The Quinton Works with frontages on Quinton Road and Mile Lane in Cheylesmore , Coventry, originally ... author date publisher The Swift Club ref The frontages of the Quinton Works have been preserved and the building ... more details
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street frontages. They are consistently of stock brick with red brick dressings and pitched slate ... in the building frontages. The Peabody Trust owns most of the estate, but many homes are already privately ... more details
refimprove date May 2011 Infobox shopping mall shopping mall name Haymarket Shopping Centre image Haymarket Centre logo.png image width 200 caption location Leicester address 1 Kildare Walk, City Centre, Leicester, LE1 3YH coordinates opening date 1973 closing date developer manager Munroe K Asset Management owner ING Group ING Real Estate Investment Management architect number of stores 65 number of anchors Primark , T.K. Maxx floor area convert 250000 sqft m2 abbr on ref cite web url http www.mkaml.co.uk portfolio haymarket.php title Haymarket Shopping Centre, Leicester publisher Munroe K Asset Management accessdate 27 May 2011 ref floors 2 parking 500 spaces website http www.haymarketshopping.co.uk footnotes coord 52 38 12.00 N 1 7 55.00 W type landmark display title The Haymarket Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in the Leicester City Centre city centre of Leicester , England . It opened in 1973, ref cite web url http www.haymarketshopping.co.uk About.aspx title About Us publisher Haymarket Shopping Centre accessdate 27 May 2011 ref and is located immediately to the east of the Clock Tower Leicester Clock Tower . The shopping centre is owned by ING Group ING Real Estate Investment Management . ref cite web url http m.propertyweek.com news ing takes C2 A3775m leicester shopping centre 3038964.article title ING takes 77.5m Leicester shopping centre publisher Property Week date 2 August 2004 ref The Haymarket is bounded by Haymarket and Belgrave Gate to the north, Charles Street to the east, and Humberstone Gate to the south. To the west it fronts onto the Clock Tower area. Most of the frontage is red brick . However, at the Clock Tower end, and on the corner of Humberstone Gate and Charles Street, other frontages are retained the former being Littlewoods , and the latter being the old site of C&A , latterly Allders and now a Primark store . In May 2006 it was announced that Woolworths Group Woolworths were to vacate their unit in the centre in 2007 after being ... more details
infobox shopping mall shopping mall name Westfield Marion image image width 250 caption location Oaklands Park, South Australia Oaklands Park , South Australia , Australia coordinates coord 35.0165 138.5455 display inline,title region AU SA type landmark opening date 1968 number of stores 327 ref name portfolio http westfield.com corporate property portfolio australia marion.html Westfield Marion Portfolio ref floor area convert 133,227 m2 sqft 0 abbr on ref name portfolio manager John O Loughlin owner Australian Prime Property Funds & The Westfield Group parking 5,509 floors 3 website http westfield.com.au marion westfield.com.au marion Westfield Marion is the largest shopping complex in Adelaide , South Australia . The centre, its management and all tenant addresses are located in the suburb of Oaklands Park, South Australia Oaklands Park . ref http westfield.com corporate property portfolio australia marion.html Westfield Marion Corporate Information , accessed 2006 08 12 ref The centre contains two supermarkets Coles Supermarkets Coles and Woolworths supermarkets Woolworths , several department and discount stores Myer , David Jones Limited David Jones previously John Martin s , Kmart Australia Kmart , BIG W , Target Australia Target & Harris Scarfe , a 26 cinema Event Cinemas Megaplex complex including four large Senstadium screens and a Gold Class area , a bowling alley, Bunnings Warehouse and over 300 specialty stores. The centre also houses offices for The Westfield Group Westfield Management and also for doctors, lawyers and government agencies. Marion is located on a large allotment of land with frontages to Sturt, Diagonal and Morphett Rds. Over 30,000 people shop at Marion each day. It is located within the City of Marion and is the major shopping destination for the surrounding region. Some 350,000 people live in the vicinity of Westfield Marion. Westfield Marion was built in 1968, and has seen three extensions in 1982, 1989 and 1997. The last extension ... more details
cleanup date December 2008 The Villa Ehinger is in the Neue Welt , a sub district of M nchenstein , in the Cantons of Switzerland canton of Basel Country in Switzerland . Geographical location The geographical area called the Neue Welt new world evolved as the industry started establishing itself around the upper end of the St. Alban Teich . This is a canal, artificially constructed by the Basler Kloster St. Alban Basel Kloster St. Alban during the 12th century, so as to bring water and water power to the industry in Basel. Later, during the years 1624 25, the canal was prolonged through Br glingen towards the Birs waterfall in M nchenstein and from here the water is diverged. History image 2009 05 24 hammerschmiede.JPG thumb right Hammerschmiede, Neue Welt, M nchenstein, refurbished in 1970 The Villa Ehinger is situated in the middle of a Park, above the industry. The neo classical summer residence became renowned under the name of the ultimate owners. The Villa was originally built in association with the previous hammer mill Hammerschmiede . image 2009 05 24 villa ehinger 001.JPG thumb left Villa Ehinger, refurbished in 1973. The hammer mill from 1660 is the oldest building situated on the banks of the canal. It was built by Ludwig Krug. During 1822 the hammer mill was refurbished as a cotton spinning mill by Felix Sarasin 1771 1839 . The technical administration was taken on by his son Ludwig August Sarasin 1804 31 , who sought for his new residence to be built nearby. Sarasins acquaintance with the young architect Melchior Berri initiate him to commission Berri with the planning and construction of this country house in 1829. Up until then Berris work had been confined by the existing frontages of the town streets Basel Casino and other buildings within the town . Here, however, he was free to build a house that was unconfined by other buildings or existing boundaries, a building that should have an English garden surrounding it. Unfortunately Ludwig August Sar ... more details
infobox military structure name Fort des T tes native name partof location Brian on , France image File Fort des T tes.jpg 300px caption Fort des T tes from the Croix de Toulouse map type France latitude 44.89528 longitude 6.65 map size 300 map alt map alt map caption type Fort coordinates code built Start date 1721 builder materials height used demolished condition Preserved ownership French Army open to public controlledby France garrison current commander commanders occupants battles events image2 caption2 The Fort des T tes , also known as the Fort des Trois T tes , is a fortification in the vicinity of Brian on in the Dauphin region of southeastern France . It was first surveyed by Vauban in 1700. In 1709 the James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick Marshal Berwick established a fortified camp on the plateau, overlooking the valley of the Durance from a height of convert 1440 m ft . The position controlled the high valleys of Fontenil and Fontchristiane. A permanent bastioned triangular fort was built between 1721 and 1723 to designs by Tardif and N gre. ref name chemins1 cite web title Le fort des T tes, Brian on 05 url http www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr page affichelieu.php?idLang en&idLieu 1454 publisher Chemins de Memoire accessdate 22 July 2010 language French ref The position was used by the French Army in the defense of Brian on until 1940, when it was part of the Fortified Sector of the Dauphin . ref name hetou5 1 cite book last Mary first Jean Yves coauthors Hohnadel, Alain Sicard, Jacques title Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 5 publisher Histoire & Collections year 2009 pages 22 23 isbn 978 2 35250 127 5 language French ref The fort is connected to the main town by the Pont d Asfeld , designed by Vauban. The fort has three principal frontages and a lower fort covering the approaches. The garrison comprised about 1250 men serving 70 artillery pieces. The Fort des Trois T tes is linked to the nearby Fort du Randouillet by an enclosed, fortifie ... more details
Infobox company name Galbraith and Sons Ltd logo caption type genre fate Acquired predecessor successor Home and Colonial Stores foundation 1894 founder William Galbraith defunct 1987 location city Paisley , Renfrewshire historic Renfrewshire location country Scotland location locations area served key people industry Grocery , General merchandise products services revenue operating income net income aum assets equity owner num employees parent divisions subsid homepage URL example.com footnotes intl Galbraith and Sons was a retailing company based in Paisley , Renfrewshire historic Renfrewshire , Scotland. The company grew to over 220 stores, establishing their own food production plants to supply their stores. Galbraith s were acquired in 1954 by Home and Colonial , becoming part of the Allied Suppliers Allied Suppliers Group . Galbraith s survived as one of the Scottish trading names for Allied Suppliers until 1987, when it disappeared as part of the Argyll Stores Argyll Supermarkets re branding to Safeway UK Safeway Stores . History Stores Galbraith s Stores first shop was established in Linwood Village, Paisley in 1894. Within 6 years the company had 12 stores and had expanded to over 59 shops by 1919. To minimise capital outlay the stores usually located in Apartment Tenement Blocks were rented, designed in a uniform style and had narrow shop frontages. The store network grew rapidly, by 1939 the company had over 159 grocery branches and 12 butchers shops. Along with a provisions window, staple items such as tea, sugar and bakery goods were advertised with the emphasis on price. By the time of the sale to Home and Colonial the store network had expanded to over 220 stores and was regarded as the leading independent grocery business in the west of Scotland ref Retailing Revolution , Peter Mathias c Allied Suppliers Ltd, 1967 ref Distribution The stores were originally served by a single warehouse in Paisley . As the store network grew a second warehouse was add ... more details
