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Street Art: House Art in Nottingham NG4, England

Posted by alexkemp on 19 June 2016 in English. Last updated on 1 July 2016.

Here are some nice examples of art expressed in the houses themselves. Only one full example, but first let’s start with a very beautiful front door in Hillview Road, Porchester, Nottingham NG4 (etched glass + stained glass leaded-lights):

(etched glass + stained glass door in Hillview Road

Next is a modest little shield on the wall of a house in Ernest Road, NG4 (we English have been much influenced by the heraldry of the 14th Century):

heraldic shield in Ernest Road

The district around Ernest Road is full of 1920s & 1930s houses (a period renowned for the quality of it’s housing in England as, following the slaughter of the Great War, the nation built “homes fit for heros”). Here is a good example of one of those:

1920s/30s house on Ernest Road

The lead-lights provide internal light for the staircase. I also love the stone lions!

My final, quirky example of house-art comes from the first house built in 1929 on a former apple orchard in (what became) Highfield Drive, Carlton NG4. The date of the house was immortalised by the builders in the leading within the front-door, and the current owners allowed me to photograph it today:—

house built in 1929

Location: Woodthorpe, Arnold, Gedling, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, NG5 4JY, United Kingdom
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