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Black Sabbath on The Crown, Station Street.
With their concert coming up at Villa Park, the closed Grade II listed pub has been made to look nice opposite Birmingham New Street Station.
Grade II listed building
The Crown Hotel, Station Street, Birmingham
Summary
A late-C19 public house, probably by Thomson Plevins (1825-97).
Reasons for Designation
The Crown Hotel, Station Street, Birmingham, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* it has a well-composed façade with good quality detailing, unusually curved to its corner plot, making it an attractive and prominent building;
* the separate external entrances are evidence of a time when drinking was segregated;
* overall, the building survives well, retainining internal architectural details including glass porches and the main bar, while upstairs are large public rooms.
Historic interest:
* for its importance in the 1960s folk music revival, and in the late 1960s as the venue where Black Sabbath created their sound which shaped a new internationally popular genre of music; heavy metal.
Group value:
* the Crown is a few doors away from the Grade II listed Old Repertory Theatre, with both buildings sharing patrons and jointly contributing to Birmingham’s cultural life.
History
The Crown Hotel, originally named the General Elliott, is thought to have opened in 1876. Kelly’s 1880 Directory of Birmingham lists the General Elliott as having a William Cutler as its publican, and the Crown was known locally as ‘Cutler’s’ at least into the 1960s. In the 1892 Kelly’s Directory the pub is still named the General Elliott with Cutler as landlord, but by the 1896 directory the name has changed to ‘The Crown’, with William Cutler now a William Butler. It is unclear if this is a misprint of Cutler, or is reference to the local brewer William Butler whose firm in 1898 went on to form Mitchells and Butlers, the brewery which owned the Crown throughout the C20. The pub appears as the General Elliott Hotel on the 1:500 Birmingham town plan of 1885-7, and the 1895 Goad fire plan identifies the attached southern building as a stable block.
The Crown has been attributed to the architect Thomson Plevins (1825-97), best known for the Grade II* Grand Hotel in Birmingham (National Heritage List for England: 1391246). Plevins worked extensively in this part of Birmingham in the late-C19 and was responsible for the two other pubs on Station Street; the Market Hotel and the Victoria. These three pubs share similarly detailed carving in their column capitals and on external panels.
The Crown’s location a few doors along from Birmingham’s Old Repertory Theatre (NHLE: 1034393, Grade II) and directly opposite an entrance to New Street Railway station meant that it was popular with those who worked on the railways and in the theatre. Boxing matches were held upstairs, though the pub is most famous for the musicians who performed there.
In the early 1960s Ian Campbell (1933-2012) ran the Jug of Punch club at the Crown; this was one of the leading clubs of the folk revival of the time. It is here in 1962 that the Ian Campbell Folk Group, which featured famous fiddler Dave Swarbrick (1941-2016), recorded ‘Ceilidh at the Crown’, thought to be the earliest vinyl release of a live recording from a folk club. In 1968 local musician Jim Simpson set up a blues club, ‘Henry’s Blueshouse’ at the Crown to provide exposure for a band he was managing; Bakerloo Blues Line. The club hosted performances by many American blues musicians, as well as British and Irish bands including famous names such as: Christine McVie, Jethro Tull, Judas Priest, John Bonham, Robert Plant, Rory Gallagher, Status Quo and Thin Lizzy.
It was in September 1968 that ‘Earth’, a Birmingham band featuring the four founding members of Black Sabbath (Terence ‘Geezer’ Butler, Tony Iommi, John ‘Ozzy’ Osbourne and Bill Ward) first played at the Henry’s Blueshouse club night at the Crown. Earth became regular performers at the club and Simpson was impressed enough by them to become their manager, a role which he continued through their 1969 name change to Black Sabbath and the release of their first two albums. Earth played on more occasions at the Crown than they did at any other venue, and were playing Black Sabbath material during this period; the song ‘Black Sabbath’ was first played on 1 August 1969 at the Pokey Hole Blues Club at the Robin Hood, Lichfield (demolished in 2000). The Crown was where in late 1969 and early 1970 Earth played some of their very first gigs as Black Sabbath, and where under Jim Simpson’s management, they refined and developed their sound and repertoire. The music that resulted went on to have worldwide cultural influence through shaping the nascent genre of heavy metal.
