I bordi macabri di una finestra in rovina nel Palazzo Vescovile del 14th ° secolo accanto alla Cattedrale di St Davids a Pembrokeshire, Galles, Regno Unito, incorniciano la torre centrale della cattedrale e il suo fronte ovest, Ricostruito in arenaria viola in stili misti e con standard tecnici insoddisfacenti nel 1793 dal celebre architetto neoclassico Regency e Georgiano John Nash, designer di Buckingham Palace, Marble Arch e Regent Street di Londra, e dal Royal Pavilion di Brighton. La facciata doveva essere rimodellata negli anni '1860s, quando iniziò a piegarsi verso l'esterno e necessitò di ulteriori riparazioni importanti negli anni '1990s.

• Collaboratore: Terence Kerr / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: 2G2BEHY
• Dimensioni dei file: 29,1 MB (1,6 MB Download compresso)
• Liberatorie: Modello - no | Proprietà - no
• Dimensioni: 2615 x 3887 px | 22,1 x 32,9 cm | 8,7 x 13 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 21 marzo 2008
• Ubicazione: St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

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St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK: the rubble edges of an empty window in the ruined 14th century Bishops Palace frame the ancient cathedral tower and its west front, rebuilt in purple Cambrian sandstone in mixed styles and to poor technical standards in 1793 by celebrated neoclassical architect John Nash, then rebuilt in the 1860s after Nash’s construction proved unstable. Nash (1752-1835) was one of the most influential architects of the Regency and Georgian eras. He worked for the Prince Regent (later King George IV) and was solely or jointly responsible for designing many important buildings and streets in London, including Buckingham Palace, Marble Arch, Carlton House Terrace, Clarence House, the Royal Mews and Regent Street. Outside London, he designed the Royal Pavilion in Brighton as well as numerous stately homes and grand country houses all over England and Wales. St Davids Cathedral began to suffer from structural problems within 100 years of its foundation in 1181. The central tower collapsed twice and by 1789, the west front was leaning outward by one foot (.3m). John Nash’s solution, to rebuild the upper part of the facade was inherently flawed because his new structure was attached to existing nave walls that were also sloping west under pressure from the leaning central tower. Nash’s west front, unstable within a few decades, had to be remodelled between 1862 and 1870 by Victorian Gothic Revival architect Sir George Gilbert Scott. More recently, the west front has required further extensive repairs, for which the quarry that provided the original purple sandstone was reopened. The work was completed in 1998. D0473.A5636

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