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Studley Great Gate
The Ripon Gates are a historic structure at Studley Royal, a World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire, in England. George Aislabie commissioned Leo Metcalf to build the gateway at the east entrance to Studley Royal, and it was completed in 1685. It was originally known as Studley Great Gate. The lodges either side of the gates – Golf Cottage and East Lodge – were added in the early 18th century, probably with input to the design from Colen Campbell. The lodges were enlarged in 1840. The gateway, walls and lodges were grade II* listed in 1967. The gateway, walls and lodges are all built of stone. The gateway has a central round arch flanked by flat-headed pedestrian gateways. These are surrounded by vermiculation, vermiculated rustication (architecture), rusticated quoin (architecture), quoins and voussoirs, and the round arch has a keystone (architecture), keystone with a mask. Above is a deep modillion eaves cornice and four ball finials. The gates are in wrought iron, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Gate, Studley Royal (geograph 2243765)
East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or "dawn", cognate with Old High German ''*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' 'dawn', and Greek language, Greek ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin Orient, oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek language, Greek ανατολή Anatolia, anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
