Category Archives: Architecture
Winchester Architecture – St Thomas Street / Southgate Street / St Cross Road
This area is to the south west of the city centre. St Thomas St is a fine street running from the High St to St Swithuns, with a variety of houses mainly C18. Southgate St runs parallel and is much … Continue reading
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Tagged southgate, st cross road, st thomas street, thomas st, well house
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Brockwood Park School Pavilions Project Update January 2012
Brockwood Park School Pavilions Project, a set on Flickr. Due for completion in July this year, work on the pavilions is really moving forward, with most of the major construction work completed. Currently the verandahs and walkways are being built … Continue reading
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Tagged balcony, beams, boading school, brockwood park school, oak frame, pavilions, skylight
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Winchester Architecture – Kingsgate and Canon Street
Continuing my tour of the Listed Buildings of Winchester, today I covered Kingsgate Rd/St and Canon St. This area is to the south of the city centre, outside of the old walls. From the medieval gate, Kingsgate Street runs directly … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, C17, C18, georgian, georgian road, kingsgate, medieval gate, winchester
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Winchester Architecture – Wales Street / St Johns / Chesil Street Areas (The Soke)
Ther is a suburbe at the est gate of sum caullid the Soken: and is the biggest of al the suburbes longging to the cyte of Winchester. Minns says:- The Soke, so called from the Saxon soc, which signifies a … Continue reading
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Winchester Architecture – Broadway / Eastgate St / Colebrook Area
An architectural tour of the Listed Buildings in the Broadway, Eastgate and Colebrook areas of Winchester, in the east of the city. These buildings include The Guildhall, St Johns Chapel, mills, old hospitals, shops and houses, and are mostly from … Continue reading
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Landport Architecture, Portsmouth
Today I walked around the Landport area of Portsmouth, seeking out those buildings not destroyed in WWII. Landport was a development outside of the original city’s defences and dockyard. Being near to the naval base, it was heavily bombed in … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, charles dickens, portsmouth, slum clearance
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Old Sarum
Feel the ancientness! Just north of the city of Salisbury sits the site of Old Sarum hill fort and castle. From Wiki: The site contains evidence of human habitation as early as 3000 BC. Old Sarum is mentioned in some … Continue reading
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Portsea Buildings
Today I walked around Portsea, between Gunwharf, the university and the naval base. The area has a much less genteel, more rugged feeling than Old Portsmouth but in amongst the council housing and blocks are some interesting old buildings. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 11/11/11, architecture, portsea, portsmouth
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Old Portsmouth and Gunwharf
Photographs taken around Gunwharf and Old Portsmouth in October. While certain others are shopping I like to wander around the city in the immediate area of Gunwharf. Inside Gunwharf itself are many original dock buildings dating back to the c18. … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, georgian buildings, gunwharf, maritime city, old portsmouth, portsmouth cathedral, spice island
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A Tour of the Krishnamurti Centre
Central Hampshire, in the quiet English countryside, a unique building for the study of the the works of J. Krishnamurti, which really means the study of oneself and one’s relationship. I spent the previous four days as a guest at … Continue reading
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Brockwood Park School Pavilions Project
Brockwood Park School Pavilions Project, a set on Flickr. Update of photographs. The oak frames are being put in place on the rear three of seven buildings
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Tagged brockwood park school, oak frame, pavilions
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Lesser Seen Brockwood – Period architectural features of the school building
With the new term fast approaching and the school staff arriving back this week, after lunch I took a quick tour of some of Brockwood Park School before it once again fills up with people. Here are some views of … Continue reading
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Scrap Book: Rocamadour
November 2006, Caroline and I visited my mother in France. On one excursion we went to the impressive town of Rocamdour, built into the cliff above a river. From the top of the cliff you can descend through the white-stoned … Continue reading
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110304 Northington Grange
This morning, we went to Northington Grange just north of Alresford. It’s a fine 17th Century house with a monster of a neo-classical shell bolted on to make it look like a temple. It’s a tremendous building to be sat … Continue reading
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Bath, 1962
I really enjoyed watching this video of Bath from 1962 John Betjeman made some good points (albeit sarcastically), and right at the time the planners were considering redeveloping vast swathes of Georgian Bath. Things have turned about now, with the … Continue reading
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Riversdown House
It feels like summer, March 11. We went for a walk along the lanes and tracks nearby, for a couple of hours or more. The trees are ready to get their leaves out and the grasses are rising quickly. Just … Continue reading
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