22 September 2016 Swinging the Ball The loss of the Grimsby dock buildings. by J.R.Thomas This part of the Shaw Sheet gets all the glamorous assignments. Last week the curving soft sands of the Dorset coast and the early autumnal hints of the Lake District fells; this week: Grimsby. Ah, fair Grimsby, dreaming gateway to… Continue reading Issue72: 2016 09 22: Swinging the Ball (J.R. Thomas)
Tag: English Heritage
Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Letter: Listed Buildings
14th December 2015 The Editor Shaw Sheet Magazine Dear Editor Listed Buildings: Time To Revisit The List? Lynda Goetz’s fascinating article on listed buildings points out the very bizarre principles of current historic and architectural buildings conservation ideology, where ugly or second-rate alterations that Historic England would never for a moment countenance if submitted to… Continue reading Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Letter: Listed Buildings
Issue 32: 2015 10 10: Listed Buildings
10 December 2015 Listed Buildings Time to revisit the list? by Lynda Goetz According to the Historic England website, there were approximately 500,000 listed buildings in the UK, as of March 2015. Of these, 92% are Grade II listed. It was reported last week that many of these could be placed in danger because of… Continue reading Issue 32: 2015 10 10: Listed Buildings
Issue 5: 2015 06 04: Towering Over Us
4 June 2015 Towering Over Us by J R Thomas The news that Anthony Horowitz has being given permission by the Ian Fleming estate to write a sequel to “Goldfinger”, perhaps the towering height of the James Bond book and film franchise, draws remembrance of another towering Goldfinger – Erno, the modernist architect of the… Continue reading Issue 5: 2015 06 04: Towering Over Us
