Prestbury Cheshire - Photographs by Oliver Wood.
Some more pictures of Prestbury Village in Cheshire, all unfortunately lacking the desired quality of sharpness and saturation thanks to the vagaries of low grade scanning. Eventually I plan to get some pictures of other intriguing parts of the locality around Hare Hill and Sutton, that is once I have managed to perfect strange and unusual infra red techniques.
St Peters. June 2003
This view of the church is taken from beside the Jacobean "priests house" another of the village's architectural gems. Of course the pinkish tint on the walls is due to reflection off the adjacent brick wall of Church House though, ironically, many buildings in this style were originally painted a similar colour or even pale blue or yellow with natural timbers.
The Preists House. June 2001
A front view of the Priests House which now serves as the village branch of Nat West Bank. The building, (which dates from 1498), has been used as a bank for a number of years. It was owned by the District Bank in the late 50s and as with Nat West was probably the District's most historic branch. My mum was the secretary to Mr Walter Brown the NW regional manager of District in the 1950/60s and employees from the Manchester head office would occasionally make a pilgrimage down to Prestbury just to have their photos taken in front of it.
Prestbury Cottage & Thymes 1998.
New Road Cottage. December 2000
This is one of only three cottages on New Road that still retain their original residential feel, most of the other properties have been converted into restaurants or shops. The characteristic white paint treatment has been a feature of Prestbury for over 100 years and ostensibly reflects a desire to continue the aesthetic theme of the Jacobean priests house (now a Nat West bank, see following pages) the oldest building on the village main street.
The old Methodist Chapel. December 2000
The entrance to Prestbury's old Methodist chapel. This building has since been converted into a residential property and the "chapel" has now decamped to a new Scandanavian style timber framed building on Macclesfield Road.