2013

J4872 : Blenheim Drive, Newtownards (2)

taken 10 years ago, near to Newtownards, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Blenheim Drive, Newtownards (2)
Blenheim Drive, Newtownards (2)
See J4872 : Blenheim Drive, Newtownards (1). Blenheim Drive from close to Dakota Avenue. Scrabo Tower and Hill dominate the background. Continue to J4872 : Blenheim Drive, Newtownards (March 2014).
Scrabo Tower near Newtownards :: J4772

Designed by Charles Laynon, the tower was built in 1857 as a memorial to Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, who died in 1854.

The design for the tower was held as a competition, with a strict limit of cost set at £2000. Lanyon's effort only came fourth in the competition but his design was chosen as it fell within the required budget - in actual fact the 135 foot tower was to cost £3010 to complete.

The foundation stone was laid on March 6th 1857 in an elaborate ceremony attended by the new Marquess and Marchioness, the Bishop of Down and many of the county's gentry, preceded to the top of the hill by the Marquess's Highland piper. A jar was cemented into the foundations containing an inscribed scroll to the late Marquess, copies of local and national newspapers of the day, an Ordnance Survey map of County Down, coins of the realm and a list of 600 subscribers who contributed towards the cost of the tower - the list was headed by the Emperor Napoleon III of France.


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Geographical Context: Housing, Dwellings Suburb, Urban fringe Place: Newtownards other tags: West Winds (Newtownards) Street Houses Housing Estate Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Scrabo Hill [6] · Blenheim Drive [5] Other Photos: · Blenheim Drive, Newtownards (1) · Blenheim Drive, Newtownards (March 2014) ·
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J4872, 41 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 16 December, 2013   (more nearby)
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Monday, 16 December, 2013
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 484 723 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:34.6731N 5:42.2675W
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Irish: geotagged! J 485 723
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