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Worcester Bridge - River Severn, Worcester - Bromwich Parade - Gascoyne House, Brown's Restaurant and Band House / ell brown
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| 説明 | The River Severn in Worcester. From the Worcester Bridge to the start of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal (in Worcester).The route took me past a wall below Worcester Cathedral (previously I was up in the grassy area behind the cathedral, now I was below it). Then past the Diglis Hotel.This is the Worcester Bridge, on Bridge Street in Worcester. It seems like a busy route in and out of the city centre.It is Grade II listed.Worcester Bridge, Worcester - British Listed BuildingsWORCESTERSO8454NE BRIDGE STREET620-1/16/71 Worcester Bridge22/5/54GV IIBridge over River Severn. 1771-80. Architect John Gwynn ofShrewsbury. Widened 1931 and elevations modern. Stone. 5elliptical bays. Balustrades and renewed lamp standards. Thesoffits of the arches are C18; the elevations date from 1931.A significant landmark which, together with a group of formerwarehouses: Gascoyne House, Brown's Restaurant and Band House,South Quay (qqv) and with St Andrew's Church Tower, Deansway(qv), forms part of the visual framework for the Cathedral (qv)from the River.(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Worcestershire:Harmondsworth: 1968-1985: 325; Photographs).Down this side is the Bromwich Parade.Building on the left is Gascoyne House. Grade II listed.Gascoyne House (flat Nos 1-7 Consecutive), Worcester - British Listed BuildingsWORCESTERSO8454NE SOUTH QUAY620-1/16/543 (North side)05/04/71 Gascoyne House (Flat Nos1-7 consecutive)(Formerly Listed as:QUAY STREET(West side)Warehouse occupied byMessrs G Gascoyne)GV IIHop and seed warehouse, now flats. Mid C19 with later alterationsincluding c1980s conversion to flats. Pinkish-red brick withyellow and purple brick plinth all in English Bond, cementlintels and sills, and with slate roof.EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, 10 first-floor windows. 2 hoisting lofts onriver side. All windows are renewed and loading bays are nowglazed. Stepped cornice and wide eaves. Return to Hood Street has6 first-floor windows; the angle is curved on plan. Rear: centralwide, cambered arch originally allowing access through building.INTERIOR: renewed, not inspected.HISTORICAL NOTE: Occupying a corner site, this is a significantstreetscape feature overlooking the River Severn, forming a groupof former warehouses with Brown's Restaurant and Bond House,South Quay (qqv); and together with Merchant's House, Quay Street(qv), Worcester Bridge, Bridge Street (qv) and St Andrew's ChurchTower, Deansway (qv), these buildings form part of the visualframework of Worcester Cathedral (qv) from the River.In the middle is Brown's Restaurant at 24 South Quay. Grade II listed.Brown's Restaurant 24, Worcester - British Listed BuildingsWORCESTERSO8454NE SOUTH QUAY620-1/16/541 (North East side)05/04/71 No.24Brown's Restaurant(Formerly Listed as:SOUTH QUAYNo.24)GV IIIncludes: Brown's Restaurant QUAY STREET.Warehouse with house at rear, now restaurant. Warehouse of c1840with late C18 house. Reddish-brown brick in Flemish bond with redand purple brick arches and sills and ashlar keystones, slateroof.Main range then range set back at right (forming rear of housewhich faces Quay Street).EXTERIOR: main range: 3 storeys, 2 first-floor windows. Centraltall round-arched opening with arch of gauged brick on impostsand with fluted keystone with plaque over, now glazed. To eitherside of ground and first floors a casement window with segmentalarch and keystone. Continuous panel over first floor then three4/8 sashes with cambered arches. Moulded dentil eaves band.Range set back to right has 4 storeys, 2 first-floor windows. Allsmall, square openings with cambered arches and with purple bricksills. Entrance at right a plank door with cambered arch. Lowcoped parapet.House at rear: 3 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. Ground and firstfloors have 6/6 sashes, all with fluted keystones. Second floorhas 3/3 sashes with keystones. All in near-flush frames and withflat arches of gauged brick. Entrance at right: double6-raised-and-fielded-panel doors with fanlight, imposts andkeystone. Left end stack has oversailing course.INTERIOR: not inspected.HISTORICAL NOTE: This is one of a group of former warehouses,together with Gascoyne House and Bond House (qqv), which form asignificant streetscape feature overlooking the River Severn;with Merchant House, Quay Street (qv), Worcester Bridge, BridgeStreet (qv) and St Andrew's Church Tower, Deansway (qv) thesebuildings form part of the visual framework for WorcesterCathedral (qv) from the River.The building on the right is the Band House. Grade II listed.Band