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Dinmore Manor

Dinmore Manor is a house in Herefordshire. It is the private residence of mobile phone tycoon Martin Dawes and no longer open to the general public. Sitting on an elevation of around 500 feet above sea level, with views over the Malvern Hills, the site was developed from 1189 by the Knights Templar. It was later taken over as a preceptory of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. The site includes a 1,200 year old Yew tree. The chapel of St John of Jerusalem remains on the site. Erected in the early part of the 12th century and formerly attached to the preceptory, it was rebuilt in 1370 in the Norman and Decorated architectural styles. A rectangular building, it consists of a chancel, a nave, a north porch and a western tower with spire. It was thoroughly restored in 1886 by Rev. Harris Fleming St John MA, chaplain, and filled with painted windows executed by himself. Stated to have had the privilege of sanctuary, there are sittings for 50 persons. In the main house, the Music Room is actually a hall with a vaulted ceiling and a Victorian Aeolian Pipe Organ. The compact formal gardens include a rock garden, a collection of Acer trees and a water garden. The house overlooks the garden and lawn, and cloisters flank it to the right. The back wall of the cloisters features stained glass windows, through which coloured light streams onto the supporting columns in the late afternoon. In 1950 British Railways named one of its GWR 7800 Class after the manor. This locomotive, No.7820 is now preserved, and currently operating on the GWR railway at Toddington, Glos. It is estimated that Mr Dawes has spent some £14 million on turning the associated farmland into a horse stud.

Courtyard

The Courtyard Centre for the Arts is a theatre and arts venue in Hereford, England, located on Edgar Street just outside the city centre. The building was constructed between 1997 and 1998 on the site of another theatre; The New Hereford Theatre, a converted swimming baths which had become outdated. It hosts in-house shows, such as a Pantomime and productions by a Youth Theatre and a Community Company, alongside national tours. It is also one of the main sites for the annual Borderlines Film Festival. Planning for the replacement building began in 1993 and received a significant boost when the Lottery Commission provided £3.75 million towards the fund. The glass and wooden building was designed by Glenn Howells, following selection through an architectural design competition managed by RIBA Competitions, and opened on 18 September 1998 after a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Jonathan Stone, then Artistic Director. The design of the Main House is based upon the shape of an Elizabethan Courtyard or Inn Yard Theatre, from which the building takes its name. The building contains a Studio theatre in addition to its Main House, an art gallery and two conference rooms, on the ground and first floor. There is a rehearsal room/dance studio on the second floor. It has a total seating capacity of approximately 520, in both of its venues. The studio has a third role as a lecture hall; it was from here that David Cameron launched his LibDems 4 Cameron campaign in December 2005. The seating in both venues can be dismantled to create open spaces for events such as the annual Craft Fair and the Comedy or Folk Club . Both the Main House and the Studio are sound proofed and are not linked structurally within the building, in order to eliminate sound conduction between the two. There is also a licenced Cafe-Bar which hosts a number of free events such as Jazz Cafe, Sunday Social and Open Mike Night . Between 1998 and 2004 the centre received approximately 1.2 million visitors and in 1999 it was described as being an "ultra-cool, rigorously modern" building. The Courtyards patrons include Sir Derek Jacobi and Jo Brand.

The Hereford Academy

The Hereford Academy is a secondary school and sixth form located in Hereford, Herefordshire, England. It was known as Haywood High School in the late seventies until 2006, when it was renamed as Wyebridge Sports College. On 1 September 2009 it was renamed The Hereford Academy. It has been, like Whitecross Hereford High School re-classified as a Sports College. The Academy's new building opened in September 2011, and the demolition of the old school site, making way for new playing fields to be laid out, was completed in Spring 2012. Sixth form is located in the school as it is called "Post 16", students here are aged 16 and exceeded 18 years of age. Maths, English and P.E. are 'key topics' and other topics (French, Music, History, Geography and PHSE) are either repeated twice or remain single. There are places called "ELZ" in history, Science, Maths and technology. The punishments are called a 'C System' many children who give out a bad behaviour are given a C1, this gives them a warning and have house points taken away. A C2 is a second warning and more house points are removed. The C3 is an hour detention as children will wait until 4 PM. C4 is reflection. C5 is exclusion, permanent or term. There are six forms: Atlas, Castor, Deneb, Mizar, Rigel and Sirius. The forms are named after stars bigger than our sun. First is Year 7 will be 7Atlas or 7Deneb etc. This is for all of the years until 6th form.