The Crown continued to host live music throughout the 1970s and 1980s, with UB40 (whose Campbell brothers are the sons of Ian), The Beat and punk band GBH amongst the notable names who played there. The Crown retains examples of graffiti dating from the late 1970s made by the punk clientele of that time.
New first-floor toilets were added in a small extension over the rear yard in the early-C20. A small courtyard between stable block and main building which is shown as open on historic mapping up until the Goad Fire plan surveyed in January 1966 is now roofed over. The venue ceased trading as a public house in 2014, and it has been vacant since then.
Details
A late-C19 public house, probably by Thomson Plevins (1825-97).
MATERIALS: brick walls behind render, slate roofs.
PLAN: The building is irregular in plan, sited in the corner plot between Station Street to the north and Hill Street to the west. The front elevation runs along Station Street from the adjoining number 63 in the north-east, then curves to the south-west around the corner to Hill Street where it ends in a south-east facing gable which is extended under a catslide to the north-east. A rectangular-plan former stable block with gable ends to north-east and south-west adjoins the rear of the Station Street section. The stable block’s south-western gable meets the catslide gable of the main building at right angles.
EXTERIOR: the main building is three stories under a pitched roof. It is served by six brick chimney stacks, with end stacks through the ridge against the gable wall of the adjoining number 63 Station Street and within the south-east gable to Hill Street. The catslide section to the rear has two stacks at its north-west and south-east ends. The stable block is two stories and an attic with a single external chimney to its south-west gable, south of the ridge.
The ground floor of the curving front elevation consists of a series of pilasters with Corinthian capitals which support a frieze with a dentilled cornice. Above the capitals of the two end pilasters are console brackets embellished with carved fruit and foliage, and above these a capping piece with further carving. Between the pilasters and beneath the cornice are mullioned windows with rectangular leaded-lights under an opening toplight. Beneath the windows is a stallriser, then a plinth of varying height in accordance with the ground level which lowers toward the apex of the curve, then rises again once past it. There are four doors: two to Station Street, one at the apex of the curve, and one on Hill Street. The doors are panelled, with a leaded-light transom window, then a larger leaded-light window above that to meet the frieze. A C20 lantern on a scrolled iron bracket is over the south-western Station Street door.
The first and second floors are lit by alternating triple and single windows, with the openings of both upper floors in alignment. The openings in the ground floor don’t align with those above with the exception of the doorway in the curve which is centred on the middle of the triple window groupings of the upper floors. The first-floor windows are C20 replacements, the second-floor windows are one-over-one or two-over-two sashes and are lower in height than windows to the first floor. To both upper floors the triple windows are arranged so that a wider central window is divided from two narrower flanking windows by vertical panels carved with flowers within a lattice. On the first floor, each three-window group has a continuous lintel over it which rises to a round arch over the centre to give the impression of a Venetian window. The first-floor single windows have a triangular pediment over them. At second-floor level the extents of the windows are picked out by console brackets enclosing embossed concentric circles on a frieze board under the eaves.
The rear, south-east facing elevation has the gable end of the pitched roof from the main block to the west end, then the rear of the stable block to the east.
INTERIOR: generally, joinery such as dado and picture rails, skirting and door frames survive, as do some three and four-panelled doors. The public bar rooms have coving to the ceilings. Embossed Lincrusta or Anaglypta style wall and ceiling coverings are visible in some areas. The pub retains some original fireplaces, though others have been removed. Below ground the pub has extensive cellars and storage spaces. A stair with barrel skids leads up to a beer drop in the rear yard to the south-east.
The main entrance is at the corner of Station Street and Hill Street, and opens into a hall-corridor with the main bar to the left, and to the right, two smaller rooms (kitchen and office) with a Victorian open string staircase with slim iron balusters running up between them. The main bar is the principal space on this floor, retaining its Victorian bar and bar back. Rectangular columns support a long beam running the length of the ceiling, and windows look out to Station Street. On the Station Street side of the room is a hexagonal glazed internal porch to an external door. There are various toilets in the former stable block.
The staircase on the right-hand side of the entrance hall rises to a first-floor landing, straight across which is the large front room above the main bar. This front room has windows to Station Street, and large metal ducts raised over the floor. It is one of the two upstairs in which bands played and formerly had a stage to its east end. A hatch in the south wall allows a view into the void which was originally a small open courtyard to the stable block but was roofed over in the late-C20. West of the main room within the curve to the front of the building is a snug bar which has a plaster covered ceiling beam decorated with linear mouldings. Across the landing from the snug is a room used as a dressing room by performers. The rear part of the first floor is the former stable block, which is one open room, and was the other performance space used for live music. A small living room retaining a Victorian fireplace is to the right of the stairs. Behind the stairs are toilets, an early-C20 addition which retains its original tiling. The stairs turn 180 degrees in a ‘U’ shape and continue up to second floor where there is further accommodation, originally bedrooms for the hotel.
Black Sabbath on The Crown, Station Street.
With their concert coming up at Villa Park, the closed Grade II listed pub has been made to look nice opposite Birmingham New Street Station.
Grade II listed building
The Crown Hotel, Station Street, Birmingham
Summary
A late-C19 public house, probably by Thomson Plevins (1825-97).
Reasons for Designation
The Crown Hotel, Station Street, Birmingham, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* it has a well-composed façade with good quality detailing, unusually curved to its corner plot, making it an attractive and prominent building;
* the separate external entrances are evidence of a time when drinking was segregated;
* overall, the building survives well, retainining internal architectural details including glass porches and the main bar, while upstairs are large public rooms.
Historic interest:
* for its importance in the 1960s folk music revival, and in the late 1960s as the venue where Black Sabbath created their sound which shaped a new internationally popular genre of music; heavy metal.
Group value:
* the Crown is a few doors away from the Grade II listed Old Repertory Theatre, with both buildings sharing patrons and jointly contributing to Birmingham’s cultural life.
History
The Crown Hotel, originally named the General Elliott, is thought to have opened in 1876. Kelly’s 1880 Directory of Birmingham lists the General Elliott as having a William Cutler as its publican, and the Crown was known locally as ‘Cutler’s’ at least into the 1960s. In the 1892 Kelly’s Directory the pub is still named the General Elliott with Cutler as landlord, but by the 1896 directory the name has changed to ‘The Crown’, with William Cutler now a William Butler. It is unclear if this is a misprint of Cutler, or is reference to the local brewer William Butler whose firm in 1898 went on to form Mitchells and Butlers, the brewery which owned the Crown throughout the C20. The pub appears as the General Elliott Hotel on the 1:500 Birmingham town plan of 1885-7, and the 1895 Goad fire plan identifies the attached southern building as a stable block.
The Crown has been attributed to the architect Thomson Plevins (1825-97), best known for the Grade II* Grand Hotel in Birmingham (National Heritage List for England: 1391246). Plevins worked extensively in this part of Birmingham in the late-C19 and was responsible for the two other pubs on Station Street; the Market Hotel and the Victoria. These three pubs share similarly detailed carving in their column capitals and on external panels.
The Crown’s location a few doors along from Birmingham’s Old Repertory Theatre (NHLE: 1034393, Grade II) and directly opposite an entrance to New Street Railway station meant that it was popular with those who worked on the railways and in the theatre. Boxing matches were held upstairs, though the pub is most famous for the musicians who performed there.
In the early 1960s Ian Campbell (1933-2012) ran the Jug of Punch club at the Crown; this was one of the leading clubs of the folk revival of the time. It is here in 1962 that the Ian Campbell Folk Group, which featured famous fiddler Dave Swarbrick (1941-2016), recorded ‘Ceilidh at the Crown’, thought to be the earliest vinyl release of a live recording from a folk club. In 1968 local musician Jim Simpson set up a blues club, ‘Henry’s Blueshouse’ at the Crown to provide exposure for a band he was managing; Bakerloo Blues Line. The club hosted performances by many American blues musicians, as well as British and Irish bands including famous names such as: Christine McVie, Jethro Tull, Judas Priest, John Bonham, Robert Plant, Rory Gallagher, Status Quo and Thin Lizzy.
