tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post3940924457476240196..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Louth, LincolnshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-86445693064551445602020-02-17T12:17:26.816+00:002020-02-17T12:17:26.816+00:00Adrian Kirton: Thank you so much for this informat...Adrian Kirton: Thank you so much for this informative comment, which I've just found. It's good that the Bede Houses got proper bathrooms not so long after my great aunt died. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-63340775819213846402020-02-16T21:44:23.524+00:002020-02-16T21:44:23.524+00:00I realise this is now an old article, but as a Shr...I realise this is now an old article, but as a Shropshire resident born in Louth it recently caught my eye. My late Aunt was a warden for the Bede Houses back in the late 1970s and lived in the adjoining House, no. 27 Gospelgate.<br />The apartments were indeed modernised around that time when proper bathrooms were added. If you look at the far right of the photo a small section of modern building shows where these were added. Where there was no room to extend at the rear of the building they had to remove one dwelling to provide the required extra room in the remaining ones. Adrian Kirtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-77842876660403953702014-11-02T14:10:43.649+00:002014-11-02T14:10:43.649+00:00Almshouse hunting is one of my website projects an...Almshouse hunting is one of my website projects and I love the look of these in Louth. They're very similar to Wynards Almshouses in Exeter, which were built in the 15th century, rebuilt and altered in the 17th and 18th centuries and restored in 1863-4. It's very interesting to see how they both have the same delightful look, one through design and the other through accretion. Eileen Wrighthttp://www.pastremains.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-83703387843366177602014-09-23T08:02:29.537+01:002014-09-23T08:02:29.537+01:00Yes, there's plenty of good brickwork in Louth...Yes, there's plenty of good brickwork in Louth, some Georgian, some Victorian. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-20715214320834060872014-09-23T06:25:27.807+01:002014-09-23T06:25:27.807+01:00I believe I have mentioned before that I am a grea...I believe I have mentioned before that I am a great admirer of English brickwork. Louth looks like the kind of town that I should visit!<br />There are many interesting sites of Victorian and older almshouses around London.<br />(Listening to Julian Bream playing some Villa-Lobos <i>Preludes</i>)<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s fabulous Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-68153363202956071402014-09-22T15:09:39.925+01:002014-09-22T15:09:39.925+01:00"Almshouses" might make a separate genre..."Almshouses" might make a separate genre for investigation cf. the Merchant Adventurers' building sandwiched among the high-rise offices in Bristol - nowhere to get a decent photo. Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-24388036642435681272014-09-22T08:40:20.490+01:002014-09-22T08:40:20.490+01:00Maybe the photograph makes it lookl a bit more mon...Maybe the photograph makes it lookl a bit more monumental than it is. There's also a sense of cosy domesticity about the building.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-57220009242452665282014-09-22T01:18:40.579+01:002014-09-22T01:18:40.579+01:00The brick Tudor revival style, with tall chimneys,...The brick Tudor revival style, with tall chimneys, stone dressings and small darkish rooms, was certainly monumental. But compared to the handsome Georgian terraces proudly facing the world, this one looks almost fortified against the world.<br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com