Victoria House - 59 Willes Road, Leamington Spa : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Victoria House - 59 Willes Road, Leamington Spa / ell brown
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| 説明 | More Georgian buildings in Leamington Spa.This is Victoria House at 59 Willes Road in Leamington SpaGrade II listed. At the time of listing it was a Masonic Hall.Victoria House (masonic Hall), Royal Leamington Spa - British Listed BuildingsROYAL LEAMINGTON SPASP3266SW LANSDOWNE CRESCENT1208-1/4/213 (East side)19/11/53 Victoria House (Masonic Hall)(Formerly Listed as:WILLES ROAD(East side)Masonic Hall)GV IIVilla, now masonic hall. Laid out in 1832, building began in1835, with later additions and alterations includingextensions to left return and to rear. Architect, WilliamThomas for the Barber family, but completed for Edward Pinder.Pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco facades, Welsh slateroofs and cast-iron balconies. Late Classical style.PLAN: central hallway plan.EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with basement, 3 bays with 5 first-floorwindows arranged 1:3:1. Central projection. Plinth. GiantCorinthian columns to ends through ground and first floors,surmounted by continuous frieze.First floor: outer bays have tall 6/9 sashes, central bay has6/6 sashes, all in plain reveals and with tooled, earedarchitraves, frieze and cornice.Second floor: 3/6 sashes throughout in plain reveals and withsills. Frieze, cornice, blocking course surmounted bysegmental acroteria.Ground floor, centre bay: flight of wide steps to off-centreentrance a 6-fielded-panel door with overlight withglazing-bars, in plain reveals and with tooled, splayedarchitrave and cornice with bay-leaf motif; to right a 6/6sash in similar surround with round-arched niche between. Allunder tetrastyle Ionic portico with 2 engaged pilasters,frieze and pediment. Outer bays have tall 6/6 sashes insimilar surrounds to doorway.Basement: casement windows to outer bays. Tall end and rearstacks with cornices. First floor, windows to outer bays haveindividual balconies with circle-and-anthemion motifbalustrades.Right return (garden facade): central bay is recessed. Plinthsurmounted by 4 similar giant Corinthian pilasters throughground and first floors.First floor: two 6/9 sashes in plain reveals and tooled, earedarchitraves with frieze and cornice. To centre and arcade of 3blind arches. Frieze.Second floor: three 3/6 sashes in plain reveals and withsills; frieze, cornice, low parapet.Ground floor: steps to central tripartite entrance with Frenchwindows and divided overlight between 2/3 sashes, withinrecess with 2 Ionic columns, frieze, cornice. To either sideare tripartite windows with 6/9 between 2/3 sashes with friezeand cornice on consoles. Similar window to single-storey rearextension. First-floor, outer windows have individualbalconies with circle-and-anthemion motif balustrades.Left return: three 6/6 sashes, staircase window a 9/15 sashwith radial glazing to head and margin-lights; second floorhas two 3/6 sashes and a 4/4 sash.INTERIOR: main openwell staircase has boarded-in balustrade,but to rear an openwell staircase with turned balusters.Ground floor, front and rear halls have cornices with acanthusmodillions; elaborate cornice with anthemion motif and ceilingrose to rear drawing room; both front rooms have deep,cavetto-moulded cornices. First floor, stair hall has cornicewith anthemion motif, otherwise moulded cornices. Room toright has tall panelling. Fireplaces: ground floor, reardrawing room has marble fireplace with corbels; further marblefireplaces to rear room and to front, left room; to firstfloor are simple Regency fireplaces. Mainly 6-panel doors;shutters to most windows; deep skirting boards.HISTORICAL NOTE: William Thomas was a 'builder, speculator andchapman for Mr Barber', the house was sold before completionto Edward Pinder, a director of the Leamington Bank(information taken from deeds). The Masons purchased the housein 1889, previously it had been Copps Hotel and a Ladies'Academy. A map of 1834 shows Lansdowne Crescent and Circuslaid out for 'intended building'.Victoria House forms an architectural group with Nos 19-57(odd) Lansdowne Crescent and Nos 1-17 (consecutive) LansdowneCircus (qqv), all by William Thomas. Victoria House - historySituated on the corner of Upper Holly Walk and Willes Road near the center of Royal Leamington Spa, this elegant Georgian building was constructed in 1835.Designed by Architect William Thomas and built by Edward Pinder, the building was originally named Landsdowne House until 1841 when it took on it's present name.Victoria House has served many purposes over the years from a private house rented out for 'the season' (May to October), a family hotel, and a residential academy for young ladies. Purchased by the Freemasons of Guy's Lodge in 1889 it became the home of the fraternity in the area.During the Second World War it became a billet for expatriated Czech soldiers, seven of whom were successful in the assassination of Rheinhard Heidrich in 1941- These gallant few lost their lives in eliminating the man who may have succeeded Adolf Hitler. A memorial to those brave men stands in the nearby Jephson Gardens.Today Victoria House is still a building buzzing with activity. The owners continually strive to maintain the beauty of this late Georgian property that makes it an Perfect venue for almost every occasion be it Business or Pleasure. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-10-22 11:08:18 |
| 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 | 0.002 sec (1/600) |
| 開放F値 | f/2.8 |