A Pattern of Building Written and presented by Alec Clifton-Taylor
2: Richmond, North Yorkshire
' Shoes with heavy soles are what you'll need for seeing Richmond' says ALEC CLIFTON-TAYLOR , for the streets are like rocks, all local cobbles freely-gathered from the bed of the River Swale. Richmond was founded by the Normans 400 years before there was a Richmond in Surrey and their castle still dominates the town's clustered hillside homes. The town also has a delightful Georgian theatre, ' not perhaps the most comfortable in the country, but certainly the most authentic'. In a neighbouring park there is the unusual and rarely-seen Culloden Tower, built in 1747 in the Gothick style. Also in the Gothick style, but 100 years later, is Richmond's railway station, closed in 1963 but now a thriving garden centre.
Redoubtable Clifton-Taylor.... trenchant as usual. (SUNDAY TIMES) I guarantee you'll never look at a wall in quite the same way again. (OBSERVER) Executive producer BRUCE NORMAN Producer DENIS MORIARTY
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