Black & White Postcards of Black & White Buildings

Shropshire has well more than its share of half-timbered buildings still in daily use from the Tudor period, as well as more modern Tudorbethan stock. Here are just two examples from our local travels. The feature photo is from The Square in central Shrewsbury, and the image below is from Ludlow.

Two Shropshire Postcards for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness.

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Author: margaret21

I'm retired and live in North Yorkshire, where I walk , write, volunteer and travel as often as I can.

44 thoughts on “Black & White Postcards of Black & White Buildings”

    1. Recommended. But Shropshire is peculiarly inaccessible from many parts of England. Our journey home has just taken 5 hours. This may be why it has retained so much of its charm.

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  4. We don’t have anything like that here, our country is too young. We think a house built a hundred years ago is old. lol. I love the tudor buildings, I really like your images Margaret.

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    1. Thanks Leanne. Yes, I know it’s a bit of a tease when we show off buildings even older than those here to citizens of much younger cuntries.

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      2. They’re both great seeming little twns, with lots going on. Our friends tell us that Shrewsbury house prices have shot up since Lockdown, as more people re-locate after discovering the convenience of remote working.

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  8. I love any old building, if it was built with love and pride as well as being cared for by all the next generations. These are no exception.
    Yesterday, we visited on a ‚3-lake-cruise‘ in Switzerland with starting point in Biel/Bienne also our arrival village Murten/Morat. Two French/German spoken places. We adore Murten so much that for a time, when HH worked in Bern, we looked for a forever place in medieval Murten. (it came to nothing, neither the job nor the search ((too expensive or too much in need of millions to make it work))
    Right now it has been voted the most beautiful village of Switzerland in 2024….
    Have a look here:

    Thank you Margaret, for yet another excellent rendition of a given theme!

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  9. Clever idea and I always love these old half-timbered buildings, especially the irregular shapes and overhangs 🙂 As a teenager I lived in a 1930s mock-Tudor – a lovely home but not half as interesting architecturally as the real thing!

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