Tag: oldenglish
#Picturesque but actually #symmetrical - the 1934 #MockTudor shops on the corner of Toorak Road and Grange Road. Designed by Leslie Reed (not #RobertBellHamilton as previously thought), they were built in front a Victorian house, you can see the chimneys round the side, where they just plastered the walls with #halftimbering. The front much more … Continue reading More Mock Tudor in Toorak
Original post 19 December 2018: As you know, I do love suburban #MockTudor shops (#OldEnglish is the proper name), and #ToorakVillage has the best examples. No 474-6, south side east end is the best one, dating from 1932, Built for William Ford chemists, and designed by #RobertHamilton, who said ‘I wanted to show the good … Continue reading Toorak Tudor
#MiddleBrighton #OldEnglishStyle, a bunch of modest and larger sized English cottage style houses here, like the middle ring eastern burbs and middle north that immore familiar with- Brighton isn’t all over-sized houses (though there’s plenty even here). Probably 1930s, judging by the generally restrained detailing.
If the Nazi's never took power, would Berlin have Europe's tallest skyscraper and East Prussia be a honeymoon destination ?
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