This month's topic is architecture and I am using my relatively new
Canon EOS 5 camera (also known as EOS A2 or EOS A2e in America). This is a professional camera and uses all my modern EF lens from my digital set-up. It is very easy to use and produces excellent pictures - I have no worries about shutters playing up or light leaks around the hinge or any of the other things that plague the user of vintage cameras. The film, as usual, is Agfa Vista + 200 ISO.
I live in the middle of the City of Lincoln - the county town of Lincolnshire and a very old city. People were living here when the Romans arrived in AD 48 although there are no remains of any pre-Roman buildings. We do have some Roman buildings still in use - Newport Arch to the north of the city is Roman and a part of the Roman basilica is still standing, now incorporated into another building. I am afraid I have not included either of these. However, I am continually surrounded by architecture.
These pictures show some examples of the variety of buildings we have here, sometimes on their own and sometimes juxtaposed with other buildings. Where I know something of the buildings I am going to mention it but most of these are just anonymous buildings to me. They are not in any particular order - just that in which I found them when walking around the city.
If anyone has more information on any of these buildings, I would be pleased to add it.
A mid-20th century house in a gap between Victorian buildings with a late 20th century office block in the background.
An ornate Victorian terraced house. As a bonus, you can see me taking the photo in the downstairs window.
County Hall, Lincoln. Not sure when this was built but I suspect shortly after the Local Government Act 1888.
This is a view of the Shed on the University of Lincoln campus It is basically a pub.
This was originally a car showroom and was designed by Sam Scorer in 1959. It uses Scorer's favoured roof style of a hyperbolic paraboloid. It is now a listed building occupied by Nando's restaurant.
The University of Lincoln's buildings seen from across the Brayford Pool. These are the earlier buildings from the late 1990s and early 2000s. Before they were built, the area was disused railway sidings.
The Witch and Wardrobe pub. This is a medieval building that has been adapted to 21st century use. There is a plaque on the wall giving a brief history of the building.
New(ish) buildings on the edge of the Lincolnshire Co-op's market hall.
The Corn Exchange which was built in 1847 so farmers could trade in their corn harvest ('corn' meaning any cereal grain, not just maize). It now houses a bank and a bookshop.
Barclay's Bank building, Lincoln. This is a late 20th century building which I actually find quite attractive.
Tyhis building now houses Boots the Chemist's shop in Lincoln's High Street. The façade seems to be poured concrete which looks rather dirty to me. I do not like this building.
The HSBC bank building. The legend above the door says "Midland Bank" which is who the building was built for but they were taken over by HSBC in the late 20th century. It is standard ornate, grand design for banks.
A farm building seen in the countryside. I have no idea at all where I was when I took this. It is an entirely functional building in local stone and pantiles and fits its surrounding excellently.
This Lincoln pub tries to be Elizabethan or Jacobean but is actually quite modern, being built in the 1930s to replace an older pub built in 1747. You can tell it is 'new' because all the exterior woodwork is straight and neat, indicating machined wood.
I think this Marks and Spencer building is early 20th century. it is very reminiscent of all those Woolworth shops we used to have in every town.
I think this is a Victorian building - I took the picture because I like the semi-circular gable ends which are reminiscent of Dutch architecture.
A silhouette of a very modern car park and an older gable end and chimney. I just liked the shape it made.
A detail from the 14th century Stonebow in Lincoln's High Street.
Chimneys. What more can I say about them?
Two towers of the cathedral and a central modern tower. Again, I just thought it looked good.
Roof line over the Witham. The wood-framed building is a rare surviving building on a bridge. Once upon a time, all bridges had building on them which I think is a good idea - the rents will pay for the maintenance of the bridge!
A bit more of that building-on-a-bridge.
A view along Lincoln's High Street, showing the mix of styles ranging from 1400 to 2000.
An old, abandoned industrial building at Stamp End, Lincoln. Functional design but still attractive.
One of our two high-rise apartment buildings. This is Shuttleworth House named after an industrialist from a bygone age.
A second view of the same building.
