2017

SU8346 : Farnham: Georgian shop fronts (?), Downing Street

taken 7 years ago, near to Farnham, Surrey, England

Farnham: Georgian shop fronts (?), Downing Street
Farnham: Georgian shop fronts (?), Downing Street
If the Georgians had had cinemas or tube trains, I might have guessed this bold façade once belonged to a cinema, or (if you open up those two wide bays) a station entrance: Link Link

Turning for help to the Surrey volume of 'Pevsner' - compiled by Ian Nairn - I was disappointed. There's no mention of Ionic giant pilasters, or blank arches with stuccoed roundels and Coade-stone keystones. Somehow Nairn overlooked this building altogether, though he describes others nearby (relatively timid little things, at that).

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Farnham's West Street [82] · Downing Street [52] · Shops in Downing Street [8] Other Photos: · Farnham: Ionic capital, Downing Street ·
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SU8346, 596 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Stefan Czapski   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 15 June, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 19 June, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 8395 4677 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:12.8383N 0:47.9685W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 8393 4676
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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