There is so much lovely detail in the small portion of the building shown here. The City of York shield with the five lions, the dates 1788-1899, and the mix of glass and brick lights above the door. It was formerly the entrance to the York Dispensary, a fore-runner of the NHS. A couple of weeks ago the building was covered in scaffolding, presumably for cleaning, so I look forward to seeing what emerges once it is removed.
Very pretty!
ReplyDeleteCertainly looks worth maintaining. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous facade. Is that green brick?
ReplyDeleteIt does look like that doesn't it but a combination of age and algae I think Petrea. Will post a pic once the scaffolding comes off.
DeletePetrea, I think the stone has gone green with algae or whatever due to not enough sunshine in recent times. Oddly I recently discovered that a building here I quite like was the old dispensary and I was out getting some pix there yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI kind of like the algae! It's a pretty color. But I suppose it's not healthy for the life of the building. I look forward to seeing the post-scaffolding photo.
ReplyDeletePlease show us the finished clean.
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