nHSAQuryHip60XrWQE8MjOunW9Iia7x-jIcqI2qfOhCs0JFzPzOSPhz8GjyCmPgUpMJK5flC941pq/w266-h400/P1021396.JPG" width="266" /></a></div> <p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p>Next, there is the main dining room. It is a vast space. Most of what you see now is a<br /> replica of the original room.<br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPjkLliH2MI8Msqp71VbJCAhxRM8XiXRontGa-C7aRbVBBfP6vORmiTAqDUcyuhGTQ3zsn77ZlfImf2N62WGmC31IJYtHoYNQD_xuYgdtxvT7WgOq6Rl7OlDQvUws5AALdLfk8uKGQCa2o2_cJohYQNSQHYoCpq4k3kQxgllgKCO_i0OyuC5qz1ld/s5184/P1021399.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPjkLliH2MI8Msqp71VbJCAhxRM8XiXRontGa-C7aRbVBBfP6vORmiTAqDUcyuhGTQ3zsn77ZlfImf2N62WGmC31IJYtHoYNQD_xuYgdtxvT7WgOq6Rl7OlDQvUws5AALdLfk8uKGQCa2o2_cJohYQNSQHYoCpq4k3kQxgllgKCO_i0OyuC5qz1ld/w400-h266/P1021399.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the children's dining room which overlooks the park. <br /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8EIz8K9VrdIR04ka5Ter2wpq2GvLvXpI7RSsrz1Y4XcJ4VIOk8HdOrmjQ4urb5epRbDLuiE1G1um_F8r_ykgH-vu38idS0WKqMI61Eumcxh-v6y5NHcGIuqsWBtjoSvpxANOWrIxpo_LUErEUOySSJIDeQsmK5UKDfTKuQ733cVxzU6R1JwvZ8Zhi/s5184/P1021424.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8EIz8K9VrdIR04ka5Ter2wpq2GvLvXpI7RSsrz1Y4XcJ4VIOk8HdOrmjQ4urb5epRbDLuiE1G1um_F8r_ykgH-vu38idS0WKqMI61Eumcxh-v6y5NHcGIuqsWBtjoSvpxANOWrIxpo_LUErEUOySSJIDeQsmK5UKDfTKuQ733cVxzU6R1JwvZ8Zhi/w266-h400/P1021424.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">This walk route is quite lengthy and varied. A copy of Irene Reid's "Strolling Around Lille" book is essential to get the full picture. My photos are quite selective.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The walk starts in the Place de St Hubert near to Gare Lille Flanders and Rue les Canonniers. On the left (above) is the Le Maison de Vieux Hommes It has some affinity with the almshouses we have in England. The Porte de Roubaix at right angles. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9tXseujXB9-St1SPNg61_SJ7Gd-vmV1Ottsv6W3CtIyS5YZNgthK80pvs0AOrrgMvtovffq1jRLLl6Dl0k5eqi2ZNpvNL1_ZuBwQuk8peeMZyC9uQ4a4nZqpLSUavfOiUTs04oaec01i7SPx9ZR4wx5v5e0tHnLYgCuFR5VE4lGlDkbrF6FJL-vE/s5184/P1021425.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9tXseujXB9-St1SPNg61_SJ7Gd-vmV1Ottsv6W3CtIyS5YZNgthK80pvs0AOrrgMvtovffq1jRLLl6Dl0k5eqi2ZNpvNL1_ZuBwQuk8peeMZyC9uQ4a4nZqpLSUavfOiUTs04oaec01i7SPx9ZR4wx5v5e0tHnLYgCuFR5VE4lGlDkbrF6FJL-vE/w400-h266/P1021425.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is the view from the other side: rather more elaborate and colourful. The two plaques one of which commemorates the gate's construction in 1621 and the other its restoration in 1875.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zFsyWK0d3LHvMgVRKJBrKR512oyADU424nVHIzt_EhrBx_5t4sTAl34yeBkTAXJpZSrgzgSEG7bRuTa8BHSvzV2SXudBheILw7f9E7j54OGH4iMEq-fZA8j8PnP_scxNY6wswbWKnp1fKweDasObsDNWVOm-ij7LYwGzNbjSle0FTg10UENX21_i/s5184/P1021428.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zFsyWK0d3LHvMgVRKJBrKR512oyADU424nVHIzt_EhrBx_5t4sTAl34yeBkTAXJpZSrgzgSEG7bRuTa8BHSvzV2SXudBheILw7f9E7j54OGH4iMEq-fZA8j8PnP_scxNY6wswbWKnp1fKweDasObsDNWVOm-ij7LYwGzNbjSle0FTg10UENX21_i/w400-h266/P1021428.JPG" width="400" /></a><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />We walked towards this rather strange structure, Deborence Island. It is named after an ancient forest in Switzerland and is entirely enclosed as an experimental site to see which plants settle there without any external intervention.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ih0ppa9RYFDak6vGtpEDI12zT3ajMRuzKlQmtf2cttPB_KvIyOOrYelGHpWRw5PR74OOfOlwL6K1v7rYaheOHoW-3lwEq3M5U_Dba8RBTtoPMCnnsyc2pCPBUk_WFlGskcwCip62BEkN0nVuVUBInrrSNdr5nZtpUknORY0OXMbDi8hsU2lnvb1I/s5184/P1021432.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ih0ppa9RYFDak6vGtpEDI12zT3ajMRuzKlQmtf2cttPB_KvIyOOrYelGHpWRw5PR74OOfOlwL6K1v7rYaheOHoW-3lwEq3M5U_Dba8RBTtoPMCnnsyc2pCPBUk_WFlGskcwCip62BEkN0nVuVUBInrrSNdr5nZtpUknORY0OXMbDi8hsU2lnvb1I/w385-h256/P1021432.JPG" width="385" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A bit further on there is a memorial to Louise de Bettignies, who is said to have run the largest spy network in the First World War. She was caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labour, dying just 3 years later.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYwFKA2sITsNRaRgz5iomzlmytgx8oQgPNP9N4J1A0hWDsaBkw6nJLEJ05Sz6RbDUh3KWsJvCS6tBnvWm2u7Vdjrt272upGo5xYx06m9gRdsE5N3CZuHXfGqHpP8AGmtVTAVTODQAfTbl8LrkBRIfaxhvMX0b1lA4rwtrRmxXFJGEDH544AIerg1S/s5184/P1021433.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYwFKA2sITsNRaRgz5iomzlmytgx8oQgPNP9N4J1A0hWDsaBkw6nJLEJ05Sz6RbDUh3KWsJvCS6tBnvWm2u7Vdjrt272upGo5xYx06m9gRdsE5N3CZuHXfGqHpP8AGmtVTAVTODQAfTbl8LrkBRIfaxhvMX0b1lA4rwtrRmxXFJGEDH544AIerg1S/w266-h400/P1021433.JPG" width="266" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next milestone was also concerned with war. The Musee des Cannoniers was originally a convent, but in 1667 and again in 1792 the Cannoniers saw active service in defence of the town.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6op3D46ZlhHt-n--gBHTR8K43TFZV3U-TMN49amZzlQglCcJCMke_O_3V38GRpsXwPAmQrkGML09N_yCVN7xqgjY1L-sZacMUyFjlXKpGThZLFeQ-DHn8F4t-Q_N7Tvy_X4UT9cLfxrdEuvyocbBXRkbpbUmnJnIqfThY4kRrCZrR2tf1j9OYHME/s5184/P1021434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6op3D46ZlhHt-n--gBHTR8K43TFZV3U-TMN49amZzlQglCcJCMke_O_3V38GRpsXwPAmQrkGML09N_yCVN7xqgjY1L-sZacMUyFjlXKpGThZLFeQ-DHn8F4t-Q_N7Tvy_X4UT9cLfxrdEuvyocbBXRkbpbUmnJnIqfThY4kRrCZrR2tf1j9OYHME/w400-h266/P1021434.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We continued onwards to reach the Place Louise de Bettignies and quickly discovered the house of Gilles de la Boe, a 17th century spice and cloth merchant. It is one of Lille's oldest houses.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="P1021441"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGkpRCxJZhibw7gsutq2p6Kkpk235cJ3z8f4EodcYmP7AdcVx4tIb5aA3J9lcsywObQVEAFMBue0vKaVPGfw6fYZhwvXVnCpbwCJVDazUOQIPu6q0O_AVOIIWQq19YNQldfXgTZqVFAwCHke4lgGeJ2aT2Ny9DQDK9XjibH17nvqESyScB0sIdYqY/s5184/P1021441.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGkpRCxJZhibw7gsutq2p6Kkpk235cJ3z8f4EodcYmP7AdcVx4tIb5aA3J9lcsywObQVEAFMBue0vKaVPGfw6fYZhwvXVnCpbwCJVDazUOQIPu6q0O_AVOIIWQq19YNQldfXgTZqVFAwCHke4lgGeJ2aT2Ny9DQDK9XjibH17nvqESyScB0sIdYqY/w399-h266/P1021441.JPG" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Turning into Rue de la Monnaie we turned into Rue de la, the oldest street in the city, with its fine houses.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZi_UkqOO9r__G_CFIxyisv4mfmf3k74bc3jMPSphsgKxkT6gYKzc94tvjQ5TrDu1rZK6QOHEAqPcozFleC9jIsmUrsy5_-IYty5bWNCjz4oVQEAHLxXhCdU4a7ytoZjaV_AXUQtAiV8iIOQDqZJQ44EnqHVHMN2YlM2Ud23dNx2LiFeU_TFnXey7/s5184/P1021445.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZi_UkqOO9r__G_CFIxyisv4mfmf3k74bc3jMPSphsgKxkT6gYKzc94tvjQ5TrDu1rZK6QOHEAqPcozFleC9jIsmUrsy5_-IYty5bWNCjz4oVQEAHLxXhCdU4a7ytoZjaV_AXUQtAiV8iIOQDqZJQ44EnqHVHMN2YlM2Ud23dNx2LiFeU_TFnXey7/w400-h266/P1021445.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Further along the street we saw the remains of an ancient watermill. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVc0a99y845w7xtWe5XQWYHNy0KApe8GPxEYGKICz4yAHBvwqp-SF_jER29HCZAYifyltx05dKfIcmLEKFAZBaBYuurFfsLUuKJm95UY9xNMoIen9GW-OmvknGzxEZkwqnPwmrkD6uEmK51esMQnDHRo_1M7rwdfsJ3Bvhz44jSKnOhpDUE0Z6Wxa/s5184/P1021448.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVc0a99y845w7xtWe5XQWYHNy0KApe8GPxEYGKICz4yAHBvwqp-SF_jER29HCZAYifyltx05dKfIcmLEKFAZBaBYuurFfsLUuKJm95UY9xNMoIen9GW-OmvknGzxEZkwqnPwmrkD6uEmK51esMQnDHRo_1M7rwdfsJ3Bvhz44jSKnOhpDUE0Z6Wxa/w400-h266/P1021448.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The imposing Museum of the Hospice of the Countess of Flanders in rue de la Monnaie is next. <br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQyqYDgz-6veGh9zi8_4s_ozi0ZVn6IdRU0XDD2PWNOxFuwIr4r60XAq0dkWnw34-YopUnFCywVpY8D0x-TU5-GslKoEovmbrAyAelkWJwq1nkQdofOs7xkFu4Jh71jBViHOs72OJle7kkGCnriC1gg4isOP3y9IY3ldYXaqDR--qxEmB8B0DkKnk/s5184/P1021450.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQyqYDgz-6veGh9zi8_4s_ozi0ZVn6IdRU0XDD2PWNOxFuwIr4r60XAq0dkWnw34-YopUnFCywVpY8D0x-TU5-GslKoEovmbrAyAelkWJwq1nkQdofOs7xkFu4Jh71jBViHOs72OJle7kkGCnriC1gg4isOP3y9IY3ldYXaqDR--qxEmB8B0DkKnk/w400-h266/P1021450.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next major landmark is the <span>Cathedral of Notre Dame de la Treille. </span>Irene Reid suggests that visitors will either love it or hate its unusual design. I thought it was great. It was begun in 1854, but not completed until the 1990s. <span>The facade of the Cathedral is
quite unlike the nave and transepts of the rest of the building.
The Rose Window surrounded by the modernist facade is totally out of the
ordinary.</span><span> Sadly, </span><span> I couldn't find a better picture. </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHm0VD0VfL_YGsJB98J1PcPEh6BE4TXXE5y59P_OFZs7T09CXiPasU54E56x3biXB5wRZpJ4y3ELZ9adiwjwHO7hKc7uW8UoozNoxXfrL_nVWSKr9SJEgcOREth6BNw4_vkpDxATgQfngR3qDWgbSmhZE_d4aofR5l-N_N-vJQZMKpgni7QnFF_7c/s5184/P1021456.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">\<img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHm0VD0VfL_YGsJB98J1PcPEh6BE4TXXE5y59P_OFZs7T09CXiPasU54E56x3biXB5wRZpJ4y3ELZ9adiwjwHO7hKc7uW8UoozNoxXfrL_nVWSKr9SJEgcOREth6BNw4_vkpDxATgQfngR3qDWgbSmhZE_d4aofR5l-N_N-vJQZMKpgni7QnFF_7c/w400-h266/P1021456.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> <span> <img alt="Stained-glass rose window of the Lille Cathedral / Basilica ..." data-atf="1" data-frt="0" height="221" id="dimg_25" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSk7bztlAEKUgi3Z9mxUr40YjkGa4Ai_LNh0DtOiAI8qA&s" style="margin-left: -1px; width: 177px;" width="301" /></span></span><span> </span><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span>The rather contorted statue shows Achille</span> Lienart who <span>was Bishop of Lille from 1928 and then Cardinal from 1930 to 1968. </span> He died in 1973.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PbijUwuJCuB5jaGHHhZp2nzYXHjUUP_x_QNJWa98J97qJcAR0jJxUnJXNl5qCstvNZOu-pW1cUCrV6hE6gbC0-EHmeKo2hNv0RxW0pnQDvCiqazxE0EQcjGT7EOnXAf-VQwfyVJnbMl9CTYW4az3N2ea67xWeUtNEEUItOcwEsWQw3NTKWdgNhKW/s5184/P1021461.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PbijUwuJCuB5jaGHHhZp2nzYXHjUUP_x_QNJWa98J97qJcAR0jJxUnJXNl5qCstvNZOu-pW1cUCrV6hE6gbC0-EHmeKo2hNv0RxW0pnQDvCiqazxE0EQcjGT7EOnXAf-VQwfyVJnbMl9CTYW4az3N2ea67xWeUtNEEUItOcwEsWQw3NTKWdgNhKW/w267-h400/P1021461.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span>On the left side of the Cathedral there are a group of colourful </span><span>houses. </span><span>The narrow houses have a gangway over what was once a </span><span>canal. The charming figurehead above the window is very entertaining.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGd8sXnOqc90RCVTXbori0dNN8kLlHFvgPGSDiPxVanyFMQ8M97v9-YfqMmop8cQIIBogWeWT1UaKM7pALfsWVYLDSeZhj9Bj2BSbf4r_D46nYZ1dWg3p5ahOCrGr0ehv9TXygpnCOrW4h4SILrShiS2mBI8yiwQErRoKkAPM21Sd6ph9DYkeGWCK/s5184/P1021460.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGd8sXnOqc90RCVTXbori0dNN8kLlHFvgPGSDiPxVanyFMQ8M97v9-YfqMmop8cQIIBogWeWT1UaKM7pALfsWVYLDSeZhj9Bj2BSbf4r_D46nYZ1dWg3p5ahOCrGr0ehv9TXygpnCOrW4h4SILrShiS2mBI8yiwQErRoKkAPM21Sd6ph9DYkeGWCK/w266-h400/P1021460.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two final images: <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienMbQDW75b8zFiTa2HqSqAabQWVJ5SKXuD8hINZOP5FHsJVfbn_xfx9QL0k8t3tVC5sMRjUcOAGxcu-U5M8Eq1Xh_RU2iS9tgDJOC3vHizuURfpLIq8Xzjj43nmr_s1X31l2L2-o-lVH69avOGEa1-6vTAJRFk9CbycIsCuDQt_yxK_4y9tBzsiZ5/s5184/P1021462.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienMbQDW75b8zFiTa2HqSqAabQWVJ5SKXuD8hINZOP5FHsJVfbn_xfx9QL0k8t3tVC5sMRjUcOAGxcu-U5M8Eq1Xh_RU2iS9tgDJOC3vHizuURfpLIq8Xzjj43nmr_s1X31l2L2-o-lVH69avOGEa1-6vTAJRFk9CbycIsCuDQt_yxK_4y9tBzsiZ5/w400-h266/P1021462.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Sphinx above the door into the Headquarters of the Freemasons in Rue Thiers. They are still a force in France .... and ...<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wESWs1f7lHGKL4nadeFwPQG21bTDMkgiQYQypjT1Z9o0mMNA-8vmgcEx6vjyv77-Lt1TicJfITg-QPp8utAsa1j9-WDyFJuZJtkVavGS0DYpotdLtMClL-loG7qkGvMH7v5zNAZzU5aNfAKGA15s-6-Lt2WhdbPQfHEME8uEY9JKq1gSjDT2hlAL/s5184/P1021463.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wESWs1f7lHGKL4nadeFwPQG21bTDMkgiQYQypjT1Z9o0mMNA-8vmgcEx6vjyv77-Lt1TicJfITg-QPp8utAsa1j9-WDyFJuZJtkVavGS0DYpotdLtMClL-loG7qkGvMH7v5zNAZzU5aNfAKGA15s-6-Lt2WhdbPQfHEME8uEY9JKq1gSjDT2hlAL/w266-h400/P1021463.JPG" width="266" /></a></div>A lovely balcony in Rue Esquermoise<br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-23528766523208056852023-05-12T12:00:00.004+01:002023-05-13T18:31:52.626+01:00Lille: From south East quarter to the Place de Theatre<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbijm_bSHrGBWZQHLoP1VhJis5xqEUHVaCIROL4rrApLYay38Y0lsZwRnVi1MJlk4JcTQ42IdgKAuT7qlDV4WkKfj5EIKYUDoPLACeYWobHVQh_S75iKUayTOb_toqWXkY3Uo0NCz2hN8CXAmC-n8iLY40kDpq9XLcv131NibqdwLxuqpZ5dHLkieu/s5184/P1021332.