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Osborne House and WhippinghamPage 2 |
Old postcards are sometimes poorly produced and grainy, I've done my best to scan them. Please click thumbnails for full size picture. Dates are from the card or my estimate (where possible). The manufacturer of the card is shown in brackets (where available).
Inside
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The Dining Room, 1905. (1) |
The Durbar Room, undated. (2) |
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The Drawing Room, undated (3) |
The Billiard Room, undated (4). (Swain) |
Descriptions of the above (from Ward Locks Red Guide about 1930)
(1) In the Dining room may be noted a brass plate indicating the spot on which the coffin of Queen Victoria rested during the lying in state. The room contains many portrait groups of the Royal Family.
(2) The Durbar room, a striking proof of the hold which India had upon the affections of its first Empress. The ceilings and walls are decorated with elaborate plaster work, frequently mistaken for carved stone. The room was constructed in 1893 under the guidance of the famous Indian architect, Bhai Ram Singh. The cases in the room are mostly filled by magnificent, richly bejewelled caskets of all kinds, containing addresses presented to Queen Victoria by Indian potentates and municipalities.
(3) The Drawing room has six tulip-wood cabinets ornamented with porcelain plaques.
(4) The Billiard room is a pillared apartment commanding a view of the sea. Here are some vases, the large Russian vase between the billiard table and the window being especially noticeable.
Royal Naval College
After the death of Queen Victoria, part of the grounds were used as the Royal Naval College
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Osborne Royal Naval College, built in the grounds of Osborne House, probably from around 1910. (Hartmann) |
Another view of Osborne Royal Naval College, again probably from around 1910 |
Whippingham Church (St. Mildreds)
"The interest of the building lies in the fact that it was the Royal Church attended by the Royal family when in residence at Osborne, as was 'designed by Albert, Prince Consort, an rebuilt by Queen Victoria in conjunction with him in the year of our Lord MDCCCLXI (1861)' It was also attributed to A. J. Humbert. It occupies the site of an edifice 'dedicated in the twelfth century to Mildred, a saxon princess, and founded by William Fitz-Osbern in 1066, by whom it was bestowed, with five others, upon the Abbey of Lire'.
From Ward Lock Red Guide (about 1930), my additions in italics.
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From the early 1900's. (Jarrolds) |
The Rederos, Whippingham Church. This is behind the altar and depicts the last supper. Card from 1930's. (Dean) |
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The chancel, Whippingham Church showing Prince Henry's tomb. This is in the Battenburg Chapel on the left. Undated. (Sweetman) |
The Victoria and Albert Alms Houses built in 1880 opposite Whippingham Church. Card postmarked 1949. (Sweetman) |
Whippingham Church (outside site)
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All postcards on this page are from my own collection.