IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Swan Lane, FARINGDON, SN7 7AF

Introduction

This page details the photographs taken nearby to Swan Lane, SN7 7AF by members of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

Image Map


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Image Listing (112 Images Found)

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Portwell bench, Faringdon
'In 2014 the stone seat near the Portwell Pump in Faringdon's Market Square was cleaned, repaired and improved with money from Bloor Homes Folly Park View development. 'The “Dali Diver” celebrates an era when the glitterati of the art, music and literature worlds would descend on Faringdon in their droves. Diana Churchill ran around the grounds of Faringdon House naked. Salvador Dali even had his own bedroom there – painted deep red. On one of Dali’s extended visits, Berners entered into the spirit of Dali’s endeavours by making the arrangements to hire a deep sea diver’s suit that Dali was going to wear at the opening of the first exhibition of Surrealist Art in London. On being asked to what depth Dali wished to descend, Lord Berners replied that Dali was going to descend to the subconscious, after which he would immediately come up again. With equal seriousness the voice on the telephone replied that in this case they would replace the helmet with a special one. 'Dali also tried out the suit in Faringdon, walking across the square right by the site of the Portwell seat. The opening itself when Dali attempted to give a lecture while slowly suffocating encased in the diving suit has gone down in the infamous annals of art history. 'The Diver is also particularly appropriate in a region famed for its fossil sponges that thrived when Faringdon was deep beneath the sea. Faringdon of course also has its own fully registered lighthouse. 'Just as Dali wore the diver’s suit to startle people from their complacency, Berners was also fond of wearing masks to give people a shock, so the weight hanging below the diver’s shoulder plates is fashioned into a laughing mask. The sad mask on the diver’s back represents the duality of Berners’ bouts of depression contrasting with his eccentric humour.' Faringdon Community Website http://www.faringdon.org/portwell-bench.html
Image: © Vieve Forward Taken: 17 Apr 2015
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Portwell Bench on an Autumn Afternoon
Faringdon makes the most of its limited public spaces in the town centre. The cafe tables by the Portwell Bench are a very pleasant place to sit out under the trees. The bench itself, with its diver sculpture, commemorate an event involving local aristocrat Lord Berners, the artist Salvador Dali, and a diving suit. The full story is with Vieve Forward's picture Image The inscription is a remark by Lord Berners "Mistrust a man who never has an occasional flash of silliness" More about the diver on https://www.axisweb.org/p/timothyleonardshutter/workset/209982-the-deep-sea-diver/
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 9 Oct 2021
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The entrance to Salutation Mansions
Image: © Steve Daniels Taken: 17 Aug 2010
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Windows and timber of the Salutation Mansion
Image: © Steve Daniels Taken: 17 Aug 2010
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Looking south-southeast along Church Street
Image: © Basher Eyre Taken: 5 Aug 2020
0.03 miles
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Faringdon from Swan Lane looking south
Panorama of Faringdon taken from Swan Lane, top of 70 ft crane. view towards south showing an area from Folly Tower on the left to Badbury Hill on the right.
Image: © Hilary Taylor Taken: 21 Dec 2004
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An old water pump in the Market Square
Image: © Steve Daniels Taken: 17 Aug 2010
0.03 miles
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Old Lamps in Faringdon Town Centre
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 18 Nov 2012
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Benchmark bracket on #10 Market Place
Ordnance Survey flush bracket (serial number S0806) described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm12135
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 9 Oct 2010
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Charity shop at junction of Market Place and London Street
There is an OS flush bracket benchmark Image on the corner on the London Street face just above the black skirt on the African Children's Fund shop
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 18 Oct 2013
0.04 miles
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