Victoria Bridge, River Leam, Leamington Spa - foundation stone - Victoria Bridge West Extension : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Victoria Bridge, River Leam, Leamington Spa - foundation stone - Victoria Bridge West Extension / 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 | The River Leam in Leamington Spa from the Victoria Bridge (both sides).Took the other side on the way back to the station (had meant to do this first, but I went into Jephson Gardens and other places before returning here).Detail of the Victoria Bridge.The Victoria Bridge is Grade II listed.Victoria Bridge, Royal Leamington Spa - British Listed BuildingsBridge over River Leam. c1807-1810, widened on west 1839-1840with later repairs, including those of 1984. Designed by HCouchman Junior, builder; widening by JG Jackson, architect ofLeamington, with Mr Green, builder. Ashlar with concreterepairs. 3 arches to river with rusticated voussoirs andcavetto-moulded cornice. Frieze, cornice surmounted bybalustrade with chamfered plinth, vase balusters punctuated bywide piers, copings. Bridge rises in height towards centre. Tosouth-west end parapet curves for approximately 1 metre andabuts Victoria Colonnade (qv). To south-east retaining wallsand parapet, curved on plan, continue for approximately 3metres. Stone, badly worn, to south-east corner inscribed:'THIS STONE WAS LAID BY HENRY JEPHSON M.D. ON THE 25TH.MAY 1840 IN COMMEMORATION OF THE EXTENSION OF THIS BRIDGEAND IN CELEBRATION OF THE VISIT OF HER MOST GRACIOUSMAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA'.(Manning JC (Facsimile by Warwickshire County Library 1988):Glimpses of our Local Past .. Royal Leamington Spa: RoyalLeamington Spa: 1895-; Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa ItsHistory and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 18, 40). Foundation stone from 2000 about the west extension. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-10-22 11:59:58 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Leamington, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.02 sec (1/50) |
| 開放F値 | f/4.0 |