The white bricks of Arlesey
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What a great old church! I bet it has a ton of stories to tell if it could. There are a couple of bars near where I live that are called either the White Horse or the Red Horse. I think it is funny that those names seem to carry across the miles and ages. Very cool pictures and a very interesting write up of the architecture around your town. It's nice to see that at least for now it has maintained some of its character despite the proximity to London and the likelihood of commuters moving in.
It's not the prettiest village, but there's some interesting history. There are other villages around here that are very picturesque with lots of thatched cottages, but properties there can be very expensive. We have good transport links here, so it's easy to get to London or elsewhere
It's not always the prettiest things that have the best stories. :) I can imagine the aesthetics of the other places would probably drive the price up. I have a half hour commute to work each day, but it is because of where I live, not because of traffic. I'd go mad if I had a commute like some people do. Easy in and easy out is always preferable!
Interesting selection of buildings @steevc.
There's no way you'd be allowed to put solar panels on a building like that around here.
Your "white" bricks look very similar to a lot of the ones locally which are yellow. 😊
I'm not sure if that building is listed, but a few others around here are. A lot of the council houses have panels too, which I assume means they are still owned by a housing association who has invested in them.
If it was listed I wouldn't have thought they would have allowed panels on the roof @steevc. They're very picky! 😊
But it does look like the sort of building that would be listed.
I LOVE brick houses. There are few on the West coast of the US, due to earthquake hazard. But they are SO gorgeous. I grew up in the Midwest, where they were popular, and miss the variation. Though your variation is MASSIVE, compared to ours. I think some of your bushes are older than our buildings. Particularly in the west.
Hope you do put out more posts on houses. It is very interesting seeing the changes over time, and material use. The old stone is such a waning art form. I guess economics dictates that more than anything. A reality of our world, unfortunately. Thanks for showing a corner of your world of living.
Is render a plaster over brick ? Not familiar with that one.
I think the majority of houses in England are built of bricks, but a lot of newer houses have a timber frame. Stone is use in some areas where it's available.
There are more interesting buildings around here I could feature.
That is a nice piece of Arlesey history - the bricks I mean. Given that they are not being made anymore makes them of some historical value and perhaps even some monetary value as well.
Yes well said but in some countries this architecture still used
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Very nice photos red brick architecture is very beautiful
Which place it is????
Did you read it?
Only few lines on the top but it mention only Arlesey not country name or name that world know
It's in England, but then I linked to the Wikipedia page that tells you more. A quick search would confirm that as I believe it's a unique name.