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Desborough, Northamptonshire

We passed through Desborough on our way from Geddington and Rushton.

On the way in to the town was this brick Art Deco style building – a boot factory as it turned out:-

Art Deco Factory, Desborough

The rule of three is followed in the brickwork between the lower and upper windows and again just below the roofline:-

Art Deco Building, Desborough

Detail. Note glazing and projection:-

Art Deco Detail, Desborough

In the town itself was this. (Eyes poked out though):-
Art Deco, Desborough

Rushton War Memorial

Rushton is a small village in Northamptonshire.
The War Memorial stands by the road at a play/recreation area, a cross above a tapered pedestal on a plinth on which are incised the names of the World War 1 dead. Those of World War 2 dead are engraved on the wall behind.

Rushton War Memorial

Rushton War Memorial World War 2.

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