tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post2858095459179987479..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Capper Street, LondonPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-6260296573111179932023-12-28T19:59:19.099+00:002023-12-28T19:59:19.099+00:00Use to work at Shropshire house on capper street f...Use to work at Shropshire house on capper street from 1962- 1968 for a company called Dereta fashion on the top floor, happy memories Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-15519272913148061852023-06-29T22:21:54.711+01:002023-06-29T22:21:54.711+01:00Hello Ian. A long shot… but I’m researching the No...Hello Ian. A long shot… but I’m researching the Northdown Way Estate in Margate where Frederick James Waite (I believe your great uncle?) was creating what was described as a ‘small garden city’ (although it never made it bigger than one street). Do you know if Waite and Waite were involved in the area? It developed between around 1914 and 1920. Thank you! Aimee Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-60078581078516404622020-10-19T22:22:21.209+01:002020-10-19T22:22:21.209+01:00Jane: Thank you for your comment. Elain Harwood...Jane: Thank you for your comment. Elain Harwood's recent book *Art Deco Britain* is good on the varieties of Art Deco, which she relates to the various influences coming into British architecture at this time (the decorative stuff from France, the more stripped-down architecture in the Netherlands, and so on). I cherish a hope that at some time in the new year we'll get to a situation where I feel comfortable coming to London from the Cotswolds, leaving the relatively open spaces here for the more crowded city. When this happens I *must* come on one of your walks. <br />Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-44560813625711617012020-10-19T19:38:49.013+01:002020-10-19T19:38:49.013+01:00I have really enjoyed reading this. Shopshire Hous...I have really enjoyed reading this. Shopshire House is one of my favourites; an often overlooked, or unnoticed masterpiece, being as its best bits are hidden away in a side street. I agree re the 'cover-all' Art Deco terminology – as I have written on my site, and I ask people on my guided walks, "what IS Art Deco?" after all, the term wasn't coined until the 1960s. Most is far from decorative. <br />Thanks again... back to the research... oh, BTW, both of those Waite buildings feature on my walks... you should come and join me someday ;-)Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099069900570994344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-42719162337049228132017-07-23T10:18:25.965+01:002017-07-23T10:18:25.965+01:00I look forward to seeing the two buildings designe...I look forward to seeing the two buildings designed by Donald Mowbray Waite next time I'm in London. Ian, please would you contact me? I am doing research on the Waite family for descendants of your father's uncle, Arthur Herbert Waite.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07603064695353328667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-65695524077503043672017-06-03T15:15:39.905+01:002017-06-03T15:15:39.905+01:00Ian, Thank you for that fascinating information. I...Ian, Thank you for that fascinating information. I shall have a closer look at Elsley House when I'm passing.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-6001290446330545452017-06-03T15:08:50.888+01:002017-06-03T15:08:50.888+01:00Waite and Waite was a firm (surveyors and commerci...Waite and Waite was a firm (surveyors and commercial estate agents)comprising my two uncles: Douglas and Archibald WAITE, and my father Donald Mowbray Waite who was the architect. The firm was located in Cavendish Square on the site which was subsequently utilised to build the John Lewis building. <br />Another building that was designed by Donald Mowbray Waite is Elsley House in Great Titchfield Street - Art Deco in all its glory.<br /><br />Ian M. Waite In M Waitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-51611889287021857132013-01-11T18:28:49.587+00:002013-01-11T18:28:49.587+00:00http://manchesterhistory.net/architecture/1930/shr...http://manchesterhistory.net/architecture/1930/shropshire.html suggests that the architects were Waite & Waite but I can't find anything else about the firm..anyone? Paul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-56499948129341601092010-04-06T08:24:34.239+01:002010-04-06T08:24:34.239+01:00Hels: I think my jaw must have dropped in amazemen...Hels: I think my jaw must have dropped in amazement when I first saw those entrances when taking a short cut along Capper Street. And I'm still amazed that this beautiful building isn't better known.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-26022229069959941442010-04-06T07:12:44.021+01:002010-04-06T07:12:44.021+01:00ha ha I agree with you... Deco can range across a ...ha ha I agree with you... Deco can range across a number of decorative combinations. "Cinema Deco, often adorned with reliefs and statues; or rich deco interior design using marble, and chrome" is possibly the most extreme.<br /><br />However curved corners, bulbous balconies and horizontal bands DO add up to Deco, along with any Egyptian elements that might be included. The entrances and windows of Shropshire House are really gorgeous.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-66868876669867708272010-03-25T08:02:17.892+00:002010-03-25T08:02:17.892+00:00Vinogirl: I don't know its name. Can anyone el...Vinogirl: I don't know its name. Can anyone else help?Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-65549077414795549792010-03-25T02:53:58.839+00:002010-03-25T02:53:58.839+00:00Does the font have a name?Does the font have a name?Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.com