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St Mary, Bucklesham, Suffolk
Photograph taken April 2006.
Set down a quiet lane not far from its village centre, this is an attractive little church despite a relatively undistinguished pedigree. Small churches which were largely rebuilt during the second half of the 19th Century can sometimes be a little characterless, but not so here.
The rebuilding took place throughout 1878, and when the church reopened after being closed for nearly a year, there were, according to the Ipswich Journal, gasps of astonishment at the impressive and radical alterations. The nave had been extended and a new south aisle and chancel added. Not much had survived the restorers, but early 14th Century doorways were retained, the one on the north side with its external holy water stoup. Some work was retained from an earlier restoration in the 1840s, including the east and west windows which were reset in the new walls.
Inside, the church retains its 17th Century pulpit and 15th Century font. In medieval times this must have been quite an impressive church, judging by the foundations of the great west tower which were uncovered in the 1920s. But centuries of neglect meant that by the 18th century it had fallen, and like many rural Suffolk churches, St Mary was virtually derelict by the time of its restoration.
A sign of changing attitudes to old buildings is the London newspaper which reported at the time of the rebuilding that the old church had been conspicuous by its ugliness. It added that fortunately, its situation was not a prominent one, so that only those living in Bucklesham remember it as an eyesore. As much as we might have preferred the old church to the new nowadays, I think this trim little building would still please the Victorian villagers today.
Muir of Ord Station on the Far North & Kyle of Lochalsh lines on the 2nd of October 2017
This was the most disappointing station of my visit in 2017 because I remember it from the mid 1980's and it was upsetting to see how it had been literally wiped clean of all of its character and turned into a clinical characterless location
Investors are tearing down old Reykjavik to make space for characterless hotels and apartment buildings.
St Mary, Bucklesham, Suffolk
Photograph taken April 2006.
Set down a quiet lane not far from its village centre, this is an attractive little church despite a relatively undistinguished pedigree. Small churches which were largely rebuilt during the second half of the 19th Century can sometimes be a little characterless, but not so here.
The rebuilding took place throughout 1878, and when the church reopened after being closed for nearly a year, there were, according to the Ipswich Journal, gasps of astonishment at the impressive and radical alterations. The nave had been extended and a new south aisle and chancel added. Not much had survived the restorers, but early 14th Century doorways were retained, the one on the north side with its external holy water stoup. Some work was retained from an earlier restoration in the 1840s, including the east and west windows which were reset in the new walls.
Inside, the church retains its 17th Century pulpit and 15th Century font. In medieval times this must have been quite an impressive church, judging by the foundations of the great west tower which were uncovered in the 1920s. But centuries of neglect meant that by the 18th century it had fallen, and like many rural Suffolk churches, St Mary was virtually derelict by the time of its restoration.
A sign of changing attitudes to old buildings is the London newspaper which reported at the time of the rebuilding that the old church had been conspicuous by its ugliness. It added that fortunately, its situation was not a prominent one, so that only those living in Bucklesham remember it as an eyesore. As much as we might have preferred the old church to the new nowadays, I think this trim little building would still please the Victorian villagers today.
Muir of Ord Station on the Far North & Kyle of Lochalsh lines on the 2nd of October 2017
This was the most disappointing station of my visit in 2017 because I remember it from the mid 1980's and it was upsetting to see how it had been literally wiped clean of all of its character and turned into a clinical characterless location
St Mary, Bucklesham, Suffolk
Set down a quiet lane not far from its village centre, this is an attractive little church despite a relatively undistinguished pedigree. Small churches which were largely rebuilt during the second half of the 19th Century can sometimes be a little characterless, but not so here.
The rebuilding took place throughout 1878, and when the church reopened after being closed for nearly a year, there were, according to the Ipswich Journal, gasps of astonishment at the impressive and radical alterations. The nave had been extended and a new south aisle and chancel added. Not much had survived the restorers, but early 14th Century doorways were retained, the one on the north side with its external holy water stoup. Some work was retained from an earlier restoration in the 1840s, including the east and west windows which were reset in the new walls.
Inside, the church retains its 17th Century pulpit and 15th Century font. In medieval times this must have been quite an impressive church, judging by the foundations of the great west tower which were uncovered in the 1920s. But centuries of neglect meant that by the 18th century it had fallen, and like many rural Suffolk churches, St Mary was virtually derelict by the time of its restoration.
A sign of changing attitudes to old buildings is the London newspaper which reported at the time of the rebuilding that the old church had been conspicuous by its ugliness. It added that fortunately, its situation was not a prominent one, so that only those living in Bucklesham remember it as an eyesore. As much as we might have preferred the old church to the new nowadays, I think this trim little building would still please the Victorian villagers today.
