Quoted from blackdog

It is also in a conservation area which requires planning consent to any changes that will affect the streetscene - a purple pub certainly comes into this category.

Red faces all around then!

Remember what happened when Snappy Snaps went luminous?

Steve Billcliffe (wasn't he a local labour candidate?) had a letter published in the NWN today - the editor can't be a fan of his!  He demonstrates an impressive talent for digging a large hole, getting into it, shooting himself in the foot and then putting it in his mouth. According to him WBC have allowed the Snooty Fox to be painted purple - as opposed to preventing the Bricklayers being painted purple.

Quoted from blackdog

The wall is part of a listed building -

It is also in a conservation area which requires planning consent to any changes that will affect the streetscene - a purple pub certainly comes into this category.

Oh, I do agree that painting the wall purple is criminal and thank heavens they were stopped in time. My point though was that that particular brick was modern and if it won't come off, then rebuilding the wall with new but matching bricks should be acceptable but of course this doesn't apply to the remaining frontage.

Quoted from brian

Oh, I do agree that painting the wall purple is criminal and thank heavens they were stopped in time. My point though was that that particular brick was modern and if it won't come off, then rebuilding the wall with new but matching bricks should be acceptable but of course this doesn't apply to the remaining frontage.

Fair enough - I wonder if it would be cheaper than the paint removal technique required?  I suspect they will be happy if they were really using emulsion.

I think maybe they wanted to paint it purple, as part of there marketing scheme, however I think that purple is not exactly the colour that I would want to paint a building...maybe purple paint was on sale, lol!

I would rather have left it the way it was, it looks allot better with the natural look of the bricks anyway.  

Quoted from Ashley

I think maybe they wanted to paint it purple, as part of there marketing scheme, however I think that purple is not exactly the colour that I would want to paint a building...maybe purple paint was on sale, lol!

I would rather have left it the way it was, it looks allot better with the natural look of the bricks anyway.  

Not going inot to newbury i would'nt know this - but hav'nt they just painted the windows purple (the picture looks like this), and the wall is white ??? (white birckwork is quite in keeping with the local area..so cant see the problem, just paint the windows a less offensive colour)

Quoted from mr rotorvator

Not going in to newbury i would'nt know this - but haven't they just painted the windows purple (the picture looks like this), and the wall is white ??? (white brickwork is quite in keeping with the local area..so can't see the problem, just paint the windows a less offensive colour)

The colour is actually lilac. It appears to be white in the photograph.

Quoted from mr rotorvator

(white birckwork is quite in keeping with the local area..so cant see the problem, just paint the windows a less offensive colour)

No, it isn't, the brick walls in Newbury are not painted any colour, white included. The window frames which have been painted purple look well out of place. They can call the pub anything they like, but even the name chosen, which I believe is "The Purple Lounge" or something similar, strikes me as being out of place. Lord save us from these stupid trendy pub names. (Slug and Lettuce being another example).

By the way, has anybody tried removing emulsion from brickwork. It has a vinyl base and doesn't wash off. The only way to remove it is by high pressure wash, even then there is a danger that the face will be knocked off the bricks allowing water to soak in and then the fronts blowing off when the frosts come.
Been there, done that, got the Tee shirt.

Quoted from blackdog

Steve Billcliffe (wasn't he a local labour candidate?) had a letter published in the NWN today - the editor can't be a fan of his!  He demonstrates an impressive talent for digging a large hole, getting into it, shooting himself in the foot and then putting it in his mouth. According to him WBC have allowed the Snooty Fox to be painted purple - as opposed to preventing the Bricklayers being painted purple.

Yes he was a Labour candidate, got something like 1,500 votes if I remember correctly.

Is this letter online anywhere?

Quoted from user23.3

Yes he was a Labour candidate, got something like 1,500 votes if I remember correctly.

Is this letter online anywhere?

I don't think they put the letters page online - shame, its usually the most interesting part of the paper.

Quoted from user23.3

Yes he was a Labour candidate, got something like 1,500 votes if I remember correctly.

Is this letter online anywhere?

Even less than that apparently. 1,151 according to online info.

Quoted from Lovejoy

Remember what happened when Snappy Snaps went luminous?

'Twas a bit in your face, and it was right to make them tone it down a tad. But, the face of the building that was painted is just plywood and trim so no irreversable harm done.

Does anyone know if this is the same company that runs the Purple Turtle in Reading (and Oxford and Camden)?

http://www.locr.com/photo-united-kingdom-england-great-britain-gun-st-13818857

I find it worrying that the landlord is obviously so stupid to do this - they must have known this was a listed building when they read  the deeds. If not, how competent will they be with the interior?