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbijm_bSHrGBWZQHLoP1VhJis5xqEUHVaCIROL4rrApLYay38Y0lsZwRnVi1MJlk4JcTQ42IdgKAuT7qlDV4WkKfj5EIKYUDoPLACeYWobHVQh_S75iKUayTOb_toqWXkY3Uo0NCz2hN8CXAmC-n8iLY40kDpq9XLcv131NibqdwLxuqpZ5dHLkieu/w400-h266/P1021332.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Arriving in Lille, we took a taxi to our hotel. It was a bit of surprise as it was previously the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacology It proved to be a spacious building with a couple of quirky features to greet us ...<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamFPLZ2LdzgpZy9M8PccUvrm0NMNuOjPBxArS1DNpO4WQOITd8vyrneYrzuV-Sotb5hgRq6KhOZAVb0WKCUMpjzkc4Or5W5xXku3YLbpJ5u-00v0Q5e2HJjs58p_cO03QB0A9oYh5bHcQGx3LuWru9h3QTaaonHx6vAwkbRI2Y15NMK8apuip-BtM/s5184/P1021472.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamFPLZ2LdzgpZy9M8PccUvrm0NMNuOjPBxArS1DNpO4WQOITd8vyrneYrzuV-Sotb5hgRq6KhOZAVb0WKCUMpjzkc4Or5W5xXku3YLbpJ5u-00v0Q5e2HJjs58p_cO03QB0A9oYh5bHcQGx3LuWru9h3QTaaonHx6vAwkbRI2Y15NMK8apuip-BtM/s320/P1021472.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUjMmB5aP-cqhm7YQybTNeMutoNfuxYofxmTMUQDw9Mdcyx3RCa0byxbP7LObZX2lBu5_vjAbA1NNHRMs7iRpEy7xtWyDw6wfX23Wpz3e_YFtWvyDLKKbQ_IMZvBzr2rEqGj3X7REpu-GQyvUSYPZy-iZSAMQVTBft2ulnd85EAJEZnngSuqzV8X_/s5184/P1021474.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUjMmB5aP-cqhm7YQybTNeMutoNfuxYofxmTMUQDw9Mdcyx3RCa0byxbP7LObZX2lBu5_vjAbA1NNHRMs7iRpEy7xtWyDw6wfX23Wpz3e_YFtWvyDLKKbQ_IMZvBzr2rEqGj3X7REpu-GQyvUSYPZy-iZSAMQVTBft2ulnd85EAJEZnngSuqzV8X_/s320/P1021474.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>We began our exploration of the city by turning left out of the Hotel. Our first major sight was the beautiful Porte de Paris. <span class="Yy0acb">It was built in the 17th century to commemorate Louis XVI's capture of the city.</span><br /> </p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_WCIiMU1QHeYz9OuqPklTE0xko9iN4wn6sQvPHXIiUhloh6CrRk8_9tabiwOZgbKNxIVC4DCQqpJ6FH0WiL7hKzhCrr4ZrkD6myNMFacwsGhuiNFZrrXOOH5EAZANBcIQm-kO2Z28K6PDdsYooJbaxyIBFHYekbKdXLAiVCGGuRkgjTuzH1ughhC/s5184/P1021343.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_WCIiMU1QHeYz9OuqPklTE0xko9iN4wn6sQvPHXIiUhloh6CrRk8_9tabiwOZgbKNxIVC4DCQqpJ6FH0WiL7hKzhCrr4ZrkD6myNMFacwsGhuiNFZrrXOOH5EAZANBcIQm-kO2Z28K6PDdsYooJbaxyIBFHYekbKdXLAiVCGGuRkgjTuzH1ughhC/w400-h266/P1021343.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This aerial photo gives a much clearer idea. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="optanon-category-C0002" data-src="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/porte-de-paris" height="325" id="lightbox-image" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/arJzZ37SBOYTMy20tNwfV5T4R1_spM06jjaz9pmXc7o/rt:fit/w:1200/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1kZXYuczMuYW1h/em9uYXdzLmNvbS91/cGxvYWRzL3BsYWNl/X2ltYWdlcy81OWY4/ZWUwYi1kZTFlLTQz/NTEtYjBlZC1iNzI5/Y2U1YjdkMTE2NTg0/ZThkOGFiZjY0NjAx/Y2NfMTIwMHB4LVBv/cnRlX2RlX1Bhcmlz/LF9MaWxsZV9KMS5q/cGc.jpg" width="453" /> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We headed towards the Town Hall, with its slender belfry in the art deco / Flemish style. It is 104m tall.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzJrdv8weuFhkhwjAr40bz41vYW2cFyoWtkSYhNhljyRP9m5zYIkvmFo_-oQLFoq4RXuLNWi5hgRM-frKGLpqTdEgEbD_7soDTlRj47o5m13TzA-HuAJ2eXGA4fDY488cTuN4u2WE9kPZnc-_Z9QoZzlRvdGi69N5yoFOEjNCpcyhoY-rGU1P1uaO/s5184/P1021349.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzJrdv8weuFhkhwjAr40bz41vYW2cFyoWtkSYhNhljyRP9m5zYIkvmFo_-oQLFoq4RXuLNWi5hgRM-frKGLpqTdEgEbD_7soDTlRj47o5m13TzA-HuAJ2eXGA4fDY488cTuN4u2WE9kPZnc-_Z9QoZzlRvdGi69N5yoFOEjNCpcyhoY-rGU1P1uaO/w266-h400/P1021349.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><p>Sadly, it wasn't possible for us to get to the top, but we enjoyed this stonework at the bottom of the tower.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoH8vEM51Pg5qWNCMCXCdPPyVc-r9NBTQhRETEq2s2LFgGgoNc5GkFa7XlR2LaPC67CHQPGuwgDDHDWNU-_00HDgUxAomCS9Zc2zVVKm68dw0mIPZOb_OxEyJljTMsk2_qgGenL1q266SK5JKvcyXcSLeOTcj3LR6PmXEVUnd549QdOSVz_psVhdTy/s5184/P1021354.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoH8vEM51Pg5qWNCMCXCdPPyVc-r9NBTQhRETEq2s2LFgGgoNc5GkFa7XlR2LaPC67CHQPGuwgDDHDWNU-_00HDgUxAomCS9Zc2zVVKm68dw0mIPZOb_OxEyJljTMsk2_qgGenL1q266SK5JKvcyXcSLeOTcj3LR6PmXEVUnd549QdOSVz_psVhdTy/w266-h400/P1021354.JPG" width="266" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Over to the left was the Hospice Gantois founded by Jean de la Cambe in 1462 and extended in 1664 and 1672. It remained a hospital until 1995. It is a 5 star hotel. </div><p></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><img alt="File:Lille hospice gantois.jpg" data-file-height="1796" data-file-width="3000" height="312" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Lille_hospice_gantois.jpg/800px-Lille_hospice_gantois.jpg?20121201001850" width="522" /></p><p>Heading away from the Hospice, we reached the imposing St Sauveur church. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDq67n_lzRP39df4FUQeW6YyFA57E28n9f6_qnwZKQ1_rNhLcWs941Mb6wB8gTBS-K5zeZX0cJxxQbgL_17CjE07hwPE_leHTDb2P5Vw8xKN6rlT-M7TSNQXXKRlCM_vG3VhX23tZSbnkHo3vZMWIDnvdb-q53A2QcRLrQsDv13vxRIAOsou_uHS7I/s5184/P1021355.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDq67n_lzRP39df4FUQeW6YyFA57E28n9f6_qnwZKQ1_rNhLcWs941Mb6wB8gTBS-K5zeZX0cJxxQbgL_17CjE07hwPE_leHTDb2P5Vw8xKN6rlT-M7TSNQXXKRlCM_vG3VhX23tZSbnkHo3vZMWIDnvdb-q53A2QcRLrQsDv13vxRIAOsou_uHS7I/w400-h266/P1021355.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirn155SLT9Q1MXZWzJN3WPeqi3fNKNGMInuCCCCFlqjFG8zvzebLawp3C1uQKdCA1yu7Mw2V_OQLPCRK86Z81t5SNSGH9wN7dLYeVBoWXXskfM8Y2dLWLri2Ofk8b63UzjTtRm3zx9dRJuaN6lo_Ks6pB6EaguJy87vTz65Y-SSsnIUW2IJcJM4OKH/s5184/P1021358.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirn155SLT9Q1MXZWzJN3WPeqi3fNKNGMInuCCCCFlqjFG8zvzebLawp3C1uQKdCA1yu7Mw2V_OQLPCRK86Z81t5SNSGH9wN7dLYeVBoWXXskfM8Y2dLWLri2Ofk8b63UzjTtRm3zx9dRJuaN6lo_Ks6pB6EaguJy87vTz65Y-SSsnIUW2IJcJM4OKH/w266-h400/P1021358.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><p>Further to the east is the Noble Tour, a rather unprepossessing structure. It is what remains of <span class="contenu_descriptif">of a fortification built during the 100 Years' War by Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. </span><span class="contenu_descriptif">When Lille became French in 1667, Vauban converted the tower into a half-buried powder supply depot. Within the three-metre thick walls, are two superimposed rooms; one
has a vaulted ceiling with intersecting ribs, the other has a low dome
of brick, illuminated by three small openings: they are reached by a
staircase in a tower. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrN5kOftcPf5VpC0Ss709g0GA1KswcCTT0YtkVjRS4dvE4Yfud1u7nAcdV69pNbnH9JE90bcETN2pmLoALZyTFFcVpKRkIaeHGnQOXu-xKPimHP4_s5ltgRjJz5YyARzfBgEhFeyr8-bGuXRqzIj3OvlFmtpCG4ExGhLdt7potqyzMz8HWXl3M9aQj/s5184/P1021360.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrN5kOftcPf5VpC0Ss709g0GA1KswcCTT0YtkVjRS4dvE4Yfud1u7nAcdV69pNbnH9JE90bcETN2pmLoALZyTFFcVpKRkIaeHGnQOXu-xKPimHP4_s5ltgRjJz5YyARzfBgEhFeyr8-bGuXRqzIj3OvlFmtpCG4ExGhLdt7potqyzMz8HWXl3M9aQj/w400-h266/P1021360.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>From here, we eventually reached the Place du General de Gaulle. This is the Opera.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKWNPv9kKz8POxWQ70Iajj0tqGalXq7u9qXPI2De0H9XlRkKg8IvFYi3DI_VPcjC5n26VEwz62ymab6rVj9Nwid4CjUOf9esMsyD5AmUGAvQkSAjKwvazGFoyGhfhGchZsAlYxFyVEPyiLeiaIyzrOwXysHHR7K33YGCpv6Y8Y1qUSwykeYb95h92/s5184/P1021370.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKWNPv9kKz8POxWQ70Iajj0tqGalXq7u9qXPI2De0H9XlRkKg8IvFYi3DI_VPcjC5n26VEwz62ymab6rVj9Nwid4CjUOf9esMsyD5AmUGAvQkSAjKwvazGFoyGhfhGchZsAlYxFyVEPyiLeiaIyzrOwXysHHR7K33YGCpv6Y8Y1qUSwykeYb95h92/w400-h266/P1021370.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>And here is the famous Morel et Fils. It was once a lingerie shop and later a bookshop. Nowadays it is a popular cafe.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2zAcy8jya7TA9dsPc8juTPN5axwCFVSVtP-vrzMUpWGjb1XwqpJJFpspWlMJ1IGji6454TYRhUoVUsIMgmZGo_PKmwForewuQW4rAK530XcCjkA__2K9-GowtMXsavJMhTH1pahkbThJHBy_gGHjYTqcqy923AakD5PEGMX05vD50k3NbwaPnuTN/s5184/P1021363.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2zAcy8jya7TA9dsPc8juTPN5axwCFVSVtP-vrzMUpWGjb1XwqpJJFpspWlMJ1IGji6454TYRhUoVUsIMgmZGo_PKmwForewuQW4rAK530XcCjkA__2K9-GowtMXsavJMhTH1pahkbThJHBy_gGHjYTqcqy923AakD5PEGMX05vD50k3NbwaPnuTN/w400-h266/P1021363.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Nearby, the CCI, <span>The Chamber of Commerce of Lille is an important landmark in the city. The clock tower plays popular songs in the Theatre's square.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtX3R0GIZoySgf6AFESFT6qqOdl_hqThzzN39TfWpFDnxNA6RoXycZOuUmq9YdcP6LukkJUb4BiswHNJaAV5pjpp_EFykkT9R6acLrcPQNvfdFAFcJoXAY_fhc6KO1vT8t_5iN3MvWAKGZ6W1sQMRf9R56npWAYSxPbFa27chOB2gbLTrp4wjLX7aZ/s5184/P1021367.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtX3R0GIZoySgf6AFESFT6qqOdl_hqThzzN39TfWpFDnxNA6RoXycZOuUmq9YdcP6LukkJUb4BiswHNJaAV5pjpp_EFykkT9R6acLrcPQNvfdFAFcJoXAY_fhc6KO1vT8t_5iN3MvWAKGZ6W1sQMRf9R56npWAYSxPbFa27chOB2gbLTrp4wjLX7aZ/w266-h400/P1021367.JPG" width="266" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The final photo in this part of the city shows the Carlton hotel, where we stayed on a brief visit many years ago.<br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NyJB9Tj_mE8DAYuJMT2Qpv9l4_WXEB-_ZPJCI3NkhfsmHgUuL-TQdkKyOOvfai_dCJQapZtSoLyve2vhgAwheCu4NuQ7KRXeyy-Vf4luDpo6oJ1V9BqnUGTGdFjt0vhd_Y2SzAlmv5vDIGNTfXfNDyNvZ2wu-IJJ-uRq6_Av42KiS8OWXeLWhZQ6/s5184/P1021369.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NyJB9Tj_mE8DAYuJMT2Qpv9l4_WXEB-_ZPJCI3NkhfsmHgUuL-TQdkKyOOvfai_dCJQapZtSoLyve2vhgAwheCu4NuQ7KRXeyy-Vf4luDpo6oJ1V9BqnUGTGdFjt0vhd_Y2SzAlmv5vDIGNTfXfNDyNvZ2wu-IJJ-uRq6_Av42KiS8OWXeLWhZQ6/w400-h266/P1021369.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><p></p><p>Finally, we passed the Palais de Beaux Arts on our way back to the hotel. Sadly we had run our of time to explore its delights including works by Monet, Rubens, Goya, Breughel, Van Gogh ....<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrwCXbuv4DLCCqtCCO6zGwVgEUJZA2hS-3EkWTJi-2KtLhgPmujPFQwaNeWmQNoDptkpDKN5i742fFDdLlOPWWvOEWEgcjS51ya77U-mm7CrM__ugUhmnUGtGTiovrEwHb1oMCX0wRtk05SfEvumQD__mcDYhXxaA3ROiaVGBYyTkUsmyL8kaP5H0/s5184/P1021469.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrwCXbuv4DLCCqtCCO6zGwVgEUJZA2hS-3EkWTJi-2KtLhgPmujPFQwaNeWmQNoDptkpDKN5i742fFDdLlOPWWvOEWEgcjS51ya77U-mm7CrM__ugUhmnUGtGTiovrEwHb1oMCX0wRtk05SfEvumQD__mcDYhXxaA3ROiaVGBYyTkUsmyL8kaP5H0/w400-h266/P1021469.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-70099610854489385282023-04-14T18:24:00.000+01:002023-04-18T16:23:17.841+01:00Newbury's Almshouses (revised and updated)<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdi0tqC1WK_5hN__jl9oJVfNF8Q6PJmFuax3Qx4pbavJ6AlxwZtwIloi8vdi8wf7S6EZpEvT_DdvMC2tCT6dcWXt1MJAXXgQq-p37bDccmcJ__d3DKsZ_28UHPc3v4G1bM2rCwxgqNYM/s2048/P1010836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdi0tqC1WK_5hN__jl9oJVfNF8Q6PJmFuax3Qx4pbavJ6AlxwZtwIloi8vdi8wf7S6EZpEvT_DdvMC2tCT6dcWXt1MJAXXgQq-p37bDccmcJ__d3DKsZ_28UHPc3v4G1bM2rCwxgqNYM/w400-h225/P1010836.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>St Bartholomew's Hospital</span><br /></p><p>I thought it would be interesting to do an up to date blog of Newbury's numerous almshouses. So far as I am aware the town has the largest number of almshouses of any town in the country. <a href="https://walkinginthecountry.blogspot.com/2016/02/stamford.html">Stamford</a> would probably be the next highest. West Berkshire Museum published a book on <i>The Almshouses of Newbur</i>y but it seems to be out of print. A useful Timeline of Newbury Almshouses derived from the book can be found on the website of a modern Almhouse charity, the <a href="https://mabelluke.co.uk/about-us ">Charity of Mrs Mable Luke</a> founded in 1928.<br /></p><p>But what are Almshouses? They grew out of religious foundations, often called hospitals, which provided for the poor, the sick and also pilgrims. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s, almshouses were established funded by well-to-do benefactors to provide housing for the poor and needy. There were often eligibility criteria: age, health, living in the locality (often for a specified time), former members of trades and industries. And almshouses were not all secular: many would have a chapel.<br /></p><p>I started at St Bartholomew's Hospital in Argyle St. It is an almshouse originally
founded in the 12th century, but whose current buildings date from 1698.
