Entrance Gatehouse to Market Hall, Hereford High Town, constructed about 1860 with a pyramidal effect. Rusticated archway with atropaic guardian deity as keystone. Triglyphs support blind balustrading, then two figures in niches flank a round-headed window. Two pilasters support a moulded arch or tympanum with the royal coat of arms, below the clock tower andContinue reading “Market”
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Fosse
The Fosse, a Georgian town house incorporating a variety of architectural styles, located on Castle Green, Hereford. Completed in 1825, from a date on the façade. Named from Latin fossa, ‘a ditch’, because built on part of the moat of Hereford’s demolished castle (only a pond remains, opposite the façade).
Gamma
Pavement in north transept, Hereford Cathedral Maze-like Escher pattern made from svastika good luck symbols, also called the crux gammata or gammadion, from resembling four conjoined Greek gamma letters
Turret
Tower Bridge, Glanusk Estate, Crickhowell, Powys
Revival
Gothic revival façade, Tower Bridge, Glanusk Estate, Crickhowell, Powys
Repurposed
Courtyard, Upper House Farm, Crickhowell, looking towards the Tudor period Rumsey Place.
Glimpse
Farmhouse, viewed from near Llanbedr, Powys
Gateposts
Detached house and garden viewed through gateway, Rectory Road, Crickhowell, Powys
Bedecked
St Catwg’s church, Llangattock, Crickhowell, Powys
Shell
Shell of 14th-century gate towers, Alisby Castle, Crickhowell, Powys
Minutiae 