Abandoned construction II

This is the abandoned building for the Loch Swilly Marina in County Donegal, Ireland. Although the marina is still operating, it was unable to secure government grants to enable it to complete all the facilities. Work stopped over ten years ago.

Abandoned construction I

This is the abandoned building for the Loch Swilly Marina in County Donegal, Ireland. Although the marina is still operating, it was unable to secure government grants to enable it to complete all the facilities. Work stopped over ten years ago.

Old St Enoch subway station

This is another night-time picture from my last trip to Glasgow, letting the camera do its own thing, with reasonable results.

The building stands in isolation in St Enoch Square, just north of the River Clyde in Glasgow’s city centre. Originally built in 1896, this was the ticket office to the subway (Glasgow’s own underground railway) and the headquarters of the Glasgow District Subway Railway Company. When the St Enoch subway station was redeveloped in the 1970s the building became redundant and is now a Caffè Nero coffee shop.

The building is a visual delight and is, of course, listed. The listing details can be found on the Historic Scotland Listed Buildings register.

Juxtaposition: 60 Holborn Viaduct

This is a small section of the façade of SixtyLondon, Amazon’s new office building at 60 Holborn Viaduct in the City of London.

Juxtaposition: Ploughman’s Lunch

The Gherkin and the Cheesegrater in the City of London.

Juxtaposition: The Royal London Hospital

Gwynne House, mended

Although the photograph in the previous post was the authentic image, I felt like making a crude fix to the broken rendering on the wall.

Gwynne House, Whitechapel

Designed by the architect Hume Victor Kerr in 1934, this modern movement 5-storey apartment block in Turner Street was originally used by the London Hospital as staff accommodation.The building makes a feature of its curved staircase tower, which in Scotland would be called a close. The image is of the junction between the staircase tower and the balconies giving access to the individual apartments.

The building was sold to private developers in 2012.

Wing in the sky

One of the “wings” of the bell tower against the sky

Perth, Western Australia

Cambusdhu shed

This is the shed at the head of Loch Eck from which the last few posts have been taken. Cambusdhu means “the Black Bay” and lies at the head of Loch Eck on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll.