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Former home of Bute family within Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Home of Bute family within Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Beauchamp Tower over former Bute family home at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Beauchamp Tower (c1881) restored by William Burges at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Towers at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | An entrance to former Bute family home at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Drainage downspout capped with head of fowl at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Figures representing principal planets with their zodiacs on Clock Tower at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Love Conquers All chimneypiece (1874) in Winter Smoking Room in Clock Tower at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Ornate ceiling of Winter Smoking Room with 12 signs of the zodiac, painted by Fred Weekes at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Detail of ceiling in Winter Smoking Room at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Stained glass window depicting Norse God Thor, in Winter Smoking Room, at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Day Nursery (1879) where four Bute children attended their lessons in the Guest Tower at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Genevieve & The Children in the Wood sections of painted tile frieze (1878) of children's stories by Horatio Lonsdale & William Burges in Day Nursery at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Hop-on-my Thumb plus Jack & the Beanstalk with Jack the Giant Killer sections of painted tiled frieze (1879) of children's stories by Horatio Lonsdale & William Burges in Day Nursery at Cardiff Castle at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Portraits of children's authors: Aesop, Scheherazade & Chaucer in Day Nursery at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Islamic style, gilded ceiling with stained glass window insets in Arab Room at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Islamic style gilded ceiling in Arab Room at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Lord Bute Coat-of-Arms & fireplace with ornately carved chimney piece in Arab Room at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Italian marble floor in Arab Room at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Overview of Banqueting Hall in one of the oldest parts of castle; reconstructed (late 1800s) by Lord Bute & William Burges as a grand entertainment space at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Chimneypiece sculpted by Thomas Nicholls & painted mural (1875) by Horatio Walter Lonsdale, close associate of William Burges, reflecting medieval history theme in Banqueting Hall at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Painted mural (1875) of scene from Anarchy by Horatio Walter Lonsdale & archway with monk in study at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Deer sculpture in Banqueting Hall at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Lord Bute's Bedroom, located in the Bute Tower, at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Chimneypiece with gilded bronze statue of St John the Evangelist by Burges & Fucigna in Lord Bute's bedroom at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Stained glass window depicting Thyatira, one of the seven churches of Asia, from St John's Book of Revelations in Lord Bute's bedroom at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Lord Bute's bathroom at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Bronze fountain, designed by William Burges in Roof Garden at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Bronze beavers atop fountain in Roof Garden at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Section from tile mural illustrating life of Elijah in Roof Garden at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Crocodile painted on tile in Roof Garden at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Fireplace & chimneypiece in Small Dining Room (1875) which reflects a biblical theme, at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Statue of Abraham flanking chimneypiece in Small Dining Room at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Stained glass windows depicting sacrifices to God from Old Testament at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Stained glass depicting King Henry VIII & Queen Jane Seymour at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Sculpture of monkey holding fruit from Tree of Knowledge (in reference to Darwin) in Library at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Carved figures holding scrolls in Greek, Hebraic, Assyrian, Hieroglyphics, & Runic in Library at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Carved wood bookcases (1870's) original to the library at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. | Base of spiral staircase guarded by armored animal & small dragon at Cardiff Castle. Cardiff, Wales. |