The Norman tower-keep of Rochester Castle was built in around 1127 with Kentish ragstone. It is 113 feet high and has three floors above the basement level.
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14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 31st 2012
Filed under Holidays, Kent January 2012
Rochester Guildhall
On my recent trip to Kent I payed my first visit to Rochester and one of the first things I noticed as I entered the city was a weather vane in the shape of a ship. On further investigation I found that it was on top of the guildhall which was built in 1687.
Outside, [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2012
In the 1860s Charles Fechter sent Charles Dickens a Christmas present, it arrived in 58 packing cases at Gravesend station. The present was a prefabricated Swiss Chalet which Dickens assembled in the garden at his country home at Gadshill Place. He constructed it in the second part of his garden which was across the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2012
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Kent January 2012
To the Moon and Back
I have now returned from from my second journey (in a month) down south. It is such a long journey (5 hours) that it feels like a trip to the moon. Making the journey by road is less than ideal; it is mostly motorways, which currently have a lot of roadworks that slow down the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 23rd 2012
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PhotoHunt – Bliss
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18 Comments CherryPie on Jan 20th 2012
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PhotoHunt – Circular
Vortex…
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14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 14th 2012
As mentioned in my previous post this was the first major bridge of its kind to be designed for vehicles.
Project 2020 which is community group local to the bridge have produced a leaflet full of interesting facts about the bridge:
The remarkable bridge was built by Captain Samuel Brown RN in 1819-20 to demonstrate patents. Brown [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 3rd 2012
