Tag: Architecture

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

Gainsborough Old Hall

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Gainsborough Old Hall began as a 15th‑century manor built by Sir Thomas Burgh II before later passing to the Hickman family, who modernised. Over the following centuries it fragmented into workshops, tenements, civic spaces and even a theatre, before falling into decline. Restoration efforts in the mid‑20th century ultimately saved it, and it now survives as one of England’s best‑preserved medieval manor houses, owned by English Heritage.

I’ve been inside on a previous visit, back when I had a one year English Heritage membership, but this time I just took a few pictures of the exterior.

Again, these are Lomography Color Negative 800 images that I’ve converted to black and white.

Gainsborough Old Hall
Old House rooftop

Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 150mm f/3.5 MC / Zenzanon 150mm f/3.5 MC & Lomography Color Negative 800. Lab developed, home scanned & converted with Negative Lab Pro. Converted to B&W in Lightroom.

Taken 30 November 2025.

35mm · Film photography · Photography

The Wave

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The Wave is the name of one of the University of Sheffield’s newest buildings. It’s pretty obvious why the name was chosen.

The building was hit by a significant delay during its construction when it was discovered that the original concrete pilings were not sufficient for the expected level of settlement when the final structure was built, and had to be demolished. This added an additional 18 months to the construction period andn the building finally opened two years ago in November 2023.

I took these three shots while walking past, but I expect there are a whole bunch of interesting pictures to be had from it.

The Wave
The Wave-3
The Wave-2

Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.

Taken on 6 September 2025

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

George Street car park

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Another example of brutalist architecture, this time in the form of Hull’s George Street car park. The multi-storey construction takes the form of a continuous spiral and it was developed and designed in the 1960s by Maurice Weston who had built other similar car parks.

As with many car parks from the 60s (in the UK at least), the parking bays were designed for smaller vehicles, meaning that some of today’s considerably larger cars – particularly SUVs, I would imagine, find it a greater challenge to fit. I’ve noticed similarly small bays in other car parks from those times, often with the disadvantage of concrete pillars that form part of the structure meaning that the bays cannot easily be widened.

George St. car park

Nikon F80 & Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD on Kodak Tri-X. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 @ 20° 9mins.

Taken on 9 August 2025

35mm · Film photography · Photography

King’s Lynn Custom House (plus an early Christmas present for me)

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I’ve been studying for a technical qualification for the past few months (an IT networking qualification that I need to achieve to progress some other training) and today was my exam. I was pretty nervous about it – I don’t do any practical hands-on networking stuff, so everything is theoretical to me and probably harder to memorise as a result. The exam had a few scenario-type questions that I struggled with and I was pretty certain that I was going to fail, so it was with a big sense of relief when I found out that I’d passed. I’m even more happy that I don’t need to keep up my revision over the Christmas break. 🙂

The photos today are all of the Custom House in King’s Lynn, a charming building that I’ve already posted a medium-format shot of on the blog here. It’s one of those structures that begs to be photographed, and you can see below that I certainly obliged.

Customs House-2
Customs House
Customs House-3
Customs House-4
Customs House-5

Nikon F80, Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10 mins 30 secs @ 20°

Taken on 19 September 2024

4x5 Large Format · Film photography · Photography

King’s Lynn Custom House

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This attractive old building is the Custom House in King’s Lynn, Norfolk. It dates all the way back to 1683 where it was originally a merchant’s exchange. It took on the role of Custom House in the 1700s and continued to do so through to 1989. The bottom of the building used to be an open arcade serving as a meeting place for merchants, the upper part of the building supported by supported by columns, but the arches have since been filled in, and the columns replaced by masonry.

Custom's House

Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Kodak Tri-X. Adox Rodinal 1+50 13mins @ 20°

Taken on 19 September 2024

Digital · Photography

Salvation Army citadel

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Another cheeky digital picture today – mostly because I’ve been out at the cinema* and don’t have time to write about the pictures I’d originally intended..

This is the somewhat derelict former Salvation Army citadel in Sheffield city centre. There has been some sort of legal wrangling over the use of the building for years now, all while the building slips into further disrepair. This is a shame as it’s a handsome looking building, something that the city should cherish. I hope it can be repurposed to some good use while maintaining the beautiful architecture.

* to see The Substance, which was gruesome fun.

Salvation Army citadel

Ricoh GR III

Taken 16 August 2024.