Single Aspect Blog

I used to have a page here http://www.singleaspect.org.uk/?p=8

At some point during the several blog failures and restarts it was changed without my noticing

to here https://www.singleaspect.org.uk/?p=21425

So if you are looking for my page on single aspect flat from

February 9th, 2010

it’s here -> https://www.singleaspect.org.uk/?p=21425

Sorry for the confusion.

David Shukman BBC One news 10pm July 26th 2018

“This new assisted living centre in East London is designed to protect elderly people from the heat. I went to see one of the flats inside, they’re designed to be cool. Jill and Morris Matthews explained that they have windows on both sides of the building so a breeze can flow through”.

Perhaps the BBC can be persuaded to take an interest in Woods House Pimlico for the benefit of its residents.

I was planning to write this up and perhaps one day I will. But the closer I look the more the subject grows and the less I actually know about the district. You can see my walk above and I met some interesting people but life is taking over and this will have to wait. Likewise Byker. So I’ll leave these notes here for anybody else planning to go.

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Click image link – I am Flamingo Wader

Click link for Hatherley Jacobin article.

For clarity I am not opposing the views of the London Fire Brigade that sprinklers save lives, and indeed I would not dream of disagreeing with that simple fact, but in this specific case of concrete high rise tower blocks built to contain a fire inside one flat then sprinklers are not required in my opinion. Once the occupants are outside the flat and have closed the front door the fire will be contained.

Conclusion

For safety in a tower block circulate hot water from a ground floor boiler room – not gas to individual boilers.

My walking route from Sainsburys High Heaton. Yellow pins points of interest, many missed though later research found them.

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Faulkner, Beacock and Jones (<£10 on Amazon)

A building list in the order in which they appear in the book –  with notes from Pevsner Northumberland when found.

“Jesmond was no more than a village up to the middle of the C19th when it became the residential suburb for the wealthiest inhabitants. The monuments reflect both these aspects.” p254/5 [1]

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IKEA MetroCentre Gateshead has two dwelling layouts the first 25m2 the second 35m2 of which the latter looks bearable habitable space for a single adult. This is the 25m2.

Let’s deal with the inadequate dwelling first. Bear in mind that both dwellings are over furnished because they are laid out in a shop. At least this one (25m2) has the plumbing in one duct i.e. kitchen and bathroom adjacent, not the plumber’s nightmare of the 35m2 which has them on opposite sides of the dwelling.

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I like North Shields. Its impressive collection of buildings on Howard Street, and along from the ferry to Fish Quay and beyond are ample reason to praise it as one of the most attractive districts of North Tyneside.

I came to know it gradually, firstly Howard Street in fading light at the end of a long day in Hebburn, Tynemouth and Whitley Bay. Then in bright sunshine three days later one afternoon when the walk East from the ferry along New Quay, past the former Northumberland Arms (aka the Jungle) and then the former Porthole and Golden Fleece (now architects offices) to Union Quay showed the area at its best.

Later up the steps to High Town past the High Light and up Howard Street in the evening sunlight watching the DFDS ferry leave for Amsterdam.

Another look at North Shields

Deepest Tyneside: a trip around North Shields

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Misty Priory

Below the intention outlined in blue. Above the reality seen through rain. We’ll start with my wet arrival in Tynemouth and come back to the housing search further down the page.

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