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Beauty and Beyond: Stafford Street, Eccleshall
Bethan Ward at No. 10 Stafford Street is Eccleshall’s go-to destination for beauty and undies. I drew this street not long before we moved to Scotland and I’m finally updating this archive three years later. It’s a timely post as I gather from their Facebook page that Bethan Ward is shortly relocating to Fletcher’s Garden Centre, Stone Road, Eccleshall. An end of an era and I wish them every success in their new home. 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
Bloomgate to High Street, Lanark
Where Bloomgate meets Wide Close, the street narrows into a bottle neck where traffic slows to pass along this ancient route alongside St Nicholas Church. I have covered the rest of Bloomgate in earlier drawings and blog posts (here and … 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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Fenton: Hitchman Street and Victoria Road
Hitchman Street is located in Fenton, one of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent. Hitchman Street Conservation Area consists of thirteen red brick terraced dwellings and a shop which hinges around the corner from Victoria Road. The buildings date from … Continue reading
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
Bathurst Mansions, Holloway Road, London N7
This extraordinary building can be found on the corner of Holloway Road and Seven Sisters Road, London N7. The carved stonework high above the street caught my eye: There’s a lot of classical detail going on in here – a … 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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Drawing the Detail 