Time for another little quiz?

[Flyfisher]

Llareggub: fictional town in "Under Milk Wood"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llareggub

Ah, yes, now I see. I'm being a bit slow today. Very good Penners :lol:

 

[Nigel Watts]

An earl's coronet features prominently so the seat of an earl, or a building commissioned by an earl seems likely. I dont recognise any of the arms, nor do I have access to my copy of Papworth's Ordinary at present, but if I'm not beaten to it I will look them up later....

 

[Nigel Watts]

gules, a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed or was the coat of arms of the Earls of Shrewsbury who owned, among other places, Alton Towers. Amazing what you can do on the internet.

 

[Nigel Watts]

To answer your first question the glass appears to have been designed by Hardman, but the architect is of course Pugin.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Grrr....I was almost there with the location - just couldn't find a confirmatory pic on the Alton Towers website.... well done Nigel!

For those interested:

http://www.heraldry-online.org.uk/alton-towers/alton-towers1.htm

http://heraldry-online.50webs.com/alton-towers/alton-towers.htm

And Penners, since the yoof of today seem allergic to the letter "t" - I liberally sprinkle them around to try and restore the average...

 

[Moo]

When our daughter (Kitty) was at school in south Norfolk a lot of her local friends used to refer to her as Ki'y.
I cured this by pointing out that there were two Ts in her name, and that I would be grateful if they would, in future, use one of them; it was their choice as to which one they chose to use.
Believe it or not - it worked!

 

[DaveBrigg]

Well done Nigel for some cunning detective work. Alton Towers must have been an impressive edifice in its time, but walking around the empty shell was a depressing experience until we came across the window, which has miraculously survived. Remedial structural repairs were inflicted on the building in the 1970's, involving steel beams and concrete floors being installed with little regard to the original structure. Now, the main entrance is used as the site of one of the 'attractions'


Two more questions.
The adult entrance fee on the gate is £36 (plus £5 to park). Does this make it the most expensive listed building open to the public?

Visitor numbers are claimed to be 3.1 million a year. I thought this would make it the most visited listed property in the country, but there is another which eclipses this figure by far. Any suggestions?

 

[Gareth Hughes]

Well, the British Museum is listed, and had nearly 6 million visitors in 2008, but they don't come for the building any more than Alton Towers' visitors do.

 

[Penners]

And Penners, since the yoof of today seem allergic to the letter "t" - I liberally sprinkle them around to try and restore the average...

If you think that pathetic example of an excuse is going to spare you an afternoon's detention, you're very much mistaken, Wiggs.

 

[worms]

but there is another which eclipses this figure by far. Any suggestions?

I'd guess there must be a station that is listed with greater numbers of "visitors" than the British Museum. Not a clue which one, though.

 

[Penners]

St Pancras?*





* The Patron Saint of digestion and hormones.

 

[DaveBrigg]

Good guess Penners. King's Cross apparently has 24.6 million visitors annually, which makes it the most visited building I have found. From memory, Harrods claims about 9 million visitors a year, with up to 300,000 on busy days.

 

[Penners]

Well, having had a near miss, maybe I could set the next one.

Where's this?

 

[Gareth Hughes]

Another characteristically unhelpful Hughes clue - It's near to this:

 

[Penners]

Two can play at Hughes' game. It's close to this:

 

[Flyfisher]

No idea really, but if it's in the Penners' home county and if the first photo has any Indian influence could it be Elveden Hall perchance?

 

[BMcD]

Is it the saloon where Penners went to school?

 

[Nigel Watts]

The answer is in what one has to wear to go there.

 

[Gareth Hughes]

Nigel, you've out-obscured me, unless you're talking about w(h)igs?

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Well, I don't think it is the National Liberal Club, although that is a fine building with some grand interiors.

It also doesn't appear to be one of the homes of our Whig Prime Ministers (although I've learnt alot about 18th and 19th century politics on Wikipedia this morning).

I'm stumped...