The village pub The Crown has had a facelift recently .the main old farmhouse is now a smart battleship grey and sports a smart new “ Crown” logo with white trim.
It’s nice to see the old girl looking a bit spruce so to speak.
The two chapels, now closed and sold are waiting their conversions into houses. The older building on Chapel street, which was originally a “ corn” market hall built way back in 1700 will undergo its last transformation hopefully soon, as will the red brick more utilitarian chapel on London Road.
Conversions such as these are often sympathetic to the original design and flavour of the original architecture and will , I hope, be assets to the village
I’m waiting to go home.I have a headache. My lateral flow test , just taken because of said headache ( a rarity for me) is negative.
Day staff are wandering in, in drips and drabs and it’s almost time to go home.
The pub looks inviting. Hope the headache soon goes. A good rest (with a dog or two) is called for. Sweet dreams. xx
ReplyDeleteSympathetic conversions of the chapels would be so good for the village. Change can so often be for the worst when we lose something valuable forever. I struggle with change and have to consciously try to see the positive side, and also to try to keep up with it when necessary.
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better soon too.
DeleteI love these conversions. Good about the negative results. Sorry about the headache. Hope it‘s already gone.
ReplyDeleteIt has….I had a good sleep x
DeleteNice when buildings get a spruce up….. Just one criticism !!!! I am getting a bit fed up with the world and his wife painting everything grey !!!!! But that’s just me being picky ! Hope you are feeling loads better this Sunday morn. XXXX
ReplyDeleteI do….the cottage has had a spring clean
DeletePerhaps you need something to eat.
ReplyDeleteOr a very large glass of water. Dehydration can bring on a headache as well.
DeleteRest up when you can , so you can enjoy life with gusto when you go out. ;)
I had eaten Rachel ..one of my colleagues went off a few days ago with covid and I had worked along side her
DeleteThe Crown looks lovely. GWS. xx
ReplyDeleteVery smart and the food is bloody lovely
DeleteHope you are feeling better soon, rest, cuddle, rest, the village looks good.
ReplyDeleteI am back on day shift Tuesday
DeleteMy mistake , I’ve got a wedding later in the week x
Sorry to hear you have a headache and hope food and sleep have you feeling good again.
ReplyDeleteI had to look up "lateral flow test" so learned something new today. Am glad yours was negative.
Lovely buildings and it is wonderful they're getting a new lease on life. Hope they remain assets to the village.
Hugs!
I hope that headache has completely gone John - take it easy.
ReplyDeleteI’m fine x
DeleteI've been taking lateral flows too, for my cold. (Which really is just a cold, apparently.) Nice to see the village being spruced up.
ReplyDeleteWe all got a bit paranoid
DeletePub looks smart - funnily enough, they're doing up "my" pub over the road here, in exactly the same colours, very smart, Hope you're feeling better :)
ReplyDeleteI’m fine x
DeleteA pint of tea, dinner at the Crown and an early night should take care of the headache!
ReplyDeleteChance will be a fine thing
DeleteI’m shopping tomorrow for a wedding outfit then working all day Tuesday and wed x
A nice small wedding outfit, for the new trim you! x
DeleteThe pub looks very attractive. It's nice to see old buildings have a fresh new life. Hope the headache has eased now.
ReplyDeleteYes, as long as they are changed sympathetically , I can deal with that
DeleteI have several headaches per week and paracetamol nor ibruprofen helps me any longer-for the last year I take anadin extra immediately(other brands available) x
ReplyDeleteI hadn’t speleothems the day before so I’ll put the headache down to that x
DeleteYou hadn't say what? Speleothems are stalagtites and stalagmites arn't they?
DeleteJo in Auckland
Hope your head is better. The pub is a charmer. What happened to the occupants of the chapels.
ReplyDeleteSadly the chapel congregation almost dwindled to nothing..as they do. These two survived longer than most
DeleteI have long time envied the notion of 'the village pub', a local place to see the neighbors and interact over a beer.
ReplyDeleteThe Pub' looks very inviting; I can picture myself being a regular.
ReplyDeleteThe pub looks inviting. I'd stop by for a drink if they sold cold beer :).
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