Tunstall Court
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Tunstall Court, been on my to model list for a couple of years now....
Designed by architect T. Lewis Banks and built in 1894-5 for the great Victorian Industrialist Lord Furness, she is one of the most important villas built in Hartlepool.
The history of the house is fascinating, there's tons on the internet and I found myself reading more than modeling. At one time she was used for the convalescence of sick and injured workers from the ship yards, later she was donated to the people of the town and used for educational purposes, until the mid 1980's when she was sold to developers.Planning permission was granted ~2010-11 to preserve the building and divide her into apartments with several houses to be constructed in the grounds...left unprotected she is now a wreck, totally gutted. The two gatehouses are listed but not the main house
[attachment=0:2pp9x8po]<!-- ia0 -->Gate House.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:2pp9x8po]March 2014 planning application was submitted to demolish her and build fourteen executive houses. Now history with our council and other buildings in the town usually goes (so I'm told), Friday afternoon planning approval followed by the handing over of brown envelopes, demolition starts Sat morning and is completed by Sun evening, the folks of the town are informed sometime the following week.
The Victorian society has requested the council to defer demolition for 6 mths and look at ways for a "sensitive development"
instead!!!So after freezing my b****cks off on a freezing march day counting bricks in the middle of a muddy field, squeezing every spare hour modeling whilst up to my ears.....
John
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Incredible work as usual!
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As usual, fantastic skills there. Sounds like the developers are going the usual route i.e. buy it and leave it to collapse before declaring the premises unsafe and being 'forced' to demolish the remains. Bleeps, a whole shed load...........
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It's frickin awesome, John!
Do you know which parts are historic, and which parts are later-day addition? That flat-roofed second story piece on the right looks like it was an addition; it lacks the detailing of the rest of the house.
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Thank you Elmer & Cotty.
Mike I think the next stage is those magical fire starting fairies!Daniel, It's all historical and original, although like almost all buildings the focus was on the front facade as you can see in the detailing at the rear, even though Lord Furness was the 6th richest person in the world at the time.
The "flat roof" section needs the roof light details adding as you can see in the pictures.She must have been impressive in her prime.
John
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Great modeling and project! Thanks for the photos. So you broke in? The skylights and light wells are interesting. Some areas still look pretty good.
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Would one say this architecture was "looking back", even for 1893? One thing, given the wealthy Owner and the usual British approach to these estates, it appears to demonstrate great restraint.
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@pbacot said:
Would one say this iarchitecture was "looking back", even for 1893? One thing, given the wealthy Owner and the usual British approach to these estates, it appears to demonstrate great restraint.
Although it predates Edward VII's reign by 7 years, it looks like an example of Edwardian architecture. This was probably one of many houses, hence the "modest" size for an English Lord and shipping magnate.
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Impressive as always.
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Not sure if it's just me, but I can't see any renders in either Firefox or IE. The photographs appear fine, though?
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All I see is photos in fire fox... At least I think they're photos. With Tadema you never know.
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I saw the SU model shots earlier, but looks like they are missing from the first post... Would love to see more of this amazing model.
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Sorry I should have explained the reason for the posts edit at the time.
I had to remove the images until a dispute over them being commercial/personal renderings is resolved, regardless the images will be re-posted tomorrow. Once again my apologies.
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Oh wow... It's spectacular.
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John, are you going to model the gate houses?
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@tadema said:
Sorry I should have explained the reason for the posts edit at the time.
I had to remove the images until a dispute over them being commercial/personal renderings is resolved, regardless the images will be re-posted tomorrow. Once again my apologies.
Johnreally?! what's the world coming to!
staggering work and detail John!
my only crit is the burnt shadows make the building look like its floating. but i'm just nit picking!
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Here's the old girl...
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John
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