biglouis Posted August 17, 2006 Share #1 Â Posted August 17, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) This is a house front in the Spitalfields area of East London which I often pass going to and from the area. 'Ripe for renovation' is a bit misleading because the house is far from derelict. I actually think the owners have left it in this state because it radiates a feeling of age and history (or perhaps they are into what my wife calls 'shabby chic'). Â [ATTACH]5672[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 Hi biglouis, Take a look here Ripe for renovation. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
andybarton Posted August 17, 2006 Share #2 Â Posted August 17, 2006 That house will be a lot older than it looks. Â Can you show us any more - above first floor level? Â Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share #3  Posted August 17, 2006 Can you show us any more - above first floor level?  Andy  I actually did not shoot any pictures of the whole house but below is a picture which puts it in context.  This is an example of a Hugenot Silk Weavers house built at the turn of the 18th century.  Looking very carefully at the house and the one next to it, I wonder if the stucco decoration was a later edition. This area of Spitalfields was quite affluent until the 1820s when it fell into decline and became the cheap area associated with waves of immigration starting with the Irish and currently with the Bangladeshi community. Mind you, the house you are looking at is probably worth in the area of £750K to £1m even in its current condition so affluence, it would seem , has returned to the area once again!  I'm planning to do a photographic essay on the area as I work nearby and I often go through it. When it is complete I will add it as a separate section of my website.  [ATTACH]5686[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted August 17, 2006 Share #4  Posted August 17, 2006 Excellent. Thanks.  On my mother's side, I come from a Huguenot family who settled in this part of London on the 1700s. we were silversmiths, not silk weavers though  One of these days, I intend to take a trip round here and see where they lived - we have all their addresses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share #5 Â Posted August 17, 2006 One of these days, I intend to take a trip round here and see where they lived - we have all their addresses. Â Fascinating. An ideal photographic destination, there is just so much worth shooting. If you do come down and you want a guide, get in touch. Â LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted August 17, 2006 Share #6 Â Posted August 17, 2006 Louis, Â lovely composition and colour in the first shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 17, 2006 Share #7 Â Posted August 17, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Big - Â I especially like the limitation of colors to basically two families -- pink and gray -- the same colors I painted a model motor boat when I was a child. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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