tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post6785806201965255312..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Harrogate, YorkshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-71906658795830852792018-10-25T08:17:37.725+01:002018-10-25T08:17:37.725+01:00Joseph: I'll get to Bradford and Huddersfield ...Joseph: I'll get to Bradford and Huddersfield one of these days. And you are the second person to mention Goole: I really must try it. Yes I saw the statues on top of that shopping centre building. Most unexpected. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-56737656844238914262018-10-25T08:12:28.084+01:002018-10-25T08:12:28.084+01:00Hels: True about the bringing access to spas north...Hels: True about the bringing access to spas north. But there was plenty of money in the North in the late 19th century. Harrogate has some stonking great Victorian hotels. In fact I may post one or two of them. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-55804605084994598352018-10-24T19:27:34.475+01:002018-10-24T19:27:34.475+01:00Thank you for something from t'North, though t...Thank you for something from t'North, though the tendency to make North and South comparisons doesn't really help us get to the heart of "grim Northern" architecture. As mentioned before, a saunter around Huddersfield or Dewsbury or Bradford should yield rich dividends! Even a place as unglamorous and unfamous as Goole has a few surprises, as I found on a recent visit. I think because I had a heavy cold on my visit to Harrogate I found the place rather disappointing. But I wonder if you spotted the statues on top of the tall building near the station - you might have a camera that can do justice to them - assuming they aren't coming in the next post?Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-37445374563908448022018-10-24T06:44:08.087+01:002018-10-24T06:44:08.087+01:00I much prefer the lighter limestone work in Bath e...I much prefer the lighter limestone work in Bath etc but Harrogate is, as you noted, a much more Victorian city. So it was not an accident that Harrogate stone was darker and finished less smoothly. The great thing about being a spa town in Yorkshire was that it was more available to northerners who didn't necessarily have potloads of money.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com