Latest Images by Alan Cooper http://www.geograph.org.uk/ 2013-05-23T08:26:29GMT text/html 2011-12-17T21:31:02GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 53.993496 -1.565715 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2733590 Classic Art Deco house with flat roof, porthole windows and painted white but probably lost it metal Crittall windows - looks like plastic ones now. This part of Harrogate is called the Duchy area and is known for its distinctive high calibre Edwardian houses, but this is a distinctive exception. text/html 2011-12-11T19:46:11GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 54.637893 -1.685769 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2727723 Tindale Towers is an Art Deco style building would not be out of place in Miami but in fact it is almost next to a gas works in County Durham! OK, just the gas storage tanks are left and the area is being quickly redeveloped as an industrial estate. There is a sleek modern glass and steel motor car showrooms opposite (that fits) but also a Premier Inn/Brewers Fayre. Mike Keen was a chap from humble background who lived in a small bungalow on the site. He made his fortune in antiques and with, as he put it, "a few million quid to spare", he decided he wanted a piece of Florida without moving! It was built in 2005-2007 and as one would expect it has the works, including swimming pool, cinema, bar, disco, snooker room, and so on. As of September 2011 it was for sale at £3.6m. There is a book about its construction - look on Amazon - and a Times article on 10th February 2008, but that needs subscription. text/html 2011-12-11T19:09:35GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 51.208059 -2.259765 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2727689 According to the estate agents, "Cavallino House is an Art Deco style building with significant motor racing history, previously accommodating a motor vehicle workshop and showroom". Cavallino Rampante is Italian for Prancing Horse and associated with Ferrari, so that may be the racing link. The building looks recently restore and maybe it previously had metal Crittall windows. text/html 2011-12-11T18:37:06GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 51.377937 -2.141186 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2727633 Now owned by the US Cooper Tire Company, this building was until 1997 part of the Avon Rubber Company until the company decided to pull out of motor car tyre manufacturing due to the relentless pressures from the Far East market, particularly China. Avon moved to new factories in nearby Semington in 2000. As of October 2010, the Wiltshire Times reported that Cooper Tires had a workforce of 600, a number far reduced from Avon's 2,500 during the war. In 1885 Messrs E G Browne and J C Margetson founded Avon Rubber, moving to the Matravers cloth mill in Melksham and making an increasing range of rubber products as the site expanded to 28 acres. This Art Deco building is not the main administrative building but could be the attractive canteen that was opened for the employees in 1940 and which could accommodate 600 people at one sitting. Some source material at http://www.avon-protection.com/Corporate/Other%20Information/history-corporate.htm text/html 2011-12-11T17:46:23GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 50.711058 -2.438151 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2727570 Called the Atrium Health Centre, this building looks the part for a 21C health system. The single storey building to the left is a cafe. The building off to the right is part of the restored Eldridge Pope Dorchester Brewery complex now apartments and retail units. text/html 2011-12-11T17:31:13GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 50.716265 -2.440608 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2727542 See [[2727530]] for a description. text/html 2011-12-11T17:24:05GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 50.716265 -2.440608 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2727530 The foundation stone was laid on 26 September 1938 by the Earl of Shaftesbury. The architect was H E Matthews. However, the outbreak of war delayed the completion until 1955 when the Lord Bishop Suffragan of Sherborne laid the dedication stone on 27 May 1955. The stones are either side of the entrance steps. It looks like there may have been flag poles on the front of the building (or plans for these). The main building seen in the photograph contains the court house on the left side and the reception area in the centre of the block, which retains much of its Art Deco feel. There is then a passage from behind the reception area that connects to another building behind (it can just be seen to the left). This building has 3 wings that go to the left, right and ahead. At the junction is an Art Deco circular stairwell with a lift in the centre. Many of the rooms in these blocks have the metal Crittall windows. text/html 2011-07-10T22:29:05GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 51.243359 -2.311824 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2499436 According to www.schoolsnet.com the college was founded as a secondary school in 1921 which fits in with the Art Deco style. Either side of the central entrance are two long wings and the google satellite shows they extend around the building to form a central quadrangle. In 1945 it became a grammar school and in 1974 the three-tier system which was established in the Frome area. text/html 2011-06-05T16:21:22GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 51.754740 -1.255168 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2444271 Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and completed in 1940, it is reported to have Egyptian-looking stone reliefs on some of the landings on its staircase. Holding 3.5m books, it is about to close (July 2011) to 2015 for a major transformation at a cost of £78m. Four floors are underground despite the low water table. See http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/features/5034816.Maligned_treasure_trove/ text/html 2011-01-02T16:27:49GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 51.213328 -2.183774 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2216832 This art deco house built in the l930's incorporates a staircase that winds its way up the turret. Now a guest house, see: http://www.lioncountry.co.uk/ that includes a photo of the rear of the house. text/html 2011-01-02T15:36:10GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 51.445112 -0.020242 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2216755 Art deco Broadway Theatre Cafe with sunbeam pattern in the window glass. See [[2216733]] for the main building and history. text/html 2011-01-02T15:24:09GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 51.445117 -0.020530 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2216733 A very restrained art deco Broadway Theatre as the building, when built in 1932, was next door to the Gothic Lewisham Borough Council Town Hall - that was demolished and replaced in the early 60s. The theatre was originally called the Town Hall Extension (very imaginative!) and the building seen curving off to the right called the Town Hall Chambers with shops, halls and offices. Inside there is much art deco including a cafe [[2216755]], foyer and huge lanterns in the auditorium. In 2001 there was a major refurbishment costing around £2.3 million, restoring many of the art deco features. It was then renamed to the Broadway Theatre. The Compton organ was restored in 2009. It is Grade 11 listed. The above information came from a comprehensive history including details of the competition to design the building and details of the various performers over the years. See http://www.uk.castingcallpro.com/cview.php?uid=2147 text/html 2011-01-01T22:14:41GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 57.670934 -2.471220 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2216294 Full details at [[2216291]] text/html 2011-01-01T22:12:18GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 57.670306 -2.471044 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2216291 A 1930s Art-Deco style concrete open air swimming pool with three pools all originally replenished by the tides. There were a tea and changing rooms. Tarlair closed in 1996 but the Macduff Model Boat Club are reported to still use it. The structure is Grade A listed. History here: http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/BAR/detail.aspx?sctID=3421 In July 2008 Aberdeenshire Council commissioned an options appraisal to develop potential uses for the complex. http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/news/release.asp?newsID=1637 The report was due to be discussed in July 2010 with a lobster hatchery is one of a number of potential uses. By end 2010 no decision had been reached. Other geograph photos at [[2216294]] and [[825697]]. Further photos here: http://jackdeighton.co.uk/2009/03/12/scotlands-art-deco-heritage-10-tarlair-swimming-pool-near-macduff/ text/html 2011-01-01T21:49:58GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/1049 Alan Cooper 57.149332 -2.112368 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2216258 The inner courtyard of the Art Deco Social Housing at Rosemount Square, Aberdeen. See [[2216238] for details of the main building and references.