tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post238552161777520043..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Chichester, SussexPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-42068203849119146552017-01-13T18:38:10.538+00:002017-01-13T18:38:10.538+00:00After the recent snowfall it seems much more tempt...After the recent snowfall it seems much more tempting to watch Alec Clifton-Taylor's exploration of these architecturally interesting English Towns than adventure myself! It's hard to believe that they're almost 40 years old - they themselves offer younger viewers a historical snapshot into these quintessential English towns.Lucy Lincolnhttp://www.ernestbarnesltd.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-45397585527897827832017-01-11T16:25:28.908+00:002017-01-11T16:25:28.908+00:00Chichester seems to be an example of a town you ca...Chichester seems to be an example of a town you can just walk through and not notice much at all: an enthusiastic guide is very useful. After just passing through several times, I made a special effort to see the cathedral and trace some of the - I think - walls. Years ago I saw a sign for the Cathedral Restoration Appeal and was tickled by the surnames on it: Dean Treadgold as head of the appeal, a certain Donald Buttress as architect! <br /><br />The Anglo-Saxon church at Westhampnett is a bit hidden away by the industrial estate: great slabs of Roman tile/brick in the chancel wall. Clifton-Taylor's remarks on flint suggest that it was only in Sussex that anybody ever thought of using the material: I would like to see his remarks on some flint construction I have seen in Norfolk and elsewhere. Big flints in the undoubted Roman bit at Pevensey Castle, so an observant Anglo-Saxon would hardly have had to invent the technique from scratch. Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-24678416037594398642017-01-11T09:47:51.632+00:002017-01-11T09:47:51.632+00:00They are excellent programmes which I must have wa...They are excellent programmes which I must have watched in my late teens. I owe to them the inspiration to look at and appreciate buildings and a love architecture in general.<br /><br />Many modern documentary makers could learn something from these programmes, to many feel the need to repeat pieces of information and the same bit of film as if they don't trust their audience. Stephen Barkernoreply@blogger.com