Derngate

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An Arts Society trip to the "Cultural Quarter" of Northampton 23rd May 2023. 

Central Northampton

Disembarking outside the cinema, hardly any traffic in the town Centre

Walking along Derngate

Georgian Houses

We are there

Mirrors  in the Hall in Mackintosh style

Garden Decoration

Reception Area

A Bright Teapot

Tearoom wall

Squab? in the garden

Rear of 78 Derngate

Rear of 80 Derngate

New Extension

Wynne Basset Lowke family owned the house

Waterline Models

The model makers

The Royal Scot

Window latch

The Kitchen Table

The Kitchen

Alcove

Marble insets

Dining Room

Very cramped front room

Stairs at the side

George Bernard Shaw

Staircase

Christmas card 1922

It's the same as in the "Ideal homes" photograph

Wash basin alcove

Bathroom

Dressing table

Bedroom

Light

Bedroom fireplace

Another fireplace

Dado and standard lamp

Sister to the Titanic

Preussen

Typical uncomfortable chair

Encase original front door

Front door now

"All that Jazz" in Lace Art Exhibition

"Oliver Cromwell"

"Fragmentation"

"Coffee Time"

Samples??

The Victorian Gothic Guildhall

Opposite the Museum

In the Museum lunch took an hour to arrive but was very good.

Our group waiting for the off.

Two of the prominent Northampton worthies on the Guildhall

To the inner courtyard

John Clare, peasant poet

 

Walter Till, first black football player

Francis Crick

Looking Out

Along the facade

The Old Bank

St Michael

Elizabeth Woodville meets King Edward IV

Register Office

Spencer Percival PM assassinated

Derngate Lofts with our coach parked outside

Vikings Pillaging or having an orgy?

Grand Hall

Skylight

Council Chamber

Electronic voting provided

Committee Room?

Rustic seats

Cell Door

Representing an unknown victim

Shower Corridor?

Beadle?

Library entrance

Off to our coach for a slow journey home due to an accident on M1

 

 

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