Sunday 8 January 2017

A view of St Botolph, Boston

A view of the medieval tower of St Botolph, Boston seen above the back of the cream-painted former Assembly Rooms (1822). To the right of this is the brick-built, pedimented, Corporation Building of 1772 erected by the town as a mixed residential and commercial development. At this point the curve of the River Witham takes it under the Town Bridge (1913). The buildings backing on to the river, making maximum use of the tight space, give the scene an interesting, jumbled appearance, the whole bringing to mind the subjects and lighting favoured by eighteenth and nineteenth century watercolourists.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Sony DSC-RX100