Old Royal Naval College from the grounds of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich - King William Court and Queen Mary Court : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Old Royal Naval College from the grounds of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich - King William Court and Queen Mary Court / ell brown
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| 説明 | First look at the Old Royal Naval College from the grounds outside Queens House and the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.We were heading to Queens House this time.King William Court on the left.General view from the drive to Queens House of the Old Royal Naval College. I would later get a better view from the windows inside Queens House!All Grade I listed buildings.King William Court listing:Royal Naval College South West Building King William's Quarter, Greenwich1.4412 ROMNEY ROAD SE10(North Side)Royal Naval CollegeSouth-West building"King William's Quarter"TQ 3877 26/G107CI2.Begun 1698 to design of Sir Christopher Wren. Hall, dome and colonnade completed1703. West front by Vanbrugh 1728. East (inner front) a long colonnade of pairedTuscan columns with set back, balustraded upper floor above. At north-eastcorner tower of 2 stages with drum and dome above. Lower stage square, 1-baywmth wide open pediment and high round arched window with flanking niches. Upperstage round, of Corinthian columns, with diagonal projections. Low drum withraised eaves on axes. Ribbed leaded dome with oval windows in lower part andcolumned cupola with vane above.South front 4 storeys and basement. Enriched entablature and parapet. Slightlyprojecting pedimented end bays with pilasters on 3rd floor and quoins below.All windows sashes with glazing bars and all but ground floor in moulded architraves,those on 3rd floor shouldered. Console bracketed broken cornices and triplekeystones to 2nd floor windows. Modified Gibbs surround and console bracketedcornices to 1st floor windows. Windows in outer bays in tall, round archedrecesses with oval attic windows. 3rd floor window in right bay flanked by roundarched niches. Below this, return of inner colonnade 6 pairs of Tuscan columns,the outer ones square, with entablature and balustraded parapet. West frontarranged in 3 blocks. Red brick with Portland stone dressings, and stone facadeto 3-bay centre, Inner block of 4 storeys and basement, 11 windows. Rebatedangles with inner and outer quoins. 2 square ½-colums and 2 fluted round columnssupport Doric entablature and parapet, lower at sides. Gauged brick arches torecessed sash windows with glazing bars. Tall, round-arched 1st floor centrewindow with oval window above. Round arched entrance below. 3-storey, 1-windowlinks, with windows in open-pedimented entablature surround, to 3-bay end pavilionsunder wide segmental pediments. Deep recess with oval window in tympanum. Stonequoins. Segment headed 2nd floor windows with drip mould and cill band. Roundarched 1st floor windows with cill band. Moulded stone architraves. Segmentheaded ground floor windows with spring string.Inside, the Painted Hall. Vestibule under dome has columns painted in grisailleand sculpture in pendentives. Flight of steps and screen of composite columnsto Lower Hall of 8 main bays divided by composite pilasters supporting enrichedentablature. All painted in grisaille to give effect of fluted columns andpilasters, enriched architraves and rosette-panelled reveals, trophies of armson West wall and cartouches over doors. 6 steps and proscenium-type arch tosmaller upper hall. Signs of zodiac in high relief on archivolt.Ceilings painted by Sir James Thornhill between 1708 and 1716. In Eastern bayfigures representing tidal rivers drawn up by the moon around a Spanish galleonand surrounded by figures of great astronomers. In oval centre William andMary surrounded by Virtues, with Louis XIV underfoot, bordered by figures representingSeasons and Signs of Zodiac (a portrait of an old pensioner of the Hospital introducedas Winter.) In western arch Vices chased from Heavens by Minerva and Hercules,around another Spanish Galleon; and figures representing the City of London andrivers; and Greek scientists.In Upper Hall ceiling Queen Anne and her consort, Prince George of Denmark, ina medallion surrounded by Virtues; with sea gods and sea creatures welcomingthe return of the Maritime Agent. 4 side panels of the Continents. Flower piecesin corners by Charles Lebrun. Walls painted by pupils of Thornhill, allegoricalscenes in grisaille.Inner courtyard of this building has, on East side, a colonnaded portico withpediment containing sculptures representing Nelson's battles in Coade stoneby Benjamin West.Listing NGR: TQ3858977860Queen Mary Court on the right.Queen Mary Court ListingRoyal Naval College Queen Mary's Quarter, Greenwich1.4412 ROMNEY ROAD SE10(North Side)Royal Naval College"Queen Mary's Quarter"TQ 3877 26/G107BI2.Begun 1699 with chapel and inner colonnade to designs of Sir Christopher Wren.Completed by Sir John Vanbrugh 1728. East front Portland stone ashlar. 4 storeys,25 bays. Slightly projecting 5-bay centrepiece (with balustraded parapet) and3-bay ends with pedimented gables. Hipped roof of moderate pitch, leaded toNorth, slated to South. Dentilled eaves cornice right across; blocking courseover intermediate sections. Bands at 1st and 3rd floor levels and at 1st floorcills. Rusticated ground floor. Piano nobile comprises 1st and low 2nd floor,both included in arcading of centre and ends, with 2nd floor windows lUnettes.All other windows recessed square headed sashes with glazing bars, those in centreand ends with moulded architraves. South front 4 storeys and basement, 11 windows.Enriched entablature and parapet. Slightly projecting ppedimented end bays withpilasters on 3rd floor and quoins below. Bands at 3rd floor level and 1st floorcills. Rusticated ground floor. Above ground floor windows in moulded architraves,those on jrd floor shouldered. Console bracketed broken cornices and triplekeystones to 2nd floor windows. Modified Gibbs surround and console bracketedcornice to 1st floor windows. Windows in outer bays in tall, round arched recessesrunning up into pediment, with oval attic window. In left bay 3rd floor windowflanked by round arched niches. Below this the return of inner colonnade, 6pairs of Tuscan columns (the outer ones square) with entablature and balustradedparapet over. The whole inner (West) return is a long colonnade of paired columnswith balustraded upper floor set back behind them and ending in a tower of 2stages with drum and dome above. Lover stage square, 1-bay with wide open pedimentand high round arched window with flanking niches. Upper stage round, of Corinthiancolumns, with diagonal projections. Low drum with raised eaves for clock face.Ribbed lead dome with oval windows in lower part, columned cupola with vane above.Inside, the chapel, damaged by fire in 1779; and in 1789 redecorated by James(Athenian) Stuart and William Newton. Octagonal vestibule with coved ceiling.Tall flight of curved, dimishing steps. 8-bay chapel with wood galleries bothsides resting on wide, curved brackets. Low, segmental ceiling has 3 cofferedroundels in borders. Organ gallery at West end resting on Ionic Order withbalustrade, highly enriched. Original organ by Samuel Green, 1789. All thatremains of original decoration are 2 tall pairs of Corinthian columns at eitherend framing entrance and altarpiece painting by Benjamin West. Very rich classicalornament throughout in shallow relief and in grisaille. In gallery ends doubledoors in rich surrounds under flattened, coffered ½-domes. Round pulpit, on4 fluted Corinthian columns, has carved Coade stone medallions by Benjamin West,and graceful curved stair.Listing NGR: TQ3867777909 |
| 撮影日 | 2012-10-15 10:22:14 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | London, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S2980 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.006 sec (1/160) |
| 開放F値 | f/8.0 |