tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post2714702254759107304..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Potterne, WiltshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-19032453446078089582017-03-05T14:01:36.396+00:002017-03-05T14:01:36.396+00:00Thank you, Wendy. Doh! Of course it's in Wilts...Thank you, Wendy. Doh! Of course it's in Wiltshire. I must have had a brainstorm. I'll correct the text right away. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-61300456363504078302017-03-05T10:02:33.584+00:002017-03-05T10:02:33.584+00:00Please don't move Potterne into Somerset! It&#...Please don't move Potterne into Somerset! It's in Wiltshire. Living just north of Devizes, we drive through Potterne frequently and know how difficult it must be to photograph, what with all the on street protection from traffic, as you say. Just along the road to the south is a battlemented 'gatehouse' which I would also like to know something about. Late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, I would guess. Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-18555969462484324352017-03-04T21:24:22.232+00:002017-03-04T21:24:22.232+00:00Shui-long: Thank you for your comment. Yes, I reme...Shui-long: Thank you for your comment. Yes, I remember as a boy going for a special service (relating to my school) to St Matthew's church in Cheltenham, which is a big Evangelical church, in a rather plain Early English Gothic style and very much a preacher's church. I've always associated him with this kind of building, although he was more versatile than this I think.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-76909189814215300942017-03-04T18:04:52.766+00:002017-03-04T18:04:52.766+00:00A pleasant surprise to find Ewan Christian underta...A pleasant surprise to find Ewan Christian undertaking a sympathetic restoration - his restoration work on churches is often harsh. He was an evangelical low-churchman, and tended to remove decoration to leave a puritanical plainness; and like many of his contemporaries, felt that "restoration" could amount to virtual rebuilding so long as any "interesting features" (like carved stones) were preserved. As architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, he was often employed to restore chancels (since responsibility for chancel repairs fell on the Rector or the owner of the advowson, many of which were acquired by the Commissioners). His office undertook work on some 300 churches - but he also designed houses, schools, and the National Portrait Gallery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com