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Paradise Street, Tunstall
Shops in Paradise Street:
Absalom Wood (b.1851 d.1922), a member of the Burslem potters Wood
family was a Tunstall architect and surveyor.
He was awarded a scholarship to South Kensington Art School which he
didn't take up - Arnold Bennett used this in the character of Cyril Povey
(The Old Wives' Tale). Absalom Wood was articled to Scrivener
architects of Hanley and later had his own practice in Tunstall.
Amongst his many public buildings were:
Tunstall Town Hall; Tunstall Library, Science & Art School; The Clock
Tower, Tunstall; The School of Art, Burslem.
The only local example of Absalom Wood's
art nouveau style was a shop front in Paradise Street.
Art Nouveau shop front, Paradise
Street, Tunstall
- designed by
Absalom
R Wood
photo: Aug 2001 - shop
undergoing refitting
Detail of the mosaic
tiling
Detail of the mosaic
tiling
Shop - 33 Paradise
Street
Tower Resales
photo: 2001
the same shop - 33
Paradise Street - as above
about 1905
Photo supplied by Simon
Moston.
(the shop was owned by his Gt Gt grandfather John Charles Bentley)
Bentley's wife, and daughter Ada Bentley (became MOSTON) are pictured.
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