Liverpool Town Hall, base for the Lord Mayor, was built in 1749 and designed by John Wood.
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Throwback Thursday: Liverpool Town Hall
Categories: England, Liverpool, Merseyside
Tags: architecture, history, photo post, statue, Throwback Thursday
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Conwy, Wales
Conwy is a lovely small town on the North Wales coast with a skyline dominated by Conwy Castle and the town walls which date from the 13th century and both of which will feature in a future post. On the banks of the Conwy estuary the town (and castle) had a good defensive position on rocky elevated ground and also where a narrowing of the river allowed for crossings at slack tide.
Categories: Conwy, Wales
Tags: accomodation, architecture, b&B, castle, gnome, guildhall, history, honey festival, photo post, smallest house in Britian, statue
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The Cosy Club, Nottingham
On Monday I had a lovely lunch with a friend at The Cosy Club, Nottingham. She’d asked me to pick the venue and I chose here because I’ve always been fascinated by this building which is just around the corner from the Market Square in the centre of Nottingham. The Cosy Club, a chain of restaurants, moved in at the beginning of 2020, and then promptly had to close because of COVID. However they’ve now reopened and seem to be doing very well judging by how busy it was (we managed to get a table in the bar area without booking, but absolutely book in advance if there’s a larger group and at dinner time). Prior to this the building had been vacant for nearly 20 years and as you’ll see they’ve done a great job of restoring it to its former glory.
Abbey House, Baker Street, London
Abbey House, located at 219-229 Baker Street, London contains part of the central tower and a section of the façade of what was the headquarters for the Abbey Road Building Society (now Abbey National) from 1932 until 2002. The Art Deco styling of the building was designed by J. J. Joass and is original, the rest of the building was rebuilt as residential and commercial units as well as underground parking.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, history, london, photo post, sherlock holmes
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Daunt Books, Marylebone, London
Daunt Books is a chain of independent bookshops founded by James Daunt with the Marylebone branch being the first acquisition. It was bought by Daunt in 1990 – before that it was an Edwardian bookshop built in 1910 which claims to be the world’s first custom-built bookshop. It’s one of those places that turns up all the time on best bookshops in London lists and as I happened to be walking past it on my most recent trip to London I decided to pop in and have a look for myself.
Backstage at the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
On 27 November 1982 Elton John performed the inaugural concert at the Royal Concert Hall and to celebrate its 40th anniversary they opened up their doors today (12 November 2022) for a free open day which included backstage tours, music performances and an exhibition on the construction of the building and past performers. It proved very popular, more so than I think the venue was expecting. I got there at just after 10am and joined an already long queue and it took about 40 minutes or so to snake through the building to the start of the tour but it was very good natured, I got chatting to strangers as we waited and the staff were lovely and very organised.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, backstage tour, behind the scenes, free tour, history, local history, nottingham, photo post, Royal Concert Hall
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Throwback Thursday: Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool
This church is the parish church of Liverpool and is also referred to as the Sailor’s Church, for its relationship to the Mersey and its shipping. There’s been a place of worship on the site for more than 750 years.
Categories: England, Liverpool, Merseyside
Tags: architecture, church, graveyard, photo post, statue, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: 1-11 Regent Street, Nottingham
Six terraced houses, now offices, these were largely designed by Nottingham architect Thomas Chambers Hine in the Flemish Renaissance style. Built around 1848-1851 they are a striking set of buildings and are Grade II listed. Hines himself died at 25 Regent Street in 1899.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, history, nottingham, Thomas Chambers Hine, Throwback Thursday
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Lotherton Chapel
Lotherton Chapel is a small building dating to the 12th century that is next to Lotherton Hall in Leeds. It fell into disrepair until 1913 when Colonel Gascoigne, the then owner of the Hall, had it refurbished to be used as a family chapel, though it is still Church of England property.
Categories: England, Leeds, Yorkshire
Tags: architecture, church, history, photo post, stained glass, statue
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Throwback Thursday: The Britannia Panoptican Music Hall, Glasgow
The Britannia Panopticon in Glasgow began life as the Britannic Music Hall in the late 1850s. Items on the bill included dancing girls and comic and ballad singers and it was also a popular haunt for prostitutes. A Mr and Mrs Rossborough took over to clean things up and revamped the interior and increased the range of acts.
Categories: Glasgow, Scotland
Tags: architecture, history, music hall, photo post, Throwback Thursday
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