Old Buildings In Your Area
I happened upon an interesting picture of the George Hotel and Pilgrims' Inn, Glastonbury, built in the 15th century.
it reminded me of the oldest building in Dundee, the city of my birth. St Mary's Tower, it too was built in the 15th century.
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What's wrong with the first building? It looks really dirty and dingy. 🤢
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What was Oldham Library. I used borrow books and records from there when I was a kid.
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It's a new build compared to the George
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Do you think so? I think it's got a lot of character and charm! It's funny how people see the same things differently. I bet it looks amazing in person. Your pic is great too, although it kind of reminds me of a school I went to.
Great pictures and great idea for a topic, I'll try and find some from my area tomorrow. I don't actually know what the oldest would be and am keen to look into it now.
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I can tell you it's a lovely building and the history of the town its my old childhood area
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It's obviously not a 15th century medieval building like the George, but calling a 140 year old Grade II listed Victorian landmark a 'new build' is a bit of a stretch, lol. It's a beautiful piece of local heritage in its own right.
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I've never seen a school looking like that before. It is interesting how differently people see things, some people can see historic character in centuries of built up grime, nothing wrong with that at all, while others prefer a historical building to look clean and cared for.
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I can't imagine getting exercised over this subject, i think one would have to be quite inventive to derail this thread.
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same listing as the george i see
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Dundee doesn't have many really old buildings, what the English didn't burn down, the city council demolished in the 1960s!
For example, in the 1960s, the council demolished a house occupied by General Monck, the military commander sent by Oliver Cromwell to stop a Scottish army supporting Charles II.
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I have always had trouble with this site, it's why I edit so much, get loads of double posting of words, worse if I use an apostrophe!
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Yo, check this one out, it's the Yarn Market and was built in 1609, absolutely beautiful!
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I'm having a few issues with the community today on certain browsers, but it seems to be better on others. I'll speak to the team about it when more of us are in this week. Let us know if you're noticing a pattern to the glitches @SwiftFox, we can try and look into things.
Some beautiful old buildings shared here. I LOVE a bit of gothic architecture or anything a bit wonky and characterful. I think the grime of some buildings adds to the character ☺️ This is St Bartholomew's Gate in London. Survived the great fire of London in 1666!
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The few years i spent in London, I wish I had taken more of an opportunity to visit such places. The thing is, in my mid 20s, I had other iinterests. 🤔
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St Mary's tower that i mentioned at the top of the thread, it is ajoined by the City Churches, an unusual setup of 2 churches in the same building.
Athough the origins of the church go back to the 12th century, the modern building was only built in the 1840s.
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Not that i'm in any way bitter about it, but I just read that 2 previous churches were burnt down by the English, a very common theme! 😉
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Well done @SwiftFox you managed to post your photos they are great buildings.
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You mean nobody came and burnt down your old buildings? That must be nice! 😎
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