tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post7441081700102388231..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Bury St Edmunds, SuffolkPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-21663840240252017912015-08-07T20:22:20.441+01:002015-08-07T20:22:20.441+01:00I think the point about the styles of different ty...I think the point about the styles of different types of bank is relevant. In Leicester the building that housed the Trustee Savings Bank in St Martin's by Edward Burgess 1873, is in red brick with stone window frames in a restrained Venetian Gothic, emphasis being on the corner door. Nearby the former Pare's Bank later the National Westminster Bank by S Perkin Pick 1900, is in Portland Stone with giant Ionic columns, rusticated ground floor, carved frieze of classical figures and two Tuscan colonnaded domed towers. There are some nice Art Nouveau touches in the lamp standards flanking the steps. It is probably the the most extravagant building of it's period in the city. Pares was a long established private bank and obviously catering to a different clientele than the Savings Bank on the adjacent corner.<br /><br />Osbert Lancaster coined the phrase 'Bankers Georgian' to describe the neo-Georgian classical style that many High street bank branches were built in.Stephen Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076287980465633357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-50602887729482390532015-08-07T14:51:15.138+01:002015-08-07T14:51:15.138+01:00Hels: Well, it's a matter of taste, really. St...Hels: Well, it's a matter of taste, really. Stability ans trustworthiness are certainly important, and seem embodied by some of the classical banks one sees. But maybe for a savings bank, designed to attract less well-off customers, a more homely style could appeal.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-67968967710213135462015-08-07T14:49:42.618+01:002015-08-07T14:49:42.618+01:00Joseph: The station is indeed a treat. I hope I...Joseph: The station is indeed a treat. I hope I'll get to it, but have one or two other things to get off my chest first.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-3744555751105056022015-08-07T13:56:56.342+01:002015-08-07T13:56:56.342+01:00I am not always a huge fan of red-brick Tudor-Goth...I am not always a huge fan of red-brick Tudor-Gothic revival style with stone mullioned windows, prominent gables and tall chimneys. I wouldn't go as far as saying that a bank needed a domestic feel; if a building was going to be a bank, I suppose it had to represent stability and trustworthiness. Otherwise citizens would keep their hard earned savings under the mattress.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-56635335290665185972015-08-05T09:07:47.671+01:002015-08-05T09:07:47.671+01:00It's interesting to see how many the ways the ...It's interesting to see how many the ways the architect uses to diversify surfaces of otherwise plain machine-made brick. Brick diapering is easy to do - why not on these blank, blank gable walls of recently built blocks of flats, where no doubt the architect thinks they have a vaguely "Georgian" feel, but actually look severe and austere? <br /><br />Bury is a good town to explore: can we see the station, please? I remember that was a treat.<br />Nearby Risby and Little Saxham have round-towered churches - but that's another story. Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-72738879805735197112015-08-04T15:08:12.795+01:002015-08-04T15:08:12.795+01:00Suffolk Tudorbethan makes me wonder whether you ha...Suffolk Tudorbethan makes me wonder whether you have ever explored the subject of the Tolly Follies? It would, I'm sure, be interesting if you did. <br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolly_Cobbold#Tolly_FolliesGawainnoreply@blogger.com