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![The church was designed by James Gibbs and was built between 1714 and 1723. It was part of the Queen Anne Commission for Building Fifty New Churches. I recently discovered […]](http://stonestairs.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/8576336811_d59068e852_c-115x115.jpg "St Mary le Strand")
St Mary le Strand
Posted on March 25, 2013 | No CommentsThe church was designed by James Gibbs and was built between 1714 and 1723. It was part of the Queen Anne Commission for Building Fifty New Churches. I recently discovered […] -
![Once I had finished looking around the West Wing and was back in the central courtyard of Somerset House I noticed a couple of other staircases that I haven’t spotted before. […]](http://stonestairs.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/8578540132_b3e893af42_z-115x115.jpg "Somerset House, Courtyard")
Somerset House, Courtyard
Posted on March 21, 2013 | No CommentsOnce I had finished looking around the West Wing and was back in the central courtyard of Somerset House I noticed a couple of other staircases that I haven’t spotted before. […] -
![I recently visited the newly refurbished rooms in the West Wing and was pleased to discover another lovely staircase. This flight looks so simple and effortless. It is interesting to […]](http://stonestairs.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/8576342239_2b70772dc6_c-115x115.jpg "Somerset House, West Wing")
Somerset House, West Wing
Posted on March 21, 2013 | No CommentsI recently visited the newly refurbished rooms in the West Wing and was pleased to discover another lovely staircase. This flight looks so simple and effortless. It is interesting to […] -
![I have often wondered whether the internal staircases in Palladio’s villas were cantilevered or not. From reading Sally and Carl Gable’s book Palladian Days: Finding a New Life in a […]](http://stonestairs.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/495227291_8bf68f11ce_z-115x115.jpg "Villa Almerico Capra or Villa la Rotunda")
Villa Almerico Capra or Villa la Rotunda
Posted on March 15, 2013 | No CommentsI have often wondered whether the internal staircases in Palladio’s villas were cantilevered or not. From reading Sally and Carl Gable’s book Palladian Days: Finding a New Life in a […] -
![The back stairs are beautifully simple. On the upper floors they are simple dogleg flights with half landings. The position of the baluster at the back of the treads is […]](http://stonestairs.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/8518651496_8992f408fb_z-115x115.jpg "Townley Hall, back stairs")
Townley Hall, back stairs
Posted on March 11, 2013 | No CommentsThe back stairs are beautifully simple. On the upper floors they are simple dogleg flights with half landings. The position of the baluster at the back of the treads is […] -
![In 2005 Sam Price and I wrote a paper for the IStructE on the history and structural mechanics of cantilever stone stairs. They now sell it through their website – […]](http://stonestairs.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/8190682235_42c6e8ec19_z-115x115.jpg "IStructE Paper")
IStructE Paper
Posted on March 7, 2013 | No CommentsIn 2005 Sam Price and I wrote a paper for the IStructE on the history and structural mechanics of cantilever stone stairs. They now sell it through their website – […] -
![Image Copyright of Country Life I first heard about about Townley Hall when I was reading Irish Houses & Gardens: From the Archives of “Country Life” and I was struck […]](http://stonestairs.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/20130304-131350-115x115.jpg "Townley Hall, Co. Louth, Ireland.")
Townley Hall, Co. Louth, Ireland.
Posted on March 5, 2013 | No CommentsImage Copyright of Country Life I first heard about about Townley Hall when I was reading Irish Houses & Gardens: From the Archives of “Country Life” and I was struck […]