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Abandoned, where the past lives quietly in the trees. - Full history: https://beyondvisit.com/abandoned/the-forgotten-secrets-of-emily-wentworth-mansion/
The manor house in this form was built in the mid 1800's and has been vacant since the last owner died in the late 1980's The house is a treasure trove and...
“It’s easier to find a denier of global warming than of rising inequality,” quips economist Jared Bernstein. Maybe. But arguments over
One thing's for certain: you can't miss Raglan Castle. If you're coming by car or coach, the castle ruins loom over the A40, one of the trunk-roads connecting the Welsh towns of Abergavenny and Chepstow with the borders of England. Even today, the ruined castle evokes some of the magnificence and grandeur of its heyday - back in the c17th. Raglan has a rather checkered history - it started life, in late Medieval times, as a real fortified castle. However, being built during a peaceful period in the English/Welsh border wars, it didn't see much military action. As a result,
Barnard Castle in County Durham is set in a stunning position on the edge of the modern town, on a sharp escarpment overlooking the River Tees. In this position it is protected by the sheer drop to the river on one side but it also dominates the river bridge which is within easy longbow/crossbow range of the walls. This emphasis on the river crossing is further confirmed by a medieval sally port, protected by a portcullis, in the castle wall facing directly on to the bridge. www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/sets/72157628703984483/ to see the full set. Ownership of the castle site was disputed between the Crown and the Bishops of Durham as the land had been given to the church in the 9th century but had been taken back by the Earls of Northumberland only to revert to the Crown after King William II crushed a rebellion by one of the earls. In 1095 the king granted it to Guy de Baliol of Picardy in France. Guy held the castle for 30 years but its chief association is with his son and grandson - both called Bernard de Baliol - after whom it is named today. Bernard II fought against Scots King David I at the Battle of the Standard (Northallerton) in 1138. The original Baliols died out in 1199 but Eustance de Helicourt, a member of a local tenant family managed to obtain the succession and changed his name to Baliol. Perhaps he'd been an illegitimate child of the family. The Bishop of Durham held the castle as security for a loan to Eustace but was ordered to return it to Eustace's son Hugh in 1212. In 1216 Northumbrian barons were in revolt against the English king supported by Alexander I of Scotland and the castle was held by Hugh. While Barnard Castle was besieged by the Scots King Alexander's brother-in-law Eustace de Vesci was hit on the forehead by a crossbow bolt fired from inside the castle and killed. There are no further details but the castle apparently held out. The Baliols later inherited large Scottish estates and John Baliol made a play for the Scottish crown and lost, being imprisoned in the Tower of London. The castle passed first to Bishop of Durham Antony Bek (based on the church's ancient claim to the site) but later reverted to Edward I. On his deathbed in 1307 Edward I granted the lordship to Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. The Warwick lands were mainly in the Midlands and he rarely spent time at Barnard Castle. During the Beauchamp period the extensive outer ward of the castle was abandoned as a rationalistion to make the castle easier and cheaper to run. However the family also improved the inner ward defences. The Beauchamp male line died out in the 15th century but the castle and earldom of Warwick was inherited by Richard Neville known as 'Warwick the Kingmaker' for his power brokering role in the so-called Wars of the Roses. With Warwick's death at the Battle of Barnet in 1471 the castle was again claimed by the Bishops of Durham but was instead passed to Duke Richard of Gloucester, the future King Richard III. Some changes at the castle including a luxurious oriel window bearing his white boar date to his ownership. Gloucester's primary base was at Middleham Castle further south in Yorkshire. The castle was besieged again in 1536 during the religious unrest against King Henry VIII which led to the Pilgrimage of Grace which attempted to reverse the Dissolution of the Monasteries. A further uprising in 1569 saw the castle held against 5,000 rebels opposing Queen Elizabeth I. In a dramatic incident Sir George Bowes commanding the castle said that his garrison were jumping over the walls of the inner ward to desert and join the rebels. "I found the people in the castle in continual mutinies... in one daye and nyght two hundred and twenty six men leaped over the walles and opened the gaytes and went to the enemy; of which number thirty five broke their necks, legges or arms in the leaping..." He eventually surrendered the castle on terms and marched out with 400 loyal men. The rebellion was later put down by the Earl of Sussex. The castle later slid into decay and was pillaged for building stone despite orders by the borough court that this should not happen. In 1952 it was placed in the hands of the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works and is now cared-for by English Heritage. As presented now the castle is a handsome and well managed ruin. The original design was four wards or baileys - an inner ward, a middle ward, and outer ward and a town ward. This last is closest to the present town and may have served as a civilian shelter in time of Scots' raids. The outer ward was lightly defended and housed the castle's farm and a chapel and it was this which the Beauchamps let go, concentrating instead on the town, middle and inner wards. Each ward was separated from the others by ditches, walls and gates and the theory was that defenders could withdraw inwards and shorten their lines of defence during a siege or attack. The castle lacks an obvious strong tower or keep but the size and shape of the inner ward suggests the ward may have once have functioned as a shell keep similar to Carisbrooke Castle. The inner ward is now dominated by a large round tower but this does not seem to fulfill the role of a true keep. This round tower was used as an industrial shot tower for casting musket balls by later owners.
Interior of abandoned Art Nouveau bldg located in SE Romanian city of Constanta on the edge of the Black Sea, was inaugurated in 1910. Designed by architects, Daniel Renard and Petre Antonescu.
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taken in/about McDermott court.
Was this the King's bldg or the Queen's bldg?
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The Flatiron Building on Battery Park Avenue in downtown Asheville was completed in 1927.