It looks a little worse for wear and older photos show a clock above
the stone plaque announcing its name.</p><p>Carrying on along Argyle St you come to the Essex Wynter Almshouses. Originally a farm, they became the Phillip
Jemmet almshouses in 1670 (and his initials can be seen over the door)
and were reconstructed by Dr Essex Winter (having become derelict) in 1926. </p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuA9NwJR1bPWe1LKAw79GFHShhEP80q2VgldgBgBCm2wu6Tg9k4-al9gyHNkjzJDeML1qXYKA6lMIrCSWubTVMFrrfgVqd-iDkg0HgqlPvGSVelgYlPH8l3RK2fq6ChlVTifeIwwX32c/s2048/P1010821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuA9NwJR1bPWe1LKAw79GFHShhEP80q2VgldgBgBCm2wu6Tg9k4-al9gyHNkjzJDeML1qXYKA6lMIrCSWubTVMFrrfgVqd-iDkg0HgqlPvGSVelgYlPH8l3RK2fq6ChlVTifeIwwX32c/w266-h400/P1010821.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p>At the end of the road I turned left to pass the Upper Raymond Almshouses of 1826. They consist of a plain brick terrace, but with dramatically large
chimneys, gothick windows and a curious shallow stone arch stuck on to
the centre of the block. There are a couple of modern (1970) almshouses to the left, out of shot.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzWQgkRGgTpSqe57ui-PCOe0kHe4L-ZrP6CRYYA730eNtub82X9Od1UJUiNiQBOcQzNxdagghSiWEvVEcI4NJeqv6KgjVzakCvAidvw0_ki174fKcGswFJfquj5ngriEVQgBIi9AJUbE/s2048/P1010828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="2048" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzWQgkRGgTpSqe57ui-PCOe0kHe4L-ZrP6CRYYA730eNtub82X9Od1UJUiNiQBOcQzNxdagghSiWEvVEcI4NJeqv6KgjVzakCvAidvw0_ki174fKcGswFJfquj5ngriEVQgBIi9AJUbE/w400-h219/P1010828.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I turned right into Newtown Road for a few hundred yards to reach the Newbury Church and Almshouse Charity (described by Pevsner as Child's Almshouses). It is a pleasant U-shaped group dated 1879 and renovated in 1982. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLnwPKv-o54hUFFGIj7KJNouHN7I-Wt6AdKvAQ0rS_CsRXDmnco5C0cyt63qDVFyCjupUAQPpw_bwvPc1HJnTB8ABqNx2xlYZGtYllHKSCSZBb7gzzMY2xUT8-sBdGORFBGscXDpSV_g/s2048/DSCF0722.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLnwPKv-o54hUFFGIj7KJNouHN7I-Wt6AdKvAQ0rS_CsRXDmnco5C0cyt63qDVFyCjupUAQPpw_bwvPc1HJnTB8ABqNx2xlYZGtYllHKSCSZBb7gzzMY2xUT8-sBdGORFBGscXDpSV_g/w400-h266/DSCF0722.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>I doubled back along Newtown Road to see the
very plain Lower Raymond Almshouses, bearing the date 1796. Another
range at right angles to this one was destroyed in by bombing 1943. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUS_4ITwpxvgFfvjIeT7ZLbrOTMmZPnONaPAAn7QhyphenhyphenRSET6D_IYuWwavIGATiCk0z4qHpgzNyMkLfSrq1wsVkNtGtKwZsRUiRC5Z7ftj6vKTbG4yLtMa0pWzLNG1htzB9QIj7Nl8JMzM/s2048/P1010830.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUS_4ITwpxvgFfvjIeT7ZLbrOTMmZPnONaPAAn7QhyphenhyphenRSET6D_IYuWwavIGATiCk0z4qHpgzNyMkLfSrq1wsVkNtGtKwZsRUiRC5Z7ftj6vKTbG4yLtMa0pWzLNG1htzB9QIj7Nl8JMzM/w400-h240/P1010830.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I carried on along Bartholomew Street to reach St Nicholas church and then cross the bridge and turning left down a narrow alley to Northcroft Lane where a splendid
former almshouse can be found. There is a large white plaque over the
doorway, but unfortunately it is almost impossible to read. It is just possible to read the foundation
date: 1824.</p><p>Retracing your steps and turning right at the bridge brings you to West Mills. This area has several buildings which were once small Almshouses: the Hunt Almshouses at number 11 (1729, rebuilt 1817), Coxedd's Almshouses (1690) at number 15 and Pearce's Almshouses (1694) at number 18.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RtuxsZcTpvDfM0-H2TudPtFfAxzZUUUdGxtIhJpNsB4V7FIQGr4NQJF2N0NIcpA_Rn0frlnMXWtGl8X2Hn52_naogEf34k8ClcFFMj1kTxfZdY587chPUKbMsYwPYtbzv_uakHGupMY/s2048/P1010839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1443" data-original-width="2048" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RtuxsZcTpvDfM0-H2TudPtFfAxzZUUUdGxtIhJpNsB4V7FIQGr4NQJF2N0NIcpA_Rn0frlnMXWtGl8X2Hn52_naogEf34k8ClcFFMj1kTxfZdY587chPUKbMsYwPYtbzv_uakHGupMY/w400-h281/P1010839.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrSCpX8xL_imE6ms5M7Rg0IMnaS17TT-IR5xxwrubvRpa9AubEgzvbBoJvgYOOkh0O4HAn9WuictmmyBkaSxwrmKLXJzJEAF4HYCkK8wuxf3iOJlfP5v83CWnxYD1I0cSjMwtmyOmh-c/s4608/P1010842.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrSCpX8xL_imE6ms5M7Rg0IMnaS17TT-IR5xxwrubvRpa9AubEgzvbBoJvgYOOkh0O4HAn9WuictmmyBkaSxwrmKLXJzJEAF4HYCkK8wuxf3iOJlfP5v83CWnxYD1I0cSjMwtmyOmh-c/w400-h266/P1010842.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>South of West Mills and off Kennet Road are Kimber's Almshouses (1939) very plain and built of chunky brick. They were originally founded in 1795 in Cheap Street.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0gS2RwlDJ8mj7KmjLhCixIOInWKxxwwiCCKsNBVVylMu90WmKY34cBPxOjQ19bkNIs5_kj7ipkmiiJsfUGvQ6NjJGSpTtgsB-9Q6i8He8G3VS2ELWFS0qN7OuyXdp7Zwy9VzUh-0Xnk/s2048/DSCF0804.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0gS2RwlDJ8mj7KmjLhCixIOInWKxxwwiCCKsNBVVylMu90WmKY34cBPxOjQ19bkNIs5_kj7ipkmiiJsfUGvQ6NjJGSpTtgsB-9Q6i8He8G3VS2ELWFS0qN7OuyXdp7Zwy9VzUh-0Xnk/w400-h266/DSCF0804.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>I went along Kennet Road then Craven Road where some houses on the left had the classic almshouse appearance, albeit plainer and more modern. I can't find any reference to them in the <i>Timeline of Newbury Almshouses</i>.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOdw8LqtkpoHXi0gUvRYvemRms_NVYhdm7PS9d47U6Rq711Lz0sfaaIxY_6OYWajHQXlBTQzaH7Ww3PKR05FNuv6IM9reklEGQhh7M_j9ISKJQI62qXI914yDg63OxZLz8XuVxlx60bI/s2048/DSCF0800.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOdw8LqtkpoHXi0gUvRYvemRms_NVYhdm7PS9d47U6Rq711Lz0sfaaIxY_6OYWajHQXlBTQzaH7Ww3PKR05FNuv6IM9reklEGQhh7M_j9ISKJQI62qXI914yDg63OxZLz8XuVxlx60bI/w400-h266/DSCF0800.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>The left into Rockingham Road to reach Enborne Road. Tucked away off to the right are the delightful Coxedd and Pearce's Almhouses. They are dated 1884 - although the beautiful sunflower motif might make you think they were a little later - and were built to replaced two of the small almshouses in New Mills referred to earlier. This is a bit out on a limb but you are still only 10 minutes from the station or 15 from the town centre going back along Enborne Road.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjea0riXMHsvyek0ult1a6Tg5NfFIFhVkTjsF2Ou-l5yn_z15RjVA3CkItrOJvTb0A77QP1Sx_kZbo7cheEq7oee4il_L3MWWjyYUohVV4jOS93gsujuUfp1QoQbd8fthl_Frz2i65cEWw/s2048/DSCF0708.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjea0riXMHsvyek0ult1a6Tg5NfFIFhVkTjsF2Ou-l5yn_z15RjVA3CkItrOJvTb0A77QP1Sx_kZbo7cheEq7oee4il_L3MWWjyYUohVV4jOS93gsujuUfp1QoQbd8fthl_Frz2i65cEWw/w400-h266/DSCF0708.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>A footnote on the Charity of Mrs Mabel Luke: it is still involved in building new almshouses. A devlopment of flats has recently been completed in the centre of Newbury. It may lack the architectural features I so like, but it is wonderful that almshouse charities are still producing what we would now call social housing.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IyRAe_rsGcXQwzGM4FU71vLt1u2jugPHlUWLqoZuFA3FR7nj5ueJvrBRZX_iHpAtUp5Z3VHExqX0l3h5jqj4Jtd1Qde-jBvYU71167g4u4NqOayGmWzVi4RIOok6Hk1v7NV31SDE8WEz6ZwIHt2ILE5Yn-KQ_IJA5tZQxmj6SCHQrfq2igB9kNTt/s5184/P1021182.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IyRAe_rsGcXQwzGM4FU71vLt1u2jugPHlUWLqoZuFA3FR7nj5ueJvrBRZX_iHpAtUp5Z3VHExqX0l3h5jqj4Jtd1Qde-jBvYU71167g4u4NqOayGmWzVi4RIOok6Hk1v7NV31SDE8WEz6ZwIHt2ILE5Yn-KQ_IJA5tZQxmj6SCHQrfq2igB9kNTt/w400-h266/P1021182.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> </p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.3pt;" valign="top" width="300"><br /></td><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.3pt;" valign="top" width="300"><br /></td><td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 225.3pt;" valign="top" width="300"><br /></td>
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Burton's Almshouses are to be found is on the corner with Queen Charlotte
Street. They date from 1652 and were extended in the 19th century and
restored in 1961. They are now student accommodation.
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King Street is full of interesting buildings, including the Bristol Old Vic
and at the far end is another fine almshouse: the Merchant Venturers of
1699, intended for seamen as the plaque suggests.<br />
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The front view is delightful although it was originally a square, partly
destroyed by wartime bombing and further constrained by road
realignment. It is now private accommodation.<br />
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Hospital, the tall white building with vertical timbers. <span id="ctl00_cphMainContent_lblDescription">It
is a 12th Century town house incorporated into monastery hospital
founded
1240 by Sir John le Warre, and later a school. A sign revealed that it was now
apartments, all sold.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="ctl00_cphMainContent_lblDescription"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img alt="St Bartholemews Hospital Bristol.jpg" class="mw-mmv-final-image jpg mw-mmv-dialog-is-open" crossorigin="anonymous" height="616" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/St_Bartholemews_Hospital_Bristol.jpg" width="463" /><span id="ctl00_cphMainContent_lblDescription"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="ctl00_cphMainContent_lblDescription"> </span><span id="ctl00_cphMainContent_lblDescription"><br /></span><span id="ctl00_cphMainContent_lblDescription">At the top of Christmas Steps is the dramatic Foster's Almshouse. It was </span>originally
founded by a bequest from merchant John Foster in 1492. The present high Victorian buildings were
constructed between 1861 and 1883 and are now private apartments.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-59652242444593547252023-04-13T15:08:00.009+01:002023-04-17T18:06:35.656+01:00Almshouses of Taunton and South Somerset<p>The Taunton Heritage Trust is rather like the <a href="The Exeter Homes Trust "><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Exeter Homes Trust</span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> in that it covers several discrete almshouse buildings. The first and most impressive is Gray's Almshouses. </span>They were founded in 1635 by the wealthy cloth-merchant Robert Gray, whose
monument survives in the Church of St Mary Magdalene. The building is
one of the oldest surviving in Taunton and is one of the earliest brick
buildings in the county (from Wikipedia). <br /></p><p><img alt="17th century Gray's Almshouses in East Street, Taunton, founded by Robert Gray. Still in use as sheltered accommodation Stock Photo - Alamy" class="r48jcc pT0Scc iPVvYb" src="https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/fa549deb019d4ea68db0b26c15871336/2f8ht0d.jpg" style="height: 441px; margin: 0px; max-width: 640px; width: 634px;" /> <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;">Then we have the impressive Huish Homes. They are located in a Grade II listed building, built in 1868, that provides four flats, a
laundry room and a communal garden. The offices of the Trust are also there. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><img alt="Huish" class="attachment-us_768_0 size-us_768_0" height="470" src="https://www.tauntonheritagetrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Huish-min.jpg" title="Huish Homes" width="627" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The buildings of Leycroft Close in Hamilton Road were built in 1931 and consist of 328 flats.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Leycroft Close" class="attachment-full size-full" height="450" src="https://www.tauntonheritagetrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Alms-1312.jpg" title="Leycroft Close" width="600" /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The St James's flats, dating from 1845, consist of eight flats with a shared garden.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="St James Close" class="attachment-us_768_0 size-us_768_0" height="450" src="https://www.tauntonheritagetrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/St-James-Close-1.jpg" title="St James Close" width="600" /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Finally, the Bernard Taylor homes date from1984. The accommodation is intended for single occupancy, but there is a large communal area. <br /></p><p>The remaining Almshouses are the St Margaret's Almshouses. They began as a leper hospital - or Leprosaria - in the 12th century where diseased locals were isolated. The building is said to have featured secret underground tunnels to transport the dead to a nearby cemetery. The almshouses are now privately owned.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="St Margaret's Almshouses - Architecton" class="rg_i Q4LuWd" data-noaft="1" height="282" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ1ysd0gsT_23G0cPDE2dkaokMM5iTuIBUn2RjmX-9sClbWUNySc8zh15YwWQf96B9c_PQ&usqp=CAU" width="436" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="St Margaret's Almshouses - Wikipedia" class="r48jcc pT0Scc iPVvYb" height="352" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Almshouses_Taunton.jpg/250px-Almshouses_Taunton.jpg" style="max-width: 250px;" width="310" /> <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"> Finally, I discovered a relocated almshouse preserved by Taunton Castle in the Museum of Somerset .</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="File:Museum of Somerset almshouse 03.jpg" data-file-height="5152" data-file-width="3864" height="600" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Museum_of_Somerset_almshouse_03.jpg/450px-Museum_of_Somerset_almshouse_03.jpg?20171125165133" width="450" /> </p><p> To the south of Taunton there are Staple Fitzpaine with
Portman's Almshouses.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IF0w71QBEdc/Va7KVZVyRmI/AAAAAAAAJeE/CLhMYNTBvww/s400/DSCN2084.JPG" width="400" /></p></div><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">These almshouses were founded by Sir William Portman and were restored in 1970. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">To the east is the village of East Coker, famous for T S Eliot's celebrated poem. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">They were originally built in 1640 for 11 women and a man, and are still in use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A plaque in front of a large tree marks the
site of a "plague pit", where 70 villagers were buried in 1645.</span></p><p></p><p><img alt="Alms Houses East Coker" border="0" height="438" id="Picture205" src="https://www.dorsetcamera.co.uk/assets/images/IMG_3014.jpg" title="Alms Houses East Coker" width="700" /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Nearby is the village of Bishops Lydeard. <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: times;">The
almshouses in the high street were originally built in 1616 by Sir Richard Grobham. They
were restored in 1854 and again in the mid 20th century. <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Uhw4gClh290/Vb6Fpkz2WJI/AAAAAAAAJok/OgzFjrUV3vk/w640-h480/DSCN2150.JPG" width="640" /> </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">Finally, there are Harvey's Almshouses. <span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">These almshouses were founded by an
Exeter merchant called Richard Harvey in 1663. He was born in Chard.
