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The Old House (fairy Tale)
Old House may refer to: Places *Old House, a building in the village of Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Tyrol, Austria *The Old House, a house in the parish of Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England, UK *The Old House, Harrietsham, a well-preserved former farmhouse *Old House, Hereford, a house, now a museum, in Hereford, England, UK * The Old House, Ightham Common, a pub in Kent, England, UK * Old House (Quincy, Massachusetts) or Peacefield, a historic home of President Adams in Massachusetts, USA *Old House (Cutchogue), a National Historic Landmark house in Suffolk County, New York, USA *Old House, Pirot, Serbia, former house of the Hristić family * Old House, South Carolina, a community in Jasper County, SC Other uses * ''The Old House'' (fairy tale), an 1847 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen *"Old House", a song by Nik Kershaw from ''You've Got to Laugh'' See also * ''This Old House ''This Old House'' is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Anton Am Arlberg
Sankt Anton am Arlberg, commonly referred to as St Anton, is a village and ski resort in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It lies in the Tyrolean Alps, with aerial tramways and chairlifts up to , yielding a vertical drop of . It is also a popular summer resort among hikers, trekkers and mountaineers. Skiing has a long history in St. Anton: ski instructors from the area emigrated to the United States in the 1930s, helping to popularise the sport. St. Anton was the host of the Alpine World Ski Championships in 2001, and is frequently listed as one of the world's top skiing resorts both in terms of skiing available and après-ski entertainment. Geography St Anton lies on the Rosanna River and is in the main east-west rail line between Austria and Switzerland. There are many airports that serve St Anton by way of train and car that include Munich, Zürich, Innsbruck, and Friedrichshafen. The centre is a pedestrian zone. Activities Skiing St Anton is part of the Arlberg area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydbrook
Lydbrook is a civil parish in the Forest of Dean, a local government district in the English county of Gloucestershire and is located in the Wye Valley. It is on the north west edge of the Forest of Dean's present legal boundary proper. It comprises the districts of Lower Lydbrook, Upper Lydbrook, Joys Green and Worrall Hill. It has a mile and a half long high street, reputed to be the longest high street of any village in England. Early history The area now forming the present village of Lydbrook has been inhabited throughout history. Artifacts from Hangerberry and Eastbach on the south west corner of the parish, and Lower Lydbrook show evidence of widespread activity from the Mesolithic period (Middle Stone Age 10,000–4000 BC) to the present. Flint stone tools from surrounding fields confirm that the area was occupied and farmed for more than 4,000 years. Lydbrook was inhabited by the Romans as there is evidence of a Roman homestead along Proberts Barn Lane, Lower Lydbrook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old House, Harrietsham
The Old House is a former farmhouse in Harrietsham, Kent, built around 1500 and described as "unusually well preserved". The house is a two-storey timber framed structure with a steeply pitched plain tiled hipped roof. The right and left ends of the front façade and the two end façades are jettied with moulded bressumer beams carrying the load of the upper floor. Windows of various sizes and dates provide illumination to the interior. Internally, the roof structure is formed of tie beams and crown posts, one of which is octagonal with mouldings. The stairs are original and the hall wall shows smoke blackening from the time before the construction of the chimney when open hearths and roof apertures were used in this type of building. The house is a Grade I listed building. See also *Grade I listed buildings in Maidstone There are 42 Grade I listed buildings in Maidstone. The Borough of Maidstone is a local government district in the English county of Kent. The di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old House, Hereford
The Old House is a distinctive black and white half-timbered house in High Town, Hereford, England, built in 1621. It was restored in the 19th century and became a museum of Jacobean era, Jacobean life in 1929.Old House, High Town, Hereford Culture 24, UK. The building was renamed the Black and White House Museum in 2017. It is part of Herefordshire Council's Museum Service. History The Old House is a well-preserved half-timbered Jacobean architecture, Jacobean building in the centre of Hereford. It was built in 1621 as part of Butchers' Row. In 1816, other buildings on the row started to be demolished and now, Old House is the only remaining house from the original row. The house has been used by butchers, ironmongers, and bankers during its history. The Old Hous ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old House, Ightham Common
The Old House is a Grade II listed public house at Redwell Lane, Ightham Common, Kent TN15 9EE. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors The National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors is a register of public houses in the United Kingdom with interiors which have been noted as being of significant historic interest, having remained largely unchanged for at least 30 years, but usu .... It dates to the 17th century. References Grade II listed pubs in Kent National Inventory Pubs {{pub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peacefield
Peacefield, also called Peace field or Old House, is a historic home formerly owned by the Adams family of Quincy, Massachusetts. It was the home of United States Founding Father and U.S. president John Adams and First Lady Abigail Adams, and of U.S. president John Quincy Adams and his First Lady, Louisa Adams. It is now part of the Adams National Historical Park. The Stone Library requested by John Quincy Adams is directly next door. It was built by John Quincy's son Charles, a Peacefield resident, after the deaths of the two presidents. History Peacefield was the home and farm of John Adams and his wife, Abigail Smith Adams. Later, it was also the home of John Quincy Adams, his wife Louisa Catherine Adams, their son Charles Francis Adams, and Charles' sons, historians Henry Adams and Brooks Adams. Vassall Era The oldest portion of the house was built in 1731 as a summer house for Leonard Vassall (1678-1737), wealthy owner of slave-labor sugar plantations in Luana, New S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old House (Cutchogue)