It was in September 1968 that ‘Earth’, a Birmingham band featuring the four founding members of Black Sabbath (Terence ‘Geezer’ Butler, Tony Iommi, John ‘Ozzy’ Osbourne and Bill Ward) first played at the Henry’s Blueshouse club night at the Crown. Earth became regular performers at the club and Simpson was impressed enough by them to become their manager, a role which he continued through their 1969 name change to Black Sabbath and the release of their first two albums. Earth played on more occasions at the Crown than they did at any other venue, and were playing Black Sabbath material during this period; the song ‘Black Sabbath’ was first played on 1 August 1969 at the Pokey Hole Blues Club at the Robin Hood, Lichfield (demolished in 2000). The Crown was where in late 1969 and early 1970 Earth played some of their very first gigs as Black Sabbath, and where under Jim Simpson’s management, they refined and developed their sound and repertoire. The music that resulted went on to have worldwide cultural influence through shaping the nascent genre of heavy metal.
The Crown continued to host live music throughout the 1970s and 1980s, with UB40 (whose Campbell brothers are the sons of Ian), The Beat and punk band GBH amongst the notable names who played there. The Crown retains examples of graffiti dating from the late 1970s made by the punk clientele of that time.
New first-floor toilets were added in a small extension over the rear yard in the early-C20. A small courtyard between stable block and main building which is shown as open on historic mapping up until the Goad Fire plan surveyed in January 1966 is now roofed over. The venue ceased trading as a public house in 2014, and it has been vacant since then.
Details
A late-C19 public house, probably by Thomson Plevins (1825-97).
MATERIALS: brick walls behind render, slate roofs.
PLAN: The building is irregular in plan, sited in the corner plot between Station Street to the north and Hill Street to the west. The front elevation runs along Station Street from the adjoining number 63 in the north-east, then curves to the south-west around the corner to Hill Street where it ends in a south-east facing gable which is extended under a catslide to the north-east. A rectangular-plan former stable block with gable ends to north-east and south-west adjoins the rear of the Station Street section. The stable block’s south-western gable meets the catslide gable of the main building at right angles.
EXTERIOR: the main building is three stories under a pitched roof. It is served by six brick chimney stacks, with end stacks through the ridge against the gable wall of the adjoining number 63 Station Street and within the south-east gable to Hill Street. The catslide section to the rear has two stacks at its north-west and south-east ends. The stable block is two stories and an attic with a single external chimney to its south-west gable, south of the ridge.
The ground floor of the curving front elevation consists of a series of pilasters with Corinthian capitals which support a frieze with a dentilled cornice. Above the capitals of the two end pilasters are console brackets embellished with carved fruit and foliage, and above these a capping piece with further carving. Between the pilasters and beneath the cornice are mullioned windows with rectangular leaded-lights under an opening toplight. Beneath the windows is a stallriser, then a plinth of varying height in accordance with the ground level which lowers toward the apex of the curve, then rises again once past it. There are four doors: two to Station Street, one at the apex of the curve, and one on Hill Street. The doors are panelled, with a leaded-light transom window, then a larger leaded-light window above that to meet the frieze. A C20 lantern on a scrolled iron bracket is over the south-western Station Street door.
The first and second floors are lit by alternating triple and single windows, with the openings of both upper floors in alignment. The openings in the ground floor don’t align with those above with the exception of the doorway in the curve which is centred on the middle of the triple window groupings of the upper floors. The first-floor windows are C20 replacements, the second-floor windows are one-over-one or two-over-two sashes and are lower in height than windows to the first floor. To both upper floors the triple windows are arranged so that a wider central window is divided from two narrower flanking windows by vertical panels carved with flowers within a lattice. On the first floor, each three-window group has a continuous lintel over it which rises to a round arch over the centre to give the impression of a Venetian window. The first-floor single windows have a triangular pediment over them. At second-floor level the extents of the windows are picked out by console brackets enclosing embossed concentric circles on a frieze board under the eaves.
