Apr 20, 2024 | Architectural Drawing, Building conservation, Burslem conservation, Burslem Heritage
Moorland Road has some captivating buildings and if you look closely there are some wonderful details. Further down from the Big House (see previous post) at no. 72, you can find this beauty – The Court House. The full title is a mouthful – Burslem’s...
Apr 18, 2024 | Architectural Drawing, Burslem conservation, Burslem Heritage
I have an orange covered notebook that I began before we moved to Scotland – that’ll be six years ago this summer. I jot down some of those ideas that fly through my mind that I want to draw and I’ve noticed that most of them have been realised. Some...
Jun 1, 2022 | Architectural Drawing, Building conservation, Listed buildings, Newcastle-under-Lyme History
Waiting for the X164 bus from Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre back to Whitmore was a sketch moment. My car must have been getting fixed at Ryan’s garage – sketched here the year before. I keep places/buildings that I find interesting in mind to draw later...
Dec 9, 2021 | Architectural Drawing, Lanark Heritage, Tolbooth Lanark
Many years ago Lanark had four town gates: West Port, East Port, Wellgate and Castlegate. There’s no sign of the gate that once stood at West Port – it’s long gone, demolished sometime in the late 1700’s, but the name remains. West Port, Lanark...
Mar 3, 2021 | Architectural Drawing, Scotland, Uncategorized
Doors might be closed but the windows of The Scrib Tree are free for all to look into when going for a stroll through Douglas. Level 4 lockdown here in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, sees many doors closed but people are finding ways to continue working safely within...
Oct 26, 2019 | Architectural Drawing, Lanark Heritage
Girnin Dug Lanark Sometimes the long street scenes don’t catch all that I want to include. There are countless vignettes here in Lanark which I’ve made a start on sketching as part of my exhibition ‘Streets of Lanark’ in the Tolbooth from...
