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  • ...ded in 1619 by the 9th laird, and further alterations were made during the Victorian era. ...f an arched entrance and angle tower. He was also partly responsible for a restoration of the chapel.<ref>[http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/478/na
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  • ...oon became the family home. Robert Lorimer was instrumental in much of the restoration work, restoring magnificent plaster ceilings, painted panelling and furnitu ...Trust for Scotland]] in 1970. The walled garden is 17th century, with late Victorian additions, and contains a fine collection of old-fashioned roses, fruit tre
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  • ...e in 920, and the churchyard has two 9th-century Saxon crosses. During the restoration work, in the 1840s, many carved fragments of Saxon stonework were found in
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  • }}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb |Whellan|1856|p=279}}</ref> After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, the new Bishop of Durham, John Cosin, in turn demo Other notable buildings include the town hall, a Victorian railway viaduct and Binchester Roman fort.
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  • ...[Rosslare]]. The opening of the railway from Dublin saw Kingstown become a Victorian era seaside resort. ...n Laoghaire Harbour Company.<ref>[http://www.dlharbour.ie/content/projects/restoration/bandstand_and_shelter/index.php Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company – Bandstan
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  • ...d to a high standard in 1885, and it stands as an outstanding example of a Victorian gin palace, and is one of Ulster's best-known pubs.<ref> [[File:Restoration Crown Bar Belfast 2.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Restoration of the Crown in progress, August 2007]]
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  • ...<ref name="Simpson">{{cite book | title=Cannibalism and the common law : a Victorian yachting tragedy | first=Alfred William Brian | last=Simpson | publisher=Ha ...uld be used as an observation post by the Royal Observer Corps. In 2005, a restoration project funded by The Heritage Lottery Fund took place to restore the tower
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  • ...entre) running down to George Street, then climbing to the broader, newer (Victorian and Edwardian) end of the town to the south. ...garden, Dutch sunken garden, kitchen garden, main lawn and hedge maze. the restoration returned the gardens to how they appeared in 1870 as well as the overall lo
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  • ...an]] evening held in the town each November.<ref>{{cite web|title=Keynsham Victorian Evening 2009|url=http://www.keynsham-tc.gov.uk/Core/Keynsham-Town-Council/P ...cel, then the responsibility of the abbey, was rebuilt in 1470 and further restoration was carried out in 1634–1655, following the collapse of the tower. There
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  • During the Victorian era Penarth was a highly popular holiday destination, promoted nationally a The town retains extensive surviving Victorian and Edwardian architecture in many traditional parts of the town, and house
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  • ...assistance from the East India Company and Trinity House subscribed to its restoration with a payment of £2,000 in 1774. ...s a production of one of Dickens' novels and people about the town wearing Victorian dress. The festival first took place in 1937, when Gladys Waterer, the then
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  • ...Basildon Park is as notable for its mid-twentieth-century renaissance and restoration, by Lord and Lady Iliffe, as it is for its architecture. In 1978, the Iliff ...rrison was possessed of a fortune he was investing wisely to become one of Victorian England's wealthiest men. A politician, between 1830 and 1847, he was one t
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  • ...nce would later be famous as Mrs Charles Bravo, the central character in a Victorian murder case that remains unsolved to this day.<ref>"''How Charles Bravo Die Hyslop's work was not all restoration. Immediately adjacent to the east facade, in a court created by newly plant
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  • ...by residential tower blocks, forming a stark contrast with the surrounding Victorian terraced housing. ...NESCO's list of World Heritage Sites. Eccles railway station has undergone restoration work by the Friends of Eccles Railway Station, including clean-ups, renovat
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  • ...e music venues, the Platform and the Hothouse. The Platform is a converted Victorian-styled building which used to be the old railway station. It also houses th ..., Morecambe, in evening sunlight.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Midland Hotel after restoration]]
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  • ...–85 when the church tower was added. Permission to quarry stone for this restoration from Whittlebury Forest was granted by Edward IV and later confirmed by Ric ===Georgian and Victorian periods===
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  • ...rish), is Abney Park Cemetery, one of the most splendid and enlightened of Victorian London cemeteries. It is the main London burial ground for 19th-century non As a late Victorian and Edwardian suburb, Stoke Newington prospered, and continued in relative
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  • ...n was mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] but did not really grow until the Victorian era when Clevedon became a popular seaside town. It was served by a short b ...erest. Clevedon Pier was opened in 1869, one of the earliest examples of a Victorian pier still in existence in the United Kingdom. During the 20th century it f
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  • ...it was more sympathetic to the church's architectural character than many Victorian restorations. At this time, the central section of the west gallery was rem
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  • ...ished in 1825 by William Burgess and the chancel restored in 1883. Further restoration took place in 1887-89 and 1902. Among the principal features are the Wadham In November the town celebrates the lighting of the Christmas lights with a Victorian evening. This is normally accompanied by local shops serving rum and cakes.
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