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Pennell's views of Lynn around 1900
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Left: Lynn from the River |
Right: The Town Hall.
"The Guildhall, formerly the hall of the Trinity Guild, in the Saturday Market
place, has a fine Gothic window and a Renaissance porch of flint and stone: the
Assembly Rooms form a part of the building, and by means of folding doors are
made to form a spacious apartment, 87 feet long by 22 broad and 22 feet in
height: adjoining these are the council and magistrates' rooms: ..." |
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Left: Old warehouses
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Right: "St. Margaret's church
, formerly that of the Benedictine priory of SS. Mary Magdalene and Margaret,
founded by Bishop Herbert {de Losinga} in 1100, is a fine cruciform structure
of freestone, in the Early English, Early Decorated and Perpendicular styles,
and now consists of chancel, with chapels, nave, aisles and two western towers
86 feet in height and containing 10 bells, two of which were presented in 1887
by William Burkitt esq.: one of the towers was formerly surmounted by a spire,
which, being blown down in 1741, ...." |
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Left: "The Custom House
, Purfleet quay, erected in 1683 as an Exchange, and purchased by the Crown in
1715, is a building of freestone, in the Italian style, with a curious
pyramidal roof, from which rises a small open turret, terminating in a pinnacle
at the height of 90 feet: a statue of Charles II is placed over the entrance." |
Right: The South Gate
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