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Hillfield House
Hillfield House is a grade II listed house in Denmark Road, Gloucester, in England. The building, in the Italianate style popularised by Charles Barry, is faced in ashlar Bath stone, with a centrally placed tower and a porte-cochère entrance. It was built in 1867–69 by Albert Estcourt to a design by John Giles for the timber merchant Charles Walker, and replaced an earlier house of 1826 known as Woodbine Hill. One source states that the previous building was a "classical villa which dates back to around 1820". It once had extensive grounds, but these are now a park known as Hillfield Gardens. The description in December 2020 stated: "Now a Council-owned public park covering about 1.6 hectares, Highfield Gardens is supported by an active Friends group which organises annual events". During WW I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillfield House, Denmark Road, Gloucester
Hillfield, Hill Field, or, ''variation'', may refer to: Places * Hillfield, Devon, England, a location * Hillfield, Solihull, West Midlands, England, a location * Hillfields, Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK * Hillfields, Bristol, England, UK * Hillfield Gardens, Gloucester, England, UK * Hillfield Park, Solihull, West Midlands, England, UK * Hill Field Road (SR 232) Utah, USA Facilities and structures * Hillfield Court, Belsize Park, Camden, London, England, UK; a residential complex * Hillfield House, Gloucester, England, UK; a listed building * Hill Field (IATA airport code: HIF, ICAO airport code: KHIF), Ogden, Utah, USA; a U.S. Airforce Base * Talmadge L. Hill Field House, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; a multipurpose arena Other uses * Hill-Fields Entertainment, a U.S. production company See also * Hilly Flanks, Fertile Crescent * Hillyfields (other) * * * * * Hilly (other) * Hill (other) * Field (other) * Fields (disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Walker (timber Merchant)
Charles or Charlie Walker may refer to: Politics * Charles Walker (Fijian politician) (1928–2021), Fijian civil servant, politician and diplomat * Charles Walker (Georgia politician) (born 1947), American politician * Charles Walker (British politician) (born 1967), Conservative Party politician * Charls Walker (1923–2015), Under Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the US Treasury * Charles C. B. Walker (1824–1888), New York U.S. Representative * Charles Rumford Walker (physician) (1852–1922), New Hampshire State Legislature * Charles E. Walker (1860–1893), New York State Senate politician * Charles H. Walker (1828–1877), Wisconsin State Assembly * Charles Arthur Walker, Member of the UK Parliament for Wexford Borough Religion * Charles L. Walker (1832–1904), Latter-day Saint hymn writer * Charles Curwen Walker (1856–1940), Christadelphian writer and editor * Charles Coates Walker (1920–2004), American Quaker activist * Charles Walker (liturgist) (died 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures Completed In 1869
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, monument, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the :Human habitats, human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houses In Gloucestershire
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). ''6,000 Years of Housing'' (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space. Houses may have doors or locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. A house may have a separate dining room, or the eating area may be integrated into another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domestic animals such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillfield House, Gloucester (geograph 3833102)
Hillfield, Hill Field, or, ''variation'', may refer to: Places * Hillfield, Devon, England, a location * Hillfield, Solihull, West Midlands, England, a location * Hillfields, Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK * Hillfields, Bristol, England, UK * Hillfield Gardens, Gloucester, England, UK * Hillfield Park, Solihull, West Midlands, England, UK * Hill Field Road (SR 232) Utah, USA Facilities and structures * Hillfield Court, Belsize Park, Camden, London, England, UK; a residential complex * Hillfield House, Gloucester, England, UK; a listed building * Hill Field (IATA airport code: HIF, ICAO airport code: KHIF), Ogden, Utah, USA; a U.S. Airforce Base * Talmadge L. Hill Field House, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; a multipurpose arena Other uses * Hill-Fields Entertainment, a U.S. production company See also * Hilly Flanks, Fertile Crescent * Hillyfields (other) * * * * * Hilly (other) * Hill (other) * Field (other) * Fields (disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Road, Gloucester
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished from the Lord Mayo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yale University Press
Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University. It was founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day, and became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but it remains financially and operationally autonomous. , Yale University Press publishes approximately 300 new hardcover and 150 new paperback books annually and has a backlist of about 5,000 books in print. Its books have won five National Book Awards, two National Book Critics Circle Awards and eight Pulitzer Prizes. The press maintains offices in New Haven, Connecticut and London, England. Yale is the only American university press with a full-scale publishing operation in Europe. It was a co-founder of the distributor TriLiteral LLC with MIT Press and Harvard University Press. TriLiteral was sold to LSC Communications in 2018. Series and publishing programs Yale Series of Younger Poets Since its inception in 1919, the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition has published the first collection of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WW I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillfield Gardens, Gloucester
Hillfield Gardens is a public park on London Road, Gloucester, England. It houses several historical monuments. The description in December 2020 stated: "Now a Council-owned public park covering about 1.6 hectares, Highfield Gardens is supported by an active Friends group which organises annual events". History The gardens were originally part of Hillfield House, a Victorian house now owned by Gloucestershire County Council, built between 1867 and 1869. This replaced an older house built in 1826 which was known as Woodbine Hill which is also an alternative name for the gardens. The gardens were opened in 1933. The friends group which have managed the gardens since 2005, obtained the £50,000 grant from the National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Lottery Community Spaces Program in 2013. This money was used to create add a sensory garden and a woodland walk area to Hillfield Gardens. Additionally a sculpture made by school children from High School for Girls, Gloucester, Denm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Giles (architect)
John Giles was a British architect. He was born in Lincoln, probably in 1830, and his family came from Branston near Lincoln. He was articled to the Lincoln architect Pearson Bellamy. He had moved to London by 1859 and with Pearson Bellamy entered a number competitions for major public buildings. Of these only one, for Grimsby Town, was successful. In London he was responsible for a number of major projects including the Langham Hotel. He also started in 1869 on the design of hospitals with the Infirmary to Hampstead Union Workhouse. After a short period of partnership with Lewis Angel, when Stratford Town Hall was built and with Edward Biven, by 1873 he was in partnership with Albert Edward Gough. They were joined in the practice by J E Trollope and they became involved in the design of Arts and Crafts housing in London's west end. Giles had business interests in the City of London and was noted in 1867 as being a Director of the Imperial Guardian Life Insurance Company. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillfield Gardens Entrance Gates (1)
Hillfield, Hill Field, or, ''variation'', may refer to: Places * Hillfield, Devon, England, a location * Hillfield, Solihull, West Midlands, England, a location * Hillfields, Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK * Hillfields, Bristol, England, UK * Hillfield Gardens, Gloucester, England, UK * Hillfield Park, Solihull, West Midlands, England, UK * Hill Field Road (SR 232) Utah, USA Facilities and structures * Hillfield Court, Belsize Park, Camden, London, England, UK; a residential complex * Hillfield House, Gloucester, England, UK; a listed building * Hill Field (IATA airport code: HIF, ICAO airport code: KHIF), Ogden, Utah, USA; a U.S. Airforce Base * Talmadge L. Hill Field House, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; a multipurpose arena Other uses * Hill-Fields Entertainment, a U.S. production company See also * Hilly Flanks, Fertile Crescent * Hillyfields (other) * * * * * Hilly (other) * Hill (other) * Field (other) * Fields (disambiguatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Estcourt
Albert Estcourt (c. 1832 – 18 February 1909) was a builder in Gloucestershire, England, in the 19th century who with his brother, and later on his own, constructed a number of notable buildings in the county and across southern England. Some of his buildings are Hillfield House in Gloucester (1867–1869), now grade II listed; major restoration work at St Mary's Church, Cheltenham (1877); the Oxford University Cricket Club Pavilion (the Parks Pavilion) to a design by Thomas Graham Jackson (1880–1881); and Clouds House in Wiltshire (1881–1886). Early life and family Albert Estcourt was born in Painswick, Gloucestershire, around 1832 to William and Maria Estcourt. He was christened on 27 May 1832 at Painswick.Albert Estcourt England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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