Stiffleaf's photos

built by pownall in 1873-4, this r.c.church is about to consider restoration, having been coated in many thick layers of gloss paint in the 50s and 60s. the bones of the building are not bad under all this, with two good reredoses , two c19 fonts, and an altar carved by earp. the glass isn't bad either, though the extreme plaster saints have to be seen to be believed .

built by pownall in 1873-4, this r.c.church is about to consider restoration, having been coated in many thick layers of gloss paint in the 50s and 60s. the bones of the building are not bad under all this, with two good reredoses , two c19 fonts, and an altar carved by earp. the glass isn't bad either, though the extreme plaster saints have to be seen to be believed .

built by pownall in 1873-4, this r.c.church is about to consider restoration, having been coated in many thick layers of gloss paint in the 50s and 60s. the bones of the building are not bad under all this, with two good reredoses , two c19 fonts, and an altar carved by earp. the glass isn't bad either, though the extreme plaster saints have to be seen to be believed .

built by pownall in 1873-4, this r.c.church is about to consider restoration, having been coated in many thick layers of gloss paint in the 50s and 60s. the bones of the building are not bad under all this, with two good reredoses , two c19 fonts, and an altar carved by earp. the glass isn't bad either, though the extreme plaster saints have to be seen to be believed .

built by pownall in 1873-4, this r.c.church is about to consider restoration, having been coated in many thick layers of gloss paint in the 50s and 60s. the bones of the building are not bad under all this, with two good reredoses , two c19 fonts, and an altar carved by earp. the glass isn't bad either, though the extreme plaster saints have to be seen to be believed .

built by pownall in 1873-4, this r.c.church is about to consider restoration, having been coated in many thick layers of gloss paint in the 50s and 60s. the bones of the building are not bad under all this, with two good reredoses , two c19 fonts, and an altar carved by earp. the glass isn't bad either, though the extreme plaster saints have to be seen to be believed .

built by pownall in 1873-4, this r.c.church is about to consider restoration, having been coated in many thick layers of gloss paint in the 50s and 60s. the bones of the building are not bad under all this, with two good reredoses , two c19 fonts, and an altar carved by earp. the glass isn't bad either, though the extreme plaster saints have to be seen to be believed .

built by pownall in 1873-4, this r.c.church is about to consider restoration, having been coated in many thick layers of gloss paint in the 50s and 60s. the bones of the building are not bad under all this, with two good reredoses , two c19 fonts, and an altar carved by earp. the glass isn't bad either, though the extreme plaster saints have to be seen to be believed .

built by pownall in 1873-4, this r.c.church is about to consider restoration, having been coated in many thick layers of gloss paint in the 50s and 60s. the bones of the building are not bad under all this, with two good reredoses , two c19 fonts, and an altar carved by earp. the glass isn't bad either, though the extreme plaster saints have to be seen to be believed .

built by pownall in 1873-4, this r.c.church is about to consider restoration, having been coated in many thick layers of gloss paint in the 50s and 60s. the bones of the building are not bad under all this, with two good reredoses , two c19 fonts, and an altar carved by earp. the glass isn't bad either, though the extreme plaster saints have to be seen to be believed .

flowers hide in the volutes of the consoles under the sills of the north gallery windows at st.george's, built in 1712-24 by john james

the north wall of st.george's has quite rich articulation, owing more to gibbs than hawksmoor. the church was built in 1712-24 by john james as one of the 50 planned by the 1711 tory commission

built in 1712-24 by john james as one of the 50 planned churches of the 1711 tory commission , with a good portico and a heavily articulated north face, but let down like all of james' work by areas of design weakness, which just show how easy hawksmoor made it seem. here the tower in particular seems not just dull but irrelevant, pulling against the horizontals of attic and cornice, copying gibbs' irrationality by floating unrelatedly above the portico. the plan and eastern elevation make clear james' inability to bring a sense of excitement to the relationships between spaces , masses and voids that should be the hall mark of a great baroque building, which needs to be more than the sum of its parts. nice portico, bitty church.

built in 1712-24 by john james as one of the 50 planned churches of the 1711 tory commission , with a good portico and a well articulated north face, but let down like all of james' work by areas of design weakness, which just show how easy hawksmoor made it seem. here the tower in particular seems not just flat but irrelevant, and the plan and eastern elevation make clear james' inability to bring a sense of inevitability to the relationships between spaces , masses and voids that is the hall mark of a great baroque building. it should be more than the sum of its parts; here parts excite, but the whole fails to fulfill the portico's promise.

built in 1712-24 by john james as one of the 50 planned churches of the 1711 tory commission , with a good portico and a well articulated north face, but let down like all of james' work by areas of design weakness, which just show how easy hawksmoor made it seem. here the tower in particular seems not just flat but irrelevant, and the plan and eastern elevation make clear james' inability to bring a sense of inevitability to the relationships between spaces , masses and voids that is the hall mark of a great baroque building. it should be more than the sum of its parts; here parts excite, but the whole fails to fulfill the portico's promise.

grotesque and oak leaf wreath from the pediment of st. george's,built in 1712-24 by john james as one of the 50 planned churches of the 1711 tory commission , with a good portico and a well articulated north face, but let down like all of james' work by areas of design weakness, which just show how easy hawksmoor made it seem. here the tower in particular seems not just flat but irrelevant, and the plan and eastern elevation make clear james' inability to bring a sense of inevitability to the relationships between spaces , masses and voids that is the hall mark of a great baroque building. it should be more than the sum of its parts; here parts excite, but the whole fails to fulfill the portico's promise.

attic extensions with their own pedimented gables add interest to the skyline above the grand corinthian entrance to st.george's, built in 1712-24 by john james as one of the 50 planned churches of the 1711 tory commission , with a good portico and a well articulated north face, but let down like all of james' work by areas of design weakness, which just show how easy hawksmoor made it seem. here the tower in particular seems not just flat but irrelevant, and the plan and eastern elevation make clear james' inability to bring a sense of inevitability to the relationships between spaces , masses and voids that is the hall mark of a great baroque building. it should be more than the sum of its parts; here parts excite, but the whole fails to fulfill the portico's promise.

built in 1712-24 by john james as one of the 50 planned churches of the 1711 tory commission , with a good portico and a well articulated north face, but let down like all of james' work by areas of design weakness, which just show how easy hawksmoor made it seem. here the tower in particular seems not just flat but irrelevant, and the plan and eastern elevation make clear james' inability to bring a sense of inevitability to the relationships between spaces , masses and voids that is the hall mark of a great baroque building. it should be more than the sum of its parts; here parts excite, but the whole fails to fulfill the portico's promise.