#assembly rooms

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Sunsparkle is admiring her own reflection in a rather ornate mirror in the Bath Assembly Rooms.

In Somerset, in England.

[sztupy]

Zugmegfigyelésekben

[herheartwasintherightplace]

Bath, Somerset, England, The Aseembly Rooms. Est: The Lower Rooms in 1708 by John Wood, The Upper Rooms in 1771 by John Wood the younger.

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Bristol UK - The Victoria Rooms

The Victoria Rooms, also known as the Vic Rooms, houses the University of Bristol's music department in Clifton, Bristol, England, on a prominent site at the junction of Queens Road and Whiteladies Road. The building, originally assembly rooms, was designed by Charles Dyer and was constructed between 1838 and 1842 in Greek revival style, and named in honour of Queen Victoria, who had acceded to the throne in the previous year. An eight column Corinthian portico surmounts the entrance, with a classical relief sculpture designed by Musgrave Watson above. The construction is of dressed stonework, with a slate roof. A bronze statue of Edward VII, was erected in 1912 at the front of the Victoria Rooms, together with a curved pool and several fountains with sculptures in the Art Nouveau style.

The Victoria Rooms contain a 665-seat auditorium, a lecture theatre, recital rooms, rehearsal rooms and a recording studio. Jenny Lind and Charles Dickens performed at the Victoria Rooms. It was also the venue for important dinners and assemblies, including banquets to commemorate the opening of the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the quatercentennial anniversary of Cabot's discovery of North America, meetings which led to the establishment of the University College, Bristol, an early congress of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and suffragettes "at-homes". The building was purchased and given to the university in 1920 as a home for the student union and, circa 1924, it spent a brief period as a cinema. Following a fire in 1934, the building was refurbished by the university. It remained as the base of the student union until purpose built facilities were opened in Queens Road in the 1960s. The Victoria Rooms then became an exhibition and conference centre, before housing the music department in 1996. They remain in use in the 21st century for concerts, exhibitions, plays, recitals and lectures.

[privatedb]

Bath

Short break in Bath. Wish I could say it has been without arguing, but there was a whole forgetting umbrella in a taxi temper tantrum, stubborn outburst which almost ruined the trip, - sick of there being a fight every holiday and there seems to be a lot of fights lately - and then the taxis being very late, so late we missed eating at Sally Lunn's and had to eat at the Cosy Club much later instead.

Still have some misgivings about going to see Bill Bailey at the O2 tomorrow night, but we'll see. Feel better when we're on our way home on Tuesday.

Did the Hard Hat tour of the Assembly Rooms, tea at the Jane Austen Centre and the Pump Rooms, shopped books at Waterstones. Stayed in Upper Lansdown Mews.

[scavengedluxury]

Save The Assembly Rooms

This building is arguably the finest 20th century building in the City of Derby. The ‘brutalist’ architectural style is currently at its nadir but as time passes it will inevitably be re-evaluated, as has happened with other, once controversial, styles. Commissioned by the City Council following an architectural competition, it was judged to be the right design for the important civic role it was to fulfil. It was opened by HRH The Queen Mother in 1977. The designer, Neville Condor CBE of...

[kalessinspics]

Top and middle: the Assembly Rooms, the Grand Hotel and the Old Inn on Marstrand. Bottom: the stone building that housed Sweden's first synagogue, established in 1780 during Marstrand's porto franco era.

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Sunsparkle is in the Bath Assembly Rooms.

In Somerset, England.