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Lewis Vulliamy
Lewis Vulliamy (15 March 1791 – 4 January 1871) was an English architect descended from the Vulliamy family of clockmakers. Life Lewis Vulliamy was the son of the clockmaker Benjamin Vulliamy. He was born in Pall Mall, London on 15 March 1791, and articled to Sir Robert Smirke. He was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in 1809, where he won the silver medal the year after for an architectural drawing, and the gold medal in 1813. He was elected Royal Academy travelling student in 1818, after which he studied abroad for four years, mostly in Italy, but also visiting Greece and Asia Minor. He was a great-uncle of the art potter Blanche Georgiana Vulliamy. Vulliamy died at Clapham Common, on 4 January 1871. Works *speculative housing in Tavistock Square and Gordon (later Endsleigh) Place in Bloomsbury (1827) *Neo-Gothic churches in the London area **St Bartholomew's, Sydenham (1826–31) **St Barnabas's, Addison Road, Kensington (1828–9) **St Michael's, Highgate (1830 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
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 fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wardle, Greater Manchester
Wardle (; pop. 7,092) is a village near Littleborough within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the South Pennines, east-southeast of Whitworth, north-northwest of Rochdale and north-northeast of the city of Manchester. Historically a part of Lancashire, Wardle and its surroundings have provided archaeological evidence of Mesolithic activity in the area. The name Wardle is said to be derived from "Ward Hill", implying "fortified place". Brown Wardle Hill overlooks the village from the north, its name being derived from the Celtic word ''bron'' meaning "round". During the Middle Ages Wardle was a small centre of domestic flannel and woollen cloth production, and many of the original weavers' cottages survive today as listed buildings. Wardle, the most northerly settlement in Greater Manchester,Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (N.D.), p. 33. encompasses small parts of Smallbridge and Dearnley â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friday Hill House
Friday Hill House is a Grade II listed house at 7, Simmons Lane, Friday Hill, London, E4 6JH. It was built in 1839 by the architect Lewis Vulliamy. The manor house built and owned by Robert Boothby Heathcote, who was both the lord of the manor and rector of the local church. It was he who paid for the building of the church of St Peter and St Paul in Chingford and a local school whose name lives on in the Heathcote School & Science College. He is buried in the Boothby family vault in All Saints' Churchyard ( Chingford Old Church), Old Church Road. The vault was purchased by Robert Boothby (died 1733), who lived in the previous manor house. The Heathcotes lived in the 19th century house until the death of Louisa Heathcote in 1940. The present building has been used as a further education centre, but was put up for sale in 2012. In 2019, seven flats in the house were sold leasehold for prices in the range £322,500 to £465,000 each. The grounds hosts one of the Great Trees of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westonbirt Exterior
Westonbirt is a village in the civil parish of Westonbirt with Lasborough, in the district of Cotswold, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. History Westonbirt was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Westone''. See also * Westonbirt House, a country house in Westonbirt * Westonbirt School, which now occupies the house * Westonbirt Arboretum Westonbirt, The National Arboretum is an arboretum in Gloucestershire, England, about southwest of the town of Tetbury. Managed by Forestry England, it is perhaps the most important and widely known arboretum in the United Kingdom. Planted ... References External links Villages in Gloucestershire Cotswold District {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Institution
The Royal Institution of Great Britain (often the Royal Institution, Ri or RI) is an organisation for scientific education and research, based in the City of Westminster. It was founded in 1799 by the leading British scientists of the age, including Henry Cavendish and its first president, George Finch. Its foundational principles were diffusing the knowledge of, and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, as well as enhancing the application of science to the common purposes of life (including through teaching, courses of philosophical lectures, and experiments). Much of the Institution's initial funding and the initial proposal for its founding were given by the Society for Bettering the Conditions and Improving the Comforts of the Poor, under the guidance of philanthropist Sir Thomas Bernard and American-born British scientist Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. Since its founding it has been based at 21 Albemarle Street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Society Of England And Wales
The Law Society of England and Wales (officially The Law Society) is the professional association that represents solicitors for the jurisdiction of England and Wales. It provides services and support to practising and training solicitors, as well as serving as a sounding board for law reform. Members of the Society are often consulted when important issues are being debated in Parliament or by the executive. The Society was formed in 1825. The Hall of The Law Society is in Chancery Lane, London, but it also has offices in Cardiff to deal with the Wales jurisdiction and the Senedd, and Brussels, to deal with European Union law. A president is elected annually to serve for one year. The current president is Lubna Shuja, the first Asian and first Muslim president in the organisation's history. The Law Society has nothing to do with barristers in England and Wales. The relevant professional body for