Latest Images by David Roberts http://www.geograph.org.uk/ 2008-12-02T03:35:56GMT text/html 2005-08-30T13:00:05GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1470 David Roberts 52.630614 -0.823877 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/46034 Parts of the chapel which forms part of the present-day Launde Abbey are said to date from the original 12th Century Augustinian Priory. This picture was taken from the gardens at the rear of the house during an Open Day. text/html 2005-08-30T12:54:51GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1470 David Roberts 52.630614 -0.823877 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/46027 Launde Abbey was founded as an Augustinian Priory in the 12th Century. Since 1958 it has been the Retreat House and Conference Centre for the Anglican Diocese of Leicester. text/html 2005-08-05T16:17:52GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1470 David Roberts 52.476382 -1.893951 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/33700 Apparently this is a well known department store - a clear case of Form NOT following Function. text/html 2005-08-05T15:28:12GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1470 David Roberts 52.623312 -1.122483 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/33685 The War Memorial, which dates from 1925, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Lutyens was also responsible for the Cenotaph in London's Whitehall and for the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme in Northern France - there are echoes of both the others in the design of the Leicester memorial. text/html 2005-08-02T11:43:56GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1470 David Roberts 52.664104 -1.309452 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/32520 The tower and spire of St Peter's Church, Thornton, seen looking across the western arm of Thornton Reservoir.