Of all the photographs in the Country Life archive, none are more poignant than the images of houses that have been lost through demolition or fire. In a great number of cases, the photographs taken by the magazine for their weekly feature on country houses are the only record of many of...
Factors attributed to the decision of aristocratic families to sell their estates; Impact of an agricultural depression in the region; Role of fashion in the demolition of houses during the late 1950s.WorsleyGilesEBSCO_AspHistory TodayGiles Worsley, England's Lost Houses: From the Archives of ...
England's Lost Houses: From the Archives of 'Country Life' Book Information England's Lost Houses: From the Archives of Country Life . England's Lost Houses: From the Archives of Country Life Giles Worsley London Aurum P. 2002 192 35 By Giles Worsley. Aurum P.. London. Pp. 192. 35 ...
The nunnery gained wealth and prestige but this suffered somewhat as a result of floods in 1377 with some 720 acres of land permanently lost. It nonetheless remained one of the wealthiest in England and it’s said the abbess had precedence over all other abbesses in the country. After the a...
of the Well of Souls, which houses the Ark. InCairothey meet Jones’s friend Sallah (John Rhys-Davies), a local excavator. They encounter more Nazis and various assassins, who chase them through the city and kidnap Marion. Jones discovers that Belloq is working for the Nazis and is also...
It's a horticultural wonderland: you'll encounter formal lawns, working kitchen gardens, fruit-filled greenhouses, a secret grotto and a 25m-high rhododendron, plus a lost-world Jungle Valley of ferns, palms and tropical blooms. It's also dotted with artworks – look out for the fa...
After the flood, the building was again restored, and it continues to stand here as a rare surviving example of a 17th century New England warehouse. It is owned by the town, and it is rented to the Wethersfield Historical Society, which operates it as a seasonal museum. Today, the scene...
His first priority was to build a fort; houses were then built around the fort, some with brick but most of wood. Running the colony like a tight ship, Lane also looked at the situation around him as a military one. He saw the neighboring Roanoke tribe as possible enemies; and when a...
But while country houses such as Burghley still stand as monuments to the wealth and power of England’s foremost statesmen, the great London mansions that were often their prototypes have been lost, buried beneath the Strand’s many transformations. Mostly, the street names are all that remains...
Martha and Mary Martindale were daughters of Joel Martindale, and both had lived in the house almost their entire lives. This led to debate as to whether or not the home should be torn down. The home appears to be right on the line of the watershed, so some thought the house should st...