by James Balston | Jan 21, 2013 | Art, Artists' Homes, Churches
A bowling hall, an underground public toilet and a garage, have all featured on this blog. Homes have been converted from the most unlikely of uses, but now finally I have shot a less unconventional conversion, namely a former Weslyan chapel in Lincolnshire. This...
by James Balston | Jan 14, 2013 | Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Fashion, Homes
A typical London street of restrained but elegant late Georgian terraced houses, that many of us might aspire to live in. Strange then, that it was the poky derelict garage at one end of the street that caught the eye of Adrian Wright, a former member of Human League,...
by James Balston | Aug 7, 2012 | Apartments, Crystal Palace, Designers & Architects, The Triangle SE19, Toilets
When, about a year ago, my neighbour said something about seeing a planning application to convert the disused public loos on Crystal Palace Parade into an apartment, I thought he’d been drinking. But then, some months later, Laura Clark posted a link to her...