On 10 Aug 2016 at 8:53am Border Control wrote:
Anyone else see the huge juggernaut delivering " the most comfortable beds in the world" the other day ? Not even a "probably" in sight !!
The hotel must be close to opening then.
On 10 Aug 2016 at 9:22am Lenny Henry wrote:
Hypnos beds are top quaility beds handmade in the UK have held a Royal Warrants since 1929 (if that means anything). Quite impressed how the building is looking from the outside, can't wait to see inside.
On 10 Aug 2016 at 9:25am Egon wrote:
Opens 3 weeks tomorrow.
On 10 Aug 2016 at 10:53am Clifford wrote:
I'm a bit of an old cynic with a tendency to sneer, but I think the building looks okay, particularly compared with what was there before. Mind you, I'd like to have seen the old station rise from the dust.
On 10 Aug 2016 at 11:17am Painfull wrote:
Bought a bed in June the same as theirs £1300 and had sore back ever since , not to mention the extra bedding the good lady had to buy , think of the train set I could have bought with that ,
On 10 Aug 2016 at 12:13pm brickman wrote:
Does anyone know why they used only stretchers instead of headers or at least a mixture of the two? - it looks very tacky as it is.
On 10 Aug 2016 at 12:43pm Earl of Lewes wrote:
I was one of those who groaned when I read that the Magistrates' Court was going to become a Premier Inn, but they've done a really good job at creating something that fits in with the other buildings. Far better than the 80s eyesore that was the court.
On 10 Aug 2016 at 12:49pm Mason to brickman wrote:
Would you want to knap all those bricks just for a faux old look.
On 10 Aug 2016 at 4:24pm Gerty wrote:
Lack of parking is a disgraceful indictment of all those involved. Wonder how they'll keep their good night sleep guarantee on the 5th too...
On 10 Aug 2016 at 6:54pm Noel Coward wrote:
I used to just think of it as ghastly,,but now if I pass I have go home and take a handful of antidepressants,with a G&T.What a sad missed opportunity to add to the future economy of the town,.chin chin.
On 10 Aug 2016 at 7:46pm Wotcha wrote:
@Getty ... The place has been fully booked for the fifth for months. Presumably by people who are flocking to town for all the fun of the night. Including the bangs.
On 11 Aug 2016 at 12:15am Lewes Scenes wrote:
Opens to the general public Saturday 27th August : Hopefully!
On 11 Aug 2016 at 3:08am Fairmeadow wrote:
Brickman: I think you can take it that ignorance was the main reason. What can a 21st century architect or a development control officer be expected to know about the Lewes vernacular? One might have hoped the Lewes Conservation Officer would have spotted this solecism, but obviously not.
On 11 Aug 2016 at 6:45am Mason wrote:
Headers or mathematical tiles ?
On 11 Aug 2016 at 8:09am Southstreeter wrote:
@Brickman , Mason and Fairmeadow seriously .. get over it , believe me there's only half a dozen of you ex bricklayers that notice nonsense like that . The other 99.9% of the population think they've made a decent job of building something that blends in reasonably well . And to all the miseries who just hate change I suspect you'll find that much to your annoyance it will be very successful and busy .
On 11 Aug 2016 at 8:57am Brickman wrote:
I'm not a ex-bricklayer southstreeter merely interested in architecture as are lots of people. The fact remains that to use solely stretchers is a fantastic own goal and display of ignorance and shows they were only interested in how cheap they could do the job and that would, in your own words, 'blend in reasonably well' but why didn't they just do it properly when someone with half a brain could see it was the wrong style.
The grey header brick with red brick detailing round the windows and doors is a lewes speciality and can be seen in many houses especially those close to the premier inn. They were produced in kilns fired with coppice timber and it is the potash from the woodsmoke that gave them their wonderful shade.
The other main style of the town is knapped flint work usually squared and laid in courses, hung brick roof tiles and mathematical tiles - none of which has been used in this build either.
I would suggest you watch clifton taylors six english towns on youtube where he came to lewes in '81 I believe and goes through these things in more detail.
On 11 Aug 2016 at 10:37am Townie wrote:
For gods sake brick man, get a friggin life.
On 11 Aug 2016 at 12:26pm Clifford wrote:
Townie wrote: 'For gods sake brick man, get a friggin life.'
Interesting detail is life Townie, just as much as wasting time telling people to 'get a life' is. I learnt a lot from Brickman's post, which isn't always the case on here.
On 11 Aug 2016 at 3:09pm Quantity Surveyor wrote:
So you really want a few thousand wood fired kiln bricks ? When a Fletton costs 99p @ Wickes. Talk about living in a bubble. Perhaps the stretchers would benefit from a coating of smoke/steam as would have happened via the Cliffe Viaduct. Perhaps the Bluebell Railway could supply some, for true authenticity. Kind regards.
On 11 Aug 2016 at 6:52pm Fake bricks wrote:
Why not "age" them as they are prefabricated factory made panels hung onto frame of building.
On 11 Aug 2016 at 11:44pm Real bricks wrote:
They're real bricks.
On 14 Aug 2016 at 12:25am Oh Dear wrote:
The end visual result is more important than the traditional style as it blends in a more traditional way.