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Andy
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Almost retired, resident of France, native of East Yorkshire, teacher, amateur Tarot, blogger, artist. Follow my blog about EastYorkshire buildings. . #Hull #lgbtq #Yorkshire
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Industrial Buildings, Now Finlay's, 60 Lime Street, Hull, 1950s hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/i... #Hull #EastYorkshire #Yorkshire #industrialarchitecture #postwararchitecture #eastyorkshire
Industrial Buildings, Now Finlay’s, 60 Lime Street, Hull, 1950s
The buildings that are now how to Finlay’s on Lime Street and Jenning Street, form an imposing collection of 4 to 5 storey individual industrial buildings, made from red brick. White horizont…
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January 9, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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Fish Street Day School, South Church Side, Hull, 1871 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/f... #Hull #architecture #yorkshire #eastyorkshire #EastYorkshire #travel
Fish Street Day School, South Church Side, Hull, 1871
Formerly a charity school, this Venetian Gothic Revival building was designed in 1871 by Hull architect Samuel Musgrave. Built in brick with stone dressings and blue brick detailing, it has a slate…
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January 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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Greasy Fingers barbers, 19 Trinity House Lane, Hull, late 19th century hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/g... #Hull #Yorkshire #EastYorkshire #eastyorkshire #travel #visitEngand
Greasy Fingers barbers, 19 Trinity House Lane, Hull, late 19th century
This three storey terraced shop is now a barbers shop, and was formerly Edgar Steele’s Glass and China shop. It is red brick with two rectangular sash windows on each of the upper floors and …
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January 8, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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Former Rutland House, 16-19 Whitefriargate, Hull, early 19th century* hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/f... #Hull #yorkshire #EastYorkshire #eastyorkshire
Former Rutland House, 16-19 Whitefriargate, Hull, early 19th century*
Numbers 16–20 Whitefriargate sit on land owned by Hull Trinity House, a mariners’ guild whose estate covers much of the former Whitefriars Carmelite friary. The land was transferred to the guild in…
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January 8, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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The Bonny Boat, 17 Trinity House Lane, Hull, late 19th century hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/t... #Hull #yorkshire #EastYorkshire #yorkshire #pubs
The Bonny Boat, 17 Trinity House Lane, Hull, late 19th century
Part of a terrace of three storey red brick shops, the Bonny Boat sits in late Victorian pub premises. There are four sash windows on each storey, those on the upper floor being smaller, indicating…
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January 8, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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Zebedees Yard Archway with the Trinity House Chapel in the background.

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Zebedees Yard Archway with the Trinity House Chapel in the background.
January 7, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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Star of the West, 21 Trinity House Lane, Hull, 188O hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/s... #Hull #Yorkshire #EastYorkshire #eastyorkshire #englishpubs
Star of the West, 21 Trinity House Lane, Hull, 188O
The building dates from 1880 but the Star of the West was originally located in West Street. Historically, this stretch of Trinity House Lane was developed as part of the Trinity House estate, the …
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January 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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Robin at North Cave Wetlands. #ThePhotoHour #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @northcavewet.bsky.social @northcavebirds.bsky.social
Side view of a European robin redbreast. The bird has fluffed-up feathers and is perching on a thorny bramble branch.
December 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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This is how you travel.
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@yorkshiretea.bsky.social packing the essentials when travelling light! ☕️
July 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The Magnificent Springhead Pumping Station.

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The Magnificent Springhead Pumping Station. #hull #yorkshire #travel
January 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Stephenson Terrace, at 25-27 New Walk, Junction of Norfolk Street, Beverley, 1883 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/s... #Beverley #HU17 #EastYorkshire #eastyorkshire #Yorkshire
Stephenson Terrace, at 25-27 New Walk, Junction of Norfolk Street, Beverley, 1883
At the junction with Norfolk Street, Nos.21 to 27 New Walk form what is known as Stephenson Terrace. The four home terrace exhibits late Victorian domestic architecture, characterized by pale brick…
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January 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Gate House of Eastern Cemetery, 361 Preston Road, Hull, interwar* hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/g... #Hull #eastyorkshire #EastYorkshire #Yorkshire #England #architecture
Gate House of Eastern Cemetery, 361 Preston Road, Hull, interwar*
The two-storey gatehouse of Hull’s Eastern Cemetery at 361 Preston Road combines British vernacular traditions with distinctive Arts and Crafts influences. Its most striking feature is the re…
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January 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Still Coffee House, 21 Posterngate, Hull, 1862 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/s... #eastyorkshire #EastYorkshire #Hull #localhistroy #architecture #travel
Still Coffee House, 21 Posterngate, Hull, 1862
No. 21 Posterngate is a three-storey Victorian building dating from 1862, originally part of a terrace. Each floor has two sash windows with shallow arched heads, and the ground floor also has a la…
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January 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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Former Employment Exchange, Vicar Lane and South Church Side, Minster Corner, 1929 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/f... #Hull #EastYorkshire #eastyorkshire #travel #visitengland #architecture
Former Employment Exchange, Vicar Lane and South Church Side, Minster Corner, 1929
The former Employment Exchange, later JobCentre Plus, was constructed between 1926 and 1929 on a previously vacant corner site. This well-preserved two-storey red-brick building exemplifies the qui…
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January 5, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Pair of Georgian Houses, 15-17 New Walk, Beverley, Early 19th Century* hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/p... #Beverley #HU17 #EastYorkshire #eastyorkshire #architect #travel #England
Pair of Georgian Houses, 15-17 New Walk, Beverley, Early 19th Century*
An early 19th-century pair, built as a symmetrical composition in three storeys and finished in stucco beneath a slate roof with a bracketed eaves cornice. Each house has two windows per floor, wit…
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January 5, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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Fernlea, 52 Pearson Park, Hull, 1886* hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/f... #Hull #architecture #England #travel #Eastyorkshire #HU5
Fernlea, 52 Pearson Park, Hull, 1886*
Nos. 52-53 Pearson Park, known as Park House and Fernlea Residential Home is one of three known buildings in Hull attributed to architect Robert Clamp. Plans from 1886 for houses on this site exist…
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January 5, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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The River Hull from Drypool Bridge.

