August 2011
It’s ‘all change’ round here, as a station guard might have said back in the mid-19th century when this was our railway station.
The redevelopment of this building – more recently known as ‘West Offices’ – is underway, to form a new headquarters building for City of … More …
June 2011
I’d forgotten all about this building on Lawrence Street, and it seems I’m not the only one. It looks generally forgotten. Its rather desolate appearance confronted me as I left the More …
June 2011
In 2007 these gates to the Bonding Warehouse became photogenic, decorated with text.
The wooden bar across them asked ‘What else could you be?’ – which seemed at first … More …
June 2011
I know that other people may be wondering what kind of state the building is in on the inside. Here are some photos of the interior taken in June 2011, … More …
March 2011
Note: this page was written in 2011. For more up to date information on this building see all pages tagged ‘Airspeed’
Plans were produced for the conversion of this building to ‘Airspeed – A … More …
February 2011
Update – For recent updates on this building: see all pages tagged White Swan. This page was written a few years ago and is mainly a history of happenings (or lack of them) during the recent decades of closure.
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February 2011
Updates on this building, more recently.
Piccadilly was extended to cut through to Pavement and Parliament Street in around 1911, and this building is one of a few still surviving on Piccadilly dating from those developments in the early part of the … More …
July 2009 (photos from 2007)
(Update: for later pages and more recent news see all pages tagged Shipton St School)
Shipton Street School has been empty for years. … More …
