Architecture (215 pages found in this category)


Lytham Pier

Pleasure and working pier opened in the seaside town of Lytham, Lancashire, England in 1865, demolished in 1960.

Manchester Royal Exchange

Former cotton exchange damaged by two bombs, now comprising a theatre and shopping centre.

Mathematical Bridge

Footbridge across the River Cam in Cambridge, England, connecting two parts of Queens' College, built using seven shorter lengths of straight timber to form an arch.

Milton Court

17th-century country house in Dorking, Surrey, now converted to office accommodation.

Minsden Chapel

Grade II listed ruined 14th-century chapel near Preston, Hertfordshire, reputedly haunted.

Minster

Churches originally founded in Anglo-Saxon times, and a term revived for some large parish churches.

Misericord

Wooden ledge on the underside of a folding seat in a church, intended to support a member of the congregation while standing.

Monastic grange

Monastic granges were outlying landholdings held by monasteries independent of the manorial system. They could be of six known types: agrarian, bercaries (sheep farms), vaccaries (cattle farms), horse studs, fisheries or industrial complexes.

Morleys Hall

Morleys Hall, a moated hall converted into two houses on the edge of Astley Moss in Astley, Greater Manchester, England, was largely rebuilt in the 19th century on the site of a medieval timber house.

Narthex

Porch or vestibule before the main entrance to a Christian church.