A cloud index at Paddington Station
From CrossRail website:American artist Spencer Finch’s man-made sky in the 120-metre long roof canopy at the new Paddington station, directly above Eastbourne Terrace and Departures Road, has been created using original pastel drawings of 32 different types of clouds, which would never naturally appear together, each hand-drawn by the artist. The canopy progresses from the chunkiest cumulo nimbus through to […]
Lord’s Meade – demolished Howard home
source: Lord’s Meade Budget website This is an 1865 photo of the house “Lord’s Meade”. John Eliot and Maria Howard moved there on 12th October 1830 and lived there all there lives. The name of Lord’s Meade is believed to refer to fields belonging to the local landowner, for many years the Bruce family, located […]
Brook St. Chapel – John Eliot Howard was an original member
source: wikipedia Brook Street Chapel is a church building in Tottenham, North London. The building was constructed for use as a meeting place for local Christians affiliated with the Plymouth Brethren movement. HistoryA group of around eight individuals who had seceded from the Quakers met in the house of a Mrs Sands in Stoney South […]
7 Bruce Grove – Luke Howard lived here
source: The Cloud Appreciation SocietyWe wholeheartedly support the campaign by the Tottenham Civic Society to save 7 Bruce Grove, Tottenham, London, which is a Grade II Listed building in a state of severe dereliction and in danger of falling down. Once a fine Georgian townhouse, it was the home of Luke Howard, who, in 1802, […]