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Creation, Destruction, Good, Evil, Light and Dark: 34-84 Micklegate Part 2
Micklegate, York, once home to a Roman Temple to gods of creation and destruction. Continue reading
Route 36 to High Street Lanark
With most of these buildings on Wellgate constructed in the early to mid-19th century, they will have already witnessed the pandemic of 1918 -19, the epidemic which took around 50 million lives worldwide including my Grandfather’s, just a few months … Continue reading
Wellgate Lanark – Healing Hands to La Vigna
Wellgate, Lanark is one of the historic four gates or ports into the town. These are West Port, East Port, Wellgate and Castlegate. This drawing of Wellgate starts with no 60 and 58 and ends where it meets the High … Continue reading
Flowers by Lesley to Flowers of Scotland
There’s something uplifting to see flowers out on the high street, especially at this time of year. To continue where I left off on the last blog post, this is Flowers by Lesley Strachan, on Lanark High Street, always a … Continue reading
32-56 High Street Eccleshall
Here’s another section along the north side of Eccleshall High Street. I’ve added the descriptions for each of the many listed buildings along this part of the street and added the link to the relevant page of British Listed Buildings … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Eccleshall Conservation Area, pen and ink drawing, Streetscape art
Tagged architecture, Curious Wren, Earth Selection, Eccleshall Conservation area, Eccleshall drawings, Eccleshall heritage, Eccleshall illustrations, Eccleshall listed buildings, history, old post office eccleshall, pen and ink drawing
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Leek: 54 to 76 St Edward Street
Driving into Leek along the A53 from Stoke, you catch sight of the striking black and white profile of the Victoria Buildings on the left hand side. Turn the corner from Broad St (A53) into St Edward Street and you … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Leek, pen and ink drawing
Tagged Drawing, Leek, Leek Conservation Area, Leek listed buildings, Odeon Antiques, pen and ink drawing, Sherratt and Reece, Sleigh family Leek, Spout Street Leek, St Edward Street, Staffordshire, Staffordshire heritage, Staffordshire Moorlands
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Denmark Place, Holloway Road
Cowling and Wilcox on the Holloway Road sells a great range of sketch books. I’ve been filling one of them up with sketches in and around the Holloway Road. I recently completed another stretch of this road – the part … Continue reading
Posted in art, Bishy Road, Great North Road, Holloway Heritage, pen and ink drawing
Tagged architecture, Artisan Coffee Holloway, Chloe Nails Holloway, Cowling and Wilcox, D&A Binder, Denmark Place Holloway Road, drawing streets, Dream Community, Ginger Lettings, Holloway Road, Hope Dining Rooms, Islington, London architecture, Maverick Interiors, MTA Studio la Danza, pen and ink, Piccolo Sogno, Standard Tandoori, Tbilisi, The Better Hearth, The Castle Holloway, Thomas Judd, Wig and Gown
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Blossom Street, York
Time to update the archive! This is a short length of Blossom Street, right next to Micklegate Bar, the ancient and most significant south west gateway into the walled City of York. You can just see the stonework to the … Continue reading
Market Place (52 to 36) Burslem
I’d like to welcome new visitors to a small selection of buildings to the north of St John’s Square in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. It’s hard to picture how much these streets have changed over the last century but The Vanished Landscape … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Burslem Drawings, pen and ink drawing
Tagged architecture, Burslem Conservation area, conservation area, drawing streets, Fabriano Artistico watercolour paper 300gsm, Hog Noggin Burslem, Ideal Homes Burslem, India Cottage Burslem, KFC Burslem, Market Place Burslem, pen and ink drawing, The New Inn Burslem
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Match, Pie and Grill, Holloway Road
Feeling peckish before an Arsenal home game? Plenty of scope for refuelling on the corner of Holloway and Liverpool Road. Here’s the latest drawing in the Holloway Road series. There are two parts to this drawing, an odd assortment of … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Great North Road, Holloway Road, pen and ink drawing, Victorian Architecture
Tagged Alternatives Beauty Clinic, architecture, Blackstones Holloway, Dorset House Holloway, drawing streets, egg tempera wash, Ernest George RA Architect, Fabriano Artistico watercolour paper 300gsm, Great North Road, Holloway Road, Islington, London architecture, London History, Salon des Artistes, Southwark Bridge
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