A journey around mid century modernist buildings in the West Country. By @magslhalliday.bsky.social Subscribe to the newsletter: https://buttondown.com/WestCountryModernismhttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mvkxw5fmy22gBack in 1938, the authorities took a dim view of parking on the street in Plymouth, even if you were a flower seller from Calstock.15 Sep 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkxw5fmy22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mvahax4w2s2kIf you need to move to Plymouth, here's a bit of a project. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvahax4w2s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mvah7mm4622kThe demolition of Rennes House finally started this week, a year after it was supposed to. https://buttondown.com/WestCountryModernism/archive/rennes-house-exeter/11 Sep 2026 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvah7mm4622khttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mu4u3q3lsk26Stepping outside my West Country beat to say that I adore both the Tinsley Viaduct and the bit near Portishead where the motorway runs at different heights. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4u3q3lsk26https://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mtt6gg65cc2gNews round up out now! A surprising number of cinemas. Or maybe not, given so many picture palaces are in their 90s. https://buttondown.com/WestCountryModernism/archive/gaumont-cinemas-and-other-news-24-august-2026/24 Aug 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt6gg65cc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mtt6gg65cc2gNews round up out now! A surprising number of cinemas. Or maybe not, given so many picture palaces are in their 90s. https://buttondown.com/WestCountryModernism/archive/gaumont-cinemas-and-other-news-24-august-2026/24 Aug 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt6gg65cc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mtis5akgrc2rThis is an interesting look at how even C20 history can be revealed only in its summer ghosts. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtis5akgrc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mtbotlj2u223I'm still eyebrow deep in my new contract, but have a few days off to help teen do things. So I'm currently working in Reading Central Library and doing the news roundup that was due two months ago.17 Aug 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbotlj2u223https://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mrfsbhl6422wApologies for any weird sound but here’s the new Armada Way, putting modern ideas about how to cool a city into a post-war post-HighSt streetscape. I love it.24 Jul 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfsbhl6422whttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mrf4ufkycs2oAfter far too long buried in day job work, I am on a site visit for WCM and have found my spiritual home.24 Jul 2026 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrf4ufkycs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mqu23oclc22oBut really, the big question about Devon's local government reorganisation is "what will become of the current district council planning portals and their historic record of applications?"17 Jul 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu23oclc22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mpefqbtu222uGetting back onto a deep dive this afternoon and delighted earlier me had got as far as she had. Now I'm very much filling in and planning an archive trip.28 Jun 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpefqbtu222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mpebf2ct722bOoh, not come across this church before: https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/plymstock-st-margaret-mary/28 Jun 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpebf2ct722bhttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mp7blx3t4k2sNice bit on the listing application for Exeter Central, though I don't really see it as moderne at all. https://www.exetertoday.co.uk/news/local-news/exeter-central-station-could-win-listed-building-protection-865185226 Jun 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7blx3t4k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mp7bbf4n6k2sOnly just seen this auction of an "art deco" water tower on Wednesday just gone (auction house using Deco in its "built in the 1930s" sense, clearly). https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/26198482.rockwell-greens-historic-water-towers-auctioned/26 Jun 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7bbf4n6k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mp76sl7hok2sAnd confirmation that Bath fire station (Molly Gerrard, 1938) is gone. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c5yzxpv4jx5o26 Jun 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp76sl7hok2shttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mp74fze2ec2xLovely bit about Tinside. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ckg768mgn0mo26 Jun 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp74fze2ec2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mp73eulyfk2xLovely piece on the plans for the Good Shepherd in Batheaston. Converting an unused church in a village into local childcare places. https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/plan-save-somerset-villages-overlooked-1101215526 Jun 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp73eulyfk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mp6ylovd522kThese are great: BBC Archives seems to have finally realised what a trove of material they have. Like this 1972 episode of Scene looking at Thamesmead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzU8-t9uyO8 [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jun 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6ylovd522khttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mp6yc3fqwc2kCatching up on local news today: trying to have a leisurely research day after four sweltering days on a contract job.26 Jun 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6yc3fqwc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3momuviradc2eOh my! One of Royston Summer’s lakeside house is for sale! I wrote about him in my deep dive into Saltash Library. He’d spent his national service spying on Soviet planes in East Germany. And he built eco houses before it was a thing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jun 2026 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3momuviradc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mnl2jelvic2iOoh! Good news about the good shepard, @eberlin.co.uk. https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/batheastons-unique-brutalist-church-set-1099909405 Jun 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnl2jelvic2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/westcountrymodern.bsky.social/post/3mnko74e77k2iMaccan, a 1930 moderne house with an unknown architect, is still for sale in Cornwall. If you have £4,295,000 and like curved furniture. Listed on UK moho - ID 2876 Not apparently listed nationally or locally. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/17445530905 Jun 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:hreji6racj2idbcdzhvypsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnko74e77k2i