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St Mary, Haggerston
St Mary, Haggerston, was an Anglicanism, Anglican parish church built to the designs of John Nash (architect), John Nash in 1827, in what is now the London Borough of Hackney. Built in the Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic style of its time, it had an elaborate west front with a disproportionately tall tower. The rest of the church was, in comparison, rather plain. It was altered later in the 19th century by James Brooks (architect), James Brooks as the first initiative of the Haggerston Church Scheme, and destroyed by bombs during the Second World War. The site is now a children's playground west of Haggerston Park, between Thurtle Road and Queensbridge Road. History St Mary, Haggerston, was a "Commissioners' church", built under an Act of Parliament of 1818 which granted £1,000,000 for the building of new churches. The Church Building Commission, set up under the act to distribute the money and oversee construction, was advised on architectural questions by the Board of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Brooks (architect)
James Brooks (1825–1901) was an influential England, English Gothic Revival architect and designer. Brooks established his reputation through a series of landmark churches built in the East End of London in the 1860 and 1870s, and was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal in 1895. Early life Brooks was born in Hatford, near Wantage, Berkshire, in 1825. He was educated at John Roysse's Free school (England), Free School in Abingdon-on-Thames (now Abingdon School) which he attended from about 1835 until 1840. In 1847 he was articled to the London architect Lewis Stride. He attended Thomas Leverton Donaldson's lectures at University College London, and enrolled as a student at the Royal Academy Schools. Career Brooks set up in practice in about 1852. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1853 and 1899; from 1894 as "James Brooks and Sons". Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo was his pupil. He was architect to the Diocesan Society of Canterbury, and a cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentleman's Magazine
''The Gentleman's Magazine'' was a monthly magazine founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1907, ceasing publication altogether in 1922. It was the first to use the term ''magazine'' (from the French ''magazine'', meaning "storehouse") for a periodical. Samuel Johnson's first regular employment as a writer was with ''The Gentleman's Magazine''. History The original complete title was ''The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer''. Cave's innovation was to create a monthly digest of news and commentary on any topic the educated public might be interested in, from commodity prices to Latin poetry. It carried original content from a stable of regular contributors, as well as extensive quotations and extracts from other periodicals and books. Cave, who edited ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' under the pen name "Sylvanus Urban", was the first to use the term ''magazine'' (meaning "storehouse") for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John The Baptist Church, Windsor
St John the Baptist Church is a parish church in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is dedicated to St John the Baptist. The church was rebuilt in Gothic Revival style in 1822. It is the civic church of Windsor, and many Mayors of Windsor are buried in the church and churchyard. The church is Grade II* listed. Two of the three Protestant Windsor Martyrs, who were burnt at the stake in 1543, were associated with the church. Old church The original settlement at Windsor was at what is now called Old Windsor. Henry I moved the Royal Court to the Windsor Castle site in New Windsor. There are references to the existence of St John's Church by the reign of Henry II, by which point there had been several previous incumbents. By the end of its existence, the church consisted of a nave, chancel and aisles, each under a separate gable and all flush at the east end. The poor condition of the building led to a proposal in 1818 to rebuild. Windsor Martyrs Although Henry VIII ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is a Royal peculiar, Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch), and the Chapel of the Order of the Garter. St George's Chapel was founded in the 14th century by Edward III of England, King Edward III and extensively enlarged in the late 15th century. It is located in the Bailey (castle), Lower Ward of the castle. The castle has belonged to the monarchy for almost 1,000 years. The chapel has been the scene of many royal services, weddings and burials – in the 19th century, St George's Chapel and the nearby Frogmore, Frogmore Gardens superseded Westminster Abbey as the chosen burial place for the British royal family. The running of the chapel is the responsibility of the dean and Canons of Windsor who make up the Collegiate church, College of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Smith
"Father" Bernard Smith (c. 1630 – 1708) was a German-born master organ maker in England in the late seventeenth century. Smith, born as Bernhardt Schmidt in Halle, Germany, served his apprenticeship in Germany before emigrating to England in 1667. In 1681 he became the king's organ maker and, in 1699, built an organ for the Banqueting House, Whitehall, which was at that time serving as a Chapel Royal to the court of William and Mary. The organ case is now at the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of London. Along with his hated rival Renatus Harris he was one of the two most prominent organ builders in late seventeenth-century Britain. The rivalry between Smith and Harris led to the famous ''Battle of the Organs'' in 1684, when both were bidding for the contract to build the new organ for the Temple Church, London. Each man erected an organ in the Temple Church and then hired prominent organists to demonstrate the superiority of their instrument. Smith hired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton And Bell