The Old House is a historic home on State Route 25 in Cutchogue in Suffolk County, New York. It is "notable as one of the most distinguished surviving examples of English domestic architecture in America." Architecture The Old House is a two-story timber-frame structure measuring about , with a clapboarded exterior and gabled roof. Its main facade is on the south side, with a center entrance framed by a simple trim with a segmented-arch lintel. On either side of the door there are three-part casement windows on both the first and second floors. Three similar windows appear on the north (back) side of the house which are careful replicas of the original windows. The interior of the house is divided into four rooms, two on each floor. A large brick chimney separates the rooms on each floor and divides the attic in two. Narrow winding staircases on one side provide access to the upper levels. The ground-floor kitchen has a fireplace over long and deep. At some point (probably i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old House, Pirot
The Old House is a Hristic family house in Tijabara, Pirot. Built in 1848, it was placed under protection of the Serbian state in 1953, and in 1979 it became a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance for Serbia. After that, the Old House became a museum. It is Pirot's best preserved example of traditional architecture from the mid-19th century. It belonged to respectable trader Hrista Jovanović. History The house took two years to construct and was completed on April 5 1848, as confirmed in an engraving on the building's floor. Hrista Jovanović needed permission from the Turkish authorities to build it, as he intended for it to be significant, with two floors. Thus, he built one of Pirot's most luxurious Christian houses in the mid-nineteenth century on the outskirts of the town. Unfortunately, no information currently exists about the craftsmen who built it. To this day, it is still unclear who designed it – whether it was " Little Rista" who dreamed it up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old House, South Carolina
Old House is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, South Carolina, United States. The community is located at the intersection of SC 336 and SC 462; east of Ridgeland. The community is named after the Old House Plantation, which was settled 1740 by Daniel Heyward. The plantation included a tidal mill, textile factory and an import-export business, all of which were destroyed by fire in 1865. The site includes the grave of Thomas Heyward, Jr., a signer of the Declaration of Independence and of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of South Carolina. See also * Broad River * Honey Hill-Boyd's Neck Battlefield Honey Hill-Boyd's Neck Battlefield is a historic battlefield site located near Ridgeland, Jasper County, South Carolina. The boundary encompasses the site of the American Civil War Battle of Honey Hill, November 30, 1864, as well as the Feder ... * White Hall Plantation House Ruins References Unincorporated communities in Jas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old House (fairy Tale)
Old House may refer to: Places *Old House, a building in the village of Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Tyrol, Austria *The Old House, a house in the parish of Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England, UK *The Old House, Harrietsham, a well-preserved former farmhouse *Old House, Hereford, a house, now a museum, in Hereford, England, UK * The Old House, Ightham Common, a pub in Kent, England, UK * Old House (Quincy, Massachusetts) or Peacefield, a historic home of President Adams in Massachusetts, USA *Old House (Cutchogue), a National Historic Landmark house in Suffolk County, New York, USA *Old House, Pirot, Serbia, former house of the Hristić family * Old House, South Carolina, a community in Jasper County, SC Other uses * ''The Old House'' (fairy tale), an 1847 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen *"Old House", a song by Nik Kershaw from ''You've Got to Laugh'' See also * ''This Old House ''This Old House'' is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes and translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", " The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", " The Red Shoes", " The Princess and the Pea", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", " The Little Match Girl", and " Thumbelina". His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films. Early life Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark on 2 April 1805. He had a stepsister named Karen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You've Got To Laugh
''You've Got to Laugh'' is the seventh studio album by Nik Kershaw, released on 26 October 2006 under his own record label. Initially at least, the album is only available for purchase online vihis web sitethrough his own studio, Shorthouse Records. The album is also available for a digital download via iTunes or eMusic. In a 2008 interview, Kershaw spoke of the album. "''You've Got to Laugh'' took about five years to get together. That wasn't intense recording, obviously. I just waited until I'd got enough tracks and that was the time to release it. Had it not been for my girlfriend, it probably wouldn't have been released at all. The songs are all about my own experiences or those of people around me; they're about friends and foes; they're about real life, which means there's nothing too glamorous going on". Track listing #"Can't Get Arrested" – 4:41 #"Oh, You Beautiful Thing" – 3:15 #"Lost" – 4:40 #"All About You" – 4:35 #"Promises, Promises" – 3:52 #"I Hope You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
