Cancer Research UK - 9 East Street, Bridport : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Cancer Research UK - 9 East Street, Bridport / ell brown
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| 説明 | The town of Bridport in Dorset - it is the gateway to West Bay and the Jurassic Coast.This is now a shop for Cancer Research UK, but it used to be a pub and pharmacy in the past. The fugitive Charles II stayed here on September 23 1651 after escaping the Battle of Worcester.It was The Old George Inn.At 9 East Street.Grade II* listed.9, Bridport1.5191 EAST STREET(North Side)No 9 (formerlylisted as No 11)SY 4692 1/60 28.11.50.II* GV2.C16/17. Altered in early C19. Stucco. 2 storeys. Ground floor has double-bowedshop front with glazing bars, reeded pilasters, door jambs and transom, anda continuous fascia with an arcaded pattern. Double doors with Gothick glazingbars. 1st floor has 2 segmental bows with sashes with Gothick glazing bars.Parapet with raised centre, and very elaborate foliated scrolls at the sidessupporting moulded posts with elaborate finials.Interior. Ground floor has ceiling beams with convex moulding. 2 posts,1 with stopped chamfers, both with applied Ionic capitals. 3 bay arcade againstrear wall with pointed arches on thin colonnettes and blue and gold paintedglass in spandrels. 1st floor room has C16/17 fireplace with moulded surround(1 convex and 1 concave chamfer, stopped) and no mantel shelf. Simple Regencystaircase. Dispensary at rear has early Cl9 sash with marginal glazing bars;door and window reveals panelled with raised moulding.In the house is preserved a C17 or C18 pottery finial in form of a horse andrider, which used to be on the roof, and dates from the time when the housewas probably the George Inn. (Similar ones found at Totnes, Plympton, Looe,Plymouth and Polperro). Charles II stayed at the George as a fugitive onSeptember 23rd 1651, And was disguised as an ostler to evade capture. Thepresent firm was established in 1788 by Dr Roberts, who made it widely celebratedby the manufacture of his patent medicine.Nos 9 to 15 (odd) form a group.Listing NGR: SY4661892951Poor Man's FriendIn 1805, Doctor Giles Roberts opened his shop at 9 East Street, formally the Old George Inn where Charles II was almost captured by troops in 1651. Here he was able to set up a laboratory and give lectures. On a panel of the stone seat in Bucky Doo Square, there is reference to a pharmacist shop at 9 East Street. |
| 撮影日 | 2012-05-04 12:39:30 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Bridport, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.002 sec (1/640) |
| 開放F値 | f/4.5 |