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Stone Acorn from the Parapet of the Circus, c.1760, Gift from Mrs Jane Swift and Brown Morton III. By placing acorns along the top of the Circus, John Wood was making references to both Bladud's ...
If you can go to the Amazon, the antarctic or the Galápagos, by all means do so. But when you get back, you need not stop your explorations simply because you happen to live in an asphalt jungle.
A young Nigerian man who finished his building project in a year celebrated his win on social media. A few people faulted the ...
Built in 1896 as a two-flat, the greystone has a stately exterior that mixes rusticated coarse stone with a smooth, carved stone parapet and stained glass uppers in the main windows.
MacCarthy won his case and afterward brought the stone to be incorporated into the parapet of the Castle. The most plausible of the tales involve Queen Elizabeth I and Cormac Teige McCarthy.
A four-story Georgian Revival mansion with strong Beaux Arts elements. The building is faced with Flemish-bond brickwork and features heavy limestone quoining and trim around the windows. Above a ...
Vanessa Quigly and Anthony Badall of Stockbridge were married Monday afternoon on the six-story-high stone parapet of Helmer Castle, a historic Medieval-style castle turned wedding venue on 20 ...
Analysis - A response to the legacy of the imperialist and mining magnate Cecil John Rhodes is being written into the fabric of the refurbished Rhodes House at the University of Oxford in the UK.
While other portions of the building might be replaced, “the original clock and decorative stone parapet that once adorned the building are in storage and must be reconstructed,” the release ...
Consent is required to take down the existing stone parapet walls and coping stones adjacent to a collapsed section of Walburn Bridge, Walburn Head, Stainton, between Richmond and Leyburn.
I f you can go to the Amazon, the antarctic or the Galápagos, by all means do so. But when you get back, you need not stop ...