Tewkesbury Road, Cheltenham - October 2002/September2010

[Sarah Waldock]

they are beautiful, and a shame if keeping them up isn't encouraged by a lack of glass. I do like good art deco as much as well-built Georgian/Palladian style.

 

[Hayman]

I love those wrap around windows; very much a part of the Art Deco movement in order to get as much sunlight as possible indoors...not easily done in Britain, lol. It must be quite expensive as I suspect it's very specialist. There are some bow windows in a Georgian terrace in my area which holds curved glass. Gorgeous things.

When I worked in central heating, there was a north London firm that would curve a straight radiator to fit a curved bay. The firm was owned by Greeks; 2,000 years ago Greeks knew a thing or two about elegant architecture - no gas-fired central heating then, though.

 

[Sarah Waldock]

wow, that's impressive. I've often thought how cool it would be to own two of the semis, as one big house and knock together a room with one of the wide windows, to have it as a double; picked on a north-facing side it would make a brilliant studio. of course, the downside there is that the chimney is on the the joining wall - sensible, it makes the room warmer. But a couple of arches perhaps, either side, especially if the chimneys are extant. [my grandfather ripped out the old deco chimney surround in the 50s and put in a ghastly garish 50s one...]. the back rooms in Balgores Lane all have french windows in the back rooms. There was a toilet under the stairs, you went down three steep steps into it, to make enough room for a stool and a sink, it had a low tank, the first low tank I had ever seen, and a stained-glass window to the side on the passage to the back garden. I suspect other houses of similar age would have similar fitments. The kitchen was at the back next to the back room and encompassing the width of the stairs and hall. Upstairs was one big front bedroom across the width of front room and stairs, that one had an extant deco fireplace, The only image I can find like it is a dolls house one! but it wasn't white, it was a mid golden oak.

 

[sadlerwells]

Get one of those spikey things the police use to puncture vehicle tyres - or dig an elephant trap with sharp spikes of wood sticking up, and cover it with Sir Walter Raleigh's cloak!

Oh, we’ve thought about it!

 

[sadlerwells]

Tacks throw a few down in there path and sweep em away when they have gone, hopefully one with end up the the canal

Coincidentally, a cyclist fell in near Stourton Locks the other day. I think he was whizzing under a bridge and misjudged it. There was definitely a hint of a smile on the face of the boater who helped fish him out the canal.

 

[sadlerwells]

I do remember those art deco houses on the Tewkesbury Road. I always liked the curved bay windows too.

 

[Lady Grey]

Fancy this old report being resurrected, after all these years!

Art Deco artictecture seems to be out of favour right now. Beautiful buildings are demolished, only to be replaced by bland monstrosities that are unsympathetic with their surroundings.

 

[BikinGlynn]

Fancy this old report being resurrected, after all these years!

Art Deco artictecture seems to be out of favour right now. Beautiful buildings are demolished, only to be replaced by bland monstrosities that are unsympathetic with their surroundings.

this is still just about my favourite residential explore iv done! White Ladfies Loughborough - Feb 20

 

[sadlerwells]

Fancy this old report being resurrected, after all these years!

Art Deco artictecture seems to be out of favour right now. Beautiful buildings are demolished, only to be replaced by bland monstrosities that are unsympathetic with their surroundings.

Yup, and often see properties (sometimes ex-council) that have taken out those iconic small geometric windows and replaced them with single pane.