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The Brazen Head is a pub in Merchant's Quay, Dublin, built as a coaching inn in 1754, on the site of a merchant's dwelling dating back to at least 1613. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] lt received a licence to sell ale in 1661, and the first mention of it as an inn was in 1668.
A depiction of the Old State House, circa 1801. The Brazen Head was located nearby in the adjacent square. Originally owned by Mary Jackson, the Brazen Head was a general store located in Cornhill, an area in the heart of Boston. Located next to the Town House, otherwise known as the Old State House, the Brazen Head was most likely a well-known ...
Avram Davidson's 1969 The Phoenix and the Mirror, set in a fantasy version of the Roman Empire, includes a talking head which gives its name to Vergil Magus's home, the House of the Brazen Head. It guards the house, welcomes visitors, and announces them to Vergil. Robertson Davies's 1970 Fifth Business includes a brazen head used as part of a ...
The style became an iconic part of the architectural landscape in California and throughout the Midwest, with major architects—including Frank Lloyd Wright—incorporating it into their designs.
The first house she visited was a 1904 Craftsman beauty by Samuel Tilden Norton, the architect behind such local landmarks as Griffith Park’s Greek Theatre and the Wilshire Boulevard Temple. The ...
McIntire Garrison House (1707) in York, Maine, a prototype of the garrison style. The overhang in timber framing is called jettying. Olsen-Hesketh House, Blake Road, Brownfield, Maine, a contemporary garrison colonial built 1988–89. A garrison is an architectural style of house, typically two stories with the second story overhanging in the ...
A typical Frisian Head-Neck-Body farmhouse. A "Head-Neck-Body farmhouse" (Dutch: kop-hals-rompboerderij) or Head-Neck-Rump farmhouse is a typical Frisian farmhouse. [1] It consists of a residence (the head) and a kitchen (the neck) placed in line in front of a big shed (the body). A striking fact is that the residence was never built in the ...
The Linenhall was a large complex of Georgian buildings and streets associated with the linen and cloth trade in Dublin, Ireland which later gave its name to a surrounding area.