Kensington The old picture house, Thorne

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Family

15 entries

History

8 entries

Buying & auction

17 entries

Design & drawings

25 entries

Planning

16 entries

Demolition

36 entries

Structure

26 entries

Rooms & details

2 entries

Garden

11 entries

Craft & trades

17 entries

Press & Grand Designs

The full diary

  1. A plan comes together · 6 January 2011
  2. The planning dept pt1 · 6 January 2011
  3. What have we done? · 6 January 2011
  4. Auction · 7 January 2011
  5. Bidding pt1 · 7 January 2011
  6. Bidding pt2 · 7 January 2011
  7. History of the building · 7 January 2011
  8. Loose plans · 7 January 2011
  9. Thorne in danger · 8 January 2011
  10. Anne Wade remembers the old Kensington cinema · 11 January 2011
  11. Isn't the internet wonderful? · 3 February 2011
  12. Measured survey · 21 February 2011
  13. Our architect · 21 February 2011
  14. Letter extracts from John Austin to his wife, Eveline. · 4 April 2011
  15. Meeting Ken Austin · 4 April 2011
  16. The History of the Kensington Picture House by Ken Austin · 4 April 2011
  17. The Original Electric PictureDrome! · 4 April 2011
  18. More history... · 8 April 2011
  19. The planning dept pt2 · 8 April 2011
  20. Quick update · 11 May 2011
  21. The planning application is in! · 16 May 2011
  22. Planning model video · 17 May 2011
  23. Kids, eh? · 20 May 2011
  24. Planning application is validated, 8 weeks to decision · 24 May 2011
  25. A look inside... · 29 May 2011
  26. Doncaster Design Review Panel · 4 June 2011
  27. Bats! · 10 June 2011
  28. Dindow! · 9 July 2011
  29. Pictures · 15 October 2011
  30. WooHOOOOO!!!!! · 15 October 2011
  31. The trials and tribulations of getting planning permission · 18 October 2011
  32. There we go! · 18 October 2011
  33. ...and we're off! · 3 November 2011
  34. panoramas of stage and gallery · 5 November 2011
  35. The tiles are off! · 5 November 2011
  36. The projectionist's perspective · 6 November 2011
  37. Demolition of the southern wall · 10 November 2011
  38. Camera Crew · 12 November 2011
  39. Demolition progress · 16 November 2011
  40. What are we doing? · 16 November 2011
  41. telly · 23 November 2011
  42. The projector room goes boom! · 23 November 2011
  43. Sir Kev is our new best friend! · 26 November 2011
  44. A 'grand' design · 27 November 2011
  45. Smokin! · 27 November 2011
  46. Terrazzo · 27 November 2011
  47. Progress · 4 December 2011
  48. Hydroswing · 7 December 2011
  49. Phase 1 - demolition - DONE! · 8 December 2011
  50. Views from the entrance hall · 8 December 2011
  51. Stripped back · 22 December 2011
  52. What a blast! · 23 December 2011
  53. Then and Now · 6 January 2012
  54. A pause in development · 16 January 2012
  55. Footings... · 21 February 2012
  56. Terrazzo part 2 · 21 February 2012
  57. Footings · 3 March 2012
  58. Getting stuck in! · 3 March 2012
  59. Kate, Jac and Dylan standing at the bottom of our foundations! · 3 March 2012
  60. Our new wine rack! · 3 March 2012
  61. We're out of the ground! · 8 March 2012
  62. Memories... · 10 March 2012
  63. Hydropool! · 18 March 2012
  64. Ground floor.... DONE! · 27 March 2012
  65. Formwork · 13 April 2012
  66. Chapel Joinery · 6 May 2012
  67. Fiddler Construction · 6 May 2012
  68. Luke Arnold Construction · 6 May 2012
  69. Press · 12 May 2012
  70. The Garden Wall · 12 May 2012
  71. The board marked concrete wall and fireplace · 14 June 2012
  72. Admire the formwork · 19 June 2012
  73. A glimpse inside... · 19 July 2012
  74. First floor... DONE! · 19 July 2012
  75. More press... · 19 July 2012
  76. Rich Wilson... Action Hero! · 19 July 2012
  77. The bedroom and en suite wall and fireplace · 19 July 2012
  78. More History · 30 July 2012
  79. Top floor.... DONE! · 30 July 2012
  80. The projector room & landing · 4 September 2012
  81. Windows · 4 September 2012
  82. runaround! · 5 September 2012
  83. All about the Benjamins... · 8 September 2012
  84. Timber! · 8 September 2012
  85. Memories of the Kensington · 20 September 2012
  86. Restoring the facade · 11 October 2012
  87. The story so far... · 20 October 2012
  88. The terraces and roof · 6 November 2012
  89. We got windows!! · 6 November 2012
  90. Luke "the brick" Arnold · 18 December 2012
  91. A bit of furniture... · 7 February 2013
  92. Progress report Feb 2013 · 7 February 2013
  93. Windows and Doors · 7 February 2013
  94. Concrete, Cladding and Render · 4 March 2013
  95. The render is on! · 4 March 2013
  96. The scaffolding has come down! · 22 March 2013
  97. A couple more pics... · 24 March 2013
  98. Aerial Pic · 1 April 2013
  99. Morphing progress · 1 April 2013
  100. Graham Ball Joiners · 17 April 2013
  101. Aerial photo of front · 23 April 2013
  102. All we wanted was a bigger garden... · 6 May 2013
  103. If you want HD TV anywhere in your house... · 6 May 2013
  104. Virtue Electrical Engineering · 6 May 2013
  105. Reflection · 7 May 2013
  106. Baffled? · 13 May 2013
  107. Hero of the Month · 13 May 2013
  108. Things that have really worked for us... · 11 July 2013
  109. A few glimpses... · 20 July 2013
  110. A bit of a difference... · 21 July 2013
  111. Carl Lindley Decorator · 3 August 2013
  112. A few more glimpses... · 7 August 2013
  113. Heroes of the month! · 14 August 2013
  114. A bit more history · 20 August 2013
  115. Shelly's finishing touches... · 20 August 2013
  116. Our Projector Room · 21 August 2013
  117. Grand Designs · 27 August 2013
  118. In the news... · 27 August 2013
  119. Matt Brewster's art · 27 August 2013
  120. Our Hydropool is cool! · 28 August 2013
  121. Rich Wilson, superstar builder... · 29 August 2013
  122. Announcing the launch of the "Gwindow" · 3 September 2013
  123. Our "Crapper!" · 5 September 2013
  124. Suppliers and other stuff · 5 September 2013
  125. Great photos · 7 September 2013