Images George Rex: February 2023

Tuesday 28 February 2023

Ship Inn / 2023

The Ship Inn, built C17 of Portland stone (now painted) and slate roof. Some late-C19 alterations according to Grade II listing. Weymouth, Dorset.

Monday 27 February 2023

Gurkha Restaurant / DT4

Gurkha Bar and Buffet Restaurant, Noahs Ark, on the Radipole lake, Weymouth, Dorset, UK.

Sunday 26 February 2023

Made in 1887 to celebrate the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign. A gift of Sir Henry Edwards, installation costs were met through public subscription. Painted and gilded cast and wrought iron, Grade II listed. Weymouth, Dorset.

Saturday 25 February 2023

The Clipper / Sign

Sign for a venue that has been closed for about a decade now. At 81-82 St Thomas Street, Weymouth, Dorset.

Friday 24 February 2023

Royal Hotel / Weymouth

Designed by C Orlando Law, according to grade II listing, 1899, red brick and Portland stone dressings. Style described as Northern Renaissance with Flemish details. Esplanade, Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorset.

Thursday 23 February 2023

White Hart / Weymouth

Early C17, Portland stone ashlar, rendered at front. Grade II* listed. Weymouth, Dorset, UK.

Wednesday 22 February 2023

Charlotte Row / DT4

Terrace of 1883 "in a very vigorous interpretation of French Renaissance with Flemish Renaissance details" according to Grade II listing. Red brick in English bond, Portland stone dressings. Weymouth, Dorset.

Tuesday 21 February 2023

Sand's / AMUSEMENTS

Illuminated facade of an amusement arcade on the Esplanade, Weymouth, Dorset.

Monday 20 February 2023

Cove Street / 2023

Terrace of 5 dwellings built c.1808, being "characteristic small-scale Weymouth houses of the period", according to the Grade II listing. Constructed of brick, mostly stuccoed, with slate mansard roofs. 1-5 Cove St, Weymouth, Dorset, UK.

Sunday 19 February 2023

Devonshire Buildings / East

East end of a Grade II* listed terrace of houses, c.1805-1819. It's recorded in British History Online that a house at this end was ordered to be taken down and replaced by this full-height rounded bow (Town Council Minutes, 25 June, 1819). Weymouth, Dorset.

Saturday 18 February 2023

Swannery Bridge / Piers

Substructure of Swannery Bridge, seen from southwest bank of Radipole Lake. Bridge was opened in 1987, Weymouth, Dorset.

Friday 17 February 2023

'Two Fifty One' / 2023

Architects: Allies & Morrison, 2017. 41-storey residential tower comprising 335 apartments. Viewed from the Elephant & Castle. London Borough of Southwark.

Thursday 16 February 2023

Immanuel & St Andrew / Tower

Church of Immanuel and St Andrew. A Ross, 1854; B Ferrey, 1864-5 rebuilt and enlarged; N Melhuish, 1989 major alterations. The 6-storey tower survives from the Benjamin Ferrey building. Streatham High Road, London Borough of Lambeth.

Wednesday 15 February 2023

Streatham / URC

Architect: James Cubitt, 1900, in a Gothic Revival style. Grade II listed. Red brick with stone dressings. Streatham United Reform Church, Streatham High Road, London Borough of Lambeth.

Monday 13 February 2023

Random House / SW1

Entrance to the UK premises of Random House Publishing Group at 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, City of Westminster, London.

Sunday 12 February 2023

Riverwalk / Millbank

Left of image is part of the 2016 residential development 'Riverwalk' designed by Stanton Williams. Behind is a grade II listed terrace, c.1843-45 at 46-57 Millbank, designed by Thomas or Lewis Cubitt. City of Westminster, London.

Saturday 11 February 2023

Pool / Embassy Gardens

25m long 'sky pool' between the rooftops of the Legacy Buildings at Embassy Gardens. Acrylic, 10ft deep, water weight said to be 375 tonnes. HAL Architects 2021, Eckersley O'Callaghan engineers, Reynolds Polymers fabrication. Nine Elms, London Borough of Wandsworth.

Friday 10 February 2023

Elephant / Chokhi Dhani

Bronze elephant outside the Chokhi Dhani Indian restaurant. Riverlight Quay, London Borough of Wandsworth.

Thursday 9 February 2023

Grosvenor Bridge / (Railway)

Initially by engineer Sir John Fowler, 1860, for the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway. The original 2-track bridge has been widened several times and now carries 10 tracks over the river Thames into Victoria Station.

Wednesday 8 February 2023

Prospect Place / SW11

Architects: Gehry Partners, 2022. White-finished residential development alongside the re-purposed Battersea Power Station. London Borough of Wandsworth.

Tuesday 7 February 2023

Principal Tower / II

Architects: Foster & Partners, 2019. Fifty storey residential tower on the borders of Shoreditch and the City of London.

Monday 6 February 2023

7 / IX Fournier St

Front doors to numbers 7 and 9 Fournier Street. Porches with fluted Doric pilasters. Grade II listing says probably early C18, although refronted later. Spitalfields, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.