The Queen's Garden - Sudeley Castle & Gardens - The Castle - panoramic : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The Queen's Garden - Sudeley Castle & Gardens - The Castle - panoramic / ell brown
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| 説明 | At Sudeley Castle & Gardens on the Early May Bank Holiday.It is near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire.The castle was home to Queen Katherine Parr, 6th and final wife of King Henry VIII. She lived here after his death with her final husband Thomas Seymour (uncle of King Edward VI).The Queen's Garden.Laid out on the site of the original Tudor parterre and flanked by magnificent double yew hedges, this garden recalls three Queens- Katherine Parr, Elizabeth I and Lady Jane Grey.The mix of old English roses reflects the Medieval, Tudor and Edwardian periods of Sudeley's history.Yew hedges.The castle is Grade I listed.Sudeley Castle, Sudeley SUDELEY - SP 0227-0327 14/143 Sudeley Castle (formerly listed as part of Sudeley 4.7.60 Castle and remains of the Grange) GV I Former castle, now country house. Mid C15 for Ralph Boteler; late C15 for Richard III; much altered c1572 for Lord Chandos, mid C19 for J. Dent by Sir G.G. Scott, later C19 for Mrs. E. Dent by J.D. Wyatt, early C20 by M. Anderson, 1930's by W.H. Godfrey for Major Dent-Brocklehurst. Coursed, squared stone and ashlar, stone slate roofs, lead flats, probably Welsh slate roofs. Large, rectangular outer courtyard, west wing extended as side of inner courtyard, opposite side ruins of Great Presence Chamber: 2 and 3 storeys, higher towers. North, exterior face: late C19 tower on left, plinth, 3-light mullion and transom window to ground and first floors, string courses as hoodmoulds, 2-light similar above, moulded head on consoles, string course, crenellations, higher at corners. To right, C16 work: 4-light mullion and transom, with king mullion, 6-light similar above with 2 king mullions. Wall sets forward slightly to right, double boarded doors to gate in 4- centred arch, 2-light mullion each side; above 2 oriel windows, each with 2-light mullion and transom windows, hipped roofs. Set back on right, 2 and 4-light mullioned or mullion and transom windows, above three 4-light mullion and transom, one 6-light. Moulded string course and crenellations run through from corner tower, hipped roof, 6 chimneys, moulded caps. Inner walls of outer courtyard: north side, corner turrets at ends; plinth, boarded door, moulded arris to opening, 4-centred head with plain spandrels; 2-light mullion on left return of turret; to left wide archway, 4-centred head, chamfer to arris, single-light window each side. Beyond 4-light mullion window each side of half-glazed door in opening as first door: corner turret with boarded door on right return as first, 2-light mullioned window main face. Above, string course as hoodmould; 2-light mullion window each face of corner turrets; between three 4-light mullion and transom windows, king mullion, moulded string course, crenellated parapet. Right, east wing; windows all 4-light mullion and transom, reserved chamfer, king mullion, string course as hoodmould: doors boarded, moulded surround, 4-centred arch, plain spandrel. Ground floor, plinth, single window each end, 4 doors with 2 windows between each; first floor 8 windows; crenellated parapet, 5 ashlar chimneys with moulded caps. Great Presence Chamber at end of east range: east and north walls only remain. From outside, octagonal stair turret on right, lancets, string course and moulded head. To left, plinth, 2 former mullion and transom windows, tracery gone, relieving arch over, scrolls to flat hoodmould on left. Chimney breast, 4-light mullion and transom window, cusped heads to lights, flat head, hoodmould with scrolled ends. Above: 4-light mullioned window, king mullion, 2 transoms, crenellations to sill; buttress and high up each side 4-light window, as main but no transoms, plain sill. Below left window open back to fireplace and flue. Oriel window to left, 3-light mullioned window, 2 transoms. Inside flying 4-centred arch to right ground-floor window, panelled vault behind in wall thickness. Above, floor gone: fireplace with flat stone lintel, moulded arris, blind tracery to reveals of tall windows, moulded sill to shorter, start of fan vaulting over oriel. On left return 9-light mullioned window high up, 4 king mullions, moulded sill, end lights blind, 3-centred arch. Interior north and east range: ground floor on east; Library, bolection-moulded panelling, wide c1572 stone fireplace reset from elsewhere in building, fluted columns each side, carved heads on cornice, egg-and-dart frieze; carved panels over doors, stained glass to upper parts of windows. Adjoining panelled room, Ionic pilasters above dado, moulded cornice, stone fireplace surround. Main stairs; open well, moulded string and rail, spiral balusters, square newels with knob finials, dado panelling, 1580 stained glass in windows. First floor, Katherine Parr room to south, largely 1847ff decoration, stone door surrounds, 4-centred arches, ornate timber surrounds with crocketed