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Churchyard in autumn

The large tree next to The Parish Church of St. Andrew in Newcastle, has spread its leaves over the churchyard (and many of the nearby pavements too!)
@ 07/11/07
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A passageway into the past

There's something very whimsical, and somewhat sad about this passageway (called Prudhoe Chare) that leads between Northumberland Street and Eldon Square. In the 70s when a good chunk of the old Newcastle city centre was bulldozed to build the new shopping complex, it seems somebody had enough conscience to save many of the stone carvings from the original buildings, and used them to liven up this otherwise drab boring wall.
@ 24/10/07
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Demolishing the Greenmarket

Work is well underway now demolishing the old 70s Greenmarket (and the attached NCP car park) - the picture shows they've now broken through to Clayton Street in the background. Lets hope the new development is more in fitting with the Grainger era architecture.
@ 22/10/07
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Home Inspection Nightmares

After we moved into our house we kept finding little niggling things that were wrong, that were never mentioned by the survey, or were hidden by copiously placed furniture. Perhaps we should be glad that nothing was as bad as the things found by the surveyors who've submitted photos to This Old House's Home Inspection Nightmares!

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5

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posted by benjymous @ 29/04/07 17:05 | Comments(comment: 1) | [ tags ]

Look Up

One of the many things I've learnt having an architect for a father, is that most people go about their daily lives completely unaware of the architecture around them. To most, all high streets are dull soulless carbon copies of any other high street in the country, yet above the identical store fronts each town has something unique to offer, if they'd only Look Up.
posted by benjymous @ 19/04/07 21:19 | Comments(comment: none) | [ tags ]

The Vampire Rabbit of Amen Corner

Hiding down a back alley, behind Newcastle's St Nicholas Cathedral, perches an unexpectedly sinister gargoyle (or should that be "grotesque"?), who watches over the back door of an otherwise unremarkable office building.

Nobody is quite sure why this early 20th century building should have such a demonic guardian, and even people who have regularly passed by seem unaware to its existence.

Apparently it might actually be a Hare (whose ears got knocked off during renovation work in the late 90s, and were put back on the wrong way around) but other than that there is next to no information out there. Is it common for "modern" buildings to have gargoyles, or is this some private joke of the architects?

posted by benjymous @ 28/03/07 13:26 | Comments(comment: 1) | [ tags ] | View Map