Category Archives: building conservation

34-84 Micklegate, York (part 1 of 2)

Posted on May 22, 2020 by ronniecruwys

Picking up from where I left off with my first drawing of Micklegate, this one records the buildings from 34 to 84 as the street winds its way further towards York.  Micklegate is a living archaeological site – there is so much history layered into the fabric of the street since Roman times. Continue reading →

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Drawing a Scottish Street: Bloomgate, Lanark

Posted on July 1, 2019 by ronniecruwys

Scotland is an ongoing adventure but leaving Staffordshire was quite a tug.  After living 24 years in the area you can imagine that the hardest part was saying goodbye to friends and all those people that make up the fabric … Continue reading →

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St John’s Square, East, Burslem

Posted on December 3, 2015 by ronniecruwys

Good to be back drawing another street in the historic core of Burslem. Here are the latest sequence of buildings from the east side of St John’s Square.  There is plenty written on the historic fabric in the town centre … Continue reading →

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Albermarle Mansions on the Holloway Road N7

Posted on February 13, 2015 by ronniecruwys

Holloway is one of the most densely populated parts of London, usually so full of people and traffic, that you barely have a moment to lift your eyes up to the buildings. I hope the following sketches will give you … Continue reading →

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Bishy Road, East Side

Posted on August 28, 2014 by ronniecruwys

The Bishy Road is complete! It has been a delight to draw this street and to get such an enthusiastic response to my drawings. Thank you Bishy Roaders! As my first drawing of this street went to press, you were … Continue reading →

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Market Place Burslem, North Side

Posted on May 28, 2014 by ronniecruwys

  This fine 19th century building has beautiful ceramic tiles at the gable apex and was once used as meeting rooms for the Liberal Club. It is wonderful to see that since its state of dereliction it has been repaired … Continue reading →

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Burslem: Market Place, South Side

Posted on April 29, 2014 by ronniecruwys

This project to reinstate the original window layout to the first and second floors of the Post Office was done with the help of the  Burslem Regeneration Company. There was a meeting held here in 1769, between Josiah Wedgewood and … Continue reading →

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Audlem, Stafford Street, The Square and Shropshire Street

Posted on April 12, 2014 by ronniecruwys

The following drawings are all extracts from the one drawing of this beautiful village in Cheshire, close to the borders of Staffordshire and Shropshire. It is a place that our family have visited for almost twenty years by this summer … Continue reading →

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Loynton Threshing Barn

Posted on March 13, 2014 by ronniecruwys

Loynton Threshing Barn, Staffordshire Time for a little change here. I would like to share a few drawings of Loynton Farm Threshing Barn, part of a delightful set of historic farm buildings, not far from Eccleshall. Loynton Farm  was once home … Continue reading →

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A Jolly Secret in the Heart of Newcastle – aka Liverpool Road

Posted on February 18, 2014 by ronniecruwys

Jollie’s Art shop is the creative hub of Newcastle.  It is well worth the few extra steps from the High Street and Ironmarket to venture into this older part of the town which although much changed, nevertheless sits on the … Continue reading →

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