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Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick at Vaisakhi.
Seen from Tollhouse Way in Smethwick, which has had a new blue cycleway built.
Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick at Vaisakhi.
Seen from Tollhouse Way in Smethwick, which has had a new blue cycleway built.
Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick at Vaisakhi.
Seen from Tollhouse Way in Smethwick, which has had a new blue cycleway built.
Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick from Brasshouse Lane.
I had a short walk on New Years Day up the BCN Old Mainline canal from Brasshouse Lane to the Summit Tunnel (coming back a Nature Trail).
I did see another view of this Sikh temple before I got here, but took this before walking back to The Hawthorns for my next tram to West Bromwich.
Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick from Smethwick Rolfe Street Station.
From the train from Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton.
The Walsall to Wolverhampton via Birmingham New Street line.
A quick look at the High Street in Smethwick before I headed into Smethwick Rolfe Street Station.
Sikh temple on the High Street in Smethwick - Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick.
It was a church building when they purchased 130 High Street. It opened in 1961 (it is a total rebuild from the church to gurdwara).
Guru Nanak Gurdwara, High Street. The first Sikh temple, opened in 1962, was a conversion of the Congregational chapel of 1855. Rebuilt in stages by G.H.W. Ensor: meeting halls 1986, dining halls 1994 and the temple itself in 1996-7. Its tall façade dominates the street, a triumphant assertion of the Sikh com- munity. It poor architecture, hardly articulated, too flat, despite expensive materials (grey marble, with yellow detail and pink base). But the onion-shaped dome, above three- centred pediments, is a wonderful landmark, as if the Brighton Pavilion had come down on a visit.
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The High Street in Smethwick (the area with Asian shops).
Sikh temple on the High Street in Smethwick - Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick.
It was a church building when they purchased 130 High Street. It opened in 1961 (it is a total rebuild from the church to gurdwara).
Guru Nanak Gurdwara, High Street. The first Sikh temple, opened in 1962, was a conversion of the Congregational chapel of 1855. Rebuilt in stages by G.H.W. Ensor: meeting halls 1986, dining halls 1994 and the temple itself in 1996-7. Its tall façade dominates the street, a triumphant assertion of the Sikh com- munity. It poor architecture, hardly articulated, too flat, despite expensive materials (grey marble, with yellow detail and pink base). But the onion-shaped dome, above three- centred pediments, is a wonderful landmark, as if the Brighton Pavilion had come down on a visit.
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White timber framed house on High Street in Henley-in-Arden. From the south, are getting closer to the centre now.
These three houses are 136, 134 and 132 High Street in Henley-in-Arden. They are Grade II listed.
Row of 3 houses. C17 with C18 and later alterations.
Timber-frame with painted brick infill and some brick
refronting; gabled old tile roof with brick stack to front of
ridge and 2 stacks to rear of ridge. 3-unit plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3-window range. Left end (No.136) with
brick refronting and modillioned brick cornice. 3 entrances
have moulded frames and bracketed canopies over plank doors.
No.132 to right end has canted bay window with hipped roof
over small-paned glazing to right of entrance; No.134 has
window with canopy over 3-light small-paned casement to left
of entrance; No.136 has segmental-headed window with similar
canopy and casement to left of segmental-headed door. First
floor has 2 windows with 2-light small-paned casements with
iron opening casements, and window with similar 3-light
casement to left end. Square framing on plastered plinth with
braces to wall plate and narrow bay to right end, probably
infill. Enriched bell pull to No.134.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
132, 134 and 136 High Street, Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
To the left is 138 High Street (I didn't get a full shot of that house). To the right is The Old White Horse at 130 High Street.
The brightness of the sky is due to the sun being on that side of the road.
White timber framed house on High Street in Henley-in-Arden. From the south, are getting closer to the centre now.
To the left of The Old White Horse is Daisy Cottage at 126 and 128 High Street in Henley-in-Arden. It is a Grade II listed building.
House, later subdivided into 2, now restored to a single
dwelling. C17 with C18 and later alterations and additions.
Painted brick with some timber-frame; gabled roof with renewed
tiles and brick stacks to rear. 2-unit plan with outshut.
EXTERIOR: single-storey plus attic; 3-window range. End of
plat band visible to right. Entrance to right of centre has
3-fielded-panel door. Ground floor to left of entrance
projects under lean-to roof continued to right over entrance
and with hipped end over small-paned bay window to right end;
wide window to projection has C20 small-paned casement. First
floor has tall gabled half-dormers with 2-light casements and
leaded glazing above wide transoms. Some exposed timber-frame
to first floor centre and left.
Right return wall probably a C19 rebuilding; segmental-headed
window with 3-light small-paned casement with iron opening
casement. Rear has catslide outshut with exposed end truss and
single-storey gabled wing to end.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Daisy Cottage, 126 and 128 High Street, Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
To the right there is a church.
The brightness of the sky is due to the sun being on that side of the road.
White timber framed house on High Street in Henley-in-Arden. From the south, are getting closer to the centre now.
While I was getting shots of The White House on the other side of the road, I turned this way to find The Old White House at 130 High Street in Henley-in-Arden. Well I thought it said "The Old White House", turns out it is The Old White Horse. But it it is close enough (difference of one letter "r" instead of "u").
I was sure that it was called The Old White House, but zooming in to the sign and Heritage Gateway say different.
The Old White Horse, 130 High Street is Grade II listed building.
House. C16 with C19 and C20 alterations and additions.
Timber-frame with plastered infill above rendered brick ground
floor; gabled old tile roof with C19 brick lateral stack and 2
brick stacks to rear. 2-unit plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 gables to front. 2 storeys plus attic; 2-window
range. Entrance to left of centre has C20 frame (replacing
moulded ashlar doorcase) and C20 door. Entrance is flanked by
canted bay windows with friezes and cornices over C20 glazing,
that to right is wider. First floor has 2 windows with 3-light
renewed leaded casements; gables have C20 lights.
Close-studded framing to upper floor, possibly originally
jettied, with 2 small blocked 2-light mullioned windows.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
(Victoria County History: Styles P: Victoria History of the
County of Warwickshire: 1945-: 207-8).
The Old White Horse, 130 High Street, Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
To the right is Daisy Cottage.
The brightness of the sky is due to the sun being on that side of the road.