This facade has stood with an empty lot behind it and a "priced for quick sale" sign in front of it for years now. There's a painting of sunflowers on the bricks up where the second floor would have been that's now exposed to the sky and the elements.
update: this whole facade has now been scoured characterless and obsucred by non-opening windows with a Ballardian rabbit warren of "terrace" houses behind. 1.49 million, anyone???
Historic marker placed in 1990. What it doesn't say on here is, "don't expect this amazing little plaza to exist for much longer." Almost all of the other original service plazas have been completely destroyed and replaced by characterless "modern" facilities, with no trace remaining of the neat little stone buildings originally built in 1939-1940. See them while you still can. Already, Somerset is gone, just in the last three months. I have some images of Somerset South, but not as many as I've shot of Midway.
This large and characterless structure was constructed in 1969 to replace the county's previous 1902 Romanesque Revival Courthouse that still stands in downtown Starke. This one stands to the north of downtown Starke on highway 301.
Pre-fabricated house made of aluminium. After the war thousands of these little pre-fabs were erected around Great Britain to provide homes for so many bombed out. Most have been replaced with characterless boxes with anonymous front doors and access along a scruffy back alley and in through the kitchen. Some still survive and may they do so for many years as thet were super little homes, easy to heat and maintain with good garden and bags of character. The neighbours were close and life was generally calm as everyone was detached and had their own space. Our government could learn a lot from looking at the very cheap but effective homes that gave everyone a bit of space.
Muir of Ord Station on the Far North & Kyle of Lochalsh lines on the 2nd of October 2017
The other disused part of the station platforms
This was the most disappointing station of my visit in 2017 because I remember it from the mid 1980's and it was upsetting to see how it had been literally wiped clean of all of its character and turned into a clinical characterless location
This large and characterless structure was constructed in 1969 to replace the county's previous 1902 Romanesque Revival Courthouse that still stands in downtown Starke. This one stands to the north of downtown Starke on highway 301.
Yesterday was the premiere of the documentary 'Fight for Turku', about the destruction of a lot of beautiful old architecture in our town, over the last 50 years. One point of the documentary was to show how, after World War II, people wanted something modern in place of the old, and that's when the monstrous concrete blocks started appearing. Another point were young alternative artists, who still keep squatting old deserted buildings, demanding an autonomous cultural centre for themselves, but time after time, they lose the battles against politicians, and big construction companies.
Seeing the film really opened my eyes to look at my town differently. The same phenomenon is still rampant all over town. Money talks. How long before this unusual corner house will have to go, and another characterless box will rise in its place? The one behind it is already gone!
...by Cesar Manrique - painter, architect, sculptor, activist born and living on Lanzarote island.
He saved this picturesque island from ugly and characterless high-rise tourist developments, forcing authorities to introduce law favoring low-rise and tradition-blending architecture.
He designed all visitor atractions on the island including Mirador del Rio, Cactus Garden and Montanas del Fuego visitor centre.
Judging on his 3000m2 house and the fact that he was the most famous and successful Lanzarote habitant, he must have led interesting and glamorous life.
[Apologies, but unfortunately I don't know how to rotate this]
Who could have predicted the proliferation of American style coffee shops - the likes of Starcrooks and Costa-lotta? They are everywhere you look, from motorway services to book shops. Perhaps I am old and grumpy but I don't really get it. You queue up to order and pay, then queue to get your drinks - if you are within five miles of home it would be quicker to pop back and make yourself a cuppa! And what do you get - frothy, yucky overpriced muck. I mean why would you want syrup in you coffee for gods sake. Never fear though, you can have a calorific time bomb of a muffin or even a paninni. Give me a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich any day. Our culture is sliding out of control heading for globalised non-descript, faceless, characterless monotony. My picture reflects the eternal optimism of these coffee outlets. For the past few days the temperature has struggled to get passed freezing and these numpties have rows of metal chairs and tables outside - unbelievable.
You may have guessed that I have been shopping today - well I walked around behind the two ladies in my life, if that counts.
unfortunately, the traditional roofs of wood and slate are becoming exceedingly rare. It's all nasty shiny corrugated iron today... A sad development. And one by one, the old traditional, intricately carved houses make place for characterless new ones made with concrete... Go now, these beautiful buildings will soon be gone.
The intersection of Boylston, Essex, and Washington streets has gone from hustle-and-bustle to Combat Zone to grimy and decaying to utterly characterless in 40 years, and this bas relief has presided over it all.
This is a beautiful, simply designed and thoroughly charming place. The house was built by the family's great-grandfather. He built it room by room; saving up money over time and building more onto it when he could afford to. The family have now sold up because properties like this are difficult to maintain; because of major deterioration plobles due to age and neglect and also because of the poor economic climate. The family have moved into a modern apartment out of town. The person who bought the property is going to tear it down and build an apartment block in its place. I see a lot of this kind of activity in Beirut. If only their were grants for people to help them keep their properties and prevent Beirut from becoming another faceless, characterless concrete jungle. Ho-hum.
Nikon F75. Nikkor 28-80mm AF-D f3.3-5.6 @ 40mm and f4. Fuji Provia.
Sadly, following electrification, the legendary British built Class 43 HSTs are now gone from the Bristol to London-Paddington mainline. Replaced by these Japanese built and rather characterless trains.
End of an era.
Hopefully the class 43s will hang on for some time on other parts of the network.
30th July 2011.
If there weas such a thing as a haunted house this would be it. It's a big, old building, formerly a home for retired mariners, but now it's abandoned and empty, with a lot of the windows missing, the paint peeling, the window frames rotting, and so on.
I'd really like to see it fixed up and renovated into flats or something but it'll probably go the Wallasey way and be allowed to disintegrate to the point where demolition is deemed the only option and then developers will buy up the land and build more soulless, characterless riverside apartments.
I know this is a bit of a weird shot but I was just messing around as I sat on the grass reading my book in the summer sun. I dramatisised the sky to make it a bit more interesting!
Christchurch, Latchingdon, Essex
Locked, no keyholder. Latchingdon is the largest and least attractive place on the western part of the peninsula, an ugly mile or so of kebab shops, off-licences, petrol stations. The church is from the 1860s by JP St Aubyn, but is big and characterless, and apparently of little interest. It is always locked - I had actually tried the door once before on my way to Bradwell last summer. Not really sure why I bothered this time. However, photographing it meant I could count it as a visited church.
The next church was the real goal of my journey. Knowing how horrible Latchingdon was I was a bit uncertain about the setting of the next, but I needn't have worried.
If you're a regular on my photostream, I think you know by now I'm a big silhouette fan. This was taken at Sukhna Lake, and what's really sad is this time of the year we have very boring characterless skies, otherwise this picture could have been much more interesting!
EDIT: I have replace the original picture as all of you found it dull and boring, and here's the same after some work done in lightroom.
The originally uploaded picture can be found here.
This is a beautiful, simply designed and thoroughly charming place. The house was built by the family's great-grandfather. He built it room by room; saving up money over time and building more onto it when he could afford to. The family have now sold up because properties like this are difficult to maintain; because of major deterioration plobles due to age and neglect and also because of the poor economic climate. The family have moved into a modern apartment out of town. The person who bought the property is going to tear it down and build an apartment block in its place. I see a lot of this kind of activity in Beirut. If only their were grants for people to help them keep their properties and prevent Beirut from becoming another faceless, characterless concrete jungle. Ho-hum.
Muir of Ord Station on the Far North & Kyle of Lochalsh lines on the 2nd of October 2017
This was the most disappointing station of my visit in 2017 because I remember it from the mid 1980's and it was upsetting to see how it had been literally wiped clean of all of its character and turned into a clinical characterless location
unfortunately, the traditional roofs of wood and slate are becoming exceedingly rare. It's all nasty shiny corrugated iron today... A sad development. And one by one, the old traditional, intricately carved wooden houses make place for characterless new ones made of brick and concrete... Go now, these beautiful buildings will soon be gone.
The council have taken over the 758/9 from Tees Valley and were using this VW Transporter/Bluebird. I've always wondered why they used the Transporter and not the bigger, haveier duty Crafter
The characterless, faceless apartment bulding makes sure we know that soon, Chinatown will be generic.
This is a beautiful, simply designed and thoroughly charming place. The house was built by the family's great-grandfather. He built it room by room; saving up money over time and building more onto it when he could afford to. The family have now sold up because properties like this are difficult to maintain; because of major deterioration ploblems due to age and neglect and also because of the poor economic climate. The family have moved into a modern apartment out of town. The person who bought the property is going to tear it down and build an apartment block in its place. I see a lot of this kind of activity in Beirut. If only their were grants for people to help them keep their properties and prevent Beirut from becoming another faceless, characterless concrete jungle. Ho-hum.
St Mary, Bucklesham, Suffolk
Set down a quiet lane not far from its village centre, this is an attractive little church despite a relatively undistinguished pedigree. Small churches which were largely rebuilt during the second half of the 19th Century can sometimes be a little characterless, but not so here.
The rebuilding took place throughout 1878, and when the church reopened after being closed for nearly a year, there were, according to the Ipswich Journal, gasps of astonishment at the impressive and radical alterations. The nave had been extended and a new south aisle and chancel added. Not much had survived the restorers, but early 14th Century doorways were retained, the one on the north side with its external holy water stoup. Some work was retained from an earlier restoration in the 1840s, including the east and west windows which were reset in the new walls.