barristers is the General Council of the Bar. History The London Law Insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an English church of Norman architecture in Rochester, Kent. The church is the cathedral of the Diocese of Rochester in the Church of England and the seat (''cathedra'') of the Bishop of Rochester, the second oldest bishopric in England after that of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The edifice is a Grade I listed building (number 1086423). History Anglo-Saxon establishment The Rochester diocese was founded by Justus, one of the missionaries who accompanied Augustine of Canterbury to convert the pagan southern English to Christianity in the early 7th century. As the first Bishop of Rochester, Justus was given permission by King Æthelberht of Kent to establish a church dedicated to Andrew the Apostle (like the monastery at Rome where Augustine and Justus had set out for England) on the site of the present cathedral, which was made the seat of a bishopric. The cathedral was to be served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harrison Townsend
Charles Harrison Townsend (13 May 1851 — 26 December 1928) was an English architect. He was born in Birkenhead, educated at Birkenhead School and articled to the Liverpool architect Walter Scott in 1870. He moved to London with his family in 1880 and entered partnership with the London architect Thomas Lewis Banks in 1884. Townsend became a member of the Art Workers' Guild in 1888 and in the same year was elected a Fellow of the more conservative Royal Institute of British Architects. He remained an active member of both organisations throughout his career and was elected Master of the Art Workers' Guild in 1903. He is important Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) architect whose favourite motif was the tree. Works Townsend’s career was devoted mainly to domestic and small-scale ecclesiastical commissions, but his reputation rests principally on three strikingly original public buildings in London: Bishopsgate Institute (1892–94); the Whitechapel Art Gallery (1895& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James-the-Less, Bethnal Green
St James-the-Less is a church in Bethnal Green, London, England. It is an Anglican church in the Diocese of London. Built as a commissioners' church in 1840–2, its architect was Lewis Vulliamy. Notable clergy * From 1906 to 1908, Frank Buttle was the Assistant Curate. * John Watts Ditchfield was Vicar from 1908 at least before being appointed first Bishop of Chelmsford in 1914. * From 1999 to 2006, Rachel Treweek was the Vicar; she is now Bishop of Gloucester, the first woman to become a diocesan bishop in the Church of England References See also *List of Commissioners' churches in London Bethnal Green Bethnal Green is an area in the East End of London northeast of Charing Cross. The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the common land, Green, much of which survives today as Bethnal Green Gardens, beside Cambridge Heat ... Commissioners' church buildings 19th-century Church of England church buildings Romanesque Revival church buildings i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Peter's, Bethnal Green
St Peter's Bethnal Green is a 19th-century church in Bethnal Green, London, England. History Built as the first of a group of new churches which, in a remarkable church planting movement led by Bishop Blomfied, came to be known as the '12 apostles of Bethnal Green'. This was an offshoot of Blomfield's Metropolitan Church Fund for Bethnal Green churches. Present day In the summer of 2010, the church entered into a church planting partnership with St Paul's Shadwell to re-energise the church. Since then the congregation has grown from 20 to 120. There are many community projects undertaken and three different types of Sunday service offered at 10am and 11am across a regular month. It is a 'cross-tradition' Anglican church in the Diocese of London, with a mixture of sacramental and charismatic worship, and with a strong emphasis on connecting with the parish. Architecture Built as a commissioners' church in 1840–1, its architect was Lewis Vulliamy. The Vicarage is adjacent, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Society, Chancery Lane, London
Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a Social science#Law, science and as the art of justice. State-enforced laws can be made by a group legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes; by the executive through decrees and regulations; or established by judges through precedent, usually in common law jurisdictions. Private individuals may create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that adopt Alternative dispute resolution, alternative ways of resolving disputes to standard court litigation. The creation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and serves as a mediator of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dormition Cathedral, London
The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and All Saints is the cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh. It holds the diocese's administrative meetings as well as weekly, seasonal and special services. Its building is the Victorian former church of a wealthy parish of its era that faces the north-east green of Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, England. The main (western) façade is a very close copy of that of the Basilica of San Zeno, Verona, in Verona, Italy since remodelling in 1891. Its interior is largely unchanged from that of its Anglican forebear church built, which was built in 1848–1849. The architect was Lewis Vulliamy. History Anglican church The building was erected as an Anglican Church to All Saints. Architect Lewis Vulliamy proposed to build a church in Lombard style instead of conventional Gothic style. His full vision could not be realized financially. Consecration of the church took place in July 1849. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
