Custom House, Purfleet Quay, King's Lynn : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Custom House, Purfleet Quay, King's Lynn / ell brown
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| 説明 | This area of King's Lynn Old Town is the Purfleet Quay, near the River Great Ouse.This is the Grade I listed Custom House in King's Lynn.Custom House. 1683 by Henry Bell. Built for Sir John Turner MPas a merchants' exchange. First floor let to the Collector ofCustoms, entire building bought by Customs 1718 and used ascustoms house until 1989. Alterations either in 1718 or 1741during repairs following gale damage: ground floor waspartitioned and the present staircase probably inserted 1718,panelling and decoration of upper floors probably 1741.Stone with plaintile roof below lead flat.Designed to 4:5 proportions. 5 bays to north and southelevations, 4 to east and west, originally in form of openarcade, the first floor supported on 4 Roman Doric entacticcolumns on tall polygonal plinths. Bell's engraving of thebuilding seems to show the west arcade closed shortly afterconstruction, or never open.Elevations are broadly similar. Arcade bays separated by RomanDoric pilasters supporting a plain Doric entablature below thefirst-floor 2-light cross casements with leaded glazing.Corner bays have 2 blind recessed panels to ground floor,vertically placed, and a single-light transomed casement tothe first floor. Arcades have keystones in form of nauticalheads.First-floor windows separated by Ionic pilasters. Acanthusmodillion eaves cornice below hipped roof with flat.North and south roof slopes with 2 pedimented dormersseparated by a segmental-headed dormer, east and west slopeswith only 2 pedimented dormers, all with 2-light casements.Cornice balustrade removed 1741. Timber lantern of Greek crossplan composed of 4 arches each carrying a pediment. All of theinternal and external angles of the continuous entablaturebelow these pediments have a Corinthian leaf. Above is anhexagonal lantern with an ogee cap which replaces the obeliskand statue of Fame blown down in 1741. The lead flat has aheavy turned balustrade with square corner piers. The eastern2 piers disguised chimney flues. Variations betweenelevations.North front has a broken-forward central bay with a heavypanelled door. Entablature above with a cartouche andinscription: Mercaturx Reicp Nauticx Hoc posuit JohannesTurner Anno dom CDDCLXXXIII Arm (sic). Above is a niche with astatue of Charles II on a fluted semi-circular pedestalflanked by a pair of Corinthian pilasters (sculptor unknown).Shallow pediment over this bay. East side arcades are simplyfilled in. South side arcades also filled in except the centrebay which has a door beneath a fanlight. West arcade baysfilled with iron windows with a top-hung casement to centres:glazed with small panes. 1718.INTERIOR. Barrel-vaulted cellars. Ground floor originally openwith 4 bridging beams running north-south and one runningeast-west at the junctions of which were 4 columns describedabove. The western 2 columns survive, one encased in the C18partitioning. The others were removed (the central one wouldhave blocked an intended doorway, the other, to the east,would pierce the staircase). The partitioning is partlymasonry and sufficiently substantial to support the upperfloors.Closed string staircase with bolection panelling, turnedbalusters and a heavy handrail supported on square newels.Numerous minor choppings and compromises were required toinsert staircase. Of original stairs nothing is known.First floor west room (the Long Room) originally 2 rooms.Large-framed panelling probably 1741. On east wall are 2 firesurrounds with bolection mouldings. North-east room withsmaller-framed fielded panelling which may be 1718. Roofstructure of principals with butt purlins. Cupola supported on4 cross-braced trusses.PURFLEET QUAY. Probably a loading point of the Purfleet fromC13. Lime and stone quay existed in 1547. Present brickstructure with limestone dressings is result of continuousrepair and rebuilding, the earliest identifiable elementsbeing C17. Included portion begins at south-east corner ofCustom House and runs 60 metres west along north bank of Fleetonly. English bond brickwork. Stone steps laid into ashlarwell drop from quay to bed of fleet. Top of quay with granitepaving.This was the first classical building in King's Lynn, owing toprecursor of the London Royal Exchange of 1670-1 by EdwardJerman and to Pieter Post's Stadhuis, Maastricht, Holland. Custom House, King's Lynn - Heritage Gateway |
| 撮影日 | 2010-04-24 11:48:08 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | King's Lynn, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.002 sec (1/420) |
| 開放F値 | f/6.4 |