tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post1433530467614366889..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Britain, 1946Philip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-57310342506796377932016-05-31T14:42:04.319+01:002016-05-31T14:42:04.319+01:00Mike: Or rather, the Cheltenham College cricket pa...Mike: Or rather, the Cheltenham College cricket pavilion, moved across the road and realigned. Come to think of it, the railing piers and the gate lodge are also reminiscent of those next to the College, although the College gate lodge is actually octagonal. With my penchant for buildings that are not rectangular or square, I ought to photograph it and do a post about it. Thanks again.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-16778008113409302882016-05-29T13:28:21.764+01:002016-05-29T13:28:21.764+01:00Back to Cheltenham. The Venetian gothic in the ba...Back to Cheltenham. The Venetian gothic in the background is, of course, the neighbouring Boys College.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278564179509345710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-72661001982119467462016-05-28T09:39:55.565+01:002016-05-28T09:39:55.565+01:00Hospital with a portico - so you know where the en...Hospital with a portico - so you know where the entrance is supposed to be, without those paper notices, "Please use the other door"...Eclectic suburban house - just what you need in post-war suburbia, where you need to memorise how many turnings you've taken, just to know where you are... I have a feeling that even in 1946 many would have been uneasy with the Brave New World of non-architecture. And guess which hospital I'd prefer to get better in - having just visited a modern one with a few crude abstract sculptures to relieve the otherwise all-embracing sense-deprivation of the building! "English City - The Story of Bristol" appeared hopefully in Jan. 1945, complete with a hideous, soulless collection of concrete blocks to show a proposed rebuilding after WWII. The caption at least has the grace to read, "When we rebuild, shall we recreate a better 'Bricgstowe'?" Thank goodness there was never enough money for this master plan! Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-16665968129535429442016-05-27T21:59:01.105+01:002016-05-27T21:59:01.105+01:00Anonymous: Yes, I know what you mean. It probably ...Anonymous: Yes, I know what you mean. It probably worked better for the original intended readership – architects in 1946. Now it just looks charming.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-87674214974761316672016-05-27T21:50:15.297+01:002016-05-27T21:50:15.297+01:00Lovely pictures, not sure they convey the message ...Lovely pictures, not sure they convey the message to the modern audience though, I think he makes the suburban street and the hospital look very attractive and fitting, especially if I then think of a lot of the 1950s-60s buildings put up to replace the pre-war world...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-86533438453806126882016-05-27T10:04:10.275+01:002016-05-27T10:04:10.275+01:00Thank, you, Mike. I live about 7 miles from Chelte...Thank, you, Mike. I live about 7 miles from Cheltenham, and Cheltenham General was exactly the hospital I was thinking of at the end of my post.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-49606073342538307522016-05-27T09:49:49.080+01:002016-05-27T09:49:49.080+01:00The hospital could be a conceit based on Cheltenha...The hospital could be a conceit based on Cheltenham General. Bawden was in Cheltenham in 1946.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278564179509345710noreply@blogger.com