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...
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...
Oct 6, 2021 | Building conservation, Lanark Heritage
It’s easy to miss but if you look up at the front of the building where Bernard’s Wynd meets South Vennel, you’ll see a carved stone stating ‘Trafalgar Place’. I only spotted this when I recently began a series of small sketches of Lanark...
Feb 12, 2020 | Building conservation, Scotland
Tub, cauldron, kettle and coal scuttle New Lanark is a World Heritage Site set in native Scottish woodland next to the River Clyde, here in South Lanarkshire. This Cotton mill village was founded in the 18th century and and has been thoroughly documented with a...
Jun 28, 2017 | Architectural Drawing, Building conservation, Eccleshall Architecture, Uncategorized
Back to Eccleshall for the sixth street in the ongoing series. When I began Drawing the Street, it was with the intention of adding morsels of history to the buildings which I draw. These are personal histories or facts that I record on my archive blog Drawing the...
Mar 3, 2017 | Building conservation, Hitchman Street Conservation Area, Uncategorized
Hitchman Street holds some interesting connections for me. When I first saw this red brick terrace, I was on my way to to deliver a framed print of an Audlem street to Williams of Audlem. Not knowing anything about the terraces in Fenton, I looked them up when I got...
