16th Collection (page 63)

Elizabethan Gatehouse
The beautiful black and white gatehouse of Stokesay Castle, Shropshire, England, dates from circa 1570, and was probably more for ornamental than defemsive purposes. Date: late 16th century

KIRBY HALL
The ruins of Kirby Hall, near Gratton, Northamptonshire, England. The hall was formerly a residence of the Earl of Winchelsea and was built 1570s to 1590s. Date: 16th century

St. Fagans Castle, near Cardiff, Wales, is a 16th century manor house on the site of a 13th century fortress. In 1948 it became a Welsh folk museum. Date: 16th century

Bath Abbey Choir
The Choir and East Window of Bath Abbey, Somerset, England. The beautiful fan vaulting of the Choir roof is original 16th century. Date: 12th century

Truro Cathedral, Truro, Cornwall, England, a modern cathedral, built in the Gothic Revival style. Built on the site of a 16th century church. Designed by John l. Pearson. Date: built 1880 - 1905

Amber Palace, Jaipur
The ornate windows of the Amber Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Started in 1592 and completed two centuries later, a fusion of Mughal and Hindu architecture. Date: 16th - 18th century

Old French Cannons
Two of the oldest and most interesting cannons in a collection in Paris, France, the upper of them called The Snake, covered with sculptures of men and women embracing. Date: 16th century

West Port, St. Andrew s, Fifeshire, one of the few surviving city gates in Scotland, it was built in 1589 and renovated in 1843. Date: 16th century

Kentish Farmstead
Ratling Court, Ratling, Kent, England, a fine Tudor farmhouse and well lodge. It was at one time owned by the Cowper family, Royalist supporters of King Charles I. Date: 16th century

Newbattle Abbey, a former seat of the Marquis of Lothian, Midlothian, Scotland, a 16th century house built on the site of a former 12th century abbey. Date: 16th century

Calgarth Hall Ceiling
Part of the ornate plasterwork ceilings in one of the bedrooms of CALGARTH HALL, Lake Windermere, Cumbria, England. Date: 16th century

Exeter Tudor House
Tudor House, Tudor Street, Exeter, Devon, England, the oldest private house in the city. Date: 16th century

Calgarth Hall Heraldry
Plasterwork in the old kitchen of CALGARTH HALL, on the banks of Lake Windermere, Cumbria, England, bearing the armourial shields of Christopher Philipson and Elizabeth Wyvil. Date: 16th century

Bishop Bonners Cottages
Built c. 1502, these pargetted picturesque thatched cottages, in East Dereham, Norfolk, England, were once the home of BISHOP EDMUND BONNER, who cruelly persecuted Protestants Date: early 16th century

GODFREES FARMHOUSE
Godfrees, an old farmhouse at Staverton, Northamtonshire, England. Date: 16th century

Eton College, Berkshire, England, founded by King Henry VI (whose statue is in the foreground) in 1440. Clock tower and buildings built by Prevost Lupton in 1517. Date: early 16th century

Newbattle Abbey Gateway
Newbattle Abbey, a former seat of the Marquis of Lothian, Midlothian, Scotland, a 16th century house built on the site of a former 12th century abbey. Date: 16th century

Dedham Grammar School, Essex, England, was founded in 1574 and rebuilt in the Georgian style in 1732. Date: 16th & 18th century

Tudor Schoolhouse
A winter view of the old School House at Arley, Cheshire, England, a fine black and white half-timbered building. Date: 16th century

BROOM HALL
Broom Hall, Broom, Warwickshire, England, a fine Elizabethan mansion, built in 1577 for Sir Thomas Throckmorton of Gough Court. Date: 16th century

Tudor Staircase

Tudor Hunting Lodge
Queen Elizabeths Hunting Lodge, Epping Forest, Essex, England. This splendid timber- framed three-storey building was used by royalty when on hunting trips in the forest. Date: 16th century

