tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post5526704282386559284..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: High Holborn, LondonPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-52087464508315652352009-04-16T21:30:00.000+01:002009-04-16T21:30:00.000+01:00Harry Potter. And probably no bad thing.Harry Potter. And probably no bad thing.Ron Combohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270358674385406494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-58601935853079908272009-04-16T09:10:00.000+01:002009-04-16T09:10:00.000+01:00Ed: Interesting about the changing taste demonstra...Ed: Interesting about the changing taste demonstrated by 'Pevsner' - I'd not looked back at London 1. Not surprising the great man himself was rather dismissive of this ornament, I suppose.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-51612782858184916692009-04-15T23:32:00.000+01:002009-04-15T23:32:00.000+01:00Can't help you much on W Rushworth, Philip. Pevsne...Can't help you much on W Rushworth, Philip. Pevsner's Durham lists two buildings by a W. Rushworth built in the early 1900s in the neo classical style. One is New College, Durham, where I briefly taught many years ago. <br /><br />My copy of London 1 (revised 1973) describes High Holborn library as "undistinguished Early French Renaissance". 25 years later, London 4: North describes it as "pretty French Renaissance". Things obviously improve with age.<br /><br />Back to libraries, I had a couple of hours to spare in London yesterday whilst waiting for the off-peak train back to the Midlands. I visited the newly reopened Whitechapel Art Gallery which has been extended by incorporating the neighbouring Passmore Edwards Library (closed 2003). It's certainly good to see a former library put to good use.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-76783366872025564802009-04-15T22:58:00.000+01:002009-04-15T22:58:00.000+01:00Whose bust would we put up on a library now I wond...Whose bust would we put up on a library now I wonder.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.com