tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post9097371399542311817..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Cambridge Avenue, LondonPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-5983185056373915612013-07-29T10:36:25.334+01:002013-07-29T10:36:25.334+01:00Anon: Yes, that's a lovely example at the Chil...Anon: Yes, that's a lovely example at the Chiltern Open Air Museum, which I mean to go and see. The open air museum at Avoncroft and the Weald and Downland Museum in Sussex also have good tin churches.<br /><br />I recently bought a copy of a Victorian catalogue of prefabricated buildings that includes several corrugated iron churches made by Boulton & Paul of Norwich. There were other manufacturers too.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-4262379622766643982013-07-29T10:30:32.885+01:002013-07-29T10:30:32.885+01:00There's an excellent small corrugated 'Mis...There's an excellent small corrugated 'Mission Church' at the 'Chiltern Open Air Museum' - they have the full history and details of the original manufacturers catalogue from which it was purchased.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-17112916961589270782013-04-08T10:02:05.844+01:002013-04-08T10:02:05.844+01:00Stephen: Agreed. Corrugated iron can look very goo...Stephen: Agreed. Corrugated iron can look very good when painted in strong colours.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-85277297683390269432013-04-08T09:37:42.727+01:002013-04-08T09:37:42.727+01:00Philip, I hope when the sea cadets restore the bui...Philip, I hope when the sea cadets restore the building they will give it a new coat of paint. Battleship grey looks a bit dull. Navy blue with the window surrounds painted white would look quite good.Stephen Barkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-46297331513362165872013-04-05T22:53:54.769+01:002013-04-05T22:53:54.769+01:00Philip,
I see. Thank you.
François-MarcPhilip,<br />I see. Thank you.<br />François-MarcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-71297660907969158232013-04-05T19:51:12.887+01:002013-04-05T19:51:12.887+01:00Joseph: Thanks for your informative comment. I'...Joseph: Thanks for your informative comment. I've never been to Iceland, but was aware that there was quite a bit of corrugated iron there – as indeed there in is in Wales. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-25092906968075160652013-04-05T19:49:41.505+01:002013-04-05T19:49:41.505+01:00Jack: Thank you. I'll look out for this Birmin...Jack: Thank you. I'll look out for this Birmingham church.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-11324822588729420092013-04-05T19:48:58.671+01:002013-04-05T19:48:58.671+01:00François-Marc: I'm not sure how widely recogni...François-Marc: I'm not sure how widely recognised the term "splay-footed spire" is, but what I mean is a particular way of designing the lower part of the spire, where it joins the upper part of the tower. If you look at my post <a href="http://englishbuildings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/badmins-england-1.htmll" rel="nofollow">here</a>, in the illustration captioned "A Timber, Plaster, and Thatch Village", the church in the background has this kind of spire. Looking at the spire, you can see how four of its eight faces widen at the base, so that the spire can meet the four-sided tower neatly.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-90839269494361750952013-04-05T11:42:43.785+01:002013-04-05T11:42:43.785+01:00Ah, tin churches! I have long entertained the idea...Ah, tin churches! I have long entertained the idea of acquiring one to live in. The one at New Hedges near Tenby, Pembrokeshire, is a treat, and so are the former Norwegian church in Cardiff Bay and its double at the bottom of the hill in Swansea, though these are made of wood. They seem to be quite a speciality in Iceland and in the Nordic countries: even the one at the national shrine at Thingvellir looks as if it arrived in pack form last year! In fact, the oldest surviving building in Reykjavik, a house not a church, is in metal sheets, painted red (in 2001)and dated 1752. My photo of the "Old Town" in Reykjavik has the caption "Old Reykjavik - painted corrugated metal". There is a cafe in Cilfynydd in this town of Pontypridd which is very much in that style and which I have dubbed the Icelandic Cafe. A tin chapel in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, was until recently in use as a Community Centre, I believe. There is a tin house in the same town - probably at least 100 years old - which my wife and I both thought was just the thing, if we ever got rich enough to retire there. Thanks for one that can actually be dated - long may it thrive! Keep them coming! Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-35431151603912669982013-04-04T23:06:20.685+01:002013-04-04T23:06:20.685+01:00Not quite so magnificent, but larger than the aver...Not quite so magnificent, but larger than the average corrugated iron church, is what is now the church hall of SS Mary & Ambrose, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Originally erected in nearly Moseley in 1879 as the initial temporary home of the new church of St Agnes. It was relocated in 1885. The scale compared to the neighbouring (and impressive) church can be seen <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/5364828403/" rel="nofollow">in this photo</a>.Jack Kirbyhttps://twitter.com/jdk653/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-35471322453214646672013-04-04T22:52:05.053+01:002013-04-04T22:52:05.053+01:00What, may I ask, is a "splay-footed spire&quo...What, may I ask, is a "splay-footed spire"?<br />Thank you for your answer and your ever full of interest blog.<br />François-Marc ChaballierAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com