Houghton Hall - Stable Square - Education Centre - sign : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Houghton Hall - Stable Square - Education Centre - sign / ell brown
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| 説明 | Houghton Hall was the home of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742.Houghton was built between 1722 and 1735.This is the Stable Square at Houghton Hall. Inside is the Soldier Museum, Restaurant, Gift Shop and Stables.This is the second stables that Sir Robert Walpole built at Houghton, between 1733 and 1735. The external walls are made of the local yellow Snettisham stone and the walls are brick.The stables replaces an earlier quadrangle built between 1719 and 1721, which was the first of its kind at a country house. But the old one was too close to the house, so Sir Robert Walpole had it demolished, and then started again on a new site further from the house and out of view.The stables are Grade I listed.Stables - Houghton Hall - Heritage GatewayStable courtyard, known as the Square. C.1730, attributable to William Kent,but perhaps supervised by Thomas Ripley architect. For Sir Robert Walpole,later 1st Earl of Orford. Palladian. Largely coursed carstone, some brickon south and west facades, brick with carstone dressings to interior courtyard.Smut pantiles and slates, 15 bay east and west and 13 bay north and southranges, built around a courtyard. East and west facades have 3 bay centre-pieces, 6 bay north and south ranges. Single bay angle towers. Centre bayhas raised chamfered rusticated keyed arch, boarded door. 2 flanking bayshaving single boarded doors under arches with fixed casement lunette heads.Each bay has single 2-light casements. Raised chamfered rusticated quoinsto central bay and flanking bay angles. Centre has third storey with Diocletianwindow. Flanking bays have lean-to half pediments, clasping central fullpediment, Palladio's Rendentore arrangements. 6 north and south bays haveground floor blank bays with piers with simple bases and capitals, fixed andopening casements in arches above. 6 north and south 2-light casements above.End bay forms angle towers with recessed blank bays with casements in arches,2-light casements above. Raised and chamfered angle quoins. Octagonal thirdstorey turrets with round arched oculuses, cornice, and octagonal slated roofswith large scale acorn finials. 4 roundels on pedestals at parapet level,a direct Palladio quotation. Whole facade articulated with ground level plinthfirst floor platband and eaves modillion cornice. West range has in additioncarved and brick blank arches to ground floor. Coat of arms with swags incentral pediment. Late C17 from earlier house with quarterings of Sir RobertWalpole's grandfather. 4 stacks to each ridge. North facade has blank archeswith lunettes. Single bay centrepiece with rusticated, keyed open arch, thirdfloor Diocletian window and pediment. South facade has brick blank archesto ground floor. 2 stacks to each ridge. Entrance arches have 2 leafcontemporary iron gates. Courtyard facades: 13 bay east and west, and 9 northand south, repeat details of outer facades. Brick with carstone plinths,platbands and modillion cornices and pediments. Contemporary 2 leaf cast irongates with speared dog and upper rails fixed against inner north and southentrances. Interior: ground floor with brick quadripartite vaults. At northeast C18 stalls with oak Doric columns, with roundels marking divisions,rectangular oak piers supporting vaults. C19 loose boxes. West range largelyconverted to garages c.1900. See Isaac Ware Plans, Elevations and Sectionsof Houghton. (1735) 1750 edition pls. 33, 34. Mrs Herbert Jones Houghton inthe Brake (Norwich 1878).Sign for the Education Centre. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-07-10 13:36:31 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Houghton, 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 |