tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189514062264938733.post725344364555550257..comments2023-10-29T23:35:29.738+00:00Comments on Love Letter from London: The Bricks of BloomsburyMiss Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952933650748631441noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189514062264938733.post-4647247644097617642011-05-23T18:57:31.090+01:002011-05-23T18:57:31.090+01:00Oh, that's wonderful! Thanks for sharing that...Oh, that's wonderful! Thanks for sharing that! (But why people object, I've no idea - although, I guess that would have been in the 1960s. Need say no more!)Miss Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06952933650748631441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189514062264938733.post-70500065798956714972011-05-23T14:05:15.735+01:002011-05-23T14:05:15.735+01:00Bricks! Wonderful patterns, colours, textures! Org...Bricks! Wonderful patterns, colours, textures! Organic! Betjeman suggested that Victorian architect, William Butterfield said to himself "Now, since I cannot cut decorations in brick like I could have done in stone, I shall make my decorations with coloured bricks, increasing the elaboration of my colour scheme the higher I get up my building." He then observed "That is the origin of the polychromatic brick Victorian style to which so many people object."Susan Janetnoreply@blogger.com