siblog's Most Recent Photosynths

Marymoor Park rock climbing walls

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:18:44 Z

Home

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:18:09 Z

B25 Crane

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:18:15 Z

Rockefeller Plaza Christmas Tree being erected

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:31:48 Z

Building 25 Autumn Colours.

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:39:00 Z

South Whidbey State Park

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:19:14 Z

South Whidbey State Park

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:34:10 Z

Castle Howard Rose Garden

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:54:30 Z

Castle Howard Front View

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:09:13 Z

"Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 15 miles (24 km) north of York. One of the grandest private residences in Britain, most of it was built between 1699 and 1712 for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle, to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh. Although Castle Howard was built near the site of the ruined Henderskelfe Castle, it is not a true castle, but this term is often used for English country houses constructed after the castle-building era (c.1500) and not intended for a military function. Castle Howard has been the home of part of the Howard family for more than 300 years. It is familiar to television and movie audiences as the fictional "Brideshead", both in Granada Television's 1981 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited and a two-hour 2008 remake for cinema. Today, it is part of the Treasure Houses of England heritage group. The house is surrounded by a large estate which, at the time of the 7th Earl of Carlisle, covered over 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) and included the villages of Welburn, Bulmer, Slingsby, Terrington and Coneysthorpe. The estate was served by its own railway station, Castle Howard, from 1845 to the 1950s. [Wikipedia] http://www.castlehoward.co.uk/"

Castle Howard - Yorkshire

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:37:47 Z

"The 3rd Earl of Carlisle first spoke to William Talman, a leading architect, but commissioned Vanbrugh, a fellow member of the Kit-Cat Club, to design the building. Castle Howard was that gentleman-dilettante's first foray into architecture, but he was assisted by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Vanbrugh's design evolved into a Baroque structure with two symmetrical wings projecting to either side of a north-south axis. The crowning central dome was added to the design at a late stage, after building had begun. Construction began at the east end, with the East Wing constructed from 1701–03, the east end of the Garden Front from 1701–06, the Central Block (including dome) from 1703–06, and the west end of the Garden Front from 1707–09. All are exuberantly decorated in Baroque style, with coronets, cherubs, urns and cyphers, with Roman Doric pilasters on the north front and Corinthian on the South. Many interiors were decorated by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini. [Wikipedia] http://www.castlehoward.co.uk/House-and-grounds/About-the-Grounds.html"