https://www.alfierobinsonheritage.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-08-15 https://www.alfierobinsonheritage.com/blog/k-is-for-keystone-a-z-of-historic-architecture monthly 0.5 2024-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/6a6027b9-c4f7-4aae-8cc9-f8b5f136e0a9/1920px-Palazzo_Te_Mantova_1.jpg Blog - K is for Keystone: A-Z of Historic Architecture - Make it stand out The Palazzo del Té, Mantua, 1524-1534, by Giulio Romano (Photograph: Marcok, CC-BY-SA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/c5fb69b3-dbd0-4f79-b2d1-8980d93722e5/St_Martin-in-the-Fields%2C_Trafalgar_Square%2C_London_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2178320.jpg Blog - K is for Keystone: A-Z of Historic Architecture - Make it stand out Gibbs’ St Martin in the Fields, 1722-1726, with exaggerated keystones throughout including the flat-arched doorway at lower centre of the photograph. (Photograph: Paul Farmer, CC-BY-SA). https://www.alfierobinsonheritage.com/blog/j-is-for-jetty-a-z-of-historic-buildings monthly 0.5 2024-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/1f9d466d-8526-49c5-a495-79899db71f7a/IMG_9748.JPG Blog - J is for Jetty: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out Craik House, a 15th century example of a jettied townhouse in Tewkesbury (Grade II* listed). The traceries bear comparison with rood screens of the same date. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/cb9442c1-c936-4cea-8df2-d082486707ac/IMG_9766+2.JPG Blog - J is for Jetty: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out Cross House, a Grade II* listed building, also in Tewkesbury. The third storey, a jetty, was added in the 17th century. https://www.alfierobinsonheritage.com/blog/i-is-for-ionic-a-z-of-historic-buildings monthly 0.5 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/5fbeeb3d-155e-4c3a-b768-99c1f5fdceda/unnamed.jpg Blog - I is for Ionic: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out An Archaic Greek ionic capital from Thessaloniki, 6th century BC. (Photo by Jean Housen, CC-BY-SA. Rotation corrected.) https://www.alfierobinsonheritage.com/blog/h-is-for-hammerbeam-a-z-of-historic-buildings monthly 0.5 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/b9babdea-2b69-4302-8cd1-2520e87cf373/Interior_of_Westminster_Hall_MET_DP879289-1.jpg Blog - H is for Hammerbeam: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out A 19th century wood engraving of Westminster Hall, the most famous hammerbeam of all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/ef22840e-120a-49f4-b703-2f56c7afa259/IMG_2121.JPG Blog - H is for Hammerbeam: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out Aisled barn, Cressing Temple Great Barns, Essex. This example is the earlier ‘Barley Barn’ dated with dendrochronology to about 1220. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/eff0d90e-c357-4129-8ef8-51e82c91e53d/Shilton+Barn+diagram.jpeg Blog - H is for Hammerbeam: A-Z of Historic Buildings - The creation of hammerbeam roofs This is an adapted drawing of Shilton Barn, a lost aisled barn in Oxfordshire. The orange lines highlight the key elements of the structure, while the hatched sections show aisle posts. Remove those hatched sections from the equation and you are left with a hammerbeam roof. https://www.alfierobinsonheritage.com/blog/g-is-for-gable-a-z-of-historic-buildings monthly 0.5 2024-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/4c5b31bc-67c1-43d9-81a3-510cb85df58f/IMG_8821.JPG Blog - G is for Gable: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out Vernacular and not-so vernacular: gable ends near York Minster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/fb8c09e1-febe-4b40-be34-52dd8ba9ce76/IMG_4061.JPG Blog - G is for Gable: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out Lostwithiel church spire, a polygonal structure crowned by miniature gables in granite. Photograph: author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/38b391c9-7100-45fc-8076-0a7d8da72eb1/IMG_1102.JPG Blog - G is for Gable: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out The shallow pediment, a classical gable. Silverton Park Stables, Devon. Photograph: author. https://www.alfierobinsonheritage.com/blog/f-is-for-faience-a-z-of-historic-buildings monthly 0.5 2024-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/6920963c-9087-40e5-a0a3-4be92464fee7/All_Saints%2C_Margaret_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3189410.jpg Blog - F is for Faience: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out Constructional polychromy at All Saints, Margaret Street, William Butterfield, designed 1849 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/27f56377-c728-4b0c-ba15-1711a39ce6c1/Royal_arcade%2C_tiles_and_mirrors_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1521768.jpg Blog - F is for Faience: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out Red, white, orange, green, blue: the possibilities of faience as exploited by George Skipper in the Royal Arcade, Norwich, 1899. Photograph by Kate Nicol CC-by-SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/99755ab7-fd0a-495c-8d6b-05fb9c5ce2a6/Russell_Square_Underground_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4581152.jpg Blog - F is for Faience: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out Leslie Green in blood red: Russell Square underground station. Photograph by Martin Bodman CC-by-SA https://www.alfierobinsonheritage.com/blog/e-is-for-elevation monthly 0.5 2024-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/2efca482-d565-4040-9bb1-8a703a618d4a/Fassadenplan_F_vom_Ko%CC%88lner_Dom.jpg Blog - E is for Elevation: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out Cologne ‘Plan F’ plan of the west facade, ca.1280, ink on paper. Public domain. https://www.alfierobinsonheritage.com/blog/d-is-for-doric-a-z-of-historic-buildings monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/9d69d1a5-601a-4fb6-97f7-b3ef2fa8daf5/Euston_Arch.jpg Blog - D is for Doric: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out The Euston Arch, public domain photograph ca. late 19th or early 20th century. A masterpiece of stark Greek Doric, demolished in 1962 with justified outrage. https://www.alfierobinsonheritage.com/blog/c-is-for-concrete-a-z-of-historic-buildings monthly 0.5 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/9528604b-d952-4221-a2ee-6a0ddbb5753c/1599px-National_Theatre_-_view_of_exterior_stair.jpg Blog - C is for Concrete: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out ‘Boardmarked’ concrete showing the impression of wooden planks used to make the formers of poured concrete. This is the iconic National Theatre in the South Bank, London, by Denys Lasdun, a Grade II* listed building. Photography by Tom Parnell, Wikimedia Commons. https://www.alfierobinsonheritage.com/blog/bisforbuttress monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/55a86a78-4409-467b-884a-0f25a4b29d89/IMG_9439.jpeg Blog - B is for Buttress: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out Not all buttresses are purely practical. These highly decorative buttresses adorn the Grade I listed church of St Mary Magdalene, in Launceston, north-east Cornwall. https://www.alfierobinsonheritage.com/blog/a-zarch monthly 0.5 2024-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/635fc8134f03f76ef9efae73/23e9c142-438a-4e10-a5a2-a4b8d642eca8/IMG_1233.jpeg Blog - A is for Arch: A-Z of Historic Buildings - Make it stand out A sophisticated Gothic arch in Brecon Cathedral, Wales. 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