The rear, south-east facing elevation has the gable end of the pitched roof from the main block to the west end, then the rear of the stable block to the east.
INTERIOR: generally, joinery such as dado and picture rails, skirting and door frames survive, as do some three and four-panelled doors. The public bar rooms have coving to the ceilings. Embossed Lincrusta or Anaglypta style wall and ceiling coverings are visible in some areas. The pub retains some original fireplaces, though others have been removed. Below ground the pub has extensive cellars and storage spaces. A stair with barrel skids leads up to a beer drop in the rear yard to the south-east.
The main entrance is at the corner of Station Street and Hill Street, and opens into a hall-corridor with the main bar to the left, and to the right, two smaller rooms (kitchen and office) with a Victorian open string staircase with slim iron balusters running up between them. The main bar is the principal space on this floor, retaining its Victorian bar and bar back. Rectangular columns support a long beam running the length of the ceiling, and windows look out to Station Street. On the Station Street side of the room is a hexagonal glazed internal porch to an external door. There are various toilets in the former stable block.
The staircase on the right-hand side of the entrance hall rises to a first-floor landing, straight across which is the large front room above the main bar. This front room has windows to Station Street, and large metal ducts raised over the floor. It is one of the two upstairs in which bands played and formerly had a stage to its east end. A hatch in the south wall allows a view into the void which was originally a small open courtyard to the stable block but was roofed over in the late-C20. West of the main room within the curve to the front of the building is a snug bar which has a plaster covered ceiling beam decorated with linear mouldings. Across the landing from the snug is a room used as a dressing room by performers. The rear part of the first floor is the former stable block, which is one open room, and was the other performance space used for live music. A small living room retaining a Victorian fireplace is to the right of the stairs. Behind the stairs are toilets, an early-C20 addition which retains its original tiling. The stairs turn 180 degrees in a ‘U’ shape and continue up to second floor where there is further accommodation, originally bedrooms for the hotel.
Anaglypta on the ceiling. Mount Diablo Hand Printed paper in Wren's Nest Study on the walls, in the reproduction colorway. Cherry cabinets, paradisio granite on the counter tops and island. The perfect Morrocan accent tile in the backsplash. Wah! I miss my kitchen!
Lincrusta (really anaglypta) from a 1906 San Francisco Earthquake shack. Learn more about the shack where I found this at outsidelands.org/kirkham_shacks
Lincrusta beneath the chair rail. Machine printed paper for the fill - printed with the rollers from 1910! Anaglypta for the frieze and the ceiling.
I made these in assorted colors. Just thought they'd be a cute gift filled with soaps, candy or whatever.
When we stripped the terrifying anaglypta wallpaper off the dining room chimney breast, we discovered this, written in biro. It reads:
Papering ceiling, number of cigs 18/1/59
6.45am 1
8.00 1
9.30 1
11.30 1
12.30 1
2.00 1
Bright Home - 312 W. Third Street
This two story brick Old Federal style mansion with Greek Revival cornices was built for Senator Jesse David Bright in 1837. Bright was a controversial politician who expressed pro-slavery sentiments in his political career. He served as Lt. Governor of Indiana from 1843 to1845 and as a United States Senator from 1845 to 1862. His southern sympathies finally led to his downfall as a United States Senator and he was not re-elected to a high office after being ousted from the senate. The home's walls are placed flush with the sidewalk and are one-foot thick brick. Among the unusual and original features of the house are the Anaglypta in the front parlor, the embossed metal ceiling in the upstairs bathroom and the wood paneling under the two front windows. Also of interest is the original fence from a Madison foundry, the hitching post in front of the house and the metal pediment over the entrance. Visitors to this home include John C. Breckinridge, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. The George Wood Family lived in the house for many years and it was called "Brightwood" during that time. Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Smith owned the home during the latter part of the century. The home sold again in November 2003.
circa 1935
You always get flashes of unexpected beauty at Designersblock, although often you are not sure what is going on...this year it was in a warren of deserted Victorian offices in the Farmiloe Building in Clerkenwell, lined with layers of shiny brown Anaglypta, and with eerie echoes of scribes gone by. Separate rooms made perfect showcases for individual designers to show off their work - how lucky they were to have personal spaces in such a marvellous building/location. All credit to Rory, Piers and Bud. Cheers!
