Category: Architecture
St. Martin’s Church, Low Marple, Cheshire is open for Heritage Open Days
For Arts & Crafts Movement lovers, St Martin’s Church, Low Marple, Cheshire will open for two days of Heritage Open Days.
Friday 18 September 2020, 14.00-18.00
Saturday 19 September 2020, 10.00-15.00
St.Martin’s Church, Brabyns Brow, Marple Bridge, Marple, Stockport SK6 5DT
Next to Marple Railway Station.
Covid-secure arrangements observed.
Saint Martin’s Church is a blend of early and high Arts & Crafts design. The main part of the church was built around 1870 by John Dando Sedding while the famous Lady Chapel designed by his successor, Henry Wilson, is a ‘high period’ Arts & Crafts design of 1895-1905.
The church contains a series works by famous artists – William Morris, Dante Gabrielle Rosetti, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Ford Maddox Brown and Christopher Whall.
Great to be helping out at Hale again
As chair of the Edgar Wood Society, I sometimes help out at Hale in Trafford Borough which has a remarkable heritage of Edgar Wood houses. Here is a post about Greystoke on Hale Road.
The architects and design pioneers we lost in 2018
The architects and design pioneers we lost in 2018
If only all new housing was as nice as this…
Bridge Street, Cockermouth, yesterday. The rendered walls reflect the traditional construction of the area.
Icon, All Saints Church, Birmingham
A powerful modern icon to reflect upon
Sculptures on Accrington Market Hall
Last week, I was on the roof of the old Woolworth building opposite Accrington Market Hall. Here are rarely seen perspectives of the Hall’s three main sculptures. They were carved by Joseph Rogerson who subsequently became a prominent Liverpool sculptor. Continue reading “Sculptures on Accrington Market Hall”
Burnley Town Hall and Mechanics Institute, Lancashire
Big Baroque meets fine Italianate
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, Dumfries and Galloway
A striking and well cared for lighthouse.
