On a Similar Theme...
Oct. 29th, 2010 06:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
endlessraritiesWell, it's Friday, and we've scored a few more buildings off the list. Hemmed in by big earthen blast banks, they were just like dank little subterranean hobbit-holes. The kind of hobbit-holes that even Gollum (n.b.not in his Smeagol days!) would have turned his nose up at.
To the Victorian spa-town of Harrogate now. This was another destination in our recent Nidderdale Grand Tour, lying just a few miles from Pately Bridge itself.
I'd always assumed that Harrogate was full of Georgian buildings. But compared to Bath, it was a bit of a late developer. People did 'take the waters' in the Georgian era, but the pump-house was pretty rudimentary and the structure was rebuilt by the Victorians. Here's a view of the exterior. It's quite fussy, but it's a delightful little building just the same:-
To the Victorian spa-town of Harrogate now. This was another destination in our recent Nidderdale Grand Tour, lying just a few miles from Pately Bridge itself.
I'd always assumed that Harrogate was full of Georgian buildings. But compared to Bath, it was a bit of a late developer. People did 'take the waters' in the Georgian era, but the pump-house was pretty rudimentary and the structure was rebuilt by the Victorians. Here's a view of the exterior. It's quite fussy, but it's a delightful little building just the same:-
Some of the architectural details were particularly nice. Here's a view of the rear, showing how highly decorated the external features were:-
And a close-up view of a doorway:-
The interior was just as lovely. The structure was rather like the TARDIS - it packed an awful lot into what seemed from the outside to be a very tiny space. I'll post some pictures of the internal plasterwork tomorrow, and then I'll turn my attention to some other little items which caught my eye. And (unless you've been there, of course!) I can almost guarantee that you won't guess what they are! I certainly had a double-take, believe me...
For the princely sum of £1, visitors were encouraged to taste the waters, and were offered a certificate to prove it! I didn't partake. And this is where I can neatly link in with yesterday's post dedicated to Medieval sanitation... The stench of sulphur from the water (mmm, the delightful smell of rotten eggs) was enough to put me off. It didn't quite compete with the aroma of a medieval cess-pit, I'm sure, but it was unpleasant nonetheless!
For the princely sum of £1, visitors were encouraged to taste the waters, and were offered a certificate to prove it! I didn't partake. And this is where I can neatly link in with yesterday's post dedicated to Medieval sanitation... The stench of sulphur from the water (mmm, the delightful smell of rotten eggs) was enough to put me off. It didn't quite compete with the aroma of a medieval cess-pit, I'm sure, but it was unpleasant nonetheless!
