Every time I visit Stokesay Castle it takes me by surprise. One look at the gatehouse which was built in 1640-41 makes me feel that I have stepped back in time. The gatehouse as it stands now, probably replaces an original stone structure of which little is known.
The detailing on the gatehouse [...]
Archive for the tag 'Heritage'
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 5th 2012
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Malham 2011
Bolton Priory – First Glimpse
20 Comments CherryPie on Sep 20th 2011
DailyIndia reports that the proposed sight of the Basha-Diamer Dam in Pakistan, holds thousands of ancient rock carvings and inscriptions. If the construction of the dam goes ahead around 30,000 carvings on 5,000 rocks would be affected. Some would be totally submerged and some would be seasonably visible when water levels were low.
Professor Harald [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on May 20th 2011
Filed under This & That
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
There are things which cannot be taught in ten easy lessons, nor popularized for the masses; they take years of skull sweat.
Robert A. Heinlein
2 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2011
Filed under Out & About
Chirk Castle – The Clock Tower
The clock-tower was put up on the inner face of the Adam’s Tower in 1609. The belfrey however was added as part of later alterations.
6 Comments CherryPie on May 6th 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
Roman Lighthouse & Saxon Church
One of the oldest buildings that stands at Dover Castle is the Roman pharos or lighthouse. It stands at the highest point within the castle and was probably built in the second century AD when the Romans were developing the port at Dover.
It was constructed as an octagonal tower using local flint and Roman [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 6th 2010
From the guidebook:
Queen Mary’s Gallery was originally furnished with fine lacquered chairs, tables and cabinets and 154 pieces of Chinese and Japanese porcelain. The key surviving features of the room are the two ornamental mirrors of Vauxhall plate glass, supplied by Gerrit Jensen, with magnificent carve and gilt surrounds by Grinling Gibbons.
The book then [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 17th 2010
