Tag Archives: Architecture
May Taylor Morgan’s views of Caernarfon
Welsh Highland Railway Station, Caernarfon
Date: 5 March 2022
Location: Caernarfon 53.13831469°N, 4.27410806°W
Information
Construction of the £3m new terminus building for the narrow-gauge Welsh Highland Railway started in February 2017 and the facility officially opened in June 2019. The project was part of Caernarfon’s £16m waterfront renewal initiative.
Further Reading
IKEA, Warrington
Date: 26 August 2021
Location: Gemini Retail Park, Warrington 53.416843,-2.628392
Further information
The Dome
Quarry Bank Mill
Conwy Falls
Date: 18 August 2021
Location: River Conwy 53.06554,-3.77654
The cafe building, located at the trailhead for the falls, was designed in 1957 by architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis (1883 – 1978), famed for the Italian-riviera-inspired village of Portmeirion.
Ogwen Visitor Centre
Benches leading towards the Cwm Idwal trailhead
Date
28 March 2020
Location
Llyn Ogwen
SH 64993 60372; 53.12336°N, 4.01897°W
Information
Further Reading
Capel Jerusalem
Capel Jerusalem, Bethesda
Date
28 September 2019
Location
Bethesda
SH 62449 66773; 53.18021°N, 4.05973°W
Sizergh Castle
Sizergh Castle
Date
27 August 2019
Location
Kendal, Cumbria
SD 49904 87863; 54.28391°N, 2.77098°W
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The Nuttery
The Nuttery
Date
24 August 2019
Location
Glen Dowlin, Yanwath, Penrith, Cumbria
NY 51239 26781; 54.63377°N, 2.75690°W
Information
Situated in a development of around 60 units, this Scandinavian-style lodge is located 3 miles from the centre of Penrith in the Eden Valley in Cumbria.
Further Reading
Lowther Castle
Lowther Castle
Date
23 August 2019
Location
Penrith, Cumbria
NY 52298 23805; 54.60713°N, 2.74002°W
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Satipanya
Satipanya
Date
1 June 2019
Location
White Grit, Minsterly
SO 32162 96623; 52.563178°N, 3.002186°W
Information
Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool
Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool
Date
25 April 2019
Location
Mount Pleasant, Liverpool
SJ 35658 90129; 53.40402°N, 2.96926°W
Information
Further Reading
Metropolitan Cathedral I;
Metropolitan Cathedral II;
Metropolitan Cathedral III;
Metropolitan Cathedral IV;
Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool Cathedral
Date
4 January 2019
Location
St James’s Mount, Liverpool
SJ 35385 89411; 53.39754°N, 2.97321°W
Information
Liverpool Cathedral;
All posts in the Liverpool Cathedral series
Carnasserie Castle
Carnasserie Castle, Kilmartin
Date
23 August 2018
Location
Carnasserie, Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute
NM 83901 00834; 56.15105°N, 5.48078°W
Information
Carnasserie Castle was in its day one of Argyll’s finest Renaissance mansions. The five-storey tower with adjoining three-storey hall was built in the 1560s by John Carswell (c 1522 – 1572), first Protestant Bishop of the Isles (1565 – 1572). The property was entrusted to Carswell by his patron Archibald Campbell (1537 – 1573), 5th Earl of Argyll. Carswell’s main legacy was his publication in Edinburgh in 1567 of the first book ever printed in Gaelic (Irish or Scottish) – this was a translation of John Knox’s Book of Common Order.
The castle was badly damaged in 1685 by Royalist forces in an uprising by Archibald Campbell (c 1629 – 1685), 9th Earl of Aryll, against James VII, in which Campbell was captured and executed. The castle thereafter lay disused and was purchased in the 19th century by the Malcolms of Poltalloch. Today it is in the care of Historic Environment Scotland.
Further Reading
Campbeltown
Campbeltown
Date
21 August 2018
Location
Campbeltown, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute
NR 72150 20344; 55.42384°N, 5.60224°W
Information
With a population of c. 5,000, Campbeltown is the most southerly main settlement in the Kintyre peninsula. It also lays claim to being the westernmost town in mainland Great Britain. Originally known as Kinlochkilkerran, the town was renamed in the 17th century after Archibald Campbell (1629-1685), 9th Earl of Argyll and Chief of Clan Campbell.
Campbeltown’s importance grew as its industries of fishing, shipbuilding and whisky production thrived. 34 whisky distilleries have been established in the town, with 25 in concurrent operation in its heyday in the mid 19th century, and its fishing fleet numbered more than 600 vessels. Today, shipbuilding has disappeared, fishing activity has vastly reduced, and there are at present three whisky distilleries in operation in the town.
Inveraray Castle
The entrance porch was designed in 1871 by English architect Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820-1877)
Date
20 August 2018
Location
Inveraray, Argyll and Bute
NN 09555 09313; 56.23806°N, 5.07455°W
Information
The Category A listed Inveraray Castle is set in 6.5 hectares of gardens with the overall estate covering an area of 24,000 hectares. The mansion replaced an earlier 15th-century castle and was designed in 1746 by English architect Roger Morris (1695-1749). The property is located on the shore of Scotland’s longest sea loch, Loch Fyne, and in the 1770s the village of Inveraray was moved in order to secure a more secluded position for the castle.
Inveraray Castle is the ancestral home of the Dukes of Argyll, the chiefs of Clan Campbell. The dukedom was created in 1701 in the Peerage of Scotland and in 1892 the 8th Duke was also created Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Parts of the castle are open to the public with private apartments being occupied by Torquhil Ian Campbell (b 1968), the 13th and 6th Duke of Argyll, and his family. Campbell is also captain of Scotland’s national elephant polo team.
The castle featured as the fictional Duneagle Castle in the 2012 Christmas special episode of the television series Downton Abbey.
Further Reading
M-SParc
M-SParc
Date
4 June 2018
Location
Gaerwen, Anglesey
SH 49110 72048; 53.22397°N, 4.26166°W
Information
Portmeirion IV
Portmeirion
Date
25 February 2018
Location
Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth
SH 59051 37200; 52.91367°N, 4.09760°W
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