Orphan date July 2011 Barton Manor originally from the Old English , burc tun alternates Burton , Burtone , Berton , Barton is a Jacobean architecture Jacobean manor house in Whippingham , on the Isle of Wight . While it retains two 17th century elevations, other frontages were renovated, as was the interior in the 19th century. ref name LloydPevsner2006 cite book last1 Lloyd first1 David Wharton last2 Pevsner first2 Nikolaus title The Isle of Wight url http books.google.com books?id rCZ6rLTc2S0C&pg PA27 accessdate 8 July 2011 year 2006 publisher Yale University Press isbn 9780300107333 pages 27 ref Two medieval lancet windows originated at a former Augustinian priory. Barton is the most northerly of all the Island manor houses. ref name woottonbridgeiow.org.uk cite web url http woottonbridgeiow.org.uk bartonmanor.php title Whippingham Barton Manor publisher Wootton Bridge Historical accessdate 8 July 2011 ref Early history The manor of Barton is mentioned in Domesday Book as having been held of King Edward by Bolla, and as having passed at the Conquest into the hands of the Norman, Fitz Stur, with whose family it remained till the reign of Henry III., when it passed by marriage to Walter de Insula. About 1282, John de Insula, rector of Shaltteet, and Peter de Winter, rector of Godshill, founded and endowed at Barton an oratory of Augustines for six priests and a clerk. It was dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and placed under the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester but about the middle of the 15th century it was suppressed, and its lands granted by Bishop Waynflete to Winchester College, with which they remained till purchased by Her Majesty, in 1846. The ancient Barton Manor House, which was erected shortly after the suppression of the religious foundation, has been considerably enlarged and renovated, so that it is now a large mansion of that style of domestic architecture which prevailed during the reign of the Tudors. Grounds Behind the manor house are the farm ... more details
about the railway station in Buxton, Derbyshire the former Midland Railway station in Buxton, Derbyshire Buxton Midland railway station the Bure Valley Railway Station in Buxton, Norfolk Buxton Norfolk railway station Infobox UK station name Buxton code BUX image name BuxtonStation2.JPG manager Northern Rail locale Buxton borough High Peak England High Peak usage0405 pad 1em 0.225 usage0506 increase 0.261 usage0607 increase 0.264 usage0708 increase 0.284 usage0809 increase 0.301 usage0910 increase 0.301 usage1011 increase 0.309 platforms 2 symbol rail caption Buxton station owner latitude 53.261 longitude 1.913 gridref SK059737 original Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway pregroup London and North Western Railway postgroup London, Midland and Scottish Railway years start date 1863 06 15 df y events Station opened File BuxtonStation1.JPG thumb right Fan window File Buxton railway station Derbyshire in 1978.jpg thumb right British Rail Class 104 BR Class 104 Diesel Multiple Unit DMU in the snow, 24 December 1978 Buxton railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Buxton in Derbyshire , England. It is managed and served by Northern Rail . The station is 25 miles 41 km south east of Manchester Piccadilly and is the terminus of the Buxton Line . History Two railways arrived in Buxton almost simultaneously in 1863. The Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway , heavily promoted by the London and North Western Railway LNWR , built its line from Manchester to Whaley Bridge railway station Whaley Bridge and extended it to Buxton. Meanwhile the Midland Railway extended the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Rowsley . When the Midland extended its main line to New Mills in 1867, to bypass the LNWR, Buxton became a branch line from Millers Dale railway station Millers Dale . The stations were side by side, with identical frontages designed by J. Smith with guidance from Joseph Paxton , each having a wrought iron glazed ... more details
Infobox shopping mall shopping mall name QueensPlaza image Queens Plaza.jpg image width 200px caption Adelaide and Edward Streets entrace location Queen Street Mall , Brisbane coordinates coord display inline,title 27.468707 153.026322 type landmark region AU address 226 Queen Street opening date startdate 2005 6 1 ref name stage1 Cite news edition 6 issn 1322 5235 page 12 last Condon first Matthew title Opening day fever has shoppers abuzz work The Courier Mail date 2005 06 02 ref closing date developer manager Colonial First State Global Asset Management owner architect number of stores number of anchors floor area convert 36000 m2 ref Cite news edition 2 issn 1322 5243 page 20 last Madden first Fleur title What s going on in there? Soon the hole story will be revealed work The Sunday Mail Brisbane The Sunday Mail date 2004 04 04 ref parking 600 ref name chic Cite news edition 1 issn 1322 5235 page 7 last Healy first Madeline title Chic centre to usher in new era of shopping work The Courier Mail date 2003 09 22 ref floors 5 website URL queensplaza.com.au belowstyle footnotes QueensPlaza is an upmarket shopping centre located in Central Business District of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia , with frontages on Adelaide Street, Brisbane Adelaide Street , Queen Street Mall, Brisbane Queen Street Mall , and Edward Street, Brisbane Edward Street . ref name chic QueensPlaza has three main shopping levels, plus an extra two levels exclusively for a David Jones Limited David Jones department store. The shopping centre also has many national and international retail brands, some exclusive to Brisbane, as well as a number of high fashion stores including Louis Vuitton , Chanel and Tiffany & Co . Image Queens Plaza from Queen Street Mall side.jpg thumb left Internal view from Queen Street Mall , 2006 Construction began in September 2003. ref name chic Stage 1 of QueensPlaza was completed in June 2005, with stage 2 being completed in October 2007. ref name stage1 ref name st ... more details
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