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A modern courtyard in Queens' College, Cambridge; built about 1959/60, as I recall. This photo was taken about 1977.

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Uploaded on May 21, 2009

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The figures screwed to the door tell us that this house is number 68 in the street. However (and I...

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Uploaded on May 21, 2009

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The South Wing of Meadow Cottage, near Horton, Dorset. The wing was built on the end of an older house,...

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Uploaded on Mar 3, 2009

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Late September, afternoon, from a hill near Shaftesbury, Dorset.

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Uploaded on Mar 3, 2009

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This is a view of the rear of the house, or the north front, as Pevsner calls it. At the south front...

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2009

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For a description, see Horton tower 1.

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Uploaded on Feb 21, 2009

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Horton tower is a substantial brick-built structure, in an isolated position above the village. It was...

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Uploaded on Feb 21, 2009

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The mediaeval church in Horton had to be rebuilt in the 1720s; it was further restored in the 19th...

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Uploaded on Feb 21, 2009

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The window is early 18th century. The pulpit is of the same date, but Pevsner believed the iron stairs...

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Uploaded on Feb 21, 2009

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Another shot of the courtyard at Iford.

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Uploaded on Feb 2, 2009

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At the extreme west end of the Great Terrace, Peto constructed what he called ‘an apse-like semicircular...

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Uploaded on Jan 7, 2009

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The guidebook says that the two figures at the entrance to the courtyard are dancing. But to me the principal interests of this one seems to be drink.

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Uploaded on Jan 7, 2009

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A figure eating a bunch of grapes (?). As with Dancer 1, this figures is Italian marble.

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Uploaded on Jan 7, 2009

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At the top of the steps from the Conservatory Terrace, there is a small pool, bridged by two large slabs...

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Uploaded on Jan 7, 2009

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Statuette on the right-hand column of the Conservatory pillars.

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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2008

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Statuette on the left-hand pillar on the Conservatory terrace.

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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2008

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Comacine lion in close-up.

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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2008

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Another Comacine lion, looking more like a rather peculiar spaniel.

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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2008

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