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Tuesday, 30 August 2016
i360 / Reflections (2 images)
Architects: Marks & Barfield, 2016. Vertical cable car, with mirrored-glass underside, now operational. King's Road, City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex.
Monday, 29 August 2016
Parkshot / Entrance
Built 1909 in a Neoclassical/Georgian Revival style, originally for the Richmond County School for Girls. Brick with stone dressings. Now used by Richmond Adult Community College. Parkshot, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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Friday, 26 August 2016
Richmond Magistrates' Court / 3 photos
Architects: Greater London Council, Department of Architecture & Civic Design, 1975. Closed 18/Mar/2016, likely to be demolished. Parkshot, Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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Thursday, 25 August 2016
Sovereign Gate / Richmond
Exterior detail of building complex at 18-20 Kew Road, Richmond. Originally built in the 1980s, it was acquired in 2010 and refurbished for use as the local Police Station. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Orange Tree Theatre / extension
Pawson Williams Architects (as was), c.2003. The rendered extension provided new rehearsal space, wardrobe, design studio, theatrical workshop and storage space. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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The White Swan / Richmond
Built c.1787, painted brick, grade II listed. About 160m from the Thames at Old Palace Lane, London Borough of Richmond.
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Tuesday, 23 August 2016
Richmond Railway Bridge / 2 images
Designed by J W Jacomb-Hood, 1908, replacing an earlier bridge but utilising its 1848 piers and abutments. Grade II listed. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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Monday, 22 August 2016
Railway Viaduct / Old Deer Park
Approach viaduct to the Richmond Railway Bridge, completed 1848. Six arches in all, with red and yellow-brick voussoirs and round-arched niches in the piers. The decorative enhancement was required by the Crown Commissioners who were responsible for the park. Grade II listed. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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Friday, 19 August 2016
Millwall Inner Dock / 2016
Pan Peninsula towers designed by architects Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), completed 2009. In foreground, the Lotus Chinese Floating Restaurant.
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Thursday, 18 August 2016
Baltimore Tower / Aug 2016
Work-in-progress on Baltimore Tower, Aug 2016. Architects: SOM, completion due this year. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Lichfield Court / 6 images
Corner |
Crittall Windows |
Balconies, looking up |
Entrance |
Tuesday, 16 August 2016
Clock Tower / Richmond
Victorian Gothic building of 1878, originally a fire station. Grade II listed. The Square, Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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Units 7a-7b / 260 Church Road
Light industrial units at Church Road and Hawthorne Avenue. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.
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Saturday, 13 August 2016
Mitcham Parish Church / 2 pics
Architect: George Smith, 1822, in the Perpendicular Gothic-Revival style. Master-Builder: John Chart. Channelled Roman-cement render with some Bath stone dressings. Grade II*-listed. Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Church Road, Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.
Friday, 12 August 2016
Fitch Court / Laburnum Estate
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Baptist Church / Mitcham
Built 1912 with classical influences including a large round-arched window within twin pilasters. London Road, Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.
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Thursday, 11 August 2016
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Durham House / Mitcham
Exterior detail of Durham House, built in the Brutalist style c.1973, replacing the previous 1722 building of the same name. Used by Mitcham Conservative Club and with hall-for-hire. 12-16 Upper Green West, Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.
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Tuesday, 9 August 2016
Glazed wall-tiles / Mitcham
Presumed survivors from the original Victorian exterior at 259 London Road, Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.
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Monday, 8 August 2016
Elm Lodge / Mitcham
Grade II-listed Regency villa built 1808. Occupied by Dr Parrott, village doctor, and for a short time by the artist Sir William Nicholson. Cricket Green, Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.
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Friday, 5 August 2016
St Mary's Beddington / South & West Doors (2 images)
Door to south porch of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin. Parts of this Grade II*-listed church are of medieval origin, with repairs and additions during the Victorian era. Church Road, London Borough of Sutton.
West Door |
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Thursday, 4 August 2016
Bandstand / Wandle Park
Park renovation