File:Buckingham Palace (20363945214).jpg
![File:Buckingham Palace (20363945214).jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Buckingham_Palace_%2820363945214%29.jpg/800px-Buckingham_Palace_%2820363945214%29.jpg?20210310172550)
Original file (4,288 × 3,216 pixels, file size: 1.57 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Summary
[edit]DescriptionBuckingham Palace (20363945214).jpg |
A look at Buckingham Palace from The Mall. One of the most popular areas in London visited by tourists. As you can see here there was loads around! At this time of year The Queen is in Balmoral, so visitors can pay to go into the palace (via a side entrance I think). Probably best to book online beforehand, than showing up and buying tickets.
<a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-416826-buckingham-palace-greater-london-authori#.VeITo_SC8Xw" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Buckingham Palace, Westminster</a> TQ 2879 NE and 2979 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER THE MALL, SW1 89/15 ; 90/22 5.2.70 Buckingham Palace G.V. I Royal Palace. 1825 design, begun 1826 by John Nash, rebuilding Buckingham House of 1705 as a palace for George IV, completed 1837 with alterations by Edmund Blore; the east range added 1847-50 by Blore; the Ballroom block of 1853-54, with Ambassadors' Court, by Sir James Pennethorne; the east front refaced 1913 by Sir Aston Webb for George V. Marble faced east front, the rest Bath stone except for Blore's west quadrangle front in Caen stone; slate and leaded roofs. Quadrangle plan. Monumental Graeco-Roman, composed with picturesque intent by Nash; Webb's east front a stiff Dixhuitieme exercise constrained by Blore's existing range but with elegant detailing: East front: 3 storeys with ground and attic floor mezzanines. Fenestration in rhythm 3:7:3:7:3 with centrepiece and terminal pavilion. Channelled ground floor with semicircular arched central gateway flanked by square headed doorways, all with fine ornamental iron gates of 1847; end pavilions and main range with square headed and semicircular arched gateways respectively; architraved sashes with open pediments on 1st floor and cornices on 2nd floor; fluted Corinthian pilasters rise through 1st and 2nd floors supporting main entablature with blocking course and balustraded parapet; centrepiece and terminal pavilions with Corinthian columns in antis and plain outer pilasters, in pairs on centrepiece, crowned by blind attics with pediments; continuous balustraded balcony to 1st floor. West front: of Blore's east range; advanced centrepiece with tetrastyle giant fluted Corinthian column portico above archway; sculpture in pediment. North and South quadrangle ranges: by Nash and given uniform 3 storey height, with attic, by him in 1828; slightly advanced 5-window wide pilastered centrepieces; ground floor Greek Doric colonnades filled in by Blore; to the south Ambassadors' Court with temple portico-porch and flanking ranges with Corinthian colonnade in antis, adjoining Pennethorne's 1853-1854 Ballroom block which continues giant columned corner pavilion theme of Nash's garden front. East front of Nash's West range: originally open to deep forecourt and Mall, has storeys and attic main block, 11 windows wide, with 3 storey 3-window wings, the main block with prominent, tetrastyle, 2 storey portico centrepiece, its low ground storey with cast iron coupled Greek Doric columns and the upper with giant coupled stone Corinthian columns carrying entablature and pediment with sculpture by Baily and crowning figures in Coade stone by W Croggan; the cast iron Doric colonnade is returned across ground floor of main block which has pavilion end bays dressed with giant pairs of Corinthian columns; tall blind attic; the friezes either side of portico by Westmacott and originally intended for the attic of Marble Arch. West garden front, by Nash: Long symmetrical composition with 5 accents; basement, ground floor, piano nobile through 2 storeys and attic to main block with 3-storey wings; the main block with 5-window central bow and 3-window side ranges terminating in 1-window pavilions; the wings each of 4 windows with similar pavilion end bays; ground floor channelled, giant engaged Corinthian columns to bow and detached coupled Corinthian columns to pavilions carrying entablature with rich rinceau frieze; large frieze panels of Coade stone over 1st floor by Croggan; the attic above half dome of bow (Blore's replacement of Nash's dome) has a frieze by Westmacott intended for Marble Arch; the range is flanked at east of terrace by projecting conservatories in the form of hexastyle Ionic temples with pediments; the south conservatory altered as palace chapel in 1893 and as the Queen's Gallery in 1962. Interior: State Apartments in west range at 1st floor level, with 2 suites divided by the Picture Gallery, c1829-36 by Nash and Blore, in rich and already eclectic Graeco-Roman style with Louis XIV and Wren details in mouldings and motifs, approached via the Grand Hall with marble columns and Nash's recasting of the original Buckingham House staircase as well as by Pennethorne's Grand Staircase to south extended by Pennethorne to give access to his Ballroom block; the Picture Gallery redecorated 1914; the interior of the Ballroom retains Pennethorne's ceiling and throne recess but redecorated by Ludwig Gruner in 1902 when the walls, windows and doorways were remodelled by Verity; the plainer ground floor rooms below the State Apartments survive virtually as designed by Nash. Marble Arch (q.v.) designed by Nash in 1828 as the forecourt gateway was removed by Blore's east range and re-erected in 1851 on its present site. History of the Kings Works; Vol VI Buckingham Palace; J Harris, G de Bellaigue & O Miller John Nash; John Summerson
Listing NGR: TQ2899779614
Source: English Heritage Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence. |
Date | |
Source | Buckingham Palace |
Author | Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Camera location | 51° 30′ 06.52″ N, 0° 08′ 28.64″ W ![]() | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | ![]() |
---|
Licensing
[edit]![w:en:Creative Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/CC_some_rights_reserved.svg/90px-CC_some_rights_reserved.svg.png)
![attribution](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Cc-by_new_white.svg/24px-Cc-by_new_white.svg.png)
![share alike](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cc-sa_white.svg/24px-Cc-sa_white.svg.png)
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
![]() |
This image was originally posted to Flickr by ell brown at https://flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/20363945214. It was reviewed on 10 March 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
10 March 2021
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 17:25, 10 March 2021 | ![]() | 4,288 × 3,216 (1.57 MB) | Matlin (talk | contribs) | Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Camera manufacturer | FUJIFILM |
---|---|
Camera model | FinePix S2980 |
Exposure time | 1/350 sec (0.0028571428571429) |
F-number | f/6.4 |
ISO speed rating | 200 |
Date and time of data generation | 11:43, 22 August 2015 |
Lens focal length | 5 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.0 Windows |
File change date and time | 19:05, 29 August 2015 |
Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
Exposure Program | Normal program |
Exif version | 2.3 |
Date and time of digitizing | 11:43, 22 August 2015 |
Meaning of each component |
|
Image compression mode | 2 |
APEX shutter speed | 8.5 |
APEX aperture | 5.36 |
APEX brightness | 7.8 |
APEX exposure bias | 0.33 |
Maximum land aperture | 3.26 APEX (f/3.1) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Daylight |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
Focal plane X resolution | 6,992 |
Focal plane Y resolution | 6,992 |
Focal plane resolution unit | 3 |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Manual white balance |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Image width | 4,288 px |
Image height | 3,216 px |
Date metadata was last modified | 20:05, 29 August 2015 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:93824B8E784EE511ADE4CDD9DE0729FE |
IIM version | 38,217 |