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A couple with a small budget attempt to transform a Nebo Chapel, a Victorian chapel in Nebo, Hirwaun, in the Welsh valleys. [19] To better understand Nebo Chapel's philosophical and architectural antecedents, Kieran Long visits St Paul's, Covent Garden and the Royal Institute of British Architects in London and two Welsh chapels, Maesyronnen ...
Betsy Sweeney bought a crumbling 130-year-old house for $18,000 in Wheeling, West Virginia and renovated it into a gorgeous historic home — complete with its original pocket doors, Victorian ...
A couple take on the restoration of a 19th-century Victorian Church. To save money, their brother-in-law acts as project manager, but he's inexperienced with restoration. Meanwhile the bank denies their request for an additional mortgage, and extreme weather causes problems.
The west front of Lichfield Cathedral as restored by George Gilbert Scott. A number of factors working together led to the spate of Victorian restoration. From the time of the English Reformation onwards, apart from necessary repairs so that buildings might remain in use, and the addition of occasional internal commemorative adornments, English churches and cathedrals were subjected to little ...
Neo-classical Federal, Colonial Revival (renovation) R. H. Robertson (1890s renovation) William Welles Bosworth (c. 1907 renovation) Briarcliff Manor: Converted to condominium apartments in the 1980s [44] [45] Armour-Stiner House: 1860 Eclectic: Octagon Mode: Irvington: Today, a museum Sherman D Phelps House: 1870 Second Empire: Isaak G Perry ...
[3] [4] The renovation was followed from April 2011 (about six months into the project) in the Channel 4 show The Restoration Man. [3] [5] Upon completion, it was the first time the building had gas, hot water and electricity in it. [2] The new owners won the Special Heritage Award at the 2013 Waverley Design Awards. [6]
A series of major projects and events in French urban planning and design provided the inspiration for Second Empire architecture. Haussmann's renovation of Paris under Napoleon II I in the 1850s and the creation of baroque architectural ensembles employing mansard roofs and elaborate ornament provided the impetus for the development and ...
The present church was designed by George Gilbert Scott, a renowned architect of Victorian buildings. Renovation of the old church involved the demolition of an ancient medieval building in the old churchyard, next to the present day island museum. The clock tower of the old church and the cemetery were retained, however.