The original almshouses were demolished in the 19th century and replaced
by the present building in 1841-42.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H6v7WR9M-N0/VsD9Lb_cm3I/AAAAAAAAMpE/IwzKalzlx1s/w640-h480/DSCN3145.JPG" width="640" /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-67239494993379241862023-04-12T14:25:00.021+01:002023-04-12T18:59:01.671+01:00Almshouses of South Devon<div class="separator"></div><p>This post covers some impressive Almshouses in South Devon: specifically in Moretonhampstead, Newton Abbot, Wembury and Plymouth. We start with Moretonhampstead, now owned by the National Trust<br /></p><p>'Recorded as 'new' in
1451, the building was converted into eight almshouses in 1637. Having
been used as a poorhouse and private residences during the following
centuries, it was given to the National Trust in 1952 and today consists
of two cottages. <br /></p><p><img alt="Moretonhampstead Almshouses" height="471" src="https://www.devonguide.com/sites/default/files/styles/x-large/public/photos/mhampstead-almshouses.jpg?itok=7VnkBqlw" width="518" /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Moretonhampstead 1 and 2 The Almshouses, Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor National Park" class="img-responsive img-thumbnail pull-right" height="234" src="https://holidayindartmoor.co.uk/images/2/878_350x234.jpg" width="350" /> </p></div><p> </p><p>The first of the almshouses in Newton Abbot are the Mackrell's Almshouses in Wolborough Street. <br /></p><p><img alt="Mackrell’s Almshouses, Wolborough Street, Newton Abbot" height="395" src="https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/10/91/4109108_9c548d55.jpg" style="height: auto; max-width: min(100% , 140vh); width: 640px;" width="592" /></p><p>(From https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4109108) The 40 almshouses were designed by JW Rowell, built in 1874 and extended in
1894.The walls are of
Devonian limestone crazy-paving rubble. The slate roof is continuous
with moulded rubblestone ridge stacks to party walls. The building is
double-depth in plan - there are houses front and back, in similar
style. The southwest (right-hand) entrance has an inscription in the
tympanum which reads "By the grace of God the Mackrell alms-houses built
and endowed by Thomas and Sophia Mackrell, natives of Wolborough were
extended by the erection of eight additional dwellings in the year of
Our Lord 1894." A similar inscription to the northeast (left-hand)
entrance is dated 1874. </p><p>Here is a more detailed view of the Almshouses:</p><p><img alt="Mackrell’s Almshouses, Wolborough Street, arched entrances to houses" height="640" src="https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/10/95/4109550_601f4ad7.jpg" style="height: auto; max-width: min(100% , 75vh); width: 512px;" width="512" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A group of 4 almshouses in 109-115 East Street dating from 1845 are built in a Picturesque Tudor style. Lady Lucy Reynell, wife of the owner of Forde House Torquay
Road, originally endowed the almshouses in 1640. She intended them to
accommodate priests widows, "the relicts of preaching ministers, left
poor, without a house of their own". The original building in
Torquay Road was demolished in 1790 and rebuilt in East Street
nearer to the town centre. <br /></p><p><img alt="East Street, Newton Abbot" height="480" src="https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/97/35/1973569_8fe4c86c.jpg" style="height: auto; max-width: min(100% , 125vh); width: 640px;" width="640" /> <br /></p><p> </p><p>Also in East Street, at 133-147, are the Haymans Almshouses.</p><p><img alt="Robert Hayman's almshouses, East Street" height="480" src="https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/22/63/3226345_a8f93a79.jpg" style="height: auto; max-width: min(100% , 125vh); width: 640px;" width="640" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They date originally from 1576 when Robert Hayman endowed properties in East Street "for the better maintenance and relief of poor people". These properties included almshouses. They were rebuilt in 1840 as this symmetrical terrace of eight
almshouses in what Pevsners calls the Regency Gothic style.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Continuing South west there are two more interesting almshouses. The first are the delightful Sir Warwick Hele's Almshouses in Wembury. They consist of 6 houses: built in 1685 and renovated in 1975. Sir Warwick was the High Sheriff of Devon at the time. Ange I walked past them almost exactly 10 years ago while we were walking the South West Cost Path.</p><p><img border="0" class="pointer facility_photo_main" height="394" itemprop="image" src="https://housingcare.org/downloads/facilities/photos/84291.jpg" width="621" /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, in Plymouth we reached Lanyon House in Green Street. <span class="collapse" id="show_more" style="display: inline;">The
original almshouse was built in 1679 with £300 left in a will by John
Lanyon, ex Lord Mayor of Plymouth and a Friend of Samuel Pepys. The
present almshouses were moved to their site in Green Street in 1868, and
renovated in 1977. They are still in use as Almshouses.<br /></span></p><p><img border="0" class="pointer facility_photo_main" height="397" itemprop="image" src="https://housingcare.org/downloads/facilities/photos/84237.jpg" width="614" /> </p><p>Finally, a mention for the Pearn Almhouse Trust in Higher Compron, which was funded by a legacy from a local benefactor, Edwin Alonzo Pearn, in 1893. The self-contained accommodation has three separate buildings.</p><p></p><p><img alt="" height="307" src="https://www.pearnalmshouses.org/photos/medium-cropped/p18io9pjm42gi1nmqc68uab5r63.JPG" style="opacity: 1; position: absolute; visibility: visible; z-index: 1;" width="463" /></p> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-11978273540540149912023-04-11T12:00:00.001+01:002023-04-11T12:22:09.682+01:00Almshouses of Tiverton and East Devon<p>We begin in Wellbrooke Street in Tiverton where there are Waldron's Almshouses with their adjoining
chapel. They date from 1590 and were restored in 1987 (the chapel in
1990). The founder, Thomas Waldron, was a merchant. This area of the
town, West Exe, was a centre for weaving and spinning from the early
16th century.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<p></p><p>We continues across the Exe and left into St Peter's Street to visit Slee's
almshouses, founded by George Slee in 1610 for six single women.
The first floor gallery was originally open.<br />
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On the left of the almshouses is the Great House of St George,
constructed 1603-14 for George Slee apparently after a substantial fire
of 1598 which destroyed much of the town.<br /><p>
</p><p>There are also former almshouses in Barrington St. The plaque
reveals that this was "Blagdon's Charity. Destroyed by Fire and rebuilt
1833."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8UWc9wmrouXYAXvJIOk55swm4bp0ccIWpJBIK5_GRsuc1LvD_3jMDU-5XV1yAKdTuoF4HNQ_ROLG1fRa_N_nWZH9JbaZhijZkv0Y_6IPifgOXvD1oOEi-VWxC6vuUli51aLa69BiaK0p/s1600/P1140149.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8UWc9wmrouXYAXvJIOk55swm4bp0ccIWpJBIK5_GRsuc1LvD_3jMDU-5XV1yAKdTuoF4HNQ_ROLG1fRa_N_nWZH9JbaZhijZkv0Y_6IPifgOXvD1oOEi-VWxC6vuUli51aLa69BiaK0p/s400/P1140149.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The final main sight, further down Gold St was Greenway's Almshouses,
which like Waldron's have an attached chapel. They were founded in 1529.
The stonework seems to have been renovated quite recently.There are two
further parallel ranges behind dating from 1839 and 1889. <br />
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</p><p>The Higher Street Almshouses consist of six one-bedroom terraced houses.</p><p><img alt="Picture" height="305" src="https://www.cullomptoncharities.org.uk/uploads/1/1/9/6/119644311/property2_orig.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="406" /> </p><p>And the final one is a single-person bungalow: Weaver Wood, <br /></p><p>In Honiton, to the south, there seem to be only unclear traces of the St Margaret's almshouses, Originally it was a leper hospital some distance from the town centre, the cottages were rebuilt as almshouses in the 16th century and
then gothicised in the 19th century, presumably as a private house.<br /></p><p><img alt="St Margaret's Hospital" height="411" src="https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/17/39/173975_a4542878.jpg" style="height: auto; max-width: min(100% , 125vh); width: 640px;" width="548" /> <br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-36579152953150938292023-04-10T19:35:00.005+01:002023-04-10T19:35:00.174+01:00Almhouses of Exeter 2: The Exeter Homes Trust<div class="separator"></div><p>The impressive Exeter Homes Trust is one of the largest Almshouse charities in the country. The Charity owns and manages 143 almshouses in 8 locations throughout
the city of Exeter. They range from the Victorian period into Edwardian and on to the present day. </p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off et_pb_animation_off_tablet et_pb_animation_off_phone wp-image-603 lazyloaded et-animated" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 550px, 100vw" data-src="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/magdalen.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/magdalen.jpg 550w, https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/magdalen-480x480.jpg 480w" height="411" src="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/magdalen.jpg" width="411" /> </p> Magdalen Cottages, 19th century, founded 1863<p></p><p><br /></p><p><img alt="" class="mfp-img" height="398" src="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/picture1_liverydole.jpg" style="max-height: 1000px;" width="605" /> </p><p>Liberty Dole Cottages, 19th century<br /></p><p> </p><p><img alt="" class="mfp-img" height="439" src="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Atwill-Palmer-GRW-Photography3-scaled.jpg" style="max-height: 1000px;" width="660" /></p><p>Atwill Palmer, 19th century<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img alt="" class="et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off et_pb_animation_off_tablet et_pb_animation_off_phone wp-image-255 ls-is-cached lazyloaded et-animated" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw" data-src="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Design1A-CTA3.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Design1A-CTA3.jpg 500w, https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Design1A-CTA3-480x480.jpg 480w" height="500" src="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Design1A-CTA3.jpg" width="500" /></p><p>Grendon Road, 19th century<br /></p><p><img alt="" class="et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off et_pb_animation_off_tablet et_pb_animation_off_phone wp-image-604 ls-is-cached lazyloaded et-animated" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 550px, 100vw" data-src="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/northpark.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/northpark.jpg 550w, https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/northpark-480x480.jpg 480w" height="403" src="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/northpark.jpg" width="403" /></p><p>North Park, 20th century</p><p><img alt="" class="et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off et_pb_animation_off_tablet et_pb_animation_off_phone wp-image-599 ls-is-cached lazyloaded et-animated" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 550px, 100vw" data-src="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fairpark.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fairpark.jpg 550w, https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fairpark-480x480.jpg 480w" height="482" src="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fairpark.jpg" width="482" /></p><p>Fair Park, 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p><img alt="" class="mfp-img" height="314" src="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/picture5_liverydole-e1651589311819.jpg" style="max-height: 1000px;" width="477" /> </p><p>Livery Dole Flats (1980s)</p><p><img alt="" class="et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off et_pb_animation_off_tablet et_pb_animation_off_phone wp-image-1507 lazyloaded et-animated" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw" data-src="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_2781-scaled.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_2781-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_2781-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_2781-980x735.jpg 980w, https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_2781-480x360.jpg 480w" height="455" src="https://www.exeterhomestrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_2781-scaled.jpg" width="607" /> </p><p>Culverland Road (contemporary) <br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-68147273490065160602023-04-08T13:00:00.001+01:002023-04-10T12:21:26.373+01:00Almshouses of Exeter Part 1<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikzlABwWs-tPaIstYTYIXKSrZUYCYI1O-0sTSMEH3S0BNzcoBkFm34jioT3A50ZgkSUiZtuFzChFgDTuMvlJjA60VY09_AwLE8VGfX7TksOxTOefs4QQnUA6EPYhfqvzUmdw3Q0MfZU6Q/s1600/P1000207.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikzlABwWs-tPaIstYTYIXKSrZUYCYI1O-0sTSMEH3S0BNzcoBkFm34jioT3A50ZgkSUiZtuFzChFgDTuMvlJjA60VY09_AwLE8VGfX7TksOxTOefs4QQnUA6EPYhfqvzUmdw3Q0MfZU6Q/s320/P1000207.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p></div><p>Starting from the Cathedral it is a short walk to
Magdalen Street to see Wynard's Almshouses. They date from 1453, but seem to have been rebuilt in
1863 (Pevsner). They make a handsome group. A more detailed account can be found in the Exeter Memories website.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Catherine Street is the the area which suffered the most bomb damage in the
second world war. On the right are the ruins of St Catherine's
Almshouses (1458) together with St Catherine's Chapel and Canon's house.
</p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span> </span><span> </span><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zHVJGZ5F-akoy3Bf3jyZYzatTeWRp-jf0ePXVYpSMoHwIYPh8wG4KuPkzMtDOi8FahuzpHKst2I-kogyk4ci8URMIVNWfwyfiQLIUPAggD1azE65M1uj4W98o523_bzJ8w-9Lk62oWg/w400-h263/P1000218.JPG" width="400" />
</p><p>In Mount Dinham, also near the centre, are the Mount Dinham Cottages. In 2012 the Mount Dinham Cottage Trust signed a 125 year lease to secure the continuity of the Almshouses which were renovated in 2015.
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</p><p> </p><p>Flaye's Almshouses which can be found on Pinhoe Road in the North East of the City are managed by the Exeter Homes Trust. <span class="collapse" id="show_more" style="display: inline;">There are
twelve properties: 8 one bedroom flats, generally occupied by single
people, and 4 two-bedroom houses. </span></p><p><img class="cinematic_image" height="366" id="cinematic_image" src="https://housingcare.org/downloads/facilities/photos/163070.jpg?t=1645980297" width="639" /> </p><p> In the Pennsylvania area on the west side of the city are the lively Licenced Victuallers' Almshouses built in 1872 by A H Wills. <br /></p><p> <img alt="File:Licensed Victuallers Almshouses, Union Road, Exeter - geograph.org.uk - 296327.jpg" data-file-height="640" data-file-width="480" height="544" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Licensed_Victuallers_Almshouses%2C_Union_Road%2C_Exeter_-_geograph.org.uk_-_296327.jpg/450px-Licensed_Victuallers_Almshouses%2C_Union_Road%2C_Exeter_-_geograph.org.uk_-_296327.jpg?20101214212856" width="408" /></p><p>In St. Sidwell’s on the fork between Old Tiverton Road and Blackboy Road
is a medieval Chapel and adjacent Almshouses (photo below) beside the
St. Anne’s Orthodox Church. Pevsner says that the 16th century Almshouses were restored in 1838; two Tudor style houses were added later by W D Caroe. <br /></p><p></p><p><img alt="Photo" class="m7eMIc aQg20b pFuEAd" height="357" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMC7jBshYe0YNlvXrU99rwLOGlPhFWf1sW1Zre2=w268-h357" style="touch-action: auto; user-select: none;" width="268" /><img alt="Photo" class="m7eMIc aQg20b pFuEAd" data-ils="3" height="360" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipO2eaq9aLeTK2P53Lz5edk3P21_IXAmFMHdfOE4=w270-h360" style="touch-action: auto; user-select: none;" width="270" /></p> <br /><p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-1555025614921242492023-04-05T05:30:00.001+01:002023-04-05T17:48:49.290+01:00Almshouses of Barnstaple<p></p><p>Barnstaple has the unusual distinction of being one of the four defensive towns of Devon in medieval times. Today, it has a impressive number of almshouses.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><p>The first is these is the Penrose almshouses of 1627 are in Litchdon Street. John Penrose was a successful cloth merchant and in 1620 was the Mayor of Barnstaple. On his death in 1624 his will provided for the construction of an Almshouse. They make
lovely composition with projecting buildings at the ends joined by a
colonade with the main entrance in the middle. <br />
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The caretaker is said to be happy to show people the chapel (the
right hand building on the street front). The
lectern from which the Reader read from the bible to the almsfolk is
still present along with a lovely plastered ceiling.<br />
</p><p>Towards the centre of the town along Trinity Street, passing the Salem
Almshouses on the right. They were founded in 1834 by Charles Roberts
for 24 men and women. There are three ranges, with the street side left
open.<br />
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(according to Pevsner). In Pilton St are the attractive Lower Almshouses dating from
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At the top of the street are the Feoffee Cottages and Church Cottages, a
very pretty group with the arch in the centre. They date from 1849. It leads to the church of
St Mary, founded in the 12th century and once belonging to Malmesbury
Abbey. <br />
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The redbrick
Lake Almshouses of 1863 are perhaps less attractive.</p><p><img alt="LAKE ALMSHOUSES, Barnstaple - 1385381 | Historic England" aria-label="" class="n3VNCb pT0Scc KAlRDb" data-noaft="1" height="334" role="" src="https://historicengland.org.uk/etl/1385381/b89602b7-9f9c-46a0-a69c-c0420df1cb4a.jpg?autorotate=true&height=500&mode=max&quality=80" style="height: 369.001px; margin: 0px; width: 569px;" width="515" /> <br /></p><p> </p><p>In nearby Bishop's Tawton are the impressive Law Memorial almshouses which have 12 flats and date back to 1885. A central plaque
records that they were built "in loving memory of Thomas Shephard Law
and of William Henry Law, His Son. By the sorrowing wife and mother". The fuzzy photo below does not do the almshouses justice.<br /></p><p><img alt="THE LAW MEMORIAL ALMSHOUSES, Bishop's Tawton - 1317905 ..." aria-label="" class="n3VNCb pT0Scc" data-noaft="1" role="" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQryADji9C40852SV1zeEOTGAie-BvTEns7Hfrxt-2wTg&s" style="height: 267px; margin: 8.7px 0px; width: 400px;" /> <br /></p><p><br /> </p><p>
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-71008095434138260432023-03-25T22:20:00.001+00:002023-03-25T22:20:14.161+00:00Lanzarote<div class="separator"><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> </p></div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" height="242" role="none" src="https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/03/f4/e6/4f/castillo-de-las-coloradas.jpg?w=1200&h=-1&s=1" width="431" /></p>We enjoyed an enjoyable short holiday in Lanzarote in January and as always I took an array of photos. Unfortunately, when I got home I somehow managed to delete them all with just a few exceptions. I have now decided to create a new version by locating appropriate photos from wherever I can find them.<br /><p></p><p>The Castle of las Coloradas, above, is at the far eastern end of the Playa Blanca where we stayed.
