✨ Treasure Hoard: The gadrooning at Preston Bus Station
In its form and detail it references (intended or not) other architectural traditions and types.
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✨ Treasure Hoard: The evil-warding marks at Marsh Mill, Thornton
The mill is wonderfully complete inside and has been etched with protective marks on its most important parts
✨ Treasure Hoard: The Concrete Vaulting & Stairs, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
The journey into the tower is essential. Inside, it feels less like a cathedral than an immense industrial grain silo: cavernous, raw and utterly unexpected.
📝 Field Notes from my Camper-van-camino: The Delightful Vernacular Buildings of Chipping in Lancashire.
Still laid out on it's C17th plan, Chipping shows signs in the decor of its facades of former wealthy times.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 17 July 2026
When I get up close to some of the mills, I might as well be standing within the bounds of Fountains or Rievaulx - buildings that were themselves cogs in their own industrious machines devoted to wool.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 11 July 2025
What we all realised today is that our high streets are not just places to shop – the buildings that line them are repositories of memory. They tell stories about the people of the past: what we loved, how we coped, how we engaged with the world.
Rawtenstall through my eyes.
What I didn’t anticipate was how much Rawtenstall would give back. Through my sketches, I’ve made new friends and met remarkable people with stories that have enriched my understanding of the town and, in turn, myself.
⟁ Members' Supplement: Grane Mill, Haslingden.
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📍Loci: What lies beneath: a unique landscape in Lancashire
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