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A repost for #ADoorableThursday & #ArchitecturalIllustration.
allantadams.bsky.social Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · Apr 11
54 Goodramgate, York was built in the mid 18th century by William Woodell, a cordwainer or shoe maker. The original carriageway is showing signs of subsidence. The gate has a brass sign for Waites and Moorey, architects and surveyors.

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Pen and watercolour sketch of an alleyway seen through an open gateway in a brick walled building.
May 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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A view of York Minster from the Bar Walls. Kendal Bridge and Bridge House, now Pizza Express in the foreground.

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A lone walker on the city walls with York Minster on the horizon.
October 2, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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The Aviva Insurance building and a hotel dominate the scene from the top of York Minster. In the foreground the Assembly Rooms can be seen.

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Bird's-eye view of York city centre.
October 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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Monk Bar, from the Bar Walls, York.
A sketch with a fineliner pen in a Moleskine sketchbook.

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A drawing of a medieval gateway with the wall walk of the city wall on the left foreground and modern buildings on the right. The gateway is topped by turrets with sculpted figures on the top.
October 3, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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The entrance bay of the Grand Hotel & Spa, Station Rise, York. Built 1899-1906 as the head office of the North Eastern Railway Company, designed by William Bell of the NER and Horace Field.

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Pencil drawing of the entrance to an Edwardian office building.
October 2, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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Flashback to 1st October 2020. What next? Progress on a drawing of the former GNR headquarters building in York.

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A paused pencil with a nearly complete drawing of a large building with an impressive facade.
October 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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The north aisle of Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York.

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Pencil drawing of the interior of a church with box pews and candles on tall candlesticks.
February 7, 2026 at 6:53 AM
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Bricks and stones: 2 completely different challenges in one drawing. I had to draw some of the stones several times to get them right.

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Work in progress on a pencil drawing of bricks and a stone doorway.
July 20, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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Staithes, a glimpse of the harbour at low tide.

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Cottages on top of a stone sea wall at the edge of a harbour that has boats sitting on the exposed beach at low tide. In the background a cliff looks over the harbour wall.
June 20, 2026 at 6:22 AM
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Happy 7th birthday to this drawing of Minster Gates, York. The view from the steps of York Minster.

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Pencil drawing of buildings caught in low sunlight.
August 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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A view of Micklegate, York. Recently published in the book "Micklegate; York's Great Street" by the Clement Hall History Group.

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Pencil drawing of an almost deserted street. The street has three storey buildings built on a hill.
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Rievaulx Abbey and Rievaulx village, North Yorkshire. An illustration I did for an information broadsheet. Note the slag heap in the village, repurposed as a viewing platform in the 18th century.

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Pen drawing of a village and ruined medieval abbey seen from the air.
May 19, 2026 at 5:27 AM
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A pair of 18th century lamp brackets to light the way to #ADoorableThursday offering at Garforth House, Micklegate, York.

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A pencil drawing of railings and two lamp brackets to either side of doorway with a classically inspired doorcase.
July 30, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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My biggest pen and ink drawing so far. 19x23 on printmaking paper. Micron Pigma, various tip sizes. #penandink #architecturalillustration
November 17, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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Getting engrossed in another challenging study OTD 2020. Modillions and Gibbs surrounds, incorporated into an Edwardian railway building.

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Work in progress on a pencil drawing of an Edwardian office building.
September 25, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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The little house at 83 Micklegate, York was almost done OTD 2022. A self contained house by the entrance to Holy Trinity church built in the 18th century.

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A Staedtler Graphite 0.3mm pencil being used to draw a small brick house of two storeys and an attic. On the left a gateway to a church with the church doorway visible in the background.
April 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Who would have thought the HMRC could be so beautiful? #architecturalillustration #watercolor #watercolour #painting
January 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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On holiday in Northumberland I became immersed in the story of Grace Darling. In 1838 she & her dad William rescued 9 survivors from the wrecked SS Forfarshire in the Farne Islands. She was born in her grandparents house, in Bamburgh in 1815.

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Pencil and watercolour sketch of a small cottage with a single storey lean-to addition.
October 4, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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The finished illustration. Spot the cheese room on the right...

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Cutaway drawing of a 17th century clothier's house and barn.
September 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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Low Petergate people, York. Making the people as interesting as the buildings.

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People in a busy street, including a man scratching his head and a woman shielding her eyes from the sun.
July 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Building up shadows and adding cables. My new pencil study coming along slowly.

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A Staedtler Graphite 0.3mm pencil at rest on a drawing of cables attached to a building.
April 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Hebden Teas, 31 Shambles, York. A fine specimen for #WindowsOnWednesday. Samples of tea can be served through the window. Even when it rains. 😉

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Pencil drawing of a partly open shop window and doorway. There are numerous cups and boxes on the window counter.
September 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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A window with a Gibbs surround and Edwardian wrought ironwork. The Grand Hotel & Spa, former headquarters building of the GNR, York.

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Partially drawn facade of an Edwardian office building. The centre piece is a window with a Gibbs surround and balcony with ornate iron railings.
September 28, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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The great gateway, or Fyndon's Gate, of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. Dates from 1283-1309, is now the entrance to St Augustine's College.

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Pencil drawing of a medieval abbey gateway house.
February 23, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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A study in jetties (overhanging upper floors) and window sills used for displaying goods, especially butchers meat, in Shambles, York.

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Pencil drawing of a quiet, narrow street lined with medieval and later buildings. Several buildings have overhanging upper floors.
July 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM