And another period fire...

[Gareth Hughes]

Norfolk this time
http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2014-05-25/fire-tears-through-historic-buildings-in-fakenham/
Not as important as Glasgow, but another little bit lost

 

[jocelyn plummer]

Awful-- conflicting news as to whether the parked car burst into flames and caused the fire, or the other way round. Presumably the Church has suffered from smoke damage. I really feel for the surrounding businesses as they are on a knife edge as it is.

I wonder what the rebuild will be like---------such a diverse collection of frontages as it is.

 

[JoceAndChris]

Oh, how sad.

 

[jocelyn plummer]

Judging by the latest comments in the local rags it seems that the Owner is deliberating whether to restore as was--approx. 100 years old frontage or whether to go for the sympathetic to the existing Georgian street scene. It will be an extremely interesting application to follow--wonder if , our very own CO might be one of the guiding hands!

I love Fakenham town centre for its higgledy piggledy architecture -- from the very grand to the most humble. I did not go around the back of that particular part but I know that many of the shops have very old structures hidden away-

 

[Flyfisher]

And another one, in Suffolk this time.

My parents used to live in Lawshall and Coldham Hall is a lovely place. Fortunately the fire seems to have been contained within outbuildings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-27600888

The 'supermodel' angle is giving the tabloids an excuse to fill a few pages with library photos . . .
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2640804/Clocktower-Claudia-Schiffers-Elizabethan-mansion-destroyed-blaze-tore-stables-outbuildings.html

 

[jocelyn plummer]

Dear me, whatever is going on?

 

[Penners]

Norfolk this time[/url]
Not as important as Glasgow, but another little bit lost

Sad. When I was in the furniture industry we used to supply Aldiss.