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Thanks to www.urban75.org for some notes on the Farmiloe Building
“Until their departure to Mitcham in April 1999, the lead and glass merchants George Farmiloe & Sons were one of Clerkenwell's longest-established firms, trading from their headquarters in St John Street. During the company's heyday in the first half of the twentieth century, the firm was supplying a variety of materials to the building trade, including paint, brasswork and sanitary ware, as well as lead and glass.
Due to the weight of goods stored in the warehouse, Farmiloes required an unusually strong building, with the latest wrought-iron beam technology being employed.
The company also owned a number of factories across London, and a riverside wharf at Wapping. The large headquarters were a fine example of Victorian commercial architecture, featuring an attractive Italianate palazzo-style frontage executed in Portland stone, white Suffolk brick and polished Aberdeen granite. The stonework is embellished with delicate decoration, both incised and in relief. Inside the building there's some attractive metal work to be found, with a dog-leg staircase featuring a cast-iron balustrade, decorated with flower motifs and the firm's monogram.”
Methodist Church House (Hall). Photographed three days before the site was handed over by the Methodist circuit to Tesco.
The evening walk back from the Rock Park to The Imperial Hotel along Litchdon Street. The hotel has a rear door opposite the car park.
Brannam's Pottery Site - about 12 Litchdon Street.
Grade II Listed Building
Litchdon Pottery Including Bottle Kilns and All Buildings on the Site
Description
BARNSTAPLE
SS5632 LITCHDON STREET
684-1/5/187 (North East side)
11/03/87 Nos.10 AND 11
Litchdon Pottery, including bottle
kilns and all buildings on the site
GV II
Showrooms and pottery. Showroom to left of Litchdon Street
frontage 1886-7. By WC Oliver of Barnstaple. Former showroom
to right may be slightly earlier. Pale cream brick with
horizontal bands and window arches of red brick; stone and
terracotta detailing. Slated roofs with crested red
ridge-tiles, except for the right-hand showroom, which is
covered with corrugated asbestos. Cream brick chimney on each
side wall, the left-hand chimney with ornamental pots.
Buildings consist of showrooms on Litchdon Street frontage,
the right-hand side converted to storeroom. In centre an
archway with building above, leading to warehouses, 2 bottle
kilns and other industrial buildings in 2 long wings at rear.
The site extends back to Trinity Street. Showrooms on frontage
are in 2 parts: 2-storeyed range to left, extending over
archway, 3-storeyed range to right.
The left-hand range, which is the better of the 2, is 4-window
range. To left, 2 large display windows, the glass in upper
part decorated with foliage and, in gilt lettering, the
inscriptions reading BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE QUEEN and BY
APPOINTMENT TO H.R.H. PRINCESS CHRISTIAN. Doorway with pointed
arch on splayed corner to right. Above, across whole front, an
entablature with coved underside and frieze of terracotta
panels decorated with flowers and foliage. Upper storey has
mullioned-and-transomed window, also with coloured glass. The
terracotta frieze is continued below it, and at either side
are more terracotta panels decorated with birds and squirrels.
Above window on the roof, a goblet with imitation timber
framing.
Range to right is 2-window range in 2nd storey, the left-hand
window set in the splayed corner. Ground storey has been
altered, but on the splay is a blocked doorway with moulded
stone 2-centred arch enclosed by a rectangular carved stone
frame. 2nd-storey windows are of 2 lights to left and 3 lights
to right. These have chamfered mullions and moulded pointed
arches of stone, the latter with relieving arches of red
brick; in the heads of the arches are red and crack-glazed
tiles decorated with flowers and foliage. 3rd-storey has 3
windows, each of 2 lights with plain stone mullions; cill-band
of glazed blue tiles. Heavily moulded top cornice of stone and
brick with imitation mechicolations.
INTERIOR and rear buildings not inspected, but left-hand
showroom retains some of its original decoration. This may be
the showroom refurbished in 1903; ceiling of `Tynecastle' in
Louis XV style, anaglypta frieze by Owen Davies of London, who
designed pottery for Brannam's.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the pottery dated from at least 1830,
possibly from C17; it was acquired before 1840 by the Brannam
family who ran it until 1979. It is now owned by Candy & Co
Ltd of Newton Abbot.
(Barnstaple Castle Records, Committee Minute Book, 26.1.87;
Brannam P: A Family Business: 1982-; Devon County Sites and
Monuments Register, Exeter; North Devon Journal: 4.11.1886:
1886-; North Devon Journal: 18.2.1887: 1887-; North Devon
Journal: 18.6.1903: 1993-).
Listing NGR: SS5602532901
After a year and a half the back bathroom is almost done. Just a little more painting & replacing the water supplies to the sink.
This image was formed by sunlight reflected onto my ceiling by the little plastic apple on the top of my laptop. I thought it was the Firewire cable at first, but then I swept my hand over the top to see when the reflection cut out.
Can you see a young Rose Maddox in it. I can. If you look closely enough you can sort of make out the brim of her white Cowboy Hat. Other people see faces in the clouds. I see cowgirls on my ceiling!
Spooky!
Custom created copper leaf wall paper, custom troweled paint wall, pretty chocolate chandelier.... Yum!
Note: we have ceilings between 11' and 12'. The table in the picture is a child's table. Our house was not built for giants!
This is our upstairs hall at the moment, only part of the wallpaper stripping that has gone on in our house of late. This will be part of the reason why I've not been massively prolific over the last couple of weeks.
I do hate removing anaglypta, especially when it takes the skim with it!
Still, it will be worth it in the end!
All we need to do now is sort out what colour(s) we're going to paint it after the re-skim...
A special order for a lovely customer, this box is painted with quotes about bowerbirds in French. Inside is lined in anaglypta paper. Blogged at natashaburns.blogspot.com/2007/05/busy-bee-fairy-swap-and...
Bradbury & Bradbury Neo-Classical Roomset in Jasper Green
Since the powder room is between the Dining Room and the Parlor, we decided to paper it in the style of the dining room and the color of the parlor. We modified an antique mirror and table to act as the powder room vanity.
2 of the 6 different kinds of wallpaper found underneath our kitchen anaglypta.
this is like doing archaeology again - gonna need some context sheets to record the different strata
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recently took Michelle Ward's: "Raise the Bar" workshop at Valley Ridge Art Studio in Wisconsin. I always get energized when I attend a workshop and always come away with a gem or two or a hundred! Michelle has a monthly challenge on her blog and this was last month's "crusade"... it took me awhile to find the anaglypta (paintable) wallpaper but I did find some online... here are the results of painting a background with multiple colors and stamping with the paintable wallpaper stamp with multiple colors... Love how it turned out
Following on from the huge success of his critically acclaimed 2013 Greater Manchester Fringe show 'Words For Class Heroes', Salford born performance poet JB Barrington is back with a new show 'Woodchip Anaglypta and Nicotined Artex Ceilings'.
'Lovely stuff, touches heart-strings and the odd raw nerve' - Johnny Vegas
'Great poems, great delivery' 'Brilliant and funny' - Terry Christian
'Awe-inspiring, quick-witted and comical rhymes' - Manchester Fringe Review 2013
'A roller coaster of emotions' - The Zeen
'A warm charm, a rapier wit and a real appreciation of the value of words - Louder Than War. POETRY
Woodchip Anaglypta and Nicotined Artex Ceiling: 18 poems on CD by JB Barrington £5 inc p&p www.facebook.com/TheWordsEscapeMe/app_208195102528120