tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post875043023107788911..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: HertfordPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-23942405987070012922015-02-23T14:48:11.806+00:002015-02-23T14:48:11.806+00:00Eileen: Those tented porch roofs do pop up here an...Eileen: Those tented porch roofs do pop up here and there. I used to associate them with the Regency period, because there used to be quite a few around Cheltenham when I was growing up. But they clearly go back well into the Georgian era. I suppose I thought of them as Regency also because they have a delightful, rather unclassical quality, which seems to fit what one thinks of, generalizing wildly, as the Regency mood.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-604625822801754562015-02-23T14:32:26.056+00:002015-02-23T14:32:26.056+00:00Isn't it interesting how, despite the differen...Isn't it interesting how, despite the difference between the porch and the house itself, it fits together quite nicely. There's an old thatched house in Sidmouth which was modernised during the same era, with a porch similar to this with the same kind of tented roof, and yet it doesn't look incongruous at all. Sadly the Sidmouth one doesn't have the lovely details that the Hertford one does. That is very lovely indeed. Eileen Wrighthttp://www.pastremains.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-3529982767924904712015-02-18T17:07:29.676+00:002015-02-18T17:07:29.676+00:00Thank you all for your comments. Anyone interested...Thank you all for your comments. Anyone interested should follow the link in the Anonymous comment above – Langley's book is full of different examples of "Gothic" orders, all beautifully engraved.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-90187458252720423962015-02-17T20:08:48.752+00:002015-02-17T20:08:48.752+00:00A beautiful feature and, how fitting, in the town ...A beautiful feature and, how fitting, in the town of my birth!<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-28063034779130320652015-02-16T11:51:46.585+00:002015-02-16T11:51:46.585+00:00Ah, looking back at the comments on the Brewood po...Ah, looking back at the comments on the Brewood post, and the link to Langley's book, there are clearly elements of his "Gothick" orders here - see the Fifth Order of Gothick Architecture here - http://archive.org/stream/architectureimpro00lang#page/n29/mode/2upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-39833293998913740442015-02-14T22:21:41.387+00:002015-02-14T22:21:41.387+00:00I must admit that at first glance I missed the Got...I must admit that at first glance I missed the Gothick details: the suggestion of a "Gothic Order" in harmony with the other Orders would seem to fit this porch. As you say, you can't judge this in terms of medieval Gothic (Pugin would hate you for such a suggestion!) - Lovely brickwork too - how easy to go past such things without a second glance! Thanks for helping us stop and stare without having to impede the traffic or pavement! Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.com