Monday, February 04, 2013

Building on the Past



This building at 1 St John Street would doubtless tick all the fine Victorian building boxes, and is a superb example. The plaque at the top shows us a wild boar and informs us that W Harris rebuilt the building in 1897 (you can see a close up here). I do love it, but I'm actually pleased we build differently now.



posted by Ham at 07:32 -- Comments here: 2

Comments on "Building on the Past"

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (09:02) : 

Sorry, but the link obviously has expired.

MK

 

Anonymous Terrance said ... (23:31) : 

I like the improvments in comfort and convenience of modern construction; but, most of them do not have the character of old buildings such as this.

 

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