Kiftsgate Court, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire - columns : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Kiftsgate Court, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire - columns / ell brown
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| 説明 | This is Kiftsgate Court in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. It is south west from Stratford-upon-Avon.We came here for an afternoon in the gardens (Kiftsgate Court Gardens).This is the late 19th century manor house.After a rainy day before I was glad we got out, on what turned out to be a lovely warm afternoon.The house is not viewable to the general public (it is still lived in by the owners, who maintain the garden.A history of Kiftsgate Court www.kiftsgate.co.uk/history.shtmlKiftsgate Court was built in 1887-91 by Sydney Graves Hamilton who owned the large manor house in Mickleton, An ancestor of his, Walwyn Graves (1744-1813), had built a Georgian front with a high portico on to Mickleton Manor, and it was this facade which was moved bodily up to the new site on Glyde Hill to become Kiftsgate Court. A special light railway was constructed up the elm avenue to do this and the records state that it was 'all to be done in the best manner possible and none but the very best material used'. Unfortunately a large Victorian back was built behind the Georgian facade.It is a Grade II listed building.Facade Kiftsgate Court. Late C18. Remainder of house was built ina Cl7 style between 1887-91, and is not of listable quality.Facade built for Walwyn Graves (born 1744, died 1813). Ashlargarden facade, extending around gable end of projecting wing, left,along right wall of wing, then at right angles along rear of mainbody of house projecting forwards slightly at centre continuingaround its right gable end. 2 storeys with piano nobile. Gableend of projecting wing left comprises single storey porticosupported by 8 Ionic columns, at front, with one single and oneengaged column to either side. Stone balustrade links the columns,broken for access at sides. Parapet over portico. Twin gabled,gable end behind portico with moulded eaves cornice with dentildecoration and string which continue around right wall and acrossfacade of main body. Two, 2-light sashes with horns with mouldedarchitraves to first floor 4 similar windows to first floor alongright wall of wing. Former pedimented doorway in right wall ofwing, towards gable end, comprising 6-pane, C20 door flanked byengaged Ionic columns with 6-pane sash windows to either side,flanked by Ionic pilasters. Lower part of doorway blocked.Similar doorway and door towards right, in gable end, with 2-lightstone mullioned casement to left, part glazed C20 plank door farleft. Windows across main facade of right wing 2:2:2 with mouldedarchitraves splayed at bottom with flat lintels with cushionmouldings moulded windows flanking central glazed ground floor doorwith keystones. Continuous string, forms sill of upper windows.All windows 2-pane sashes with horns. Rusticated ground floor withpedimented, projecting central portico above. Pediment supportedby 6 Ionic columns at front with single free-standing columns ateither side running back to Ionic pilasters, all linked by a stonebalustrade. Central first floor doorway from portico with luggedarchitrave and triangular pediment supported on long, thindecorated brackets over. C20 glazed door within. History: thefacade, built for Walwyn Graves (died 1813) was previously attachedto Middleton Manor and was moved up hill from there by SydneyGraves Hamilton who built Kiftsgate Court 1887-91 (q.v.).West Facade At Kiftsgate Court - Heritage Gateway |
| 撮影日 | 2010-05-30 14:56:29 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Cotswold District, England, UK 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.001 sec (1/1800) |
| 開放F値 | f/2.9 |