Tudor Cottage
An ancient Tudor cottage (now a museum) in the picturesque village of Ashwell, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 16th century

N. Walsham Market X
The quaint old (mid 16th century) Market Cross, built by the then Bishop of Norwich, Thomas Thirlby, in the main street of North Walsham, Norfolk, England. Date: mid 16th century

LONGLANDS FARMHOUSE
Longlands, an old farmhouse at Hennock, near Newton Abbot, Devon, England. It is probably a medieval hall-house of late 15th century origin, modernised in about 1600. Date: 15th & 16th century

Oddas Chapel, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England. Concealed within a 16th century house is this late Saxon Chantry chapel, built by Odda in 1056. Date: 11th & 16th century

Mary, Queen of Scots house
Queen Marys House, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, once belonged to the Kerr family. When Mary Queen of Scots visited the town in 1566, she stayed here. 16th century

A page from the Sketch, 1898
The small talk section of The Sketch, dated 16th March 1898, featuring a picture of William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) with his new Borchardt gun, and a gigantic bed, which, the article tells us

The receiver of taxes, 16th century
French citizens arrive to pay taxes to the tax receiver. Date: 16th Century

Fencing with daggers
A group of men engage in combat with one another, using daggers to fence with. Date: 1570

Old Guild Hall, Exeter
Old Guild Hall, High Street, Exeter, Devon. The elaborate frontage pictured here was added in the 1590s. Date: circa 1910s

An Elizabethan Banquet by Pauline Baynes
A detailed scene showing an Elizabeth banquet with entertainers in costume playing music and dancing while servants bring in platters of elaborate pies and dressed roast meats

Germany - Hildesheim - Butchers Guild Hall
The Knochenhauer-Amtshaus (Butchers Guild Hall), Hildesheim, Germany. Destroyed during WWII in 1945 and reconstructed from 1987 to 1989 according to original plans

Men fighting for power
Two men fight for power, wrestling for the crown which has been taken from the Kings head. Date: 1553

Saint-Thegonnec - Eglise de St Thegonnec
Saint-Thegonnec, Finistere, France - Eglise de Notre Dame - The Tower and Triumphal Arch (1587) Date: circa 1910s

Lieutenant-Colonel Rochford-Boyd, British army officer
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Charles Rochford-Boyd (1877-1917), British army officer with the Royal Horse Artillery, 16th Brigade during the First World War. Date: circa 1914

German robbers during the Peasants War
A chaotic scene during the Peasants War showing a group of German robbers, some preparing for their next attack whilst others count the loot from a previous haul. 1530s

A Queens Ship in the Pool in the Sixteenth Century
A Queens Ship in the Pool of London, the part of the River Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge and the original part of the Port of London

Two British Light Dragoons on horseback. On the left is an officer of the 7th or The Queens Own Regiment of Light Dragoons; on the right is an officer of the 16th or The Queens Regiment of Light

Cheapside, London
Model of Cheapside in London as it was in 1580 1580

Music in the Elizabethan home
Part singing during the reign of Elizabeth I. Date: 16th century

Thieves robbing a cart
A group of brigands accost a peasant and steal all the goods hes carrying in his cart. Date: 16th century

Music by King Henry VIII
Music and lyrics written by King Henry VIII entitled Passetyme with Goode Company (The Kynges Balade) accompanied by a stylised illustration showing The King conducting a group of musicians

Hyderabad, India - Hussain Sagar Lake Canal. The Hussain Sagar Lake was built by Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali in 1562, during the rule of Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah

Raid on Scarborough - 1914
Damage caused to the Grand Restaurant during the raid on Scarborough, which took place on December 16th, 1914. The raid was an attack by the German navy on the British seaport resulting in 137

Hereford Bridge

16th Century Classroom
A teacher and his pupils : he holds a birch with which to chastise the ignorant. Date: 16th century

Balboa / Exploration
Vasco Nunez de Balboa is attacked by natives on his way to the Cordilleras Date: 16th century

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