frieze, linen-fold panelling, ornate fireplace surround and overmantel with nodding ogee head: carved wooden cornice, moulded plaster ceiling with pendants, stained glass to windows, some C17. North drawing room 12-panelled doors, ornate carved surround to fireplace: some C17 glass to north stair windows, otherwise C19 painted. Room over gateway: wide stone fireplace with 1930's strapwork frieze, 12 panel doors, moulded plaster ceiling. Billiard room beyond, small-panelled panelling, dado, strapwork Corinthian pilasters, carved frieze, strapwork doors, ornate surround and overmantel to fireplace, moulded plaster ceiling, stained glass to upper part windows. Last home of Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's widow; castle slighted 1649, purchased by Dents in 1837 and restored by them. (S. Rudder, A New History of Gloucestershire, 1779; papers at Sudeley Castle; Country Life, 1940; P.A. Faulkner, Archaeological Journal, 1965; D. Verey, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds, 1970) Listing NGR: SP0310027668This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.Source: English HeritageListed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence. Panoramic of five shots.Church of St Mary to the right.The church is Grade I listed.Sudeley Castle, Church of St Mary, Sudeley SUDELEY - SP 0227-0327 14/144 Sudeley Castle, Church of St Mary 4.7.60 GV I Parish Church. Circa 1460 for Ralph Boteler, late C15 or early C16 north aisle, restored 1859-'63 by Sir G.G. Scott for J.C. Dent. Well coursed, squared stone, lead roof. Five-bay nave and chancel structurally in one, 3-bay north aisle, western bell turret. West end, double plinth, angled buttresses, boarded central doorway, 4- centred arch, crocketed hoodmould; string course. Three-light Perpendicular window, crocketed hoodmould, with each side a statue in ogee-headed niche with tall finial. Above, string course, crenellated parapet each side of square bell turret, slightly corbelled at front on west side; 2-light louvred window, string course, corner gargoyles, crenellated parapet with corner finials, iron weathervane. South face, angled buttresses each end, plinth, 4 square-set buttresses, string course at sill level, changed to dripmould for former low roof in fourth bay: bottom of buttress in that bay forms jamb of door, blocked doorway and 4-light squint under cambered arch to right below dripmould. Above, five 3-light Perpendicular windows, hoodmoulds with carved-head stops, string course, grotesques on buttresses; buttresses changing to diamond- set above, rising into tall, crocketed finials; crenellated parapet. East wall dripmould for roof to demolished vestry in place of string course: blocked doorway on left. Above, 5-light Perpendicular window, hoodmould and carved-head stops; string course and crenellations follow line of low-pitch roof, short apex finial. On right end of low aisle, plinth, 3-light mullion window, angled corner buttress, string course and crenellated parapet over. North wall: low aisle 3 bays, plinth, angled corner buttresses, two 2-light mullioned windows with buttress and wide projection between: crenellated parapet, finials missing. Boarded door on right return, moulded arris, 4-centred arch, hoodmould, with finial above string course. To right plinth, string course and buttress on south side, inserted boarded door in last bay, sunk spandrels, moulded surround. Windows and parapet above string course as south side. Interior: ashlar walls, marble floor, stone piers to carry turret, nave and chancel in one. Chancel screen 4 bays each side central opening, cusped ogee heads, heavily carved. Three sedilia on south side, nodding ogee heads, high crocketed finials over; similar piscina. Carved marble reredos with part marquetry finish. Two arches north side of chancel to aisle, door to nave. Moulded beams to roof. Openwork octagonal wooden pulpit, Decorated tracery, 2 brass candle holders, since electrified. Octagonal marble font, carved sides to bowl, clustered pillar stem. Choir stalls returned against screen, carved misericords, brass-book rest to front seats. Memorial in chancel to Katherine Parr, effigy by J.B. Philip on marble chest tomb, quatrefoils to sides, under foiled, 4-centred arch, crocketed above, swept up to poppyhead finial: marble pillars either side with statues under niche heads, finials over. Stained glass by Preedy. Building fell into decay C18. Exterior essentially C15/C16; interior nearly all 1859ff by Sir G.G. Scott: fine example of his work. Katherine Parr buried in church. (S. Rudder, A New History of Gloucestershire, 1779; papers at Sudeley Castle; D. Verey, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds, 1970) Listing NGR: SP0318127669This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.Source: English HeritageListed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence. |
| 撮影日 | 2014-05-05 13:57:11 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Winchcombe, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S2980 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.004 sec (1/250) |
| 開放F値 | f/8.0 |