tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post4036022306068448461..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: On the webPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-14878462176824054382014-06-04T13:28:55.425+01:002014-06-04T13:28:55.425+01:00Hels: There are actually four different Cheltenham...Hels: There are actually four different Cheltenham terraces shown in the film, between 08.11 and 08.36. Next time I am in Cheltenham with time on my hands, I'll try to identify them. The second one is Lansdown Terrace and the last of the four is the famous street, The Promenade, in the centre of the town. I'm not sure of the first and third, as there are several terraces in the town with a similar design.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-49715192111171427692014-06-04T10:23:35.131+01:002014-06-04T10:23:35.131+01:00Thought the comments about the Anglo-Saxon church...Thought the comments about the Anglo-Saxon churches would make some of my readers pause! No one with half an eye.could call Earls Barton crude, or indeed Bradford on Avon primitive if they looked at it carefully. <br /><br />As for the assumption that Wales is part of England, that's very 1941 too, I suppose. As I'm sure you know, James, the way to keep the Menai Bridge from rust is by boiling it in wine....Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-2287610685661507452014-06-04T10:00:05.027+01:002014-06-04T10:00:05.027+01:00Yes, I was disputing the commentary too. Bradford-...Yes, I was disputing the commentary too. Bradford-on-Avon Saxon church PRIMITIVE? I photographed every inch of it, and am fully convinced it was carved out like the churches of Lalibela, except as blocks. That wonderful tower at Earls Barton PRIMITIVE or CRUDE? The thin plain pilaster strips have survived 1000 years, while some 1990s+ buildings e.g.Welsh Assembly building, the Senedd, already look tatty (and never looked as good)! No doubt to keep the Menai Bridge from rust, the commentary has moved it into England, likewise Tintern Abbey by a few hundred yards - though the best long view is admittedly from the Gloucestershire bank of the river. I think vintage 1941 was hardly likely to do justice to the Anglo-Saxon period - and I don't think most commentators do now, getting very vague and airy-fairy once they have to admit pre-1066 date. Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-33448059432697829672014-06-04T02:02:59.752+01:002014-06-04T02:02:59.752+01:00Many of the buildings shown are very well known an...Many of the buildings shown are very well known and easily discovered. But some are far trickier for the interested observer. So I would be grateful in particular for the Regency terraces in Cheltenham and inside the Royal Crescent buildings in Bath.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-82266999148070838882014-06-02T20:25:29.229+01:002014-06-02T20:25:29.229+01:00Quite so. Not everything is quite right, or quite ...Quite so. Not everything is quite right, or quite clear. But the film is still of interest.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-82614334939933316232014-06-02T20:21:55.759+01:002014-06-02T20:21:55.759+01:00Thank you for showing that, even if I was disputin...Thank you for showing that, even if I was disputing the commentary.Stephen Barkernoreply@blogger.com