Bank House, King's Staithe Square, King's Lynn - Statue of Charles I : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Bank House, King's Staithe Square, King's Lynn - Statue of Charles I / ell brown
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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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 Bank House in King's Staithe Square in King's Lynn.It is Grade II* listed.A statue on Bank House of Charles I.House, then hotel, now offices. Early C18. Shown on Rastrick's1725 plan but Bell shows clear site c1680. North facadere-worked early C19 with 2 full-height canted window bays.Red brick with plain tiled roofs.North front of 2 storeys and dormer attic Central panelleddoor within stuccoed Gibbsian rusticated surround. One sashabove with glazing bars and gauged skewback arch. Cantedwindow bays to either side are pierced by 3 similar sashes toeach floor and terminate in a timber modillion eaves cornice.Gabled roof carrying 2 hipped dormers with sashes betweenwhich is a tall stuccoed niche on scrolled consoles. Niche isframed by pilaster strips and a round arch and surmounted by abroken swan-necked pediment. In niche is a statue of CharlesI, resited 1685 from former Custom House (qv) of 1630.Internal gable end stack to east and a compound stack to westgable is shared by the 3-storey wing returning north. Thiswing is illuminated through sashes with glazing bars andgauged skewback arches and is an early C19 front. Parapetconceals 2 hipped roofs.West elevation has large patches of English bond brickwork, isin 3 storeys and presents 4 hipped roofs to view. Windows arepredominately sashes with glazing bars and exposed boxes. Onestack left of centre and another immediately behind.INTERIOR. Very extensive brick cellars are barrel-vaulted.They are entered from north-east room under a heavy bressumer.This room with large but plain bridging beams. Ground flooreast room with large-frame C18 panelling and a shouldered andeared picture frame in the overmantel. Reeded strips separatesashes in the window bay. Ceiling in large geometric panels.The room immediately above has similar panelling. Early C19staircase: open string, stick balusters, ramped and wreathedhandrail.Captain Samuel Gurney Cresswell, the Arctic Explorer, was bornhere (1827-1867). The house was built on the former site ofthe C16 Port Tollbooth.Bank House, King's Lynn - Heritage Gateway |
| 撮影日 | 2010-04-24 11:46:00 |
| 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 | 0.001 sec (1/1100) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.3 |
| 焦点距離 | 20 mm |