Inside, the church retains its 17th Century pulpit and 15th Century font. In medieval times this must have been quite an impressive church, judging by the foundations of the great west tower which were uncovered in the 1920s. But centuries of neglect meant that by the 18th century it had fallen, and like many rural Suffolk churches, St Mary was virtually derelict by the time of its restoration.
A sign of changing attitudes to old buildings is the London newspaper which reported at the time of the rebuilding that the old church had been conspicuous by its ugliness. It added that fortunately, its situation was not a prominent one, so that only those living in Bucklesham remember it as an eyesore. As much as we might have preferred the old church to the new nowadays, I think this trim little building would still please the Victorian villagers today.
St Mary, Bucklesham, Suffolk
Set down a quiet lane not far from its village centre, this is an attractive little church despite a relatively undistinguished pedigree. Small churches which were largely rebuilt during the second half of the 19th Century can sometimes be a little characterless, but not so here.
The rebuilding took place throughout 1878, and when the church reopened after being closed for nearly a year, there were, according to the Ipswich Journal, gasps of astonishment at the impressive and radical alterations. The nave had been extended and a new south aisle and chancel added. Not much had survived the restorers, but early 14th Century doorways were retained, the one on the north side with its external holy water stoup. Some work was retained from an earlier restoration in the 1840s, including the east and west windows which were reset in the new walls.
Inside, the church retains its 17th Century pulpit and 15th Century font. In medieval times this must have been quite an impressive church, judging by the foundations of the great west tower which were uncovered in the 1920s. But centuries of neglect meant that by the 18th century it had fallen, and like many rural Suffolk churches, St Mary was virtually derelict by the time of its restoration.
A sign of changing attitudes to old buildings is the London newspaper which reported at the time of the rebuilding that the old church had been conspicuous by its ugliness. It added that fortunately, its situation was not a prominent one, so that only those living in Bucklesham remember it as an eyesore. As much as we might have preferred the old church to the new nowadays, I think this trim little building would still please the Victorian villagers today.
I can imagine it won't be long before these classic CB&Q signals come down at Highlands.
Someone recently asked me what is so special about these signal bridges, and why it is sad to see more and more of them coming down and soulless, characterless, steel structures going up in their place. Not really knowing how to answer, I simply explained that these old CB&Q signal bridges (some of which date back to the early 1900s) have a lot of character. And just think of the trains that have passed underneath them. Steam locomotives, Es anf Fs, and countless other types of trains. It's just sad to see them come down, and each time another original CB&Q bridge comes down, it's like another piece of the CB&Q history gone. Oh well....
1-23-2010
I'm the baby placed in an upturned footstool. My mother pictured here is now 93 and rests her feet on the same stool. The photo must date around 1948 and was taken outside our home at Briar Street in Bacup, Lancashire. The shoe factory in the background has since been replaced with characterless modern houses.
The parish church of St Michael, Brough. Parts of the church date from the 12th century. Many of my ancestors and relatives were baptised, married and buried in this church. I have transcriptions of several memorials to my family in the church, but sadly "modernisation" has resulted in most memorials being ripped out leaving rather characterless plain white walls.
A mixture of blue-shaded bullet shaped street lamps (of unknown manufacture) and GEC Z9545 cut off street lamps on twin metal bracket and concrete post in Allerton Road. Since this photo was taken, these have been replaced by brand spanking new (not to mention shitty and characterless) modern ones.
This is a beautiful, simply designed and thoroughly charming place. The house was built by the family's great-grandfather. He built it room by room; saving up money over time and building more onto it when he could afford to. The family have now sold up because properties like this are difficult to maintain; because of major deterioration plobles due to age and neglect and also because of the poor economic climate. The family have moved into a modern apartment out of town. The person who bought the property is going to tear it down and build an apartment block in its place. I see a lot of this kind of activity in Beirut. If only their were grants for people to help them keep their properties and prevent Beirut from becoming another faceless, characterless concrete jungle. Ho-hum.
Canary Wharf a capitalists dream or is it a nightmare. I've never done a Boat Cruise on the Thames, today two work colleagues and I were guests on one. We travelled on what once would have been a paddle ship.
It's interesting viewing the river bank along both sides of the Thames and looking at the every changing state of it. Building work, predominantly flats continues all along the south bank in particular. From Nine Elms to Greenwich, the distance covered by the cruise. In the main the developments look tired and without soul and character. Perhaps this is a metaphor for changing London.
I remember traveling onto the Isle of Dogs before the property boom took hold. It looks characterless now compared to what was there before.
Anyway the cruise was actually great, the food lovely and drink relatively free flowing, I passed on that as I'm driving later of course