I grew up in Gloucester and I know many of these buildings well, though it is nice to see they being preserved. I watched the last building 'Boots' being built. There was a massive excavation there during the 70's as it covered part of the original Roman town wall, part of which can still be viewed through a glass canopy at street level. I spent far too many hours in that shop on my way home from school 🤭
Hi there, thanks for your message. Buildings can respond in two ways. Firstly materials. Often, medieval and 16th/17th-century buildings were built using materials that were available locally - in Gloucester, that was timber, but in other parts of the country, that might have been a stone, brick or even mud! That meant that that local towns were characterised by these materials which still often provide a distinct local character today. Secondly, scale, design and proportion. Even after materials like brick became more common across the country, buildings often responded to their setting by following the typical overall form or proportions of a street or town - with distinctive local design motifs often recurring as well. We hope this helps.
