Looking up at the past

Wide Angle Wednesday:  Look Up
 
Look up in Welsh Back Bristol and you will see the Granary.  (This one really is worth a quick look in large).

This brick building with limestone dressings dates back from the mid-Victorian era.  It was originally intended as a granary but when I first came across it in the 1970s it was a nightclub and a venue for rock gigs.  Bands that played here (some of whom I saw) included  Yes, Mott the Hoople, Slade, Thin Lizzy, Barclay James Harvest, Genesis, Be Bop Deluxe, Dire Straits and Supertramp.
 
In the 21st Century the Granary is still being used, the ground floor features a restaurant and the upper floors are residential.  It’s a stunning looking building and an example of the Bristol Byzantine architectural style, which was influenced by Byzantine and Moorish architecture. There are not that many of these buildings left, and the Granary is the best preserved and most impressive of the survivors.  It’s a great piece of Bristol’s architectural history, and well worth getting a crick in your neck to look at it in detail!
 
   
Many thanks to Hobbs who has been running the Wide Angle Wednesday challenge for the past 7 weeks.  You can see the other entries here.  Hobbs has set some great challenges, which have encouraged me to realise that the wide angle lens that has been languishing in my camera bag (landscape shots only), is potentially a brilliant creative tool and now essential. 


Finally, thanks to everyone who has commented, starred and favourited my waterfall blip from Monday - I really am terribly grateful and pleased that you liked it so much.