The fort was designed in 1741 by the engineer Don Claudio de L’Isle. In
1749, it was set on fire by Algerian pirates. In 1767, the engineer
Alejandro de los Angeles, raised the fort again. Until 1936 the fort
belonged to the army, then to the Ministry of
Finance and since 1978 it has been property of the Yaiza Town Hall.</p><p>The pictures which follow are sequenced from east to west. We started at the fort and headed back towards the marina, climbing and then descending past a number of whitewashed buildings. This one was once a church, but is now a gallery.<br /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Central square of Teguise town, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain" class="js-img-protect container-absolute to-all opacity-zero" height="255" src="https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/02/50/46/42/240_F_250464215_jwNAsEg0doRMvVgMFZrs4gQU2AZz1RMb.jpg" width="400" /> </p><p></p><p>We headed towards the marina. This picture is astonishingly bright. Further mooring areas are out of sight to the right. To the left is a very pleasant restaurant where we enjoyed a couple of nice lunches overlooking the Marina. <br /></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" height="385" role="none" src="https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/09/f8/85/eb/marina-rubicon.jpg?w=1200&h=-1&s=1" width="513" /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Continuing past the end of the marina we continue along the road which become a promenade at the back of the beach.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" height="300" role="none" src="https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/16/f3/7f/88/the-marina.jpg?w=1200&h=-1&s=1" width="400" /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Continuing along the promenade we passed our hotel, which is directly behind the Playa Dorada, one of the relatively few sandy beaches along this stretch of coast. We had heard about the Lighthouse and we inevitably decided to walk there and back. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The promenade continues with the path often quite close to the sea and some inviting restaurants on the landward side. We passed the small port and continue past the Playa Flamingo, a newish, possibly artificial, sandy beach with barriers.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="Rt-4gJVX5rfa3D2YMUqJGQ==" height="293" src="https://www.alltrails.com/api/alltrails/v2/trails/11078449/photos/0?size=larger_wide&key=3p0t5s6b5g4g0e8k3c1j3w7y5c3m4t8i" width="452" /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Now we entered a zone of large hotels, all white and often designed in a Moorish style. The Timafaya Palace hotel below is a typical example.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://cmspro.h10hotels.com/ImagenesHotel/hti_1740863587.jpg?RenditionID=73" /> <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">As the Lighthouse became nearer we passed some small cafes. There were fewer people now. It turned out to be further than you might expect, but eventually we reached the impressive Lighthouse tower and and a rather tatty-looking low level structure behind it.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="File:Lanzarote Faro de Pechiguera R02.jpg - Wikimedia Commons" aria-label="" class="n3VNCb pT0Scc KAlRDb" data-noaft="1" height="593" role="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Lanzarote_Faro_de_Pechiguera_R02.jpg" style="height: 593px; margin: 0px; width: 422.957px;" width="423" /> <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" height="254" role="none" src="https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/0c/b1/26/ea/img-20160825-173150-edited.jpg?w=500&h=-1&s=1" width="400" /> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-61703551003324810692023-02-08T17:15:00.002+00:002023-03-24T18:20:51.436+00:00Axford and Ramsbury Manor<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6la5jKIjWhro_6tD1t0EjQSmEyK2UMlQfMYpjsI_hdZBSAV7pnodk778W8TQ7pyoq4u2GwMf0oapaYRhQm8l6xuEJ1tZl-V4z0tsW0_rFjl0n7IicdYr0HY767N_mYLX2GTced2HH3lI0Yx9DbrT8hGkmFvnSnUUo4004cXUbQGx9mFtxzJTSW8qK/s5184/P1021184.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6la5jKIjWhro_6tD1t0EjQSmEyK2UMlQfMYpjsI_hdZBSAV7pnodk778W8TQ7pyoq4u2GwMf0oapaYRhQm8l6xuEJ1tZl-V4z0tsW0_rFjl0n7IicdYr0HY767N_mYLX2GTced2HH3lI0Yx9DbrT8hGkmFvnSnUUo4004cXUbQGx9mFtxzJTSW8qK/w400-h266/P1021184.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The first walk of the year with my walking partner, Mervyn. He had kindly developed a circular walk starting to the west of the delightful Wiltshire town of Ramsbury at the rather prosiaic Axbury Pumping Station (marked as S).</p><p>We start along the narrow road which followed Sound Bottom and was soon delighted to see my first Snowdrops of the year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifduLRhNBpUTZZgWPPf6uryne5Jd4CDRmvzzI625pdME7G333bFiQ7QORlvfosu7PexppIhtJRCY6MpC7oOt5DSskVbthH4pa21YQ6bEipF2dGzcHIvtMEsTJOr3OLUZ8BDU4LpjUxgay8yxuPkKPc08aI-ebs6H4xIjk08VEFWmR7_NCBjhl5tCFJ/s5184/P1021186.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifduLRhNBpUTZZgWPPf6uryne5Jd4CDRmvzzI625pdME7G333bFiQ7QORlvfosu7PexppIhtJRCY6MpC7oOt5DSskVbthH4pa21YQ6bEipF2dGzcHIvtMEsTJOr3OLUZ8BDU4LpjUxgay8yxuPkKPc08aI-ebs6H4xIjk08VEFWmR7_NCBjhl5tCFJ/w400-h266/P1021186.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>After a while we took a path on the left which led south to reveal a fine vista across the fields and then passed a pleasing red brick house ...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_7F-87Vo3KYo11DPKe7vg-Im314HL_sCaArzH4QC7Z_u39y5D5wp_y2w5trlmU4HVAgutUUJMejU_x4KXdcSV2zqd0VLnM0_i8R6fGyZLCIqpQrPT2BR3agaz9yAlr_brPb4eH-b85G0HZV_ZiOqsU1ydpXZ0HOxjGJg_5VDwvWBSdTuyi975rcC8/s5184/P1021190.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_7F-87Vo3KYo11DPKe7vg-Im314HL_sCaArzH4QC7Z_u39y5D5wp_y2w5trlmU4HVAgutUUJMejU_x4KXdcSV2zqd0VLnM0_i8R6fGyZLCIqpQrPT2BR3agaz9yAlr_brPb4eH-b85G0HZV_ZiOqsU1ydpXZ0HOxjGJg_5VDwvWBSdTuyi975rcC8/w400-h266/P1021190.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>... and along a lane to skirt a rather imposing Georgian (or more probably Georgian-style) house.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXpQWxncj3JMgMDYXSgtAFb8jnUjiOc1u2Sk8sMOGBHn1SewdsqfWCS-Ye_gD-aMXwGdMTzctqI0rzj6SoLfTzsxhddrPrs8-85t7SY1BTzTSkLQrazx1OV1-iKnLtfEAjbJ9k2su5K_nDtcGo7jZlTfKb5rXtbPYGyoPbJTbNEXvZZisn09DS2bg/s5184/P1021191.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXpQWxncj3JMgMDYXSgtAFb8jnUjiOc1u2Sk8sMOGBHn1SewdsqfWCS-Ye_gD-aMXwGdMTzctqI0rzj6SoLfTzsxhddrPrs8-85t7SY1BTzTSkLQrazx1OV1-iKnLtfEAjbJ9k2su5K_nDtcGo7jZlTfKb5rXtbPYGyoPbJTbNEXvZZisn09DS2bg/w400-h266/P1021191.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>We followed the path down to Stichcombe and after crossing the Kennet we had an informative chat with a couple who were clearly very familiar with the area, pointing out to us Little Egrets and other wildlife. </p><p>We passed Cowleaze Cottage and followed the border of Ramsbury Manor Park. According to Wikipedia it belongs to the Capricorn Foundation, a trust which has the task of
maintaining the house as a museum and cultural resource for the nation.
It dates from the 1680s.</p><p>The best views were of the beautiful lake with the House beyond it ...</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5sJrhuUj2ARcDsCgfsIdfy8s2w4IS92T-nMu36fv5CjrNXmtjzgeu0DsxjVyj_fF1LoDFIvBgwpxTr-pG471se-pr5aBZKqAverBggVf0hCw5nn7DrocdInD3nrqUi-heeC0gSIAaLRj8xA-mIn2jX1MCKb6fW0nTkLYl2bC81GKEDWhznJ5UIx1b/s5184/P1021200.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5sJrhuUj2ARcDsCgfsIdfy8s2w4IS92T-nMu36fv5CjrNXmtjzgeu0DsxjVyj_fF1LoDFIvBgwpxTr-pG471se-pr5aBZKqAverBggVf0hCw5nn7DrocdInD3nrqUi-heeC0gSIAaLRj8xA-mIn2jX1MCKb6fW0nTkLYl2bC81GKEDWhznJ5UIx1b/w400-h266/P1021200.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>... and then the gates on the other side of the grounds.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbeMHmBkvpsin_vnXvjhJoD7Fw5jtTLr3xl5KsiTL82ysSmRm9RXb84dI6OXGe1PME_e8WlYNnYSrilfZAgzGtfJCV8Nb1Eyv4yKKQzMA13RJ7M-wXRWUa7sC_6dNeqLLXjraAgq7ccfesGlJYfPQKahWWK-_LWxc5B8tpIGj6fmU1FpYtupuCeKp/s5184/P1021201.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbeMHmBkvpsin_vnXvjhJoD7Fw5jtTLr3xl5KsiTL82ysSmRm9RXb84dI6OXGe1PME_e8WlYNnYSrilfZAgzGtfJCV8Nb1Eyv4yKKQzMA13RJ7M-wXRWUa7sC_6dNeqLLXjraAgq7ccfesGlJYfPQKahWWK-_LWxc5B8tpIGj6fmU1FpYtupuCeKp/w400-h266/P1021201.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The final section was rather arduous as we had to follow White's Hill for a mile or so. This is the main road from Ramsbury and has no footpath. Fortunately, we made it OK.<br /></p><p>Overall, a delightful walk of about 8 miles.<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-26462856335887610352022-11-17T14:39:00.001+00:002022-11-17T14:39:00.174+00:00Almshouses of East Dorset<div class="separator"><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> <br /></p></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img alt="Result Detail | Model village, Historic england, Dorset" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4a/41/af/4a41af543d5d966a349880c2b3b23dd2--model-village-bournemouth.jpg" style="height: 401.62px; margin: 0px; width: 602px;" /></p><p></p><p>We start in Bournemouth with the very attractive Talbot Village Almshouses. <span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc">Talbot Village Almshouses were endowed by two sisters Mary and Georgina Talbot in 1862. They were part of Talbot model village which was created by the sisters. They are still run by the Talbot Trust.</span></span></p><p> Our next stop, to the north, is the imposing Sir Anthony Ashley's Almshouses in Wimborne St Giles. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhB4zcmEhHOcIZs0Xxe1hOI7Kmm9iAHcN0htllB44uWQCUrlFr8X-Rcy095c_zELRbF4OcSRFiFQyl9tlt2c7krIUm8XdgBO3D6N3q0SFU1BR5XZeY645IO6F4jxnU6BqG2OLVclIfzYKGN_BQoI7w44hb-OH1zscXOMSiUTfWKShGp_wHPm0Yyn5Nz=s4556" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2554" data-original-width="4556" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhB4zcmEhHOcIZs0Xxe1hOI7Kmm9iAHcN0htllB44uWQCUrlFr8X-Rcy095c_zELRbF4OcSRFiFQyl9tlt2c7krIUm8XdgBO3D6N3q0SFU1BR5XZeY645IO6F4jxnU6BqG2OLVclIfzYKGN_BQoI7w44hb-OH1zscXOMSiUTfWKShGp_wHPm0Yyn5Nz=w640-h358" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>The almshouses are older than the nearby church of St Giles - they date from 1624 and were
the gift of Sir Anthony. His grandson became the first Earl of
Shaftesbury in 1660 and the title is still in the Ashley-Cooper family.</p><p>In Pamphill there is a former almhouse. In 1695 Roger Gillingham of the Middle Temple left property in Hackney,
Stepney and Bedfordshire to trustees who were to 'lay out a sum not
exceeding £400" to endow some almshouses. After the last almshouse occupant died in 1971 the County Council bought the whole range of the
buildings, modernising so that the almshouses became part of the school
building. The school became a first school for 5-9year olds in 1973 and still is.</p><p> <img class="img-responsive" height="345" src="https://www.british-history.ac.uk/sites/default/files/publications/pubid-1316/images/fig243.jpg" width="652" /></p><p>Continuing southwards we come to Wimborne Minster and St Margaret's Almshouses at the top of Victoria Road (B3082). There is also small church. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGzazZSI7-LwLpkuHeODFG5J7EaYgI9_wCwat2uYnsdD5mxGmB-5ENSezpErO9OPhQN61QKUp42TJFardgtrA5e5RVTAOuVIuLdOsx5RAzRhmuDnNls1EQ1HsHVCKAihLnBHatsVjeN0KIQeIJZnYGcYuVDnMM1byEQTHyRy1dgcmWPVlvwKX2BswR=s4428" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4428" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGzazZSI7-LwLpkuHeODFG5J7EaYgI9_wCwat2uYnsdD5mxGmB-5ENSezpErO9OPhQN61QKUp42TJFardgtrA5e5RVTAOuVIuLdOsx5RAzRhmuDnNls1EQ1HsHVCKAihLnBHatsVjeN0KIQeIJZnYGcYuVDnMM1byEQTHyRy1dgcmWPVlvwKX2BswR=w400-h278" width="400" /></a></div><br />Coming now to Poole there are the St George's Almshouses in Church Street, which date from before 1429 (Pevsner). They could only be almshouses!<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdoNy-Uso10LkjEV4Z1ePOaUb9VY9ifOVsd7LvldtxJOCteSO-qjosLj_QKAeWt0a3FP8EvIUeSz05hUrhPdqsuOd_Lw4by0T20xpJPKncla4zrGI2s5HbCLb3yp2AzBVbl_qLTVapFlydsjuc9yjvkpjFQYoShpJt_YMLN-lZxaTDEWrkPoMSNzob=s3826" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3826" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdoNy-Uso10LkjEV4Z1ePOaUb9VY9ifOVsd7LvldtxJOCteSO-qjosLj_QKAeWt0a3FP8EvIUeSz05hUrhPdqsuOd_Lw4by0T20xpJPKncla4zrGI2s5HbCLb3yp2AzBVbl_qLTVapFlydsjuc9yjvkpjFQYoShpJt_YMLN-lZxaTDEWrkPoMSNzob=w400-h314" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Heading Southwest to reach Corfe Castle you may spot the Jubilee House on the main road. It was formerly almshouses, but is now a private dwelling.</p><p><img height="334" src="https://s3.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/lbimg/101/323/451/101323451-53970-800.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black;" width="500" /></p><p>The next stop is Wareham where there is a fine group of Almshouses: Streches Almshouses. The plaque on the gable says these Almshouses were erected in 190, replacing former Almshouses of 1741 in East Street. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZIRFIG5XALUZShg9b3G05F3Uc9h0_7smuqWcll_V-pbWfePFeVDQirnAK_eWISLIkPSXpvfZqZzjSuJKSM5kOpdMf1UWW-M7nUk2j1yBAkxUYd-FFHqi3Ju_qDtiRj6Awg9uh8cRFacX8lmEK2JeZcZpB-5giZo0wDszWYsOq7kxgNJ_VwGnZkGcB=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZIRFIG5XALUZShg9b3G05F3Uc9h0_7smuqWcll_V-pbWfePFeVDQirnAK_eWISLIkPSXpvfZqZzjSuJKSM5kOpdMf1UWW-M7nUk2j1yBAkxUYd-FFHqi3Ju_qDtiRj6Awg9uh8cRFacX8lmEK2JeZcZpB-5giZo0wDszWYsOq7kxgNJ_VwGnZkGcB=w400-h266" width="400" /> </a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Streches Almshouses, Wareham <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The central feature, which looks rather like a small chapel, is quite imposing<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLqq-mo9unE8Ws7FUYYm6pzEjNaX7wtXp5AIJM-A6JV7UqzEl19SyN43Ad5vpU5HZ99RirAWdTZIV8VmVDWYTRegG_eNEMqY7qKaxOXc611t9VHlnlBuVd-PvK14NYDaT4aBSwSMXfYs1Uho83COg6lfGWxEVavNWB_4tWszKA1LMoGpzt8-CbRzc-=s4132" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2699" data-original-width="4132" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLqq-mo9unE8Ws7FUYYm6pzEjNaX7wtXp5AIJM-A6JV7UqzEl19SyN43Ad5vpU5HZ99RirAWdTZIV8VmVDWYTRegG_eNEMqY7qKaxOXc611t9VHlnlBuVd-PvK14NYDaT4aBSwSMXfYs1Uho83COg6lfGWxEVavNWB_4tWszKA1LMoGpzt8-CbRzc-=w400-h261" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They date originally from 1418, to care for 'six ancient men and five women' of Wareham, but were rebuilt in 1712. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">bellcote</span>
once adorned the previous town hall of 1768, but was relocated here -
rather successfully - when the present town hall was built. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQSpUL21N-9IVSN-EW8t_5Q-J5pZ83gcxzdm2vOU3-KRb1aLJoqt4snr9DwbrB9GtiQdsKZ37Um7Rps5jwBflyznJRHHf49cU9r8VJzeV3UaC_LY0jO7w6F_x_RlgUQlIfVvW_r9X9W-fmVgW-0B3W3R6TULOs-IlJgk1ltGhVXBpNaPAwVdR4xxLt=s2939" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2939" data-original-width="2845" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQSpUL21N-9IVSN-EW8t_5Q-J5pZ83gcxzdm2vOU3-KRb1aLJoqt4snr9DwbrB9GtiQdsKZ37Um7Rps5jwBflyznJRHHf49cU9r8VJzeV3UaC_LY0jO7w6F_x_RlgUQlIfVvW_r9X9W-fmVgW-0B3W3R6TULOs-IlJgk1ltGhVXBpNaPAwVdR4xxLt=w388-h400" width="388" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now we head north to Blandford Forum and the Ryves Almshouses. (described as a Gerontocomium on the plaque under the main pediment).
They date from 1682 and make a lovely group. This means that they
pre-date the fire of 1731 and must have been right on the edge of the town when
they were built. They are in beautiful condition. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoGUU0DWr7w4f2FD5XKvdzY75dY9-5uzeUeuoXdiskU9HupQ3sdhS-9wl5xzyiIExksR4Li9SERWY3pt3tcoXdh-7W6wRoZKXKM6KOj6-2o1OyHd1XZmQ91FWmXuNMUiLSqcAAgnpqr1Rqzv9na9fcTayX4KIDp3zf_ySz1pwXEKP4DKt001zz_ag-=s3825" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2631" data-original-width="3825" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoGUU0DWr7w4f2FD5XKvdzY75dY9-5uzeUeuoXdiskU9HupQ3sdhS-9wl5xzyiIExksR4Li9SERWY3pt3tcoXdh-7W6wRoZKXKM6KOj6-2o1OyHd1XZmQ91FWmXuNMUiLSqcAAgnpqr1Rqzv9na9fcTayX4KIDp3zf_ySz1pwXEKP4DKt001zz_ag-=w400-h275" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In Milton Abbas the Tregonwell Almshouses bear the date 1779 when they were
moved from the old village and rebuilt on their present site in the new village.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWPjJ3507LOhDjV5Ut29pDQrTNqYadc-DqZapP0CI-vEaMm2Jq6Fd3xVhAT7_7UJ66DBRs5VmDPnLFlnSbQtsmWvByFO50aovAZY06jiXf08VRcLZ1YlXdo_WZlrVBk2ZwOveNHlopngCv6GVR3mr4pwRxz5QQLHAqQcwaUvVmSRTmPHsDnmY-07Tb=s3859" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2383" data-original-width="3859" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWPjJ3507LOhDjV5Ut29pDQrTNqYadc-DqZapP0CI-vEaMm2Jq6Fd3xVhAT7_7UJ66DBRs5VmDPnLFlnSbQtsmWvByFO50aovAZY06jiXf08VRcLZ1YlXdo_WZlrVBk2ZwOveNHlopngCv6GVR3mr4pwRxz5QQLHAqQcwaUvVmSRTmPHsDnmY-07Tb=w400-h248" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Note: I believe this is a full set of the Almshouses in East Dorset, but
additional information or errors to be corrected would be most welcome.
