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Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk (ii)

Continuing on (and still going clockwise) from my first post about Oxburgh Hall, this view of the moat and rear of Oxburgh Hall shows a jumble of architectural styles:-

Oxburgh Hall from side

I believe this was the original entrance but it has been extensively altered over the years:-

Oxburgh Hall ,Norfolk

Oxburgh Hall + Moat

Oxburgh Hall, Side and Entrance

Oxburgh Hall Entrance and Bridge

View of towers from courtyard:-

Oxburgh Hall, Upper Towers from Courtyard

 

Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk (i)

On our way down south last May Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk was one of our intended stopping points. It’s a country house surrounded by a moat and was built by the Bedingfield family who have lived in it ever since though it is now in the care of the National Trust.

Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk

Parterre:-

Oxburgh Hall Parterre

Entrance gatehouse. Apparently only two windows are the same:-

Oxburgh Hall Entrance Gate, Norfolk

The house has undergone several renovations/updatings over the years and betrays different architectural styles arising  from each change. In the next few photos we move clockwise from the gatehouse round the building.

Gatehouse and bridge to courtyard :-

Oxburgh Hall , Norfolk

The room on the lower corner here is now the café:-

Oxburgh Hall Showing Bridge over Moat.

Due to internal reconstruction there is a floor running across the upper part of the lower windows here to accommodate the café:-

Oxburgh Hall Window

Large Window. One of the many updatings/reconstructions the Hall has undergone:-

Oxburgh Hall, Large Window

 

Bridge and Weir, River Lossie, Elgin

The bridge is very close to Elgin Cathedral. It can be seen viewed from one of the Cathedral towers in the first photograph in this post.

Bridge and Weir on River Lossie

Bridge Over River Lossie, Elgin

Elgin Cathedral Towers

You can climb both towers of Elgin Cathedral (but take your time.) One of them contains the architectural exhibits and carvings from my previous post. Unfortunately you have to descend again to get up the other one.

But it’s well worth it as it has a viewing platform at its top.

Ruins plus (intact) Chapter House on left. Behind it can be seen the River Lossie and two bridges across it.

Elgin Cathedral , Mory, Scotland

View of Elgin:-

Elgin from Cathedral, Moray, Scotland

View north through park area:-

Elgin Cathedral surrrounds north

View west. There is a garden just across the road here to the right of the gates:-

View From Elgin Cathedral Roof

 

More Forres Photos

You know I like bridges.

This one could be seen from Sueno’s Stone. It’s a pedestrian one across the A 96.

Footbridge near Sueno's Stone, Forres

In Forres itself there was this impressive church, St Leonard’s:-

St Leonard's, Forres

And an Art Deco style shop with great upper glazing and, partial “sunburst” metalwork on the roofline:-

Art Deco Shop, Forres

Craigellachie Bridge

The elegant Craigellachie Bridge was built over the River Spey near Aberlour (or Charlestown of Aberlour) by renowned Scottish engineer Thomas Telford. The village is home to the distillery which makes Aberlour Whisky.

I was able to go off the main A 95 road to take a few pictures of the bridge.

Craigellachie Bridge close view

From other side of bridge:-

Craigellachie Bridge, Aberlour, Moray

Bridge towers:-

Craigellachie Bridge end pillars

Plaque denoting Thomas Telford’s contribution:-

Plaque to Thomas Telford on Craigellachie Bridge

Further information plaque:-

Plaque on Craigellachie Bridge

Bridge from modern road:-

Craigellachie Bridge from Road

St Mary’s Collegiate Church and Nungate Bridge, Haddington

St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Haddington is a fine example of church architecture.

Church from approach path:-

St Mary's , Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland

The next two photos are stitches:-

St Mary's 1 and 2 stitch

St Mary's Church, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland

The River Tyne flows past the rear of the church and under the Nungate Bridge:-

Nungate Bridge at Haddington

I assume at one time nuns passed through the Nungate on their way to and from the church.

Thirsk

Thirsk is a town in North Yorkshire. We’d never visited before so dropped in on our way back up from Knaresborough and Harrogate.

The Clock Tower in the market place was decorated for Remembrance Day:-

Clock Tower, Thirsk

I spotted the Ritz Cinema:-

Ritz Cinema, Thirsk

And this nice bridge over the Cod Beck:-

Bridge, Thirsk

More of Knaresborough

In the grounds of Knaresborough Castle there is a board containing information about the gorge the River Nidd runs through:-

Nidd Gorge Information Board

In the town itself we came upon the town crier relaying his news about the activities of various societies in the town:-

Knaresborough, Town Crier, Yorkshire

At the bottom of a hill where we were looking for an antique and second hand bookshop there was this bridge over the Nidd:-

Bridge over River Nidd, Knaresborough

The building to the left behind it is the Mother Shipton Inn. We didn’t bother visiting Mother Shipton’s Cave as it’s not really our thing:-

Mother Shipton Inn, Knaresborough, Yorkshire

Views from the bridge:-

River Nidd , Knaresborough, Yorkshire

River Nidd, Knaresborough, Yorkshire

The antique shop and bookshop was behind where the first photo in this post was taken:-

Antique Shop, Knaresborough, Yorkshire

 

Knaresborough Viaduct and River Nidd Weir, Knaresborough

Knaresborough Castle and Knaresborough War Memorial both lie on a bluff above the River Nidd.

This was taken from directly beside the War Memorial:-

Knaresborough and River Nidd

And this took in a wider angle in order to show the viaduct:-

River Nidd and Knaresborough Viaduct

Almost directly below the War Memorial there is a weir:-

Weir on River Nidd at Knaresborough

Of which I took this video:-

This is a view of the viaduct I took from river level near the weir:-

Knaresborough Viaduct

And this from further on:-

Knaresborough Viaduct

A train moved across the viaduct while we were there:-

River Nidd Viaduct, train, Knaresborough

This is the road bridge over the Nidd taken from between the pillars of the viaduct:-

Road Bridge over River Nidd through Knaresborough  Viaduct

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