Tuesday 29 November 2016

The Riviera / Colonnade (2 pics)

Architect: L Stewart Smith, 1937, in the Deco style using reinforced concrete. Grade II listed hotel overlooking Bowleaze Cove, Weymouth, Dorset, UK.
[Both pics CC BY-NC-SA]

Monday 28 November 2016

Custom House / Weymouth

Custom House is the building to left with the coat-of-arms above pediment. It was a C18 merchant's house which was used as offices for HM Customs from early C19 until 1985. Grade II listed. 8 Custom House Quay, Weymouth, Dorset, UK.
[Both pics CC BY-NC-SA]

Sunday 27 November 2016

The Ship Inn (extension) / Weymouth

This blue extension to the Ship Inn was built on the site where the Red Warehouse (demolished in the 1950s) once stood. Its gable mural is nicely muted. The original white-painted portion of the Ship Inn has been there since the C17.  Weymouth, Dorset, UK.
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Saturday 26 November 2016

Weyfish Ltd / Tympanum painting

Painted decoration over front doors of the local fish market. 1 Custom House Quay, Weymouth, Dorset.
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Friday 25 November 2016

The Sailors Return / Weymouth

Harbourside public house, late C18 with mid-C19 exterior alterations, according to its Grade II listing. 1 St. Nicholas Steet, Weymouth, Dorset, UK.
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Thursday 24 November 2016

Streetcars Mural / Weymouth

Mural on rear wall of Streetcars taxi service, c.2014, by artist Pete Sheridan. Paint on stucco. Governor’s Lane car park, Weymouth, Dorset.

Thursday 3 November 2016

Hurlbutt Designs / Kennebunkport

Shop building supported by wooden piles over the Kennebunk river. Dock Square, Kennebunkport, Maine, USA.
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Mast Cove Galleries / sign

Sign for one of Maine's largest private art galleries, situated at 1 Mast Cove Ln, Kennebunkport, ME, USA
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Spirit of Massachusetts / Kennybunkport

125ft schooner built at the  Charleston Naval Shipyard in 1983-1984. Now docked on the Kennebunk and used as a floating restaurant. Kennybunkport, Maine, USA.
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Signpost / Kennybunkport

Kennybunkport, Maine, USA.
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Wednesday 2 November 2016

Mutual Theatre / Saco ME

Completed 1927. "This is a rare example of an early modern commercial block in Saco. Designed as a combination insurance office and motion picture theater, the Mutual block has the horizontal, rectilinear massing and geometrical ornament of the Arts and Crafts Style." [source: www.sacomaine.org/residents/city_history/index.php] Saco, ME, USA.
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Ex-church tower / Saco

Tower with spire at corner of School and Middle Streets. The building is now residential, but seems to have originally been built 1840 for a Methodist Congregation which has now relocated. Saco, Maine, USA.
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Turret / Maple

Wooden turret and finial with maple tree behind. At corner of Main and Storer St., Saco, Maine, USA.
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Tuesday 1 November 2016

Saco City Hall / ME

Original Architect/Carpenter: Thomas Hall, brickwork: A. & E. E. Cutter, 1855. Restored after fire 1895. Recent renovations by Reed & Barber Architects. NRHP registered. 300 Main Street, Saco, Maine, USA.
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Town House Pub / sign

Pub sign at 5 Storer Street, Saco, Maine, USA.
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