Click on the Comments option at the bottom of the post. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-10882327709850577552022-11-09T18:58:00.139+00:002022-11-16T11:15:13.941+00:00Pewsey<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGLz_GdKkXEZ8SCHDZUhtKSWYaC0S7GYUL4vZ0Z384NMBzyVmgk4EalXtjExK2t0eYEDRss6m1rXdbmCnLSDVqY3k99U080oq_TFIjAEpZ5pZICx5-fv6EHS1RVU_3RG0Ix1gF7ah9UwC9cHhL8Get4Ja4dLYA5NXF1EcJJzXXL092PHgx4SbBvA7/s5184/P1021034.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGLz_GdKkXEZ8SCHDZUhtKSWYaC0S7GYUL4vZ0Z384NMBzyVmgk4EalXtjExK2t0eYEDRss6m1rXdbmCnLSDVqY3k99U080oq_TFIjAEpZ5pZICx5-fv6EHS1RVU_3RG0Ix1gF7ah9UwC9cHhL8Get4Ja4dLYA5NXF1EcJJzXXL092PHgx4SbBvA7/w400-h266/P1021034.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>After a longish gap, Merv and I are back on the walking trail. We start our walk at Pewsey Wharf, just catching a view of a rapidly disappearing rainbow.</p><p>We head west under the road bridge and along the Kennet and Avon Canal. A surprisingly large number of boats are moored on the right bank.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFD8WhH_G0f72BgGNWPjHT1qBLu7FPeNTHpkzZTTR69IXhTfBS8Oki-4yYk-LEUDknozJucKeuRncOg3ko2BQrJWf2Lto1MDpz6kkyqA6d9mWpuUWC2jYuIQhe5yP3qJRCTg2DTfjTFmD5aWF-LqzECuYuAnKHhakTFm5g99jJk9697UOJUfXcRNRu/s5184/P1021052.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFD8WhH_G0f72BgGNWPjHT1qBLu7FPeNTHpkzZTTR69IXhTfBS8Oki-4yYk-LEUDknozJucKeuRncOg3ko2BQrJWf2Lto1MDpz6kkyqA6d9mWpuUWC2jYuIQhe5yP3qJRCTg2DTfjTFmD5aWF-LqzECuYuAnKHhakTFm5g99jJk9697UOJUfXcRNRu/w400-h266/P1021052.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>We leave the canal after a short stretch along the canal and head towards Wilcot. This proves to be a small but very interesting village. The church of the Holy Cross has been altered several times since its foundation in the 12th century. According to Pevsner it was much restored after a fire in 1876. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGE8oo-_3iB7-o34GukagyuryfTsYi6jfAtGafPKlWdJeooRPyyce4E9DHFQsOBjrYj7if9Ib8_qrISUBzL-_7SUmC3EmOoUHRO_SowGhfdaQSvSIjJ4TZgsQChsrZNQHTfi9mvcsYyRDBoXn1EWwMBTa8CTwjqzYrOl1LiHVk6mCJ74AQKpR-VsFs/s5184/P1021037.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGE8oo-_3iB7-o34GukagyuryfTsYi6jfAtGafPKlWdJeooRPyyce4E9DHFQsOBjrYj7if9Ib8_qrISUBzL-_7SUmC3EmOoUHRO_SowGhfdaQSvSIjJ4TZgsQChsrZNQHTfi9mvcsYyRDBoXn1EWwMBTa8CTwjqzYrOl1LiHVk6mCJ74AQKpR-VsFs/w400-h266/P1021037.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Opposite is a fine house ... <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrfQXMXjga3rID0U0QkQAVMF7d2oIOKuYijM8Fms3Gq-ztNWoPa1xRFK13e-ozk8nReVBAELaEO7EDJjznp5eBQ6cRhsI1I0dtB0FVwYEUtoihToCJLFiJxpsFKPS6NwMNCoivnrs9Y8lhpzpAuR4je9UsTko6WJM7OX5J83fm0wQd-qJx846N6zv/s5184/P1021035.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrfQXMXjga3rID0U0QkQAVMF7d2oIOKuYijM8Fms3Gq-ztNWoPa1xRFK13e-ozk8nReVBAELaEO7EDJjznp5eBQ6cRhsI1I0dtB0FVwYEUtoihToCJLFiJxpsFKPS6NwMNCoivnrs9Y8lhpzpAuR4je9UsTko6WJM7OX5J83fm0wQd-qJx846N6zv/w400-h266/P1021035.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>... with a pretty cottage next door.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhk54CdGbcFc-3t68wgRFqj5KsNvDLBDARNBnZaA6KYoPgTSHqbihJo4QWP2FzQ3bkSgl1D6zx5VhWBZxF2fryUoBkiGn6UatAf4LQellChWe3w6H6Y_N0kCWKSbet0fKmbzk06mUw6fHd9uz5oFkrPajyVcFRtP4l_YlMRlYImuMLvGT5GEO_8iIu/s5184/P1021038.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhk54CdGbcFc-3t68wgRFqj5KsNvDLBDARNBnZaA6KYoPgTSHqbihJo4QWP2FzQ3bkSgl1D6zx5VhWBZxF2fryUoBkiGn6UatAf4LQellChWe3w6H6Y_N0kCWKSbet0fKmbzk06mUw6fHd9uz5oFkrPajyVcFRtP4l_YlMRlYImuMLvGT5GEO_8iIu/w400-h266/P1021038.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>The manor house, close to the west end of the church, dates from the early 17th century with remodelling in the 18th.<i> </i>It is very well concealed however. We continued along the path away from the village and were delighted to at least get a snap of this delightful circular stone dovecote dated 1737.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLB9ibfbjYruXHh_HHl_0oi2aSWOKzIxrdTIH-j3mhYDSL6N8NS-IfeMSxX52vdU1tCMgS6T0wS-C-PbsXEQW_IpWdpmBVkVitegUmK-lH8gVcybIxVCFicmnYHZ9QHeC1CNsKlxUy-GIDkSNamEU9TiiqBq2r5OGvmswQcnnDl0bCu1DVdxbJT2Cl/s5184/P1021040.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLB9ibfbjYruXHh_HHl_0oi2aSWOKzIxrdTIH-j3mhYDSL6N8NS-IfeMSxX52vdU1tCMgS6T0wS-C-PbsXEQW_IpWdpmBVkVitegUmK-lH8gVcybIxVCFicmnYHZ9QHeC1CNsKlxUy-GIDkSNamEU9TiiqBq2r5OGvmswQcnnDl0bCu1DVdxbJT2Cl/w400-h266/P1021040.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>We tramped through Mannington Abbots and Charcott to reach the edge of Pewsey. We followed the rear fence of a line of houses and were intrigued to spot this lovely plant which had spread out beyond the fence. I wish I knew what it was.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXLFDfdVGMwNZ_ehv5qPuA30K38Z5-SJ4irzitF1M8DdtUsSBRhIVwyaBPkboDZ18TvcnrYTvNS3l_DrkaW4K9gJrpv8Yc9RSVTxL0hMsTuUDa_cnJXpCMBSEACE_3DCmn0zK7Hqe2rn0EYyZmrT2X1zKh9AM1P1K7VkZbp_s6AcoQatAOUjDj-dj/s5184/P1021044.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXLFDfdVGMwNZ_ehv5qPuA30K38Z5-SJ4irzitF1M8DdtUsSBRhIVwyaBPkboDZ18TvcnrYTvNS3l_DrkaW4K9gJrpv8Yc9RSVTxL0hMsTuUDa_cnJXpCMBSEACE_3DCmn0zK7Hqe2rn0EYyZmrT2X1zKh9AM1P1K7VkZbp_s6AcoQatAOUjDj-dj/w400-h266/P1021044.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Arriving in Pewsey we passed the Court House in Church Street. It dates back to the 16th century.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQpVbzBVKXTgTEEEKfxKSSTYXgC4H8R9OCZnUcxgBGFFBCrEdItILlNA1yOtk9UJcy-STmuZeeYj-LR-iwy_nZqQT0vWDv1Vy6h3dBaYNBTngUhSSM23W2WcYJFWlEa58GkShqS-HE008bNVZWG2znjPAE3o4jMonbscagfIprEoZYklxNPXzAiBp/s5184/P1021046.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQpVbzBVKXTgTEEEKfxKSSTYXgC4H8R9OCZnUcxgBGFFBCrEdItILlNA1yOtk9UJcy-STmuZeeYj-LR-iwy_nZqQT0vWDv1Vy6h3dBaYNBTngUhSSM23W2WcYJFWlEa58GkShqS-HE008bNVZWG2znjPAE3o4jMonbscagfIprEoZYklxNPXzAiBp/w400-h266/P1021046.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Turning left into River Street we passed a rather handsome brick building which could pretty much only be a former school. It was.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDAu8q-Tbq2qjCGgfA9qte6tN6PJ15izNf6qfoJMB91Xv2e58vtwRJzA_6vBnY7ut6QE4C6xfRkGab47S6hhR4LRfpjMbggOmyPZfhzpn67Sua7yeKbL2HlXeL8qV_DjdjzGj-V99-qnmIk5gi0Ev5EMdvAcx6fdwz1b_arDE6obLLAWJlr0Vt05Z/s5184/P1021048.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDAu8q-Tbq2qjCGgfA9qte6tN6PJ15izNf6qfoJMB91Xv2e58vtwRJzA_6vBnY7ut6QE4C6xfRkGab47S6hhR4LRfpjMbggOmyPZfhzpn67Sua7yeKbL2HlXeL8qV_DjdjzGj-V99-qnmIk5gi0Ev5EMdvAcx6fdwz1b_arDE6obLLAWJlr0Vt05Z/w400-h266/P1021048.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Further into the village we passed The Old Fire Engine House.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFT9psZ7ATX18lOVuPziD7Y7j-vJtiJ7T0HPkLDTdYHjBn0Lab6d2ichufd-ZVA2NcmiCvK85ObnQHCd23kP94fMl2ZuCviHf-RJ6Oty5wc4kpWQietS3NVpg95YnOL2nPhJFbhPaxdj_IA02EQdn6lPMVMDNmDgMAtTqxwTXCHODFhwXJQwjd-UO/s5184/P1021050.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFT9psZ7ATX18lOVuPziD7Y7j-vJtiJ7T0HPkLDTdYHjBn0Lab6d2ichufd-ZVA2NcmiCvK85ObnQHCd23kP94fMl2ZuCviHf-RJ6Oty5wc4kpWQietS3NVpg95YnOL2nPhJFbhPaxdj_IA02EQdn6lPMVMDNmDgMAtTqxwTXCHODFhwXJQwjd-UO/w266-h400/P1021050.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p>After a sandwich break we continued along the road, passing the railway bridge. The interesting thing was that we walked steadily uphill to return to Pewsey Wharf and the canal. I had always imagined that canals were at a low level relative to the surrounding terrain, but this is plainly not so.<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-9784437816668317312022-10-20T14:42:00.008+01:002022-11-12T17:36:50.229+00:00Geneva<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpRfNTx0Nvx2zLaVvuKIGi1zyO4No6orqyRE_5P87sTV_ie1S9zoxUm5yN7wiIKYvtjEJzLy8bF3Lcg86uCBiCxUgLtZxfYoiwi8dGsR9Xy98OOtFvB3zHbRKEZZCmvAFO1Vzy-5brWAFdjr45bVDrmJbi4OKwsX8agpoPGYgOcnxsMgpjzacnhLQ/s5184/P1020990.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpRfNTx0Nvx2zLaVvuKIGi1zyO4No6orqyRE_5P87sTV_ie1S9zoxUm5yN7wiIKYvtjEJzLy8bF3Lcg86uCBiCxUgLtZxfYoiwi8dGsR9Xy98OOtFvB3zHbRKEZZCmvAFO1Vzy-5brWAFdjr45bVDrmJbi4OKwsX8agpoPGYgOcnxsMgpjzacnhLQ/w266-h400/P1020990.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><p>We are on our way home from a short but delightful visit which brought us into both Switzerland and France. Happily, we have enough time in Geneva to have a brisk walk around. We start at the Place du Molard which has a delightful tower on the corner: Molard Tower, built in 1591 and reconstructed several times The last renovation took place in 1906-1907.</p><p> Looking back we spot this rather wonderful creature.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTErAmSva3Lv481fXDKi-S1cw92bxbYorFFb0DRCdieXjw3HlOEhWz1zyFYFJpG-8094N5UCmHS60_z1Bvlz4HxwqKbdWVsb3jeBfgBvN-zjGM4TjumhkZmZ5oZZ3PhfRBd7RtnY8YvTftyBEW0sHi9_LOpW-EwnTw_GQ40m1W50-cHyYdvraG9ji/s5184/P1020992.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTErAmSva3Lv481fXDKi-S1cw92bxbYorFFb0DRCdieXjw3HlOEhWz1zyFYFJpG-8094N5UCmHS60_z1Bvlz4HxwqKbdWVsb3jeBfgBvN-zjGM4TjumhkZmZ5oZZ3PhfRBd7RtnY8YvTftyBEW0sHi9_LOpW-EwnTw_GQ40m1W50-cHyYdvraG9ji/w400-h266/P1020992.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>At the far end of the Place is a fascinating slender obelisk. A closer look reveals that the obelisk appears to be standing on four round balls - and there is a further larger one at the top.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHO5fJrWTBWZJLNx6q5FbzeaQVJNpU6aiGOMikNYpnaP8K5x6FaJQFKG0LedgGPEQ0jewy0sFlnUYOKnv8D73FQPQCeRUTGlU0TrdqXmNe8V5M5l9YKqKCbWvYoBI5b6FGG8hh7xp8Z6B9PE_F8QTSQ9OjYqiCrUWW5tBbHvsyoPYMOTc00uByHM0/s5184/P1021030.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHO5fJrWTBWZJLNx6q5FbzeaQVJNpU6aiGOMikNYpnaP8K5x6FaJQFKG0LedgGPEQ0jewy0sFlnUYOKnv8D73FQPQCeRUTGlU0TrdqXmNe8V5M5l9YKqKCbWvYoBI5b6FGG8hh7xp8Z6B9PE_F8QTSQ9OjYqiCrUWW5tBbHvsyoPYMOTc00uByHM0/w266-h400/P1021030.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><p>In nearby Rue de la Croix D'Or there are some impressive buildings in an unfamiliar, but imposing, style. I suppose they are 19th century.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxW1zZ45Co8V3c44qIaMIhRY3RqnoZL4CltLAyuWsXBx54NE4Srm-niw4EhXL_3ygykrwK1bCdBWn7XuHUlIEwDc0XhFwZoqw8rWWorpiJZVpyQYGhx0al1wpH4RIeur-9V1rzhQXTf9NbEec4fEU1oOHyNIo7GHxqWKAnPmYYhaZQUiJR61vPin4/s5184/P1020994.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxW1zZ45Co8V3c44qIaMIhRY3RqnoZL4CltLAyuWsXBx54NE4Srm-niw4EhXL_3ygykrwK1bCdBWn7XuHUlIEwDc0XhFwZoqw8rWWorpiJZVpyQYGhx0al1wpH4RIeur-9V1rzhQXTf9NbEec4fEU1oOHyNIo7GHxqWKAnPmYYhaZQUiJR61vPin4/w400-h266/P1020994.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We head now towards the celebrated Cathedral, passing this lovely fountain ...<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00O4cqAZHyEe4w-ZU-58-weXevAAz2m75pE_X0AeD6TybwfxPkYJCAV-RI1aFKefpDn1SOphnTMyvfK06b4te-z4bMBOxjsIT8HWNWQ1UGrJ67W47kei0uRpKZ3J0lC5nEl4EA4Z6wR8h2jsoxstkkIzDECsneLoNYPT5Jzc9-xtTnEpEm3HduAnB/s5184/P1020998.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00O4cqAZHyEe4w-ZU-58-weXevAAz2m75pE_X0AeD6TybwfxPkYJCAV-RI1aFKefpDn1SOphnTMyvfK06b4te-z4bMBOxjsIT8HWNWQ1UGrJ67W47kei0uRpKZ3J0lC5nEl4EA4Z6wR8h2jsoxstkkIzDECsneLoNYPT5Jzc9-xtTnEpEm3HduAnB/w400-h266/P1020998.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>... and the covered passageway up to St Peter's Cathedral.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCVlAWWani21JBGtHoWeBh-icMKv48Yn4NIyoBMyEQHh5EmSWRQXVfwHc-C_nW4O86zraaZW7QOMhEnhvCdxPsYPuCGSpUIYIDSzFyIeXosNa9ItAXHe2qBdjeckU5WPW2yWnbXtzZFM_AssgO2iuVz7npXeM7GDLvi7aFeGsWKdESgaD_W7dpWNJ/s5184/P1021000.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCVlAWWani21JBGtHoWeBh-icMKv48Yn4NIyoBMyEQHh5EmSWRQXVfwHc-C_nW4O86zraaZW7QOMhEnhvCdxPsYPuCGSpUIYIDSzFyIeXosNa9ItAXHe2qBdjeckU5WPW2yWnbXtzZFM_AssgO2iuVz7npXeM7GDLvi7aFeGsWKdESgaD_W7dpWNJ/w266-h400/P1021000.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">St Peter's Cathedral is a former Catholic Church built in the late 12th century, but later modified. It became a Protestant church during the Reformation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2i-v2ZssiRturwgQN07OK3FdcMLxopivxcOCqrX0Hv0oSapwgMzUQ4oGheh1bxkTZZFpNGHOPtCSh4fELYd5pAQWfzf2NcT2820PboKtsQp8vuLqUEYruQ3xDmJyRJj5H_Z10Z2Rql8mX_dKgMPmK9UbUBfdDpnOsphQIUInrUXnryPfqfqk9cla/s5184/P1021007.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2i-v2ZssiRturwgQN07OK3FdcMLxopivxcOCqrX0Hv0oSapwgMzUQ4oGheh1bxkTZZFpNGHOPtCSh4fELYd5pAQWfzf2NcT2820PboKtsQp8vuLqUEYruQ3xDmJyRJj5H_Z10Z2Rql8mX_dKgMPmK9UbUBfdDpnOsphQIUInrUXnryPfqfqk9cla/w400-h266/P1021007.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the rear of the church are a surprising white tower and a fleche. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArTzIDQn2D54xIvg02d2iJX-0ncwJZ7aN1_AISIKD7DjZXzyw0jPugfLvXEnDOD4VsHDYBMLWVALUooh_0dQa8huiOLOOgVN4QFES3pZ4yVgm7f1GY400hzMQu8vd_V-0Nx32ai79FeZhvF5xH7-Xa5rylIOrPuT4vBasj-HYltFRtcu9BlEf21CP/s5184/P1021005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArTzIDQn2D54xIvg02d2iJX-0ncwJZ7aN1_AISIKD7DjZXzyw0jPugfLvXEnDOD4VsHDYBMLWVALUooh_0dQa8huiOLOOgVN4QFES3pZ4yVgm7f1GY400hzMQu8vd_V-0Nx32ai79FeZhvF5xH7-Xa5rylIOrPuT4vBasj-HYltFRtcu9BlEf21CP/w266-h400/P1021005.JPG" width="266" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We couldn't resist climbing to the roof, which gave us a wonderful view over part of Lake Geneva and the famous Jet d'Eau <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiV3J5ByCPhFIVYafnxxZHXm4X0fpqnKcP2arF-3x0GzuACMpBpi94uAVvheNnd1Gw-0CXQ-0x8XpgspuyGwEQ6yq7QG0gAJG4ja6eH8GtKGc9NQPTqI1BuwkwC3FdC-Lc7z9BaZGU4TJRvJAYJLLQcY6Qxtxbljuk38q-ep6_zLEw5O-ukBgVNOk/s5184/P1021009.