Regent Hotel - Travelodge - Parade, Leamington Spa - Royal coat of arms - Prince of Wales / Prince Regent : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Regent Hotel - Travelodge - Parade, Leamington Spa - Royal coat of arms - Prince of Wales / Prince Regent / ell brown
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| 説明 | This is the Regent Hotel, now a Travelodge on Parade in Leamington Spa.Grade II* listed building.Regent Hotel 77, Royal Leamington Spa - British Listed BuildingsHotel. Foundation stone laid 18 July 1818, opened 19 August1819, with later additions and alterations including those ofc1905, and with mid-C20 range to rear. For Mr John Williams,by CS Smith of Warwick. Additions and alterations includemid-C19 re-siting of main entrance; those of 1905 for Mr JohnCridlan. Pinkish-brown brick in Flemish bond with paintedstucco facades, Coade stone coats of arms, and concealed roof.PLAN: central hallway.EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, 7 first-floor windows. The outer bays arewider and project. Plinth and horizontal rustication to groundfloor of main facade and returns. First-floor band, becomesovolo-moulded cornice to outer bays which continues toreturns, interrupted by windows. 4 Tuscan pilasters, one toeach end of outer bays, through first and second floors.Double frieze, cornice, which continues to right return.Pilasters with incised decoration to each end of outer bays tothird floor. Frieze, cornice, blocking course, copings whichcontinue to right return.First floor: outer bays have 1/1 sashes in moulded surroundswith frieze and cornice. Otherwise plate-glass French windowswith overlights, that to centre has tooled surround, andconsoles supporting open segmental pediment containing Princeof Wales feathers.Second and third floors have 1/1 sashes throughout.Ground floor: central wide entrance has Tuscan pilasterssupporting hood. Roll-edged step to central revolving doorsbetween elliptically-arched, part-glazed, panelled surroundswith left side door; egg-and-dart cornice, divided overlight.1/1 sashes. All windows in plain reveals, sills to secondfloor.Right return (original entrance front): 4 storeys, 3first-floor windows, with rear range of 4 lower storeys, 7first-floor windows.Main range: through first and second floors are outer Tuscanpilasters, similar pilasters with incised decoration to thirdfloor. First floor has 1/1 sashes, that to centre with mouldedsurround, frieze and cornice.Second and third floors: 1/1 sashes with similar smallersashes inserted.Ground floor, entrance: central tetrastyle Doric porch withfull entablature, above, a lion and unicorn with Prince ofWales feathers. Doorway with multi-pane glazing. Tripartitewindows, to left a 1/1 sash between narrower 1/1 sashes, toright with multi-pane glazing. All windows in plain reveals,those to ground and second floors with sills.Range to rear has mainly 6/6 sashes with plain reveals andsills.Left return (formerly garden facade), main range: 4 storeys, 9first-floor openings. First, second and third floors have 1/1sashes, the second and seventh bays are blind. Ground floorhas part-glazed doors to fourth bay with divided overlight,otherwise tall 1/1 sashes. All with plain reveals, those tosecond floor with sills.Rear range has four 6/6 sashes with flat arches, plain revealsand sills.INTERIOR: imperial staircase with decorative cast-ironbalustrade of three balusters, then scrolling heart andpaterae motif. Marble and cast-iron fireplaces to severalrooms, shutters now painted over, 6-panel doors, cornices.Ground floor has elaborate Edwardian rococo revival andGeorgian Revival plasterwork and marble fireplaces to mainreception rooms.HISTORICAL NOTE: the foundation stone was laid by MissGreatheed, in front of Sarah Siddons, the actress. The hotelopened as Williams Hotel, but 3 weeks later was renamed TheRegent by permission of the Prince Regent (later George IV).When built, the hotel was one of the largest in Europe.Visited by Princess (later, Queen) Victoria in 1830, by theDuke of Wellington in 1827, John Nash, Prince Louis Napoleon(later Napoleon III), and Empress Eugenie in 1860 and by alarge number of notable C19 figures.(Cridlan FJ: Regent Hotel Royal Leamington Spa A BiographicalBooklet: Royal Leamington Spa: -1984; Cridlan FJ: The RegentThrough the Years: Royal Leamington Spa: -1992; Roth D: EarlyC19 Decorative Ironwork: a study based on Leamington Spa:1976-: P.79,80; FIGS.107-8.; Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa ItsHistory and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 38, 55, 63-5).View from Livery Street Near Regent Court Shopping.Royal coat of arms of the Prince of Wales (the Prince Regent).Came out a bit dark at the time I took them, so tried to fix them.Says on it "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" and "Ich Dien" |
| 撮影日 | 2011-10-22 11:54:02 |
| 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 | 0.003 sec (1/400) |
| 開放F値 | f/8.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 20 mm |