House, Worcester - British Listed BuildingsWORCESTERSO8454NE SOUTH QUAY620-1/16/542 (North East side)05/04/71 Band House(Formerly Listed as:SOUTH QUAYPremises occupied by MessrsW Bond and Sons)GV IIWarehouse, now offices. Occupies a corner site with main facadeto right return. c1870 with conversion c1980s. Brownish-red brickin Flemish bond with purple brick arches and sills and paintedcement sills and lintels and hipped slate roof, rear brick stackwith pot.EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, 1+5 first-floor windows. The first bay formssplayed angle of building, former loading bay with hoisting loft,now with glazing and broad sills and lintels. Otherwise ramp tocentral entrance with renewed plank door; small oblong openingsthroughout with replacement 1/1 sashes; all under purple brickcambered arches and with purple brick sills. Stepped eaves.Facade to river: 4 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. Similarfenestration.INTERIOR: not inspected.HISTORICAL NOTE: formerly warehouse owned by Messrs W Bond andSons.Occupying a corner site, this is a significant streetscapefeature overlooking the River Severn, forming a group of formerwarehouses with Brown's Restaurant and Gascoyne House (qqv), andtogether with Merchant's House, Quay Street (qv), WorcesterBridge, Bridge Street (qv) and St Andrew's Church Tower, Deansway(qv) these buildings form part of the visual framework forWorcester Cathedral (qv) from the River.Glover's NeedleThe Glover's Needle (or St Andrews Spire) is a spire-carrying tower in the city of Worcester, England.The tower is a prominent landmark of the city, from road, rail, or the River Severn, and can be seen for miles around. It is located in St Andrews Gardens close to Worcester College of Technology. The spire used to crown the church of St Andrew but this was demolished in the late 1940s. The Glover's Needle is seated on Deansway Road, Worcester Cathedral being very close to the south and All Saints Church to the north. On the western side of the spire the pedestrian can descend into gardens that lead onto the River Severn. Across the road from the Glover's Needle is a "House of Fraser" shop which stands on the site of the old graveyard of St Andrews. At night the spire is illuminated (but not the tower below) and a blue glow is projected from inside one of the windows. The blue represents St Andrew, the colour of the Scottish flag. The blue glow and night lighting were paid for by the Rotary Club of Worcester Severn, to commemorate the millennium in 2000.In the 15th century, Saxons built a church (called St. Andrews Church) with a tall spire but this was destroyed in a great storm of 1733. Shortly after this disaster, the spire was rebuilt. It was constructed by using the ingenious method of kite flying to carry up the stones. Worcester people took the new masterpiece to their hearts and named it the 'Glover's Needle'. This name came from the industrial glove making that was executed in Worcester. The entire structure measures approximately 245 feet. It is the tallest spire in the country to have such a narrow angle of taper. In the 1920s the slum housing which crowded round the church was demolished. The congregation of the church was thus reduced by a large degree. The church fell into decay, had an overgrown churchyard, few parishioners and a tiny parish of five acres. In the 1940s, the council accepted the Bishop of Worcester's offer of the church. They decided to demolish the church and create a garden of remembrance to replace it. However the council decided to leave the tower and spire, freestanding. Thus St Andrew's church was demolished in 1949.As a millennium project, a clock was installed in the tower and now the hours are struck on the council bell. A recently reinstated custom is to have the council bell strike from 18:45 to 18:50 before a full meeting of the council. In the early 2000s a fence was put around the base of the spire. A few years ago, the RSPB has taken the Glover's Needle into their own hands and the actual spire is now used for special birds of prey for roosting. Live web cams have been installed in the tower.The Glover's Needle formerly housed a set of five bells.[citation needed] These were hung full circle for proper English style change ringing. In 1870, four of the bells were sold but the tenor (heaviest bell) was retained in the old bell frame. This bell weighs 20 CWT — 1 ton. This is the so-called council bell mentioned above. It is unlikely that the Glover's Needle could sustain a ring of bells today as there is no church to buttress the swaying tower. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-11-18 12:22:22 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Worcester, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.006 sec (1/170) |
| 開放F値 | f/7.1 |