Street Art: House Art in Nottingham NG4, England
ایہہ 19؍June 2016ء English وچ «alexkemp» لیکھ چھپیا گیا سی۔ ایہہ 1؍July 2016ء تے پہلا نواں کرنHere 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):
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):
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:
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:—
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