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Halton House is a country house in the Chiltern Hills above the village of Halton in Buckinghamshire, England It was built for Alfred Freiherr de Rothschild between 1880 and 1883. It is used as the main officers' mess for RAF Halton and is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England .
A Davenport desk, (sometimes originally known as a Devonport desk [1]) is a small desk originating in England with an inclined lifting desktop attached with hinges to the back of the body. Lifting the desktop accesses a large compartment with storage space for paper and other writing implements, and smaller spaces in the forms of small drawers ...
Unlike the cylinder desk, the rolltop desk could be mass-produced rather easily since the simple wooden slats could be turned out very fast in a uniform way. In contrast, the wooden section of a cylinder had to be treated with great pains to keep its form perfectly over time, lest it warp or bend, and make it impossible to retract or extend.
Desk; c. 1765; mahogany, chestnut and tulip poplar; 87.3 x 92.7 x 52.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) A desk or bureau is a piece of furniture with a flat table-style work surface used in a school, office, home or the like for academic, professional or domestic activities such as reading, writing, or using equipment such as a computer.
1945 Steelcase Metal Office Furniture Multiple 15 desk. Steelcase released Multiple 15 desks in 1946, which introduced standardized desk sizing and became a universal industry standard. [6] Series 9000 was released in 1973 and became Steelcase's most popular line of office systems.
Halton West is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population in 2015 at 70. [ 1 ] It is situated on the River Ribble and is 7 miles (11 km) north of Barnoldswick , 7 miles (11 km) south of Settle and 12 miles (19 km) west of Skipton .
An Australian model is on track to break the record for the most-liked TikTok video of all time.. Leah Halton — @looooooooch on TikTok — has over 7.5 million followers and 185.9 million likes ...
Halton was originally developed as a village on the main road linking Leeds and Selby. Development immediately before and after the Second World War, saw Halton grow substantially into a suburb of Leeds. St Wilfrid's Church in Halton is a grade II* listed church built in 1939 at a cost of £11,700 and designed by A. Randall Wells. [3]