Gothic Gallery

Eridge Castle BL13512

ERIDGE CASTLE, Rotherfield, East Sussex. Interior of the Smoking Room after a fire, looking towards the fireplace. This picture shows the damage caused by the fire and the soot blackening on the plaster ceiling and panelled walls. The 2nd Earl of Abergavenny had converted Eridge House into a Gothic castle in 1792. This is no more and was replaced by a Neo-Georgian mansion in the 1930s. Photographed by Bedford Lemere in 1896

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St Giles Cripplegate JLP01_08_068844

ST GILES CRIPPLEGATE, FORE STREET, City of London. An exterior view from the north-east of St Giles-without-Cripplegate, a medieval gothic church on the Barbican development site.
St Giles-without-Cripplegate church lies at the heart of the modern Barbican complex. The church was built in 1394 on the site of a previous Saxon and Norman church. St Giles church was badly damaged by bombing during World War Two, and has since been fully restored. In 1950, the church was designated as a Grade I listed building

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Rievaulx Abbey OP07620

Rievaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire, 1850-€“1910. Unknown photographer, albumen print. The ruins of Rievaulx Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey in the north of England, have been a tourist destination since the 18th century. In the Victorian era photographers were also drawn to record the picturesque, ivy-clad ruins. By 1917 these were in danger of collapse and Rievaulx Abbey was taken into the care of the Office of Works. Sir Charles Peers, Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments, caused controversy by clearing the site of vegetation and establishing the principle of presenting historic monuments in neat, tidy, unobstructed settings

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