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HWW ~ Auckland Palace Gateway

A new day brings us to the very old town of Bishop Auckland. Set in a beautiful location it is home to the Bishops Palace, Deer park and the famous Kynren British history themed attraction.
The historic Auckland Castle gateway and clock tower was built around 1760 for Bishop Richard Trevor, serving as the grand ceremonial entrance to the former palace of the Prince Bishops of Durham. Features a distinct gothic-revival stone archway and a clock tower housing a remarkably ancient bell with an inscription that traces it back to between 1175 and 1200. This makes it one of the oldest bells in the world

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Erhard Bernstein said:

HWW!
6 days ago ( translate )

Herb Riddle replied to Erhard Bernstein:

Thanks Erhard.

HWW.
6 days ago

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Beautiful building; well captured Herb.
hWW
6 days ago ( translate )

LotharW said:

Das sieht wirklich sehr gepflegt aus und ich fühle mich zeitmäßig zurückversetzt. HWW. Herb!
6 days ago ( translate )

Herb Riddle replied to LotharW:

Everything is immaculate here. Thanks for the call Lothar.

HWW, enjoy the week. Herb
6 days ago

Ko Hummel said:

HWW Herb
6 days ago ( translate )

Léopold said:

L'heure et l'art de photographier de la belle architecture d'antan.
6 days ago ( translate )

Günter Klaus said:

Sehr schön hast du diesen Ujrturm mit diesen Tor aufgenommen lieber Herbert,ein schönes Bild aus der alten Zeit mit diesen Bauwerk :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,liebe Grüße Güni :))
6 days ago ( translate )

Angelofruhr said:

HWW!
6 days ago ( translate )

Patrick Brandy said:

Magnifique endroit belle architecture bonne journée.
6 days ago ( translate )

tiabunna said:

An interesting gateway and tower, Herb. HWW.
6 days ago

polytropos said:

In Switzerland we have really old bells too, but 1175 is quite old! ;-)
HWW!
6 days ago

TOZ said:

A fine building Herb we have a lot of nice old buildings and a lot of history.
HWW a fine image.
Best Gordon
6 days ago

Roger (Grisly) said:

Lovely capture and interesting info Herb, HWW!
6 days ago

Don Sutherland said:

Remarkable shot.
6 days ago