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiV3J5ByCPhFIVYafnxxZHXm4X0fpqnKcP2arF-3x0GzuACMpBpi94uAVvheNnd1Gw-0CXQ-0x8XpgspuyGwEQ6yq7QG0gAJG4ja6eH8GtKGc9NQPTqI1BuwkwC3FdC-Lc7z9BaZGU4TJRvJAYJLLQcY6Qxtxbljuk38q-ep6_zLEw5O-ukBgVNOk/w400-h266/P1021009.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also from the tower there was a great view down of the nearby roof tiles. I thought that the colours in this one were especially appealing.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCcjJsgdxANCgz9cEbKxpKpFK3BE00Ug6FCH6TEKn2GamRrltRSdxx2-Ds9blEZvlkDwDL-k311qyJqtQDfg99UpW18oNyafdmmloPc0U2crjJ0ESoxXDUsAi4hfkUF2tn2HJ8FT1GvmB5WY-hNKVJ5HaYJMubE44gM_R4_M1nXz5ILYLg51fMYqA/s5184/P1021012.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCcjJsgdxANCgz9cEbKxpKpFK3BE00Ug6FCH6TEKn2GamRrltRSdxx2-Ds9blEZvlkDwDL-k311qyJqtQDfg99UpW18oNyafdmmloPc0U2crjJ0ESoxXDUsAi4hfkUF2tn2HJ8FT1GvmB5WY-hNKVJ5HaYJMubE44gM_R4_M1nXz5ILYLg51fMYqA/s320/P1021012.JPG" width="213" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We then passed an intriguing group of three cannons with three descriptive panels behind them. They were captured by the Austrians in 1814 and moved to Vienna, but later restored to their original position in 1815. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjK6eLqvjMuHzfjzvBFyTdcwUxYGoU5UAw-miwh_vdZA7kPRzJKdAlPh5lk2DKWoIpJAxB16XSr-I2MTkCfj2KUAP-CsWiuQLNCAag7HwuC2m86A_C2iPOMqH3Syowr8cRcrDP1dXunEkdZHGMs7xHCT6pKKDEcUGAvTNL7GAOSuDVWx-EIcL7GyA_/s5184/P1021016.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjK6eLqvjMuHzfjzvBFyTdcwUxYGoU5UAw-miwh_vdZA7kPRzJKdAlPh5lk2DKWoIpJAxB16XSr-I2MTkCfj2KUAP-CsWiuQLNCAag7HwuC2m86A_C2iPOMqH3Syowr8cRcrDP1dXunEkdZHGMs7xHCT6pKKDEcUGAvTNL7GAOSuDVWx-EIcL7GyA_/w400-h266/P1021016.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We continued along the Treille Promenade. It is famous for having the the longest wooden bench in the world: 120m! It is also where “Geneva official chestnut tree” (le “marronnier officiel” in french) is located. Each year, Its first leaf announce the arrival of spring in Geneva .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> At the end you emerge into a busy square dominated by the imposing Grand Theatre of Geneva.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvC_bzpFwchqjgBgZLNFV6TyN_IXKzXIm84SDbZ-1lxi_yQ_4FyCFEnuTwbVqYZUNZWbEsWLqmnDLRaSmrvocuJNvi5rKh75JkNWVgjDuXFK8blq3cu2fhiLTZPnsWughDYbGUwrlQH3gEGBOUeAPZHZMiEJGCtJyVwsluir6MDicQajgY48NLR_6G/s5184/P1021021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvC_bzpFwchqjgBgZLNFV6TyN_IXKzXIm84SDbZ-1lxi_yQ_4FyCFEnuTwbVqYZUNZWbEsWLqmnDLRaSmrvocuJNvi5rKh75JkNWVgjDuXFK8blq3cu2fhiLTZPnsWughDYbGUwrlQH3gEGBOUeAPZHZMiEJGCtJyVwsluir6MDicQajgY48NLR_6G/w400-h266/P1021021.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p></p>We continued, passing this interesting building, now dealing in wealth management ...<br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3HCiDjH_55jRNUNHgnpF3gob83rwvoZUtWkjSeljY2b3DhX5KroSRQnZfhDEEpGmUhMUnbmH_kISoO2VoM55si7A9w3ay_hD3_Cq7WrDw9CIxPP90AylY9MG3SpP5R8vBC3ME1kV-pgkaOuILaYJ4GPeOgFEmBWgjXMKY7LrFDWVorwBnD5swZaC/s5184/P1021024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3HCiDjH_55jRNUNHgnpF3gob83rwvoZUtWkjSeljY2b3DhX5KroSRQnZfhDEEpGmUhMUnbmH_kISoO2VoM55si7A9w3ay_hD3_Cq7WrDw9CIxPP90AylY9MG3SpP5R8vBC3ME1kV-pgkaOuILaYJ4GPeOgFEmBWgjXMKY7LrFDWVorwBnD5swZaC/w266-h400/P1021024.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><p> ... to reach the final building on our route which is the Statue of Philibert Berthelier at the bottom of this impressive tower. Berthelier was a Genevan patriot and an uncompromising enemy of the Duke of Savoy in his ambition to control Geneva. Berthelier was arrested in August 23, 1519, and
was tried for treason. After a summary trial, Berthelier was found guilty and was sentenced to death by
beheading. The sentence was carried out on the same day.
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After a while we started to encounter some lovely autumn colours.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7S_vEDOho5MfDrvYfxtPmhwcau66jtqEyyNPNqvCWfpbRQq8-EvRRfkIBvsPPhItn8c13548t14AOMksJUPfhPTwkmikdsXYtiRY2ewHEHSp2XfTbnR1n90pG99D7bX_QC665GXIIxX4kqjS7-Jzmz0fvINTsLp3xwkoKYFe1dp7IdByFTgF2IfX/s5184/P1020956.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7S_vEDOho5MfDrvYfxtPmhwcau66jtqEyyNPNqvCWfpbRQq8-EvRRfkIBvsPPhItn8c13548t14AOMksJUPfhPTwkmikdsXYtiRY2ewHEHSp2XfTbnR1n90pG99D7bX_QC665GXIIxX4kqjS7-Jzmz0fvINTsLp3xwkoKYFe1dp7IdByFTgF2IfX/w400-h266/P1020956.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrN87wXbA6vMGV01BBsumQMEmEFx6bh3QGiFmiysGOZ5SRgnp6MGWrcf5KARYErO4yaJpQr2eZQBhwmqap6ZFToF_6mMY1tzY_2Q_X99nT6Fh3UKGgdUzYKScvZsKPSdg9dFrJvdHUnFlmYSAsZx4KZIEpiw_Uc5LencJBVLukVMw0U0BAMPgmLo4/s5184/P1020953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrN87wXbA6vMGV01BBsumQMEmEFx6bh3QGiFmiysGOZ5SRgnp6MGWrcf5KARYErO4yaJpQr2eZQBhwmqap6ZFToF_6mMY1tzY_2Q_X99nT6Fh3UKGgdUzYKScvZsKPSdg9dFrJvdHUnFlmYSAsZx4KZIEpiw_Uc5LencJBVLukVMw0U0BAMPgmLo4/w400-h266/P1020953.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And as we climbed higher clear views of Mont Blanc came into view and more foliage allowed further lovely photos. Mont Blanc is the highest peak, but what is not so obvious is how how much higher it is from the next nearest peak: something like 3000 metres.<br /></div><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygRgC-Yx5ntDGeOhY6u19DQlnBj04RHMYD1JFNeXaU0a6WmrNBjsYmdUTLNPZlV30BntzLBvZ-Ztudfr1LQ03-LP__dtEi0bXFuythK8gNgi7wqkTIPGM4uFEqDzZ2Xd66TT3oC4xQ_u-7UY-gGGMz6wKlCvgZu1AalAlIxEHL-HThY_xWytxR9Jw/s5184/P1020966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygRgC-Yx5ntDGeOhY6u19DQlnBj04RHMYD1JFNeXaU0a6WmrNBjsYmdUTLNPZlV30BntzLBvZ-Ztudfr1LQ03-LP__dtEi0bXFuythK8gNgi7wqkTIPGM4uFEqDzZ2Xd66TT3oC4xQ_u-7UY-gGGMz6wKlCvgZu1AalAlIxEHL-HThY_xWytxR9Jw/w400-h266/P1020966.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p> Le Mont D'Arbois brought us even more dramatic views.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Work began in 1967, and commissioning took place in 1975, eight years later. It is fed by the waters of the Mont Blance massif. <br /></p><p>You can walk along the top of the dam (rails make it unlikely that you will fall over the edge) and once you get to the other side there is a wide path which follows the contours of the lake. Eventually it is possible to climb to a cafe quite up up the mountain side.</p><p>We hadn't walked around the barrage before and we were keen to take advantage of the opportunity to see the vivid autumn colours. What follows is an assortment of views of the barrage, especially the mountainous ones, and the wonderful plants.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNbW9jUyvQjhVYk8ph1cxKP8Gi9V08Y_cFOlSnUspFiFyP9CWE5t4KX8VvOIwNCNVYFzhanszDnIEBohFC13N7tRBx6cakPZ4Am9PoiDb6bSCzik6bxIvv64o6nISCrRGcRXarMWssMSXP_PdEeS-g5w-VQ_IPOQUr2hRNNjEzPJH-KjhjyUTM3Jq/s5184/P1020904.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNbW9jUyvQjhVYk8ph1cxKP8Gi9V08Y_cFOlSnUspFiFyP9CWE5t4KX8VvOIwNCNVYFzhanszDnIEBohFC13N7tRBx6cakPZ4Am9PoiDb6bSCzik6bxIvv64o6nISCrRGcRXarMWssMSXP_PdEeS-g5w-VQ_IPOQUr2hRNNjEzPJH-KjhjyUTM3Jq/w266-h400/P1020904.JPG" width="266" /> </a><br /></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_JR25IZuYnS2XaVlUIu-LWqI2TI878-52q13mJWEIefzbM9Xd-xJR-rD0KbEfYcleiQplhqL_Gg88Dt4Ai8F2UI4PWpk7qJdVKIYTYYoXON1z9C4o6mMoabRC9gdUB1gx-y6QeYvZkahuSS9DTzIyFncHGlNPzF2Jg7SSjFsT_dz68uFKIJNuW9M/s5184/P1020924.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I thought I would end with a short review of the town itself starting opposite the hotel with these two art deco buildings: the Assembly Hall and the Court and Police Station.<br /><p></p></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oVB9PfZ0PbES9gijue45L8Uzg4E99A0yUUyxdJGCuSy2-L4GAtLdT2OEn24b4J82_MwnS-_qxvd4Gz1zem6zyAOV8GDbmGtX6qPLqC4ZySPZKCZjh1MdB-F8KxGwlug1UDanrXEBASkypwfW10L_q2wNahYPF86sxGXMoLEAaqsqNRM6lFUAUv5x/s5184/P1020701.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oVB9PfZ0PbES9gijue45L8Uzg4E99A0yUUyxdJGCuSy2-L4GAtLdT2OEn24b4J82_MwnS-_qxvd4Gz1zem6zyAOV8GDbmGtX6qPLqC4ZySPZKCZjh1MdB-F8KxGwlug1UDanrXEBASkypwfW10L_q2wNahYPF86sxGXMoLEAaqsqNRM6lFUAUv5x/w400-h266/P1020701.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"> </div><div class="separator">Turning right out of the hotel we went through this handsome arch which led us to Calverley Grounds. It dates back to the early-1800s when it formed part of a development by Decimus Burton then called Calverley New Town. The historic grounds were opened
to the public in the 1920s and are listed as a conservation area. Burton was one of the foremost English architects and landscapers of the 19th century. Among many others, Burton's works included Hyde Park, the Wellington Arch, St James's Park, Regent Park ....<br /><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx13BCmJTf_xQn45nWAq-Eah_rAnGTEiRambzJPwLgkfUTZHxtXXWZqZIHF_5jhzrIG3qrrF02v6f02U-yJG-kJsQyJZj5hwV9FMrSg5Hs0-Z-Lsv7pwZcoXNdZEM3Hz6Z4-L4mZ1Exes-_TnzWfEk6oaoihW6ZTkG3YV4WGyrHmxs5WntouCqBEAA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx13BCmJTf_xQn45nWAq-Eah_rAnGTEiRambzJPwLgkfUTZHxtXXWZqZIHF_5jhzrIG3qrrF02v6f02U-yJG-kJsQyJZj5hwV9FMrSg5Hs0-Z-Lsv7pwZcoXNdZEM3Hz6Z4-L4mZ1Exes-_TnzWfEk6oaoihW6ZTkG3YV4WGyrHmxs5WntouCqBEAA=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><p></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Heading south along Mount Pleasant we passed the splendid clock tower of Tunbridge Wells railway station opened in 1846 ...<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpvsx7gyJm6fA6uxbUSznIAXu0mW8y59esUmSxPsuxZPp5oafVf1fDrAiQlfv7QlzOXLt0VMlRkwtq5Lo8RpE6oaRxLnaJ0SWMFcWM42UZiLGY0MJ4-ZnclTtV4Ct7mhCQRm4Uo0-tEplRZy3_Uw-pgOTs7VeTV0TZL4h_IPBkASPY29ROrmqDwPp/s5184/P1020846.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpvsx7gyJm6fA6uxbUSznIAXu0mW8y59esUmSxPsuxZPp5oafVf1fDrAiQlfv7QlzOXLt0VMlRkwtq5Lo8RpE6oaRxLnaJ0SWMFcWM42UZiLGY0MJ4-ZnclTtV4Ct7mhCQRm4Uo0-tEplRZy3_Uw-pgOTs7VeTV0TZL4h_IPBkASPY29ROrmqDwPp/w400-h266/P1020846.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>... and opposite, the grandly named Great Hall. It was opened as the “New Public Rooms” in 1872 and is often referred to as being in the French Empire style – a sort of modest version of the Louvre extension. It has also been described as a sort of Burlington Arcade - or Shopping Mall. In 1983 planning permission was granted to redevelop the site, retaining the original façade.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-_mmySie2BlNDxWdt6KMCsjhxMt0DA2wuiqEEI-2NgaiuZUv-XEcWu_Nwq-Jcl5F7XZcgTM7LzFEA-PY3c6W5Gn3w9SdeQITI9P3QaBtXh4x2HP4Q9qRd8BS6Hoe-91wJAaagHnnjtNT6c2WLrVFHbY4NJYWRg1BRdcosmx7RowrV6RiKJKs3A7d/s5184/P1020847.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-_mmySie2BlNDxWdt6KMCsjhxMt0DA2wuiqEEI-2NgaiuZUv-XEcWu_Nwq-Jcl5F7XZcgTM7LzFEA-PY3c6W5Gn3w9SdeQITI9P3QaBtXh4x2HP4Q9qRd8BS6Hoe-91wJAaagHnnjtNT6c2WLrVFHbY4NJYWRg1BRdcosmx7RowrV6RiKJKs3A7d/w400-h266/P1020847.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>We carried on along the High Street which has some imposing buildings. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6tWm8SE6kkr0SpHM3ANG5eJaxIvV1P-aiBUfTxOeYj8fEQFZ-3k2bMxcWXVK15GQwcdqwpdAnDn_7UTIQ4y-_4_9jOg88JTTERvhdwObPHorLIueGJ3qZz2Z3rV4qUDM7S7ilb2JlcRvfuYMj_WfRKSNo2HlwYuUvUkr799-oNa0sm-9Z9TfQjNZ/s5184/P1020850.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6tWm8SE6kkr0SpHM3ANG5eJaxIvV1P-aiBUfTxOeYj8fEQFZ-3k2bMxcWXVK15GQwcdqwpdAnDn_7UTIQ4y-_4_9jOg88JTTERvhdwObPHorLIueGJ3qZz2Z3rV4qUDM7S7ilb2JlcRvfuYMj_WfRKSNo2HlwYuUvUkr799-oNa0sm-9Z9TfQjNZ/w400-h266/P1020850.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>At the end we crossed the road and headed - of course - to the famous Pantiles, first passing the church of King Charles the Martyr (which was dedicated to the cult of Charles I who was executed in 1649). The original chapel was the first substantial building constructed in Tunbridge Wells and it eventually became itself a parish church in 1889. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXBlx8B_gI3COTJdI0MxioqTsOgWUrqqPBcz1HNGQEzURg5R6IL9PGlzWwm7Q0HhMi2bKwAW-bLFeOHbWK_Rvn2Mx7Rn4-RcJZe0nPqtYtcaigwjU7fJi8BVpyOA1oxFSxX_msv_KXDXqZy2rohhI8HxnlLW9bczhngvSPgaErM3dvZLLwHeCv5f_/s5184/P1020851.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXBlx8B_gI3COTJdI0MxioqTsOgWUrqqPBcz1HNGQEzURg5R6IL9PGlzWwm7Q0HhMi2bKwAW-bLFeOHbWK_Rvn2Mx7Rn4-RcJZe0nPqtYtcaigwjU7fJi8BVpyOA1oxFSxX_msv_KXDXqZy2rohhI8HxnlLW9bczhngvSPgaErM3dvZLLwHeCv5f_/w400-h266/P1020851.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>We quickly reached the famous Pantiles, with its colonnades and 17th and 18th
century shops. The Pantiles and indeed Tunbridge Wells itself owe their
existence to the discovery of the Chalybeate Spring in 1606. Chalybeate
(pronounced Ka-lee-bee-at) means iron-rich, and this is apparently
evident in the unique taste of the water. The spring water can still be