Clayton and Bell was one of the most prolific and proficient British workshops of stained-glass windows during the latter half of the 19th century and early 20th century. The partners were John Richard Clayton (1827–1913) and Alfred Bell (1832–1895). The company was founded in 1855 and continued until 1993. Their windows are found throughout the United Kingdom, in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Clayton and Bell's commercial success was due to the high demand for stained-glass windows at the time, their use of the best-quality glass available, the excellence of their designs and their employment of efficient factory methods of production. They collaborated with many of the most prominent Gothic Revival architects and were commissioned, for example, by John Loughborough Pearson to provide the windows for the newly constructed Truro Cathedral. Background During the Middle Ages, Medieval period, from the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 until the 1530 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decorated Style
English Gothic is an architectural style that flourished from the late 12th until the mid-17th century. The style was most prominently used in the construction of cathedrals and churches. Gothic architecture's defining features are pointed arches, rib vaults, buttresses, and extensive use of stained glass. Combined, these features allowed the creation of buildings of unprecedented height and grandeur, filled with light from large stained glass windows. Important examples include Westminster Abbey, Canterbury Cathedral and Salisbury Cathedral. The Gothic style endured in England much longer than in Continental Europe. The Gothic style was introduced from France, where the various elements had first been used together within a single building at the choir of the Abbey of Saint-Denis north of Paris, completed in 1144. The earliest large-scale applications of Gothic architecture in England were Canterbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. Many features of Gothic architecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Matthias Church, Stoke Newington
St Matthias' Church is a Grade-I listed Church of England parish church in Stoke Newington, north London, England. Since it opened it has been known for its distinctly ‘High Church’ forms of worship.A P Baggs, Diane K Bolton and Patricia E C Croot'Stoke Newington: Churches' in ''A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8, Islington and Stoke Newington Parishes'', ed. T F T Baker and C R Elrington (London, 1985), pp. 204-211. British History Online, website, accessed 28 June 2019. History The parish of St Matthias Stoke Newington was created in 1849, out of the parish of Stoke Newington and a parcel of 'detached' land belonging to Hornsey parish. The patron of the new parish - responsible for appointing the clergy - was alternately the Crown and the Bishop of London. The impressive church building was designed by William Butterfield (1814–1900) and completed and consecrated in June 1853. The cost of the building was substantially met by a wealthy local surgeon named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Brett (surgeon)
Robert Brett (1808–1874), was an English surgeon and writer of devotional books, involved with the tractarian movement. Life Brett was born on 11 September 1808, it is believed at or near Luton, Bedfordshire. As soon as he was old enough, he entered St George's Hospital, London, as a medical pupil, and passed his examinations, both as MRCSE and LSAL, in 1830. He then probably filled some hospital posts, and most certainly married. At this time he wished to take holy orders, and go abroad as a missionary. But he was dissuaded from such a step, and continued the practice of his profession. On the death of his wife, he went as assistant to Samuel Reynolds, a surgeon at Stoke Newington, whose sister he married, and with whom he entered into a partnership which lasted fourteen years. He continued to practise at Stoke Newington until his death, on 3 February 1874. Religious activities He entered enthusiastically into the tractarian movement from its commencement, doing all in his p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wyatt
James Wyatt (3 August 1746 – 4 September 1813) was an English architect, a rival of Robert Adam in the Neoclassicism, neoclassical and neo-Gothic styles. He was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 1785 and was its president from 1805 to 1806. Early life Wyatt was born on 3 August 1746 at Weeford, near Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Early classical career Wyatt spent six years in Italy, 1762–68, in company with Richard Bagot of Staffordshire, who was Secretary to Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton's embassy to the Venetian Republic. In Venice, Wyatt studied with Antonio Visentini (1688–1782) as an architectural draughtsman and painter. In Rome he made measured drawings of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica, "being under the necessity of lying on his back on a ladder slung horizontally, without cradle or side-rail, over a frightful void of 300 feet". Back in England, his selection as architect of the proposed Pantheon (London), Pantheon or "Winter Ranelegh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpenter's Gothic
''Carpenter's Gothic'' is the title of the third novel by American writer William Gaddis, published in 1985 by Viking. The title connotes a "Gothic" tale of haunted isolation, in a milieu stripped of all pretensions. Gaddis's second-shortest novel, ''Carpenter's Gothic'' relates the words and occasional actions, in one house, of an ex-soldier, Confederate apologist, and pathological liar; his neglected and ineffectual wife; and a visitor with a mysterious past who resembles in many ways Gaddis himself. The book is notable mainly for its strict fugue-like nature, as each character pursues his own themes in conversation and in action, often without reference to anything said or done by the others. __NOTOC__ Reception and criticism Writing for the ''Los Angeles Review of Books'', Greg Gerke referred to the book as " ittingperfectly with the other three novels as one long scroll of words." Gerke refers to the other Gaddis books ''The Recognitions'', '' J R'', and '' A Frolic of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