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The River Hull from Drypool Bridge.
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Former Royal Oak, 22 Princes Dock Street, and 16 Posterngate, Hull, mid-19th Century hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/f... #Hull #Yorkshire #victorianarchitecture #travel #England #Englishpubs
Former Royal Oak, 22 Princes Dock Street, and 16 Posterngate, Hull, mid-19th Century
The public house, now Leonardo’s Bistro, at 22 Princes Dock Street, previously the Royal Oak, has three renewed plain sash windows at first-floor level, with three tilting casement windows ab…
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January 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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Former Burns Head Pub, 39 Whitefriargate, Hull, 1884 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/f... #Hull #Yorkshire #England #visitHull #victorianarchitecture
Former Burns Head Pub, 39 Whitefriargate, Hull, 1884
The former Burns’ Head public house stood on this site from at least the early 19th century and was a long-established dram shop, with a tap room, cellars, living accommodation above, and tenements…
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January 4, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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What Is My Favourite Building In Hull?

Actor Peter McMillan selects a great, offbeat edifice that all of us love and some of us fear!

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January 3, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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Gatehouse to Trinity House, Prince's Dock Street, Hull, 1842 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/g... #Hull #Yorkshire #England #travel #visitengland #1842
Gatehouse to Trinity House, Prince’s Dock Street, Hull, 1842
The Grade II listed gatehouse dates from 1842 and was designed by the Hull architect William Foale. Built of painted stone in a Classical Revival style, it is a two-storey building with a symmetric…
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January 3, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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Roland House, Princes Dock Street, Hull, 1822 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/r... #Hull #architecture #Georgianarchitecture #yorkshire #england #visitHull #visitEngland
Roland House, Princes Dock Street, Hull, 1822
Roland House and Commercial Chambers, formerly Ferres Hospital, is a Grade II listed building on Prince’s Dock Street. It was designed in 1822 by John Earle as almshouses, with later 19th-century a…
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January 3, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Colonial Chambers, now McCoy's, 32 Princes Dock Street, Hull, 1846 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/c... #Hull #Yorkshire #Eastyorkshire #victorianarchitecture #England #visitengland #travel
Colonial Chambers, now McCoy’s, 32 Princes Dock Street, Hull, 1846
Colonial Chambers, now McCoy’s, was built in 1846 as offices for Hull Trinity House, designed by William Foale. It is a two-storey brick building over a basement, with stone detailing and a r…
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January 3, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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The North York Moors contain the largest expanse of heather moorland in England and Wales. Capturing that specific shade of purple in *North Yorkshire In Verse - Moor To Shore In Poetry* was a challenge—it’s not just a colour, it’s a mood. It is resilience in landscape form.
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The Book North Yorkshire In Verse - Moor To Shore In Poetry, leaning against a weathered stone wall. The background is a blurred, cinematic expanse of vibrant purple heather under a dramatic, moody sky. High-end editorial photography, 8k resolution.
January 2, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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Former Harry Lazarus Hotel, 31-34 Posterngate, Hull, 1764 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/f... #Hull #georgianengland #georgianarchitecture #yorkshire #England #travel #ideastravel
Former Harry Lazarus Hotel, 31-34 Posterngate, Hull, 1764
31–34 Posterngate is the building known in the late nineteenth century as Harry Lazarus’ Hotel, confirmed by its blue plaque. The structure dates from 1764 and later became one of Hull’s main lodgi…
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January 2, 2026 at 1:26 PM