Friday, January 27, 2017

Welcome Inn

Welcome Inn
Castlecomer, County Kilkenny owes its development to coal mining which began in the mid-17th century under the auspices of the Wandesforde family, which had then settled in the area.

The frontage of Hatfield House


The Coronation Necklace has been worn by every British Queen since Queen Victoria


Parham House & Garden - Sussex by Mark Wordy


Newcastle, Northern Ireland


Great Langdale, Cumbria, England


Edinburgh, Scotland


Wilton House


Ullswater, Lake District, England by Benjamin Driver


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten; born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921).



The Dunmore Pineapple - Stirlingshire, Scotland


The British Bulldog Club, London


St. Ann’s Head Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire, Wales


St Paul’s Cathedral, London


Pumping Mill Beside a Dyke, Lincolnshire John Sell Cotman (British; 1782–1842) 1810 Watercolor The British Museum, London


Hadrian’s Wall, Cuddy’s Crags, Northumberland, England


Gloucestershire, England


Thursday, January 19, 2017

Winston Churchill


Yorkshire Dales. England


Rievaulx Abbey, North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England


York, Yorkshire, England, UK


Winter in Stonehenge


Windermere, Cumbria, Lake District, England, UK


Stirling, Scotland


Polesden Lacey, UK


Highclere Castle, England


Glastonbury Abbey Ruins, England


Eccentric England Gardens and Homes of Kent & Sussex


Dolbadarn Castle, Snowdonia, Wales


Bomb damaged buildings around St Paul’s Cathedral, London, January 1942.


Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Winston Churchill


Tower Bridge


The Painted Staircase in the Hall at Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire. The Staircase was painted by Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734), c.1710


Trooping the Colour 2014 - Prince William


The Thistle Chapel in St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh is the chapel of The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Scotland’s foremost Order of Chivalry


Peak District


Pashley Manor House - Sussex, England


Officer of the 15th Hussars in a field day order, Great Britain, 1830-37

Officer of the 15th Hussars in a field day order, Great Britain, 1830-37

Natural History Museum, London


Maunsell army forts at Red Sands in the Thames Estuary, September 29, 1945


Reliquary of Thomas Becket

MASTER ALPAIS
Reliquary of Thomas Becket
1180s
Champlevé enamel, 28 x 39 x 12 cm
British Museum, London

Liverpool, England