Heritage Weekend in Guildford
A good weekend visiting heritage properties in Guildford. I
managed to ‘do’ 14 properties on the Saturday, most of them I’ve seen before
but well worth revisiting to see things that I had missed before.
The best was a tour around the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, although
I’ve been to plays there this was the first time that I had an opportunity to see
behind the scenes and it turned out to
be a very interesting and good tour. http://www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk/
Another first time look was into the Baptist Church in Millmead, typical 1970’s
architecture not attractive on the outside but better inside with a large and
spacious auditorium with plenty of exposed concrete and timber finishes. The surprise was the
full immersion pool set into the floor (of course they are Baptists so I should
have known) with interesting reflections of the interior on the water’s surface. http://www.guildfordbaptist.org/
Encouraging that ‘Heritage’ now encompasses the 1960s and 70’s.
It’s also good to see just how much heritage there actually is in Guildford.
