Buildings – Notes for Teachers – Lesson 1 & 2 Guildford Spectrum

Buildings – Notes for teachers – Lesson 1 & 2 Guildford Spectrum Parkway, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 1UP www. guildfordspectrum .co.uk Guildford Spectrum is a leisure complex which was built in 1993 at a cost of £28,000,000. it is largely made from glass, steel and concrete with straight lines and sharp angles. It houses three swimming pools, an ice-skating rink, a bowling alley, three food outlets, a bar, a gym, a softplay centre and a sports hall. Its mascot is a dog character called Specky. Spectrum is home to Guildford Flames ice hockey team. The photograph shows the main entrance which is accessed via a long raised ramp and is well-lit by electric lights. Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Millbrook, Guildford Surrey, GU1 3UX www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre was opened in 1965. it is built from brick and concrete and has striking vertical panels on the outside walls. The theatre is almost round when seen from above. The roof lines are curved. The theatre is named after a French actress who lived in Effingham and is now buried at St Martha’s Church. The theatre has a large auditorium and also houses a café-bar and a restaurant called the Riverview. It is situated on a small island between Millmead and Milbrook. Guildford Odeon Odeon Guildford, Bedford Road, Guildford Surrey, GU1 4SJ http://www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_times/s92/Guildford/ Guildford Odeon is a 9-screen cinema complex which was built in the 1990s to replace the old Odeon at the top of the High Street. It is a large brick building with no windows in most of the walls. The large flat walls are slightly ornamented by a pattern in the brickwork. The building is trimmed with distinctive blue paintwork and the Odeon logo. Current films are advertised on illuminated boards on the outside of the building. Bollards are used to protect pedestrians from traffic. The Odeon is situated in the town centre, next to a large multi-story carpark. The train station is just across a footbridge over the Wey Navigation and the bus station and shopping centre are just a short walk away. Next door to the Odeon is a large bar and restaurant. Guildford Castle Castle Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3TU After 1066, King William, the Norman King, ordered the building of many castles to control and manage Saxon towns. Guildford Castle was probably built for this purpose. Originally it would have consisted of a motte (a mound) with a ditch around it, and a bailey (a courtyard) surrounded by a palisade fence. There would have been a wooden tower on the motte as a lookout for soldiers. The keep, which can be seen in the photograph, was built in the early 12 th century from stone brought from Godalming. It may have been a residence for the King. Later in the 12 th Century it became the county jail. The keep fell into disrepair between the 16 th and 19 th Centuries until the Castle was sold to Guildford Corporation in 1886, when the walls of the keep were repaired and the gardens were laid out as pleasure gardens. The Angel Hotel 91 High Street Guildford, GU1 3DP www.angelpostinghouse.com The Angel Hotel is a large, white timber-framed building in Guildford High St. It dates back to the Middle Ages, underneath the hotel is a stone vaulted undercroft (a room below street level) which was built in the 1300s. The earliest documentary evidence for the building is in a deed from Pancras Chamberlyn of 1527 when Sir Christopher More bought the building called the Angel for £10.00. His son and heir was a favoured minister of Queen Elizabeth I. In 1545 The Angel was sold to a man called John Hole. By this time it was being used as an inn. Some of the inn was rebuilt in the early 1600s. Guildford was on the main road from London to Southampton, Winchester and Portsmouth. Lots of soldiers, sailors and other travellers would have stayed at inns in Guildford. The Angel was probably most successful in the early 19 th Century. This was the height of the coaching era. The front of the building was stuccoed at this time and the Posting House and Livery Stables signs were added. A Posting House was an inn where fresh horses could be hired. Livery Stables meant that a traveller’s own horses could be left and cared for there. In 1845 the arrival of the railway in Guildford almost brought an end to the coaching trade. The Angel is the only remaining coaching inn in the High Street. To the right of the hotel is Angel Gate, the former stableyard of the hotel. It is now a courtyard containing small shops which were built in the 19 th and 20 th Century to complement the main building. Guildford House Gallery Guildford House Gallery 155 High St, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3AJ www.guildford.gov.uk Guildford House Gallery was built in 1660 as a private residence for Mr John Childe. Mr Childe was a lawyer in London. He lived in the house with his wife Olive and their three children, John Lawrence and Olive. Originally the house was number 25 High St, many more buildings have been built since and it has been renumbered. In the 17 th Century the front door and the ground floor were higher than street level and there would have been steps and railings up to the front door. The first floor room with the balcony has a very ornate plaster ceiling and was Mr and Mrs Childe’s parlour. In 1736 the house was sold to the Martyr family who lived there until 1840. Since then the building has been: a brush shop, a saddler’s, a stationer’s and bookseller’s, a cake and chocolate shop, and it is now a gallery and gift shop. When the house became a shop the door and floor level were lowered. Other than that, there has been very little change to the outside of the building. The windows contain small panes of glass, the older glass is greener and thicker than modern glass and has tiny bubbles in it. In the 17 th Century it was not possible to make large pieces of glass. The windows also have their original metal fittings. Inside the building the original carved wooden staircase can still be seen. The gallery houses temporary art exhibitions and a craft and gift shop. There is also a café downstairs. Outside in the courtyard at the back is the Brew House, where the servants would have brewed the family’s beer. Up until the 19 th Century beer was drunk instead of water as it was thought to be more healthy. Abbot’s Hospital High Street, Guildford Surrey GU1 3AJ The Hospital of the Blessed Trinity, Guildford, known as Abbot's Hospital, is a Jacobean almshouse in the High Street, still in use after four centuries as a home for elderly residents of Guildford. George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, founded it in 1619 in the reign of James I. It originally housed twelve single men and eight single women. In 1984 a new building was added behind the original building to upgrade the accommodation and to enable couples to live at the Hospital. The Common Hall is still regularly used by residents, as is the beautiful Chapel with its stunning stained glass windows. A modern statue of George Abbot stands near the Hospital, at the junction of North St and the High St. George Abbot School is named after this famous Guildford resident. The photograph shows the front of the building on the High St. The large, ornate doorway leads through to a courtyard garden at the centre of the building. The brick building has stone window frames and leaded light windows. The tall chimneys indicate that open fires would have been used to heat the residents’ rooms. The building was designed to be attractive and imposing and gives an indication of George Abbot’s wealth and social standing. There is a sundial above the doorway and lead roofs on the towers. Borough Police Station North St, Guildford Surrey, GU1 4AU This photograph shows the Laura Ashley shop in North St. The building is very ornate, suggesting that it was not originally just a shop. In fact it was the Borough Police Station, built in 1892. Originally the stonework above the door was engraved “Police Office” and the stonework below the roof was engraved “Borough Police Station”. Note the stone and brick patterns around the doors and windows, the arched windows with stone surrounds, the attractive roof and coat of arms. Guildford Cathedral Stag Hill Guildford, GU2 7UP www.guildford-cathedral.org The Anglican Cathedral on Stag Hill was designed by Edward Maufe in 1933. He won a competition to design a new cathedral after the Diocese of Guildford decided that Holy Trinity Church in Guildford High St was no longer large enough for the growing population of the South East. It is one of only three Anglican cathedrals built since the 17 th Century. The foundation stone was laid in 1936. During the Second World War, work on the Cathedral stopped and for some ten years afterwards little progress was made due to a shortage of money and building materials. The Cathedral stood empty. However, from 1947 onwards, regular services were held in the Crypt Chapel. In 1952, fund-raising began again - by this time needing to raise four times the original estimate of £250,000.

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