A Guide to Traditional English Buildings - The Historic England Blog
网页2022年8月25日 · How to identify vernacular buildings. They are usually ordinary, everyday structures, such as houses; A very broad category, they are less defined by precise architectural features than by the materials used to build them, timber, stone, cob, earth, mud or brick, though these materials are sometimes concealed
Anglo-Saxon Architecture: Understated Jewels of England’s Heritage
网页2022年2月8日 · The chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall. The oldest surviving Anglo-Saxon church is believed to be St Peter-on-the-Wall, at Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex. This church is said to have been built by the Saxon Bishop Cedd, around AD 654. It sits astride the wall of a Roman fort and incorporates ‘recycled’ Roman building materials.
The Story Behind the World’s First Telephone
网页29 July 2022. Comments 0. Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell (1847 to 1922), developed the world’s first working telephone, receiving a patent from the United States Patent Office 7 March 1876. Reputedly, the very first successful words using his new ‘instrument’, as Bell called it, were spoken by him to his associate Thomas Watson who ...
The Story of the Royal British Legion - The Historic England Blog
网页2021年11月9日 · The Story of the Royal British Legion. by Historic England. 9 November 2021. Comment 1. The terrible human cost of the First World War (1914 to 1918) left nearly 900,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers, sailors and airmen dead. Around 1.75 million came home with some level of disability, whether physical or psychological.
The Story Behind the Great British Pantomime
网页2021年12月20日 · This tale as old as time can be seen in pantomime today, as we all known the principal boy and girl must get their happy ending. The ‘zanni’ were the first characters to really win over the British public. These servants were cunning and witty, but also hungry and broke, representing the struggle of common people.
From Prototype to Defender of the Skies: The Story of the …
网页2021年3月4日 · The British Spitfire, the iconic, high-performance aircraft celebrated for its manoeuvrability, speed and firepower, helped the RAF turn the tide of the Second World War (1939 to 1945) in the Allies’ favour. The Spitfire prototype K5054, pictured, made an eight-minute history-making flight with Vickers Armstrong Chief Test pilot Captain ...
Explore England’s Hidden Past from the Air
网页2021年12月6日 · The long shadows cast by the low winter sun highlight the earthwork remains of medieval arable farming in Todenham, Gloucestershire. These earthworks, known as ridge and furrow, survive in fields that are now used for pasture. In places, modern ploughing has flattened the remains, but aerial photographs taken in the 1940s show that …
A Brief Introduction to Terraced Housing - The Historic England …
网页2019年11月15日 · Victorian terraced houses, between 1837 and1901. Later on, terraced housing became a solution to demographic changes in England that saw huge urban population growth due to the Industrial Revolution. Large terraces were built speculatively to accommodate householders further down the socio-economic scale who needed to live …
A Guide to English Gothic Architecture - The Historic England Blog
网页2022年5月5日 · The ‘Early English’ style. Initially inspired by French models, a distinctive Early English Style developed by the late 12th century. This can best be seen at Lincoln Cathedral.
A Brief Introduction to Vernacular Houses - The Historic …
网页2016年9月20日 · Bricks weren’t used for vernacular houses until the 16th century when they first appeared in the East of England. Their use gradually spread across the country, encouraged by the development of canals then railways, making them the most widely used building material by the mid 19th century. Bricks could be moulded, fired into different ...
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