I shall finish my series of posts about the Royal Pavilion with a few photos of the architecture.
The Pavilion was built for George, Prince Regent at the turn of the 19th century. I didn’t explore the buildings whilst I was there so you will have to wait until my next visit for some more detailed [...]
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The Royal Pavilion
12 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2010
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The Royal Pavilion Garden
I recently Blogged about my experience in the garden so today I am going to give you a little bit of information about the garden itself.
The garden surrounding the Royal Pavilion has been restored to its original Regency splendour closely following John Nash’s plans of the 1820’s. As the architect of the Royal Pavilion, he [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2010
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My Afternoon Off
On the half day that I had free between the two conferences I decided to visit the Royal Pavilion. To save time I asked for directions at the hotel reception and found my way there quite easily although it was further than I thought. The pavilion looked rather packed so I decided just to enjoy [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 27th 2010
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Wallpaper Tax
On one of my recent visits to Attingham Park I learned about wallpaper tax, I must admit it was a new one on me! It seems that those in power always had ingenious ways of taxing the people.
Wallpaper used to be a very expensive commodity, and was subject to a tax: each sheet was stamped [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 20th 2010