Edgar Street

Edgar Street is a football stadium in Hereford and was the home of Hereford United Football Club from the club's formation in 1924 until December 2014, when the club was wound up. It is now the home of Hereford FC, a phoenix club formed to replace the former club. It is the largest football stadium in the county of Herefordshire and is located on the edge of Hereford City Centre, adjacent to the former cattle market . The name of the stadium directly derives from the name of the street where it is located, which is also the A49. The stadium consists of four stands with both terracing and seating and has largely remained the same since the last major redevelopment work was completed in 1974. The stadium has been central to the financial troubles of Hereford United for the last decade, with control of the two ground leases having been transferred to developers in exchange for a £1 million loan in the late 1990s. More recently any proposed redevelopment of the ground to include revenue-generating facilities has been prevented by the influence and presence of the proposed nearby Edgar Street Grid redevelopment scheme.

Maylord Shopping Centre

Maylord Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Hereford, England. Anchor stores include Wilko and Ernest Jones amongst its total of 50 shops. Development began in the mid-1980s with a partnership between Hereford City Council and Norwich Union Insurance to construct a £15m-20m shopping centre on the former site of a car park in the citys Blueschool Street. As well as shops and eateries, the centre is a venue for local shows such as the "Baby of the Year Award" and Christmas markets. Outdoor events will often take place in the summer in the central plaza, Trinity Square. Transport links are served by a series of bus stops at the rear and an underground car park beneath the building. In 2007 it was announced that a major refurbishment project was being discussed between Prudential and Herefordshire Council which would include more retail space, new shop-fronts and a possible extension of the roof to cover the entire centre.

Royal National College for the Blind

The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) is a co-educational specialist residential college of further education based in the English city of Hereford. Students who attend the college are aged over 16 and blind or partially sighted. They can study a wide range of qualifications at RNC, from academic subjects such as English and mathematics to more vocational topics such as performing arts. Alongside regular further education subjects and vocational training, the College offers training in mobility, independent living and personal development. Founded in 1871 in London as the Royal Normal College and Academy for the Blind, the college had a number of homes before moving to its campus in Hereford; it was renamed the Royal National College for the Blind in the late 1970s. It has been a pioneer in the education of visually impaired people in Britain since the Victorian era, and, as of 2010, is the only college for visually impaired students in the United Kingdom to have been awarded Beacon Status in recognition of its outstanding teaching and learning. RNC hosts the UK's first VI Sports Academy, having begun as the home of the first football academy for visually impaired players and the England blind football team. It hosted the 2010 World Blind Football Championship and also served as a training facility for participants in the 2012 Paralympic Games. The college is actively involved in the development of assistive technology, including student participation in the Tech Novice Cafe, run for members of the public who are not confident in computer use. Two notable devices were developed at RNC; the Mountbatten Brailler, an electronic braille writer, and the T3, a talking tactile device that helped with the reading of maps and diagrams. Early in the 21st century, there was dramatic departmental restructuring at the college, and a significant redevelopment and modernisation of the Hereford campus. The campus, located on Venns Lane, Hereford, is home to RNC's teaching, residential and leisure facilities. Students live in halls of residence, which enable them to gain a level of independence within the college environment. RNC operates a leisure facility, thePoint4, which is open to the public, and conferencing and hotel accommodation under the name Gardner Hall. Principal Mark Fisher took over from his predecessor (Sheila Tallon) in December 2015. The college is a registered charity (number 1000388), and its Patron is Charles, Prince of Wales. There are several high-profile supporters, including Dave Clarke, former captain of the England and Great Britain blind football teams. RNC has a number of notable people among its alumni, including former Home Secretary David Blunkett. The college was the subject of a 2007 film for the Channel 4 Cutting Edge documentary strand, which followed three students through their first term of study. The film won a 2008 Royal Television Society Award.

Ewyas Harold Castle

Ewyas Harold Castle was a castle in the village of Ewyas Harold in Herefordshire, England. The first castle on the site is believed to be one of the very few which were built before the Norman conquest under the Saxons, probably in 1048, on the site of an earlier fortification, possibly by Osbern Pentecost. It was a motte and bailey castle overlooking the Dulas Brook. In 1052 the original castle was destroyed either on the orders of Earl Godwin or by the Welsh in a raid. Following the Norman conquest and invasion of the area the castle was rebuilt by William Fitz Osbern, Earl of Hereford. In 1086, the Domesday Book recorded: In the jurisdiction of the castle of Ewyas Harold, Roger holds of Henry three churches and a priest and 32 acres of land and they render two sesters of honey. In the castle he has two messuages. In 1100 a priory was founded within the bailey of the castle. The castle fell into partial decay until the early 15th century. It was then in the possession of William Beauchamp, Lord Abergavenny, who refortified it in the face of the threat from Owain Glyndŵr. There is no record of it being attacked at this time. Owain and his various forces focused their attention on strategies and opportunities elsewhere. Subsequently, it then fell into ruin again by 1645, and today only earthworks remain on the edge of the village to mark where it once stood.
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