Little things - for the layout outside the railway fence

[eastglosmog]

A few odd items I came across whilst looking through my files.

A Victorian wall mounted post box at Aston Magna:

 

 

A stone footbridge by the ford at Shilton:

 

 

Footbridge over aqueduct across the GWRS north of Toddington.  This has been much modified since:

 

 

Stone stile with benchmark at Cold Aston:

 

 

Swing bridge over Nafford Lock on the Warwickshire River Avon:

 

 

 

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[Ray Von]

Spotted yesterday, out of use post box:

 

This morning on the beach, something that would make a nice 00 gauge tree:

 

[steve1]

An old house on my village. Walked past it hundreds of times but, thanks to this thread, I looked a bit close and noticed:

 

1) The rather obvious join. Looks to me like 3 properties merged into one building, although it is 2 separate dwellings now. There's also a bricked up door if you look closely.  

 

2) The bricked up window. A common feature round here. The building looks old enough for this to be due to the Window Tax that was only repealed in 1851. This is Yorkshire remember...

 

3) The additions on the l/h side. They don't really match and were possibly done at different times.

 

steve

 

 

 

[MrWolf]

That picture, being a modern colour item is perfect for seeing the small details you describe as well as the colour and texture of the brickwork. It wouldn't be difficult to backdate it in model form.

Whoever thought that the uPVC Georgian bay window was stylish ( c.1989 ) ......  

[iands]

49 minutes ago, steve1 said:

An old house on my village. Walked past it hundreds of times but, thanks to this thread, I looked a bit close and noticed:

 

1) The rather obvious join. Looks to me like 3 properties merged into one building, although it is 2 separate dwellings now. There's also a bricked up door if you look closely.  

 

2) The bricked up window. A common feature round here. The building looks old enough for this to be due to the Window Tax that was only repealed in 1851. This is Yorkshire remember...

 

3) The additions on the l/h side. They don't really match and were possibly done at different times.

 

steve

 

 

 

The opposite way round to our house Steve, not far from the one in your photo. From the deeds, ours is dated from around 1810-20 and is two-knocked-into-one, with a bricked up door, not that you can tell now. I guess the two in your photo are of a similar vintage. Our two former cottages were built on slightly different levels, even now we have a step in our kitchen that demarcates the once separate cottages. Not a problem, have got used to it over the last 30 odd years.

[Colin_McLeod]

On 27/03/2021 at 14:26, steve1 said:

Yes, it is still 2021. I took this pic earlier today. It’s a coal merchant still delivering domestic coal in sacks. Certainly surprised me.

 

Now, if only the village still had a station with a yard...

 

steve

 

 

 

 

 

All our fuel is delivered in sacks (coal, turf, logs)

 

Well not the central heating oil of course.  And No, it does not come in barrels either lol.

[iands]

2 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said:

 

All our fuel is delivered in sacks (coal, turf, logs)

 

Well not the central heating oil of course.  And No, it does not come in barrels either lol.

Still get our coal delivered that way too, although the logs come "loose" on the back of a pick-up.

[MrWolf]

 

I knew this one quite well when it was a working dairy farm and @steve1s picture got me looking for it. There's all sorts of things going on in a building that dates back to about 1790 and not just the extensions.

From the left there's a bricked up large doorway with a tiny window added. The gable has an attic window and there's a tiny one almost dead centre of the picture. No two windows are identical, nor are any of the seven chimney pots. The three doors on the right are all different styles and one a different century.

 

The more you look at it, the stranger it gets.

[Ray Von]

All of the above support the practice of kit-bashing! 

[eastglosmog]

A few footbridges as requested by Cornelius.

A picturesque low stone footbridge by a ford at Upper Slaughter:

 

 

Another stone bridge on a path round the back of Bourton on the Water (this path is usually a haven of peace and quiet compared to the masses thronging the center of Bourton):

 

 

A simple wooden footbridge near the site of Ascott under Wychwood barrow:

 

 

This bridge near Combe with its steel beams started to collapse when the western abutment was undermined by the erosion by the Evenlode.

 It was too difficult to remove the old steel beams, so the new bridge was built over the remains of the old, using an open lattice frame standing on new concrete abutments set back from the old ones:

 

 

 

 

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[steve1]

 A local industrial butchery establishment. I can understand why they would need such heavy duty air con, given the circumstances.

 

steve

 

 

[corneliuslundie]

As suggested, this time the theme is pedestrian bridges, all near Newtown.
First up what is known as the “new bridge” on a footpath very close to the town. (The old bridge a little downstream is derelict.) Unfortunately, a tree has fallen across it so one has to shimmy down to get under. And like most of the bridges on footpaths round here there is a steep slope down to it and another steep slope up the other side.

 

Next, at the other extreme a footbridge in the town park, crossing one of the small brooks which flow into the Severn.

 

This footbridge, again crossing a steep sided little valley, is on a path linking a housing estate (behind the photographer) to Millenium Wood. An odd feature is a wooden gate on the far side, simply a sheet of wood with a loop of rope as a fastening.

 

We discovered this bridge on a walk recently as we were descending steeply on a path through a wood down into the village of Llanllwchaiarn. I assume that someone has found the path a bit tiring.

 

And finally, not a little thing, but it seems to me of little use. It is known as Festival Bridge and was, of course, erected in 1951. It is on a footpath which links the main road from Newtown westward to a B road which runs parallel a short distance to the north and connects several villages. At that end there are several lanes where one might like to walk or cycle, but surely not the A road?
Not my photo, by the way, but grabbed off the 'net. There are other photos there from better angles but all rather small.