sampled at this elegant building.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYH0pN3NSy2aE5JVnSUdX8EjJoVsbe9ccTzGIcGXHRWjj5mnncOzGaDnIAxVTgYNaBb5_iY08jcadEym2LxPqfzfE8H9NWWWwvuZZ_v_CUVMmfdxFPil4uF5S8tC01FJPps_2n-n-XacxQYvn62thVL-t0yqak0CC_e_Mc9QFuMZ4qcHdvLMR98yD/s5184/P1020862.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYH0pN3NSy2aE5JVnSUdX8EjJoVsbe9ccTzGIcGXHRWjj5mnncOzGaDnIAxVTgYNaBb5_iY08jcadEym2LxPqfzfE8H9NWWWwvuZZ_v_CUVMmfdxFPil4uF5S8tC01FJPps_2n-n-XacxQYvn62thVL-t0yqak0CC_e_Mc9QFuMZ4qcHdvLMR98yD/w400-h266/P1020862.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Beyond the Spring you come to the shopping area of the Pantiles with its colonnades and 17th and 18th century shops ...<br /></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAhdGatD95pcsZQyOyGy8uqKyVvOWf2_Ick5ELdcbcwwUQzyJoDw5cvGsg65VB0CXuVVceKdNdCFYWMbnemDLZj70UgSS2EY3QtMyi_7ckbUNoGu9jXfpkRfIQH_hfkw-4C2y8Qa4etw/s320/P1040214.JPG" width="400" /></p><p></p><p>...and a fine clock.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptzJclWVRHWMBPcFzEFmCdXgFAI1mC6kHqef8zS3SefRR5Tad7QKYp6B1xRfJRqpfT7tgcljvQqtHROAHhp-mbojnrwSapvbwb2A_lknlJWuiRcf1DH3iV0ul0k1USnbUWXYBcgwKJ1Ep7aQu0F0AkcMDYB_eZE8uOjpK_8zxkMqMXvqAS6OXs5mw/s5184/P1020857.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptzJclWVRHWMBPcFzEFmCdXgFAI1mC6kHqef8zS3SefRR5Tad7QKYp6B1xRfJRqpfT7tgcljvQqtHROAHhp-mbojnrwSapvbwb2A_lknlJWuiRcf1DH3iV0ul0k1USnbUWXYBcgwKJ1Ep7aQu0F0AkcMDYB_eZE8uOjpK_8zxkMqMXvqAS6OXs5mw/w400-h266/P1020857.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>On the left at a lower level was the former 19th century Corn Exchange, now the Pantiles Arcade which sells <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span class="color_14">English
silver, art glass and paperweights, Tunbridge Ware, porcelain &
pottery, Georgian glass, bronzes, chandeliers, coins and Art Deco
furniture.</span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfqYrTNjEe0k2ZyThbKStVljA80RtQ_dqsZtgf_zlmtR3Kc_UHYG9PdWeE_vc1UlPkHlWWfkAhjmRv_OskKptV1M3JSlFMW36tpq922QGC9pYRmL7DWx45nLLNEt7Rl9mbzCVN7xp_8DsYBXnevkVyS2AKSgaxdUmggfRF-VKiswihqxb1cl8VdzU/s5184/P1020859.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfqYrTNjEe0k2ZyThbKStVljA80RtQ_dqsZtgf_zlmtR3Kc_UHYG9PdWeE_vc1UlPkHlWWfkAhjmRv_OskKptV1M3JSlFMW36tpq922QGC9pYRmL7DWx45nLLNEt7Rl9mbzCVN7xp_8DsYBXnevkVyS2AKSgaxdUmggfRF-VKiswihqxb1cl8VdzU/w400-h266/P1020859.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>To conclude, Royal Tunbridge Wells is one only three towns which can call themselves "Royal". The other two are ... Royal Leamington Spa and Royal Wooton Bassett.<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-76311384428820208272022-09-17T16:00:00.147+01:002022-11-06T15:21:12.687+00:00Ightham Mote<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSv9EaUA55y6o8JdIMax62DVEMZ6jWDDDtwpvnpb6gA68meMHHA4DmAZhpXMM4slgeb_LKWTZmJBiIvEt0uYZDBmwSMZqGwZmVSvwe_aCBNY7DJPibbVswqqB2vquTgchkY2EHC5kmyG2IhhNwU-rK6zGy0RlY5p9Xgr0Ci3ExfyHuAyx439dEk8P/s5184/P1020868.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSv9EaUA55y6o8JdIMax62DVEMZ6jWDDDtwpvnpb6gA68meMHHA4DmAZhpXMM4slgeb_LKWTZmJBiIvEt0uYZDBmwSMZqGwZmVSvwe_aCBNY7DJPibbVswqqB2vquTgchkY2EHC5kmyG2IhhNwU-rK6zGy0RlY5p9Xgr0Ci3ExfyHuAyx439dEk8P/w400-h266/P1020868.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Ightham Mote, six miles from Sevenoaks, is a square, or perhaps rectangular, medieval house with its main buildings in the inner courtyard. The only entrance is over a small bridge and through a gatehouse. It is one of the oldest medieval manor houses to survive in England.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhSQjW5D7h7Mwqo0ysuB0v__HvFPOjWfkGKKU73R5ZyWJrSaCNZDBRpUj4ICJCnnu7FhZUduH_UFyRr_dBj-Vb7l5tHrrtIAJSOMcAstMyOQAf5Anwi76-7jPY_9Kv2mzPKA0520Yl8H3iH2PnU-vzIsMkgfTqJ8moVxkA9l7SYGKmFOvI6IH0gpb/s5184/P1020880.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhSQjW5D7h7Mwqo0ysuB0v__HvFPOjWfkGKKU73R5ZyWJrSaCNZDBRpUj4ICJCnnu7FhZUduH_UFyRr_dBj-Vb7l5tHrrtIAJSOMcAstMyOQAf5Anwi76-7jPY_9Kv2mzPKA0520Yl8H3iH2PnU-vzIsMkgfTqJ8moVxkA9l7SYGKmFOvI6IH0gpb/w400-h266/P1020880.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The house dates from circa 1340–1360 and changed hands several times until it was bought in 1591 by Sir William Selby. The house remained in the Selby family for nearly 300 years until the late 19th century when further further changes of ownership took place. In 1953 Ightham Mote was purchased by Charles Henry Robinson, an American of Portland, Maine in the US. He had known the property when stationed nearby during World War II.
He lived there for only fourteen weeks a year for tax reasons. He
made many urgent repairs, and partly refurnished the house with
17th-century English pieces. In 1965, he announced that he would give
Ightham Mote and its contents to the National Trust. The Trust took
possession in 1985 and in 1989 started a substantial conservation project that involved dismantling much of the building and recording its construction methods before rebuilding it.</p><p>One account has it that Ightham (pronounced <i>item</i>) is possibly derived from a Saxon (or Jutish) name, <em>Ehta</em>, plus the common suffix <em>ham</em>,
so it means Ehta’s homestead – or, as we would say, ‘Ehta’s place’.
The ‘mote’ is possibly because it might have been built on a moot – an
ancient meeting place; or possibly because the house is surrounded by,
yes, a moat. I am not convinced. Generally of course a mote is a speck of dust or similar.<br /></p><p>Before entering the house you see the former stables now a bookshop across the grass. There is a then an interesting and amusing introductory talk about the house.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xwIOY-OtQ7eJlmyB1Hd-fMqXbifmsqQJIertiMEhA1nZkYRr599JwFbUGyYNhuTlQT9scCwYna26aLmA-Git16vUeDZuypC7WYHHDeqf1K41EOdTIItDqIW-XXWyi_e0M3KTYHN1TZA3o6FIiBqzW03Y6ts7kFtWWfoFyAV8Ddo6pAVjZqPEs_B6/s5184/P1020864.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xwIOY-OtQ7eJlmyB1Hd-fMqXbifmsqQJIertiMEhA1nZkYRr599JwFbUGyYNhuTlQT9scCwYna26aLmA-Git16vUeDZuypC7WYHHDeqf1K41EOdTIItDqIW-XXWyi_e0M3KTYHN1TZA3o6FIiBqzW03Y6ts7kFtWWfoFyAV8Ddo6pAVjZqPEs_B6/w400-h266/P1020864.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>You go through the gatehouse to emerge into the spacious central courtyard surrounded by half-timbered buildings.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8v3p1sWnWY6DcNBazbRmj3ssqVFEbIX5dGksKIxVVqA1aYy1-sTpD2djZhLPbN8a0fxu-JN_9MaxWBABi_G4X-uioqMCuDiwd-rw2Xc39GFYIeedaiszLt3BcFUR2KJFaWg-cUCt9cVVX50V30vb9mJFD2uS4kDzEIkWdfP_63OodkkE3NoucOTcc/s5184/P1020871.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8v3p1sWnWY6DcNBazbRmj3ssqVFEbIX5dGksKIxVVqA1aYy1-sTpD2djZhLPbN8a0fxu-JN_9MaxWBABi_G4X-uioqMCuDiwd-rw2Xc39GFYIeedaiszLt3BcFUR2KJFaWg-cUCt9cVVX50V30vb9mJFD2uS4kDzEIkWdfP_63OodkkE3NoucOTcc/w400-h266/P1020871.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Inside, the Great Hall is perhaps the greatest highlight ...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOr4rCLE6nF8SQEzDww8YBMWyPuKCy-uWQSsEfoLYPiht0CN_z_AVJeApNu1yOxk-LeLsKJsSw-3jh3ve6TiodhTmD7NQH1czElid4avPvWVGJHYcSxaboIy07DPXK5Ltr7lzS1qMQ1ntLPXR-idFTbN6Qkx6o3J9YHZr1R0AkFuKRhPmIFCbnLicm/s5184/P1020873.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOr4rCLE6nF8SQEzDww8YBMWyPuKCy-uWQSsEfoLYPiht0CN_z_AVJeApNu1yOxk-LeLsKJsSw-3jh3ve6TiodhTmD7NQH1czElid4avPvWVGJHYcSxaboIy07DPXK5Ltr7lzS1qMQ1ntLPXR-idFTbN6Qkx6o3J9YHZr1R0AkFuKRhPmIFCbnLicm/w400-h266/P1020873.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>... but the Chapel is also very lovely.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeg-4ye3unvBeLptNierTyanj8ow_cH8wc8BwJjLz_ImIYmVhIii1g2BZZyOwgLE5BLihBmFSRhNNWvfoTztonOyl74I5UZfw_lSjRnipYo1CzZbT5iN9oMeili7y-1BElG7gaA2jTrWsZr5jbbqzbdal0SAlNX82Lq3opl48JviUXv7QBHozg_Uth/s5184/P1020875.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeg-4ye3unvBeLptNierTyanj8ow_cH8wc8BwJjLz_ImIYmVhIii1g2BZZyOwgLE5BLihBmFSRhNNWvfoTztonOyl74I5UZfw_lSjRnipYo1CzZbT5iN9oMeili7y-1BElG7gaA2jTrWsZr5jbbqzbdal0SAlNX82Lq3opl48JviUXv7QBHozg_Uth/w400-h266/P1020875.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Having completed our tour we walked round to see the South Lake. This offers a lovely, and rather different view of the House. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymxM0lUySQ0KziE_oOHNVCSkooh4KaFRpagdGPEXKzeoZoGWwMEDSifptgLMj3qzkNPi-OZZnXBeUJmeWgpyJCwX2YbwoUfl_-tyTW_V1rIFblPY4wnz8JifDlOcpQgSTFdE4xo9PQAMtx5CWrut1bA0qRA26lL61dC297GnLUUWomuxaFSOlh7qX/s5184/P1020883.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymxM0lUySQ0KziE_oOHNVCSkooh4KaFRpagdGPEXKzeoZoGWwMEDSifptgLMj3qzkNPi-OZZnXBeUJmeWgpyJCwX2YbwoUfl_-tyTW_V1rIFblPY4wnz8JifDlOcpQgSTFdE4xo9PQAMtx5CWrut1bA0qRA26lL61dC297GnLUUWomuxaFSOlh7qX/w400-h266/P1020883.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179513140354586876.post-52778914614696413292022-09-16T16:46:00.081+01:002022-11-04T17:45:48.193+00:00Bodiam Castle<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pjfPg0kwRl6mx0XOxGzp5oK9lWfqEsELip005G516sHPDfHSdWNyQDRdREYfA2q-SctG1alIeHOIUuS0EKHMm0NRBp9dsIL4gsmn5pu3igZCgwhjWC1DctbC7E1jKbkLJYEKRoBGUjOJmpkWOKOg4hMlOEaZZ9x4zZ3TwzpL3_ZFx8jheA1xY0Km/s5184/P1020843.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pjfPg0kwRl6mx0XOxGzp5oK9lWfqEsELip005G516sHPDfHSdWNyQDRdREYfA2q-SctG1alIeHOIUuS0EKHMm0NRBp9dsIL4gsmn5pu3igZCgwhjWC1DctbC7E1jKbkLJYEKRoBGUjOJmpkWOKOg4hMlOEaZZ9x4zZ3TwzpL3_ZFx8jheA1xY0Km/w400-h266/P1020843.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We arrived at Bodiam late in the day and were completely bowled over by this wonderful walled and moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex. The castle dates from the 14th-century. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III, with the permission of Richard II to defend the area against French invasion during the Hundred Years War.</p><p>By the start of the English Civil War in 1641, Bodiam Castle was in the possession of Lord Thanet, a Royalist who sold the castle to help pay fines levied against him by
Parliament. The castle was subsequently dismantled, and was left as a
picturesque ruin until its purchase by John Fuller in 1829. Under his auspices, the castle was partially restored before being sold to Baron Ashcombe and then Lord Curzon, both of whom undertook further restoration work. The castle is now protected as a Grade I listed building and Sceduled Monument. It has been owned by National Trust since 1925, donated by Lord Curzon on his death.</p><p>Above is the rear of the castle with its central Postern Tower. The left hand tower contained a well. Below is the entrance along the causeway.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-L1y5TjHWQKGtJCgUCm1y4F_eZYMkAowLNPRlOFQz0plaCaQZCbYXrBa65HSEGSax9zBO1iFr4hJA6ReAMUo9gD9Uv2NcA6pczYKlv_0MBGo6Vz84mRB702KliNCrDmshw8srsz3yid3wG8APjcAOtdPeKuSEwnU5ivlHLzxST-HTTAIpZq500VEG/s5184/P1020836.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-L1y5TjHWQKGtJCgUCm1y4F_eZYMkAowLNPRlOFQz0plaCaQZCbYXrBa65HSEGSax9zBO1iFr4hJA6ReAMUo9gD9Uv2NcA6pczYKlv_0MBGo6Vz84mRB702KliNCrDmshw8srsz3yid3wG8APjcAOtdPeKuSEwnU5ivlHLzxST-HTTAIpZq500VEG/w400-h266/P1020836.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>We went inside via the portcullis (one of the oldest in the country) to climb to the top of the ramparts of the rather battered castle. The building on the far side was the Great Hall.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEAm2wh6jj1kwXCEI5U7cBRfnOlcOPODODVfh9XPM3lB_pD2EKPmSRiQr8edx7lJd2eqsX-yE3cTkLMZSbH2uNMc3zBQykLn-MnBY3H2tE_S0xbdzLtA9Q2yzhtIKkV5A6gcI52p_a7lbGXJ00v5mluuMcDcMMVM2QuKIb3PaGXZ9x5nO3BMbSI3Z/s5184/P1020839.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEAm2wh6jj1kwXCEI5U7cBRfnOlcOPODODVfh9XPM3lB_pD2EKPmSRiQr8edx7lJd2eqsX-yE3cTkLMZSbH2uNMc3zBQykLn-MnBY3H2tE_S0xbdzLtA9Q2yzhtIKkV5A6gcI52p_a7lbGXJ00v5mluuMcDcMMVM2QuKIb3PaGXZ9x5nO3BMbSI3Z/w400-h266/P1020839.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the view looking back towards the entrance. </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_gI4XFMyJGiDWPlBcoiA_JTa__PP9Fe9lfM1oed5Nc-We3NLNbLqHJBw2DCt9IQUdk710Wke3MiWbJpQ9FrLm3hV_cV0fQQim5smmL50HWvXeqsTwo9w6WqLSAgPPhgmKdEC-NzE8YjG1eXwTkv08uG4P8jDBxTTxfz8FkHECgr6o9cnGlMBL9Jk/s5184/P1020840.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_gI4XFMyJGiDWPlBcoiA_JTa__PP9Fe9lfM1oed5Nc-We3NLNbLqHJBw2DCt9IQUdk710Wke3MiWbJpQ9FrLm3hV_cV0fQQim5smmL50HWvXeqsTwo9w6WqLSAgPPhgmKdEC-NzE8YjG1eXwTkv08uG4P8jDBxTTxfz8FkHECgr6o9cnGlMBL9Jk/w400-h266/P1020840.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>It is overall a wonderful site and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodiam_Castle">Wikipedia's article</a> provides a wealth of detail and background.<br /></p><p>Unexpectedly, we passed a lone World War II pillbox on our way out.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7RU-i3wfSMo68RKhC7LMgivnJaRTyg2oO7N092Epz4TMitmcSv4xKB4PY1HEBe1z6L8gcJyH8QBe-bXBGHCGogi5MHjUjXXQxq1QXfRdcA8nNzMX52daDo07mKRWotPu-PS8zRdx2fiKtJmhTShw6larSdw73lq2QIH7Q4Z9pHfAHIedg4e4r_Ug/s5184/P1020844.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7RU-i3wfSMo68RKhC7LMgivnJaRTyg2oO7N092Epz4TMitmcSv4xKB4PY1HEBe1z6L8gcJyH8QBe-bXBGHCGogi5MHjUjXXQxq1QXfRdcA8nNzMX52daDo07mKRWotPu-PS8zRdx2fiKtJmhTShw6larSdw73lq2QIH7Q4Z9pHfAHIedg4e4r_Ug/w400-h266/P1020844.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0