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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Monday, 31 October 2016

Moose Pond / ME

Autumn view towards the north of Moose Pond, near Bridgton, Maine, USA.
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Little White Church / Eaton

Built 1879 by Robert, Henry and Charles Robertson. Now a Community Church but has a past associated with the Freewill Baptists. In a most picturesque setting, here viewed across the Crystal Lake from Brownfield Road. Eaton Center, New Hampshire, USA.
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Sunday, 30 October 2016

Leaf Carpet / Snow Brook

Fallen leaves near Snow Brook, Conway, NH, USA.
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Saco River Covered Bridge / NH

Covered Paddleford-truss bridge over the Saco river at Conway Village. The current 1890 bridge was built by Charles Broughton and his son Frank. The Saco river has many beaches and sandbars. NH, USA.
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Saco River / New Hampshire

Autumn vista of the Saco River as it approaches the Covered Bridge at Conway Village, NH, USA.
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Saturday, 29 October 2016

White Mountains National Forest Bridge / Albany


Covered Paddleford-truss bridge built by Almzi Russell and Leandre Morton, 1858. The bridge takes the Passaconaway road over the Swift River. The bridge was renovated in 1970 and its floor reinforced in 1982. New Hampshire, USA.
(Both pics CC BY-NC-SA)

Crawford Notch / New Hampshire

Side of gorge in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, USA.
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First Baptist Church / Manchester VT

Church founded in 1781, this building erected 1833, tower 1876. 4895 Main St., Manchester Center, Vermont, USA.
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Friday, 28 October 2016

Silk Road Bridge / VT

Covered lattice-truss bridge built c.1840, probably by Benjamin Sears. Spanning the Walloomsac River, near Bennington, VT, USA.
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Thursday, 27 October 2016

The Clark / Williamstown (5 images)

Architect: Tadao Ando, GENSLER, 2014. The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA, USA
(All pics CC BY-NC-SA)

Wednesday, 26 October 2016

Thompson Chapel tower / Williamstown

Architect: Francis Richmond Allen, 1904, the tower being a copy of the one at St. Cuthbert’s in Wells, Somerset, UK. The chapel belongs to Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA.
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39a and 39b Spring St. / Williamstown

New extension containing stairs to upper-storey flats conversion. Williamstown, MA, USA.
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Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Blue House / Boston

Grey turns to blue at Tremont Street & Lowney Way. Nr Bunker Hill, Boston, MA, USA.
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Shelburne Falls / Vista

View across the Deerfield River to the village of Shelburne Falls, Shelburne, MA, USA.
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Best of Boston / Sign

Gift shop sign at North Market Building, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA, USA.
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Monday, 24 October 2016

Quincy Market / Boston

Architects: Alexander Parris, G.J.F. Bryant, 1825. Neo-classical style public market, built using New England granite. Waterfront, Boston, MA, USA.
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Paul Revere House / Boston

Built c.1680 and said to still be 90% original structure. The house was owned by the American revolutionary from 1770 to 1800. North End, Boston, MA, USA.
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