Sherborne Castle & Lakeside Gardens - Sherborne New Castle : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Sherborne Castle & Lakeside Gardens - Sherborne New Castle / 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 Estate of Sherborne Castle - grounds and gardens.Near the Ha-ha (the walk with the tall trees).Views of Sherborne New Castle.The "new" castle which now has the name Sherborne Castle (was Sherborne Lodge in Sir Walter Raleighs day.It was built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594, and has been the family home of the Digby's since 1617 (Walter was in the Tower of London and was executed in 1618).Grade I listed.Sherborne Castle, CastletonCASTLETON SHERBORNE CASTLEST 641612/27Sherborne Castle11.7.51GV ICountry House in grounds. Late C16 rectangular central block with its angleturrets, for Sir Walter Raleigh. Enlarged by the addition of the four wingsof 2 storeys with cellars and hexagonal towers in 1625 by Sir John Digby.Alteration in the C17 and C18. Drastically restored in 1859-60 by G DWingfield-Digby. Rubble-stone walls, stuccoed, with freestone dressings.Lead-covered roofs. Many ashlar stone stacks, both square and elongatedhexagonal, with moulded plinths balustraded and cornices. South front:four storeys, with mannered gabling over the top-storey, and parapet withthe lower two divided by strings. 3 windows, cross-transomed stone mullionwindows of three, four, three lights, moulded cornices as labels over. Singlelight windows each side of top window. South entrance: round-headed doorway,framed by fluted Roman Doric half-columns supporting an entablature. Stoneachievement of arms of Digby, earl of Bristol. Panelled door. The flankinghexagonal turrets have restored 2-light mullion-and-transom windows, and arefinished with plain parapets and heraldic beasts or chimney stacks. The northfront, similar to south front, restored doorway has an enriched entablaturewith a 4-light window over, in place of the achievement-of-arms. The eastfront of central block: 3 storeys with attics, finished with a shaped gable.Restored mullion-and-transom windows. Flanking turrets each have a square-headed doorway, north turret door blocked. The added wings are of 2 storeysand 3 bays, finished with a balustraded parapet. Windows are c. late C17insertions, square-headed with eaved architraves, console-brackets, entablaturesand pediments. Internally, to the courtyard are C19 mullion-and-transom windows.Between the wings are balustraded stone screens with central entrance, flankedby shell-niches, entablature and Digby crest. Interior: Geometrical C17 plasterceilings with various devices in the Red Drawing Room, Lady Bristol's Room,Green Drawing Room, Boudoir. Early C17 panelling, very extensive, behind theLibrary bookcases, in the Oak Room (with enclosure). Lady Bristol's Room. C17and later fireplaces with overmantels, in the Red Drawing Room (Plate 94, (RCHM),and the Green Drawing Room, both with achievement-of-arms of Digby in gadroonedpanels. In each of the hexagonal bays is a smaller fireplace with Corinthianside columns supporting an entablature. The Library is lined with C18 Gothicfittings; bookcases have ogee trefoil-headed arcading on clustered columns, withcircular spandrel niches containing busts. Coved arcaded cornice. The house isunusual in its original plan, and extended plan.(RCHM Dorset I, p.66(5))Listing NGR: ST6491416404 |
| 撮影日 | 2012-05-02 14:44:58 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Sherborne, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.003 sec (1/400) |
| 開放F値 | f/5.6 |