Eastnor Castle - Church of St John the Baptist : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Eastnor Castle - Church of St John the Baptist / ell brown
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | A Good Friday 2017 visit to Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire.Seen from the car park shortly after we arrived here.Church of St John the BaptistGrade I listed buildingChurch of St John the BaptistListing TextEASTNOR CP UPPER ROAD EastnorSO 73 NW (west side)4/38 Church of St John the Baptist18.11.52GV IC12, altered C13 and C15; tower remodelled C14; restored and mostly rebuiltin 1852 by Sir G G Scott. Consists of west tower, nave and south porch,north aisle and organ space and north or Somers chapel and chancel. Ashlar,rubble and coursed squared rubble to the tower: plain tiled roofs. Westtower of 3 stages, diagonal buttresses and embattled parapet; the top is ofa different stone and is unbuttressed; setback pyramidal roof, weathervaneon ball finial; 3-light Perpendicular style west window and moulded westdoorway; single round-headed lights to second stage and 2-light C14 stylewindows to bell chamber; square stairtower projects at north-east. Nave:two C19 Geometric style windows and buttresses with off-sets. Projecting,gabled, timber-framed porch has trefoil headed arcade on an ashlar base.Restored south doorway of one order of columns with trumpet-scallop capitalsand a plain arch. Chancel: 2 fine C19 2-light windows in an early - midC14 style with much ball-flower ornament and under hoodmoulds with head stops;ball-flower ornamented wall plate; priests' door under large trefoil head,ornamented with fleurons and ball-flower; 3-light Geometric style east window,also profuse with ball-flower ornament. North aisle is plain with 3 narrowslit windows. Somers chapel: angle buttresses with gabled heads; 3 lancetwindows divided by a transom, trefoil heads to lower part and a large trefoillight above, under a hoodmould with head stops; decorated band over: Interior:3 bay arcade to north chapel has octagonal piers and double chamfered arches;the east capital has trumpet-scallops. Double ware-moulded tower arch. Fontand pulpit of 1852 in a heavy Gothic style, of carved freestones and marbleshafts. Circular tub font in north aisle. Enriched Gothic style screen.Reredos of 1896, incorporating carved friezes and other parts of a monumentfrom Siena. Glass: east window by Kempe; Somers chapel east window byWilmhurst and Oliphant, 1884. Monuments. Tower: 2 designed by James Stuartand executed by Thomas Scheemakers;to Joseph Cocks died 1778, in brown andwhite marble, a sarcophagus with a profile in a roundel and putti above;and to Mary Cocks, died 1779, in marble, a seated woman by an urn, setagainst drapery, and with a putto at the right. Somers chapel: to firstEarl Somers, died 1855, by Sir G G Scott, a freestone chest with religiousscenes in trefoiled arcading, all set in depressed arched niche; to 3rdEarl, died 1883 by Sir J E Boehm, a grey marble chest tomb with a whitemarble recumbent effigy; marble tablets to John Cocks, died 1771, an urnin front of an obelisk; Edward Cocks, died 1782, by Thomas Scheemakers,a marble plaque with books, a cap and a lamb at the foot; Charles Cocks 1806.Rev John Fletcher, died 1797, also by Stuart and Scheemakers (Pevsner), stand-ing female figure by an urn and in front of an obelisk. A high quality butsmall and little known masterpiece by Scott at a cost of £1506 Os 3d.(N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, 1963; RCHM, Vol II, 1932.)Listing NGR: SO7313437226This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building. |
| 撮影日 | 2017-04-14 12:54:39 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Eastnor, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | DMC-FZ72 , Panasonic |
| 露出 | 0.003 sec (1/400) |
| 開放F値 | f/5.6 |
| 焦点距離 | 122 mm |