Hotel Rex - The Esplanade, Weymouth : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Hotel Rex - The Esplanade, Weymouth / ell brown
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| 説明 | It was such a nice day, that we headed to Weymouth and Portland. Lucky to have blue skys as well after previous rainy days.This is Hotel Rex on The Esplanade.Grade II listed.Oxford Hotel Grosvenor Place (terrace) with Railings 31 and 32, WeymouthWEYMOUTHSY6878NW ESPLANADE873-1/24/117 (West side)18/06/70 Nos.31 AND 32Oxford Hotel, Grosvenor Place(terrace), with railingsGV IIMarked on OS as Nos 1 and 2 Grosvenor Place.Pair of houses in row, now hotel. Late C18 and early C19.No.31 is rendered and scribed, with Portland stone flank wall,and No.32 painted brickwork, both with brickwork rear walls,all with slate roof. The building has a return to St AlbanStreet to the left, with a former entry, now blocked; thishalf was built in the late C18 as a 2-storey double-frontedhouse, raised by a further storey in the early C19, and No.32,slightly set back, was added in the early C19. The fronts areC19, with C20 roof storey.EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, attic and basement, 2+2 windows.Full-width late C20 dormers with steel sashes to each house,above 3-storey plain sash canted oriels, with panelled skirts,and with pilaster mullions to No.31, and fluted friezes to theindividual sashes in No.32, above tripartite sash basementwindows in very narrow areas. To the left of the oriel inNo.32 are plain sashes in flush moulded boxes, with wide brickvoussoirs, above a glazed door under elliptical plainfanlight, all in a Doric pilaster doorcase with fluted friezeand dentil entablature, on 7 plain steps.There are plat bands at ground and first floors, and a mouldedcornice dying to the panelled skirts of the oriels at firstfloor to No.31; here the oriels have dentil cornices, butsmall modillion cornices at the added second floor, with acontinuous moulded cornice.No.32 has plat bands, and a small blocking-course with copedparapet; the oriel has dentil cornices at each level. Thereare stacks to each gable end.The return to St Alban Street is in painted Portland stoneblock, raised in brick in the top storey. A 4-pane sash abovea 4:12:4-pane sash canted oriel, a plain sash, and a small6-pane, all to the left, and a blocked doorway at the centre,the former entry to No.31. A 1-bay extension, with flat roof,includes a 16-pane sash.The back is in unpainted English bond brickwork, with hippeddormers and large plain sashes in flush boxes.INTERIOR: considerably modified, but retains a full-heighttight dogleg staircase with stick balustrade and a swepthandrail.SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: across the frontages are area railings;to No.31 these are light-weight spearhead, returned inquadrants at each end, and to No.32 more robust, with urnfinials, and bold standards, returned to the right of thesteps to the door.HISTORICAL NOTE: built as 2 houses, the property in the earlyC20 was used as workrooms and showrooms by Gieves, navaltailors, with staff accommodation on the top floors(information from owners).(RCHME: Dorset, South-East: London: 1970-: 354). |
| 撮影日 | 2012-05-01 11:54:41 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Weymouth, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.004 sec (1/240) |
| 開放F値 | f/7.1 |