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At the risk of upsetting Joce by being a big old knowall :wink: , it's Ned's foray into international Modernism - with sash windows.
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And as is the case with Coldtitz, you need a passport to see this one...
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Erm, I assume that's a typo.? :shock:Cloudscape said:
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Gareth Hughes said:
Not at all! I would be disappointed with anything less!
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This is a much better name for the place Cloudsape. :lol: Brilliant!
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I'm losing my grip*. It took me a full minute to see what everyone was laughing at.Cloudscape said:
* No surprises there, then.
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You might well think that, but I couldn't possibly comment. :wink:
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I wondered that, too, but didn't have the courage to admit it. :roll:
Could we be talking Ned as in Edward as in Cullinan as in Weald & Downland Museum? I can't think of any others.
Could we be talking Ned as in Edward as in Cullinan as in Weald & Downland Museum? I can't think of any others.
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Well, we've got 'modernist' and the idea that you might need a passport to go and see these buildings*...
That's the 'where'
"Ned" was Edwin, not Edward.
That's the 'whom'.
*especially if you like old movies
That's the 'where'
"Ned" was Edwin, not Edward.
That's the 'whom'.
*especially if you like old movies
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I don't understand your passport and old movies clue but it has to be Ned Lutyens uncharacteristic blocks of flats in London?
.http://www.lutyenstrust.org.uk/gallery/5.htm
I like these stories I found about him.
"Architects are not always lovable, but Ned Lutyens most certainly was. He smoked a pipe, he wore round spectacles beneath a dome-like forehead, and he had an incurable habit of making puns. "The piece of cod passeth understanding," he announced when presented with a peculiarly tough bit of fish. "Is Lady Ida down?" he asked the butler when staying with Sir George and Lady Ida Sitwell. Or, when addressing a learned society known as the Royal Society of Owls: "Gentlemen, I lack the wit to woo you." When he angered Lady Hardinge, wife of the Indian viceroy, over some detail of the work he was doing in New Delhi, the balding architect wrote: "I will wash your feet with my tears and dry them with my hair. True, I have very little hair; but you have very little feet." Of course, she forgave him."
http://www.city-journal.org/html/8_2_urbanities-architect.html
He sounds like Penners! :lol:
but it has to be Ned Lutyens uncharacteristic blocks of flats in London?.http://www.lutyenstrust.org.uk/gallery/5.htm
I like these stories I found about him.
"Architects are not always lovable, but Ned Lutyens most certainly was. He smoked a pipe, he wore round spectacles beneath a dome-like forehead, and he had an incurable habit of making puns. "The piece of cod passeth understanding," he announced when presented with a peculiarly tough bit of fish. "Is Lady Ida down?" he asked the butler when staying with Sir George and Lady Ida Sitwell. Or, when addressing a learned society known as the Royal Society of Owls: "Gentlemen, I lack the wit to woo you." When he angered Lady Hardinge, wife of the Indian viceroy, over some detail of the work he was doing in New Delhi, the balding architect wrote: "I will wash your feet with my tears and dry them with my hair. True, I have very little hair; but you have very little feet." Of course, she forgave him."
http://www.city-journal.org/html/8_2_urbanities-architect.html
He sounds like Penners! :lol:
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Well done. The building is in Pimlico, part of Burgundy. :wink:
A bomb left over from the Second World War blows up in Miramont Gardens in the Pimlico district of London after some local children roll a tractor tyre down a hole. The explosion reveals a buried cellar from the manor house that gave Miramont Gardens its name, in which artwork, coins, jewellery and an ancient parchment document are found. Professor Hatton-Jones (Margaret Rutherford) authenticates it as a royal charter of Edward IV that ceded the estates to Charles VII ("the Rash"), the last Duke of Burgundy. As the charter had never been revoked, Pimlico is legally part of Burgundy. Local policeman P.C. Spiller (Philip Stainton) observes, "Blimey! I'm a foreigner!"
A bomb left over from the Second World War blows up in Miramont Gardens in the Pimlico district of London after some local children roll a tractor tyre down a hole. The explosion reveals a buried cellar from the manor house that gave Miramont Gardens its name, in which artwork, coins, jewellery and an ancient parchment document are found. Professor Hatton-Jones (Margaret Rutherford) authenticates it as a royal charter of Edward IV that ceded the estates to Charles VII ("the Rash"), the last Duke of Burgundy. As the charter had never been revoked, Pimlico is legally part of Burgundy. Local policeman P.C. Spiller (Philip Stainton) observes, "Blimey! I'm a foreigner!"
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Goodness me the things you boys know- I'd never heard of any of that. Never had a lover in that part of town so don't know it. :wink:
Think it should be Mr Hughes' turn really as he gave me the answer; he shouldn't be penalised indefinitely for being a shocking know-all.
Think it should be Mr Hughes' turn really as he gave me the answer; he shouldn't be penalised indefinitely for being a shocking know-all.
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Oh, I say... golly-gosh.... ahem....JoceAndChris said:
Ah - I've just realised you're talking about the hair.
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:lol:
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JoceAndChris said:
Well if you insist:
where, please
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peckforton#Elephant_and_castle_carving
A red sandstone carving depicting an elephant bearing a castle stands in a garden on Stone House Lane in Peckforton village. It dates from around 1859 and is listed at grade II.[21][22] It was carved by John or William Watson, a local stonemason then working on Peckforton Castle who also carved stone lions now at Spurstow and Tattenhall.[21][22] The elephant and the castle are each carved from a single piece of stone, which derives from the same quarry as Peckforton Castle. The elephant has a tasselled saddle, supporting the castle which has three tiers, with a turretted gatehouse and a keep with turrets at the corner. Some of the castle windows are glazed.[21][22]
The original purpose of the carving is unclear. The device formed part of the crest of the Worshipful Company of Cutlers and is often associated with public houses, but there has never been a pub called The Elephant and the Castle in Peckforton.[23] An elephant also appears in the arms of the Corbett family, local landowners before 1626.[22] According to one source, the carving was originally intended as a beehive, although there is no evidence it has ever been used as one.[22]
A red sandstone carving depicting an elephant bearing a castle stands in a garden on Stone House Lane in Peckforton village. It dates from around 1859 and is listed at grade II.[21][22] It was carved by John or William Watson, a local stonemason then working on Peckforton Castle who also carved stone lions now at Spurstow and Tattenhall.[21][22] The elephant and the castle are each carved from a single piece of stone, which derives from the same quarry as Peckforton Castle. The elephant has a tasselled saddle, supporting the castle which has three tiers, with a turretted gatehouse and a keep with turrets at the corner. Some of the castle windows are glazed.[21][22]
The original purpose of the carving is unclear. The device formed part of the crest of the Worshipful Company of Cutlers and is often associated with public houses, but there has never been a pub called The Elephant and the Castle in Peckforton.[23] An elephant also appears in the arms of the Corbett family, local landowners before 1626.[22] According to one source, the carving was originally intended as a beehive, although there is no evidence it has ever been used as one.[22]
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Grrrrr. That was too quick - for the benefit of those who can spend days finding something on t'interweb, can you explain how you did that in just 8 minutes?
Well there is always the possibility that I recognised it..... (not)
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=elephant+castle+statue+garden
Second page gave it to me.
The Tineye is occasionally useful in doing reverse image searches as well.
http://tineye.com/
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=elephant+castle+statue+garden
Second page gave it to me.
The Tineye is occasionally useful in doing reverse image searches as well.
http://tineye.com/