I Will Take You Fly To London II

I will tell you about amazing village in London.... That was so great... So different with my village in Indonesia..
Huuu... How pity I am!!! :(

Well, i have open some websites about London,, and I have some great info about small village in London...
So peacefull place, I love it.. ^_^

We'll fly to village in north London....
Here we go....





This is Holly Village, it's so beautiful, right??? I'm sure all of people there always keep clean for them village, i did't see a trash around there..
I hope the people in my village can do the same as the people in Holly village too...
You can have vacation in this village if you want... This is very comfortable place...
And, i always ask myself, When will my village be like that???
Oh my god... if i can change my village into Holly village,,,, i will get peacefullness in my life....
( Ok, stop wondering )

We still in North of London .....
And i will let you see,, ( hha, so what will happen if i'm not let you see this pict? Lol ) House with a tower in Holly Village ...






Ohh,,,, I forgot to tell you some information about Holly Village ...
This is short information about Holly Village.

Holly Village, designed by the architect Henry Astley Darbishire for Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts, consists of a group of eight buildings built around a green, comprising four detached houses and four pairs of adjoining cottages. The houses were apparently intended (though there is some dissent here) as an economic rather than a charitable venture — as Camden Council puts it, for "private rent to those on considerable incomes." Also according to Camden Council, it was built by William Cubbitt, rather than the more commonly cited Thomas Cubbitt.

The development would have been visible from Holly Lodge, the Coutts's splendid country villa on Highgate's West Hill (long since replaced by a mock-Tudor garden suburb still called the Holly Lodge estate). Thus Darbishire, who worked in quite a different, far more utilitarian style on model housing for the poor, was here requested to create a sort of Gothic fantasy which could be enjoyed both as a view and as a residential community for future tenants. No expense was spared in the materials, which included fine quality teak wood and Portland stone, and Italian craftsmen were employed for the wood carving. Both in the stonework and the woodcarving there are many "picturesque and fanciful" details (Weinreb and Hibbert 400), including contrast patterning in the exterior walls, crenellations, pinnacles, dormers, small heads (on window corbels etc.) and small animals (e.g. as gargoyles, also visible in the close-up of windows). The latter designs reflect Burdett-Coutts's love of animals, which led to the founding of the RSPCA. The diamond-shaped Coutts coat-of-arms appears prominently in Portland stone on each building, and over the entrance archway is inscribed, "Holly Village Erected By A. G. B. Coutts A.D. 1865." The sculptures on either side of the archway are idealised, classically-robed representations of Burdett-Coutts herself and her governess and long-time companion, Hannah Brown. Burdett-Coutts holds a pet dog, and Mrs Brown holds a dove.
With its "huge indulgence in flamboyant detail" (Davies 315), Holly Village is a unique example of full-blown Victorian Gothic in a residential complex. The wrought iron gate beneath the entrance archway makes it perhaps the first example of a gated housing development.

I think enough....
And, let's continue ....

I will tel you about "CARVED WOODEN BARGEBOARDS AND DECORATED CHIMNEYPOTS" , absoulottely, in Holly Village. Hmmm,,, this is the pict,




Hmmm.... Honestly, i didn't really know about it. But,,, of course, this is so great!

_Carved wooden bargeboards and decorated chimneypots in Holly Village. Highgate, North London. H. A. Darbishire. 1865. Photograph and text 2008 by Jacqueline Banerjee_.

And now...
I will tell you,,, about exterior of Holly village from the street....



Wow,,, amazing ,,,,,,, great!!!
Do you think same as me??? I think the answer is " Yes "

And, for the readers.... Don't you think about how to entrance Holly Village?
OK, I will tell you and I know I have to do it ..

Well Entrance to Holly Village.

 
Just one word to describe it ..

"Amazing"

At the last, this is the picture of  "STATUE OF BARONESS BURDETT-COUTSS"

  Well, I think enough for all. I will continue with other amazing Village in London in my next post. Thanks for read my post, don't forget to give your comment. Okay, see you on my next post!


_Cichy d'Xelomyth_