Thoresby College, 31 and 33 Queen Street, King's Lynn : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Thoresby College, 31 and 33 Queen Street, King's Lynn / ell brown
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| 説明 | Buildings on Queen Street in King's Lynn. Mostly taken for the plaques.Depending on the light / room it was hard getting some of these. Also traffics passes down here a lot.I almost didn't take this place until I was pointed it out (I was looking at the Town Hall).This is Thoresby College dating from 1500 at 31 and 33 Queen Street. It is a Grade I listed building.College for 13 chantry priests attached to the Trinity Guild.Founded 1500 by Thomas Thoresby, built 1508-11. Variousalterations and additions. Restored 1963-64 and converted toflats and offices. Brick with plain tiled roofs. Quadrangularplan.EAST RANGE facade: 2 storeys and dormer attic in 11 irregularbays. 3 Perpendicular moulded stone doorways with arched headsin square surrounds. Centre doorway has original timber doorwith tracery decoration and a smaller, pedestrian door withinit. Ground floor has 8 late C18 sashes with glazing bars andpainted gauged skewback arches. First floor lit through 9similar sashes. Gabled roof behind low early C18 parapet onwhich stand 5 gables, each with a 3-light cross casement.Centre gable is shaped, others are Dutch. COURT SIDE is 2storeys and dormer attic Rendered. Central basket archway. 3sashes each side, with glazing bars. Five 2-light crosscasements to first floor. 5 gabled dormers in roof.SOUTH RANGE facade to College Lane: generally of 2 storeys anddormer attic Gabled roofs. Immediately west of gable end tomain facade is a unified length with C20 windows to groundfloor and a square-headed carriage arch. Renewed moulded2-light casements to first floor. 5 sloping dormers in roof.West end mostly of 3 storeys, mainly C20 details. COURT SIDEis 2 storeys and dormer attic Carriage entrance emerges leftof centre. Above it and to right is a 5-light mullionedwindow. Scattered fenestration of mullioned variety elsewhere.8 sloping dormers in roof.WEST RANGE facade to South Quay: Pantiled gabled roof. 2storeys and dormer attic Irregular bay system. Scatteredfenestration, mainly mullioned windows or cross casements. 6sloping dormers in roof. COURT SIDE is similar. Renewed2-light casements are the usual. This range is the hall range.NORTH RANGE: north side abutted by adjoining buildings. COURTSIDE is polite C18 facade. Rendered. Asymmetrical. Centraldoor within timber case under open pediment. 3 sashes left,with glazing bars and 2 right. Round-headed sash over door. 3sashes to left as before, one tripartite sash to right. Gabledroof with 4 gabled dormers.INTERIOR. West range with floored hall. Roof of falsehammerbeams on arched braces dropping on wall posts tocorbels. Collars on arched braces. Principals moulded. 2 tiersbutt purlins. Thoresby College, King's Lynn - Heritage Gateway |
| 撮影日 | 2010-04-24 11:54:41 |
| 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 | 0.006 sec (1/180) |
| 開放F値 | f/6.4 |