Concrete hippopotamus mystery
by catherine croft
Love this concrete hippopotamus sculpture, on the cover of English Heritage’s guidence document on Local Listing, published this month. Actually he is one of four, all look like they come… More…
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Councillors reject listed fire station tower
by Henrietta Billings
Birmingham City Council’s planning committee has overwhelmingly voted against controversial tower proposals for the listed fire station building. Just two councillors voted in favour and 10 against the… More…
D-day for threatened 1930s fire station
by Henrietta Billings
Photo credit: Ell Brown Birmingham City Council’s planning committee will decide today on the future of the city’s former Central Fire Station on Corporation Street. We are strongly… More…
not just one prefab…
by catherine croft
Thanks to my C20 collegue Aiden Turner Bishop for this link to BBC Tyne and Wear –reporting that Beamish Museum is to reloate a block of four prefabs… More…
Strum a K6?
by catherine croft
The K6 telephone box was designed in 1935 by Giles Gilbert Scott to coincide with the Jubilee of King George V, and was initially called the “Jubilee” kiosk. Between… More…
BBC Newcastle debate
by catherine croft
Just been talking on BBC Newcastle— dicussion about the value of heritage promoted by the listing of both Sam Scorer’s Little Chef canopy (see our blog last week)… More…
South Winds – a house that has been noticed
by Henrietta Billings
Inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, this five bedroom mid 1960s house on Cryfield Grange Road in Coventry has been listed at grade II. The architectural… More…
Concrete and Colchester
by catherine croft
If you liked the work of Pallot and Collins which we featured in our last magazine, why not go to this lecture at the new firstsite gallery in… More…
Preserving the un-preservable at Station X
by catherine croft
I’m intrigued to know more about the current exhibition at Milton Keynes–it’s the result of a collaboration between installation artist Maya Ramsay, sound artist Caroline Devine, photographer Rachael… More…