 

Not sure about a theme for next time. Probably another miscellany, though I am working on a “dissertation” on modelling farm gates. Some time I would like to look at hedges but that is a big subject. 
Jonathan

[Kris]

When your telegraph pole has multiple uses and a rather ornate lamp on it. 

 

[corneliuslundie]

Yes, there is one near here but it is not possible to photograph it without a house just behind it and I feel a bit nervous about photographing someone's home. All sorts of bits of electrical gubbins attached to the pole.

Jonathan

[melmerby]

On 28/04/2021 at 19:44, MrWolf said:

 

Whoever thought that the uPVC Georgian bay window was stylish ( c.1989 ) ......  

Especially as you can get modern decent double glazed draughtproof sash windows.

 

[corneliuslundie]

Guilty as charged though not a bay window, and in a street which is listed. When we bought the house the Conservation Officer said we could get a grant towards replacing the UPVC with timber, but as we had already spent our budget on making the house habitable we didn't take up the offer. No hope of such a grant now.

Jonathan

[melmerby]

32 minutes ago, corneliuslundie said:

Guilty as charged though not a bay window, and in a street which is listed. When we bought the house the Conservation Officer said we could get a grant towards replacing the UPVC with timber, but as we had already spent our budget on making the house habitable we didn't take up the offer. No hope of such a grant now.

Jonathan

I lived in a conservation area for 8 years.

The local woodwork shop used to make replacement sash windows to modern standards, they weren't cheap compared to uPVC but uPVC weren't permitted.

However I just refurbished/repaired the original 1880s sash windows which improved them no end.

[eastglosmog]

A few milestones.

One in Wellow on a road that used to be more important than it is now:

 

On the main road through Shipton under Wychwood, close to the railway station:

 

Finally a a rather battered stone one on the Burford Charlbury road

[eastglosmog]

19 hours ago, corneliuslundie said:

Snip.........

 

And finally, not a little thing, but it seems to me of little use. It is known as Festival Bridge and was, of course, erected in 1951. It is on a footpath which links the main road from Newtown westward to a B road which runs parallel a short distance to the north and connects several villages. At that end there are several lanes where one might like to walk or cycle, but surely not the A road?
Not my photo, by the way, but grabbed off the 'net. There are other photos there from better angles but all rather small.

 

Not sure about a theme for next time. Probably another miscellany, though I am working on a “dissertation” on modelling farm gates. Some time I would like to look at hedges but that is a big subject. 
Jonathan

I suspect this a reflection on the great change in travel methods since the early 1950s.  Back then, walking along a main road would not be unusual and much less dangerous with the far lower volume of traffic.  Nowadays, it is not something many people would do!

[corneliuslundie]

A real mix today.

First a reminder that rural lanes often have moss or grass growing down the middle.

 

And an interesting features of some local hedges is that there is effectively a tunnel down the middle. The sheep like to shelter in such places when the weather is not to their liking.

 

A bus stop. So what, you are saying? But this stop and accompanying shelter have been in place at least as long as we have lived here and have never seen a bus. Presumably it is a left-over from the scheme for buses to pass this way, past the station and down a “buses only” section of road to get back to the main road. It never happened even though the raising bollard etc were installed. Odder still, the sign and shelter were replaced a couple of years ago by the “Traws Cymru style, even though no Traws Cymru bus is ever likely to come this way.

 

Do you have lots of left overs from that bulk pack of manholes and associated bits? Then this is the answer. At least five signs and several manholes, not all visible in this photo. Some may be associated with the sewer which runs under the path (the former canal) but most seem to be connected with water supply in some way.

 

On the other hand, if you have run out of those concrete posts don’t despair. This is the minimalist approach. All you need is a pot of blue paint.

 

Next week? Not sure but I am sure there will be something.

Jonathan

Edited October 1, 2022 by corneliuslundie
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[steve1]

First an unusual decoration on an outbuilding next to a river.

 

Secondly, what looks to be a type of sectional building. I’m guessing this based on what looks like concrete framing with brick infill.

 

steve

 

 

 

 

[Rivercider]

I had not spotted this thread before, but when out walking I quite often take photos of

things that catch my eye along the way.

 

In recent years I have made a number of day trips to the Dartmoor/Teign Valley area where I had relatives.

I have passed the farm at Woodlands near Bridford on a number of occasions when walking up from Steps Bridge.

Signpost in Bridford Woods. 4/4/2017

 

Woodlands near Bridford 4/4/2017

 

The footbridge over the stream appears to include narrow gauge rails. There were a number of mines and quarries in this part of the Teign Valley, several served by narrow gauge railways, which might be the connection.

 

Footbridge at Woodlands. 4/4/2017

 

Also a photo from a sunnier day.

Woodlands 6/5/2017

 

cheers

 

 

 

[corneliuslundie]

Just a link to a BBC news item - about manhole covers:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56281464

Jonathan

[Kris]

I'm going for a slight nautical theme today. How about weathering the bottom of your boat or blocking access to the boathouse with reeds. 

 

[Rivercider]

Following the nautical theme, here are some riverside views along the Exe.

 

A boat in the reeds, the M5 bridge in the background. 23/4/2013.

 

At one time Topsham was the main port for Exeter, it was also an important shipbuilding town.

At Topsham Quay was an old Thames barge the Vigilant undergoing refurbishment. It may still be there.

Vigilant at Topsham Quay, the warehouse in the background is now an antiques centre. 23/4/2013

Vigilant at Topsham Quay 23/4/2013,

 

Topsham Quay seen from the Topsham - Turf Locks ferry.  7/6/2011

 

cheers