tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post7705058840034182556..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Kidderminster, WorcestershirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-65212950266100944962014-05-29T18:53:49.917+01:002014-05-29T18:53:49.917+01:00Yes, Kidderminster is a place made rather bleak by...Yes, Kidderminster is a place made rather bleak by misguided (and uncompleted) 1960s redevelopment, but it contains some interesting buildings. There are two or three former carpet factories, some in polychrome brick, and yes, a medieval tower that seems marooned among later buildings. I did a post about one of the carpet factories a year or two ago. It should still be in the blog's archive, and can be found using the search box, top left of the home page.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-4723093650426237452014-05-29T18:02:13.027+01:002014-05-29T18:02:13.027+01:00I seem to remember some other interesting building...I seem to remember some other interesting buildings in "Kidder" if they are still there - medieval tower in a back street? Old carpet factory? Some very Midland redbrick terraces, not very prepossessing, but distinctive? And the Baxter Church that developed backwards - (neo-)Classical first then back to (neo-) Gothic? Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-29791006280371020222014-05-29T08:54:41.787+01:002014-05-29T08:54:41.787+01:00Indeed. There those Boilers stand. The Bethnal Boi...Indeed. There those Boilers stand. The Bethnal Boilers. The moving and recycling of railway buildings by the volunteers of the heritage railway movement is similarly impressive. It's remarkable, and makes the much vaunted longevity of postwar prefabs, designed to last ten or 15 years, look brief indeed.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-12569631453213133102014-05-29T08:40:55.256+01:002014-05-29T08:40:55.256+01:00One of the big advantages of iron construction was...One of the big advantages of iron construction was that it could be easily dismantled and re-used, and Disraeli himself justified the expense of the Brompton Boilers on those grounds. And indeed, when they were replaced by the permanent V&A buildings they were transferred to Bethnal Green where they stand to this day as the Museum of Childhood.Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.com