To mark National Speculation About Georgian Architecture Stonework Day here are the results of a long term study of the thoughts of people that don't know a great deal about very much at all.
Listed building, currently missing from Northumberland road until the NHS put it back.
Shows a decent grade of front-stonework, but not the highest.
There are a number of different grades of stonework.
There are those grades of stonework that are used for the front of the building.
Those grades of stonework used for the sides and back of the building.
Within each of these two major grades of stonework there are many sub-grades.
In particular this is with reference to the large, block built, Georgian residences, not the lower class Georgian residences.
Many of the lower class residences are brick built with only corner stones being made of large block work if there is any block work at all.
It should be noted that some of the higher class areas may at first glance appear to be completely block work but there will be some houses among them that although they have decent quality block at the front are actually brick to the sides and back.
As can be seen in the image above, the current residents of these Georgian villas are of a different class altogether.
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There are clearly many layers of social stratification at work here. If only there were an expert available on this period of history then our Clanger friends wouldn't have left to to return to their hollow planet in ignorance.
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