Day 153 of 365 - Houses of Upper Spon Street!

Welcome to day 153 of 365 (Finished image after Editing)

The original photo was taken this afternoon on the corner of Upper Spon Street Coventry. The image is of a selection of what were originally Medieval Houses that are known now as Numbers 119 to 123 (consecutive). The Timber framed houses were originally built in the 15th Century. They have had a lot of alterations over time, that include rendering in cement and also being faced in brick. These houses were originally owned in the Middle Ages by the Office of Treasurer for Coventry Priory. They were sold to the Coventry Mercers Guild in the 16th century. The Mercers Guild sold on the houses in the 17th Century. Since then there have been various uses for the buildings, including some being still used as private houses, while some were converted into shops and at one stage Number 123 was used as a Pub called the Black Swan.

These buildings (as a group) are classed as Grade II* listed. They are number 23 on my list of 24 (Grade II*) Listed buildings in Coventry that I hope to photograph.

As always the shot was taken with my iPhone 5. The photo was taken using the camera App Huemore for iPhone. The original image can be found here: Unedited original Image.

First of all I used the app Handy Photo to edit the image. The edits were made by cloning away the Car from the street, the Street sign, the sign above the end shop and the alarm box on the front of one of the the other buildings. Next I used the app called Mextures to apply some lighting and textures to the image. The Layers that I applied were, Vignette, Mulberry, Ford Screen, Leaker and the Sunflower Overlay. Finally I used Distressed FX to add extra texture to the image using the Egret overlay and the Vanilla Texture.