Doorways

After seeing the cyclists in the Tour de France, Katharine and I had a walk around parts of the city centre to get shots of the many things associated with Le Tour - bunting, yellow bikes (and other things!), a street party, window decorations and many other things, but on the way home I spotted these houses in Bootham, along the route of Le Tour.

They were amongst those not decorated, but their distinguished front framed by the tree caught my eye.

Bootham follows the alignment followed by a Roman road almost 2,000 years ago, and it has remained an important transport link since then. Many of the houses are Georgian in age (1714-1830) with others from the Victorian period (1837-1901). No overall plan was followed but the variety of styles and heights create an attractive an interesting street scene, and this shot reflects a small part of that.

[CabinFest]

I really like this nice clean architecture and the beautifully creamy white on the woodwork. It would have caught my eye as well. Nicely spotted.

[Pyrrhula]

Love the architecture and you capture of it and the nice framing by the tree Love the cobs street to. .

[Molly]

A great composition, with the tree and the symmetry of the two doors.

[Lynne Hart]

Nice composition, like the tree framing the doors and windows.

[Doug]

Great compositon

[Denise fuller]

Lovely old doorways

[Debbie Arcaro]

Lovely shot. I love the beautiful door frames.

[Bob]

Very nice noticed door ways. It appears that the two houses were pushed together so that there would be no alleyway. Cool building.

[Richard Sayer]

These are wonderfully elegant houses Ian - thanks for sharing.

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

Very nice taken photo:)

[Cathie]

I love this. I'm a little partial to doors and windows. Love this classic shot!

[Dianne]

Lovely shot - so symmetrical and tidy.

[Graham Thresher]

A brilliant capture. Fav

[Raymond Milsted]

Love the framing by the tree

[Ivan]

They are elegant houses, Georgian I think. Nicely composed with the branches.

[Fisher Family]

@cabinfest

Thank you Cabinfest - there are some really attractive houses along this road.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@pyrrhula

Thank you Ferry - the cobbles are only a narrow strip along the edge of the road.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@dolphin

Thank you Molly - there are a number of interesting buildings along this road.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@lhart

Thank you Lynne, glad you like it.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@dougapic

Thank you Doug - it's amazing how many times I've walked past this without really looking at it!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@denisefuller

Thank you Denise, this is a very elegant street.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@hshdebbie

Thank you Debbie - the Georgians were very good at the detail in their houses.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@bobhuegel

Thank you Bob - there are several houses joined together here, with rear access from an alley running behind them from a nearby side street.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@vignouse

Thank you Richard - it's a really elegant street with a number of interesting buildings.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@stevepam

Thank you Steve and Pam, glad you like it.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@cathieg

Thank you Cathie - this is a really elegant street, but spoiled by rather too much traffic!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@dide

Thank you Dianne - I do love this kind of classic architecture.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@thresheg

Thank you Graham, and thank you for the fav!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@ray_milsted

Thank you Raymond - the whole street is lined by trees - sometimes they help with a photo, and sometimes they just block the view!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@ivan

Thank you Ivan - and I agree, Georgian. There are quite a few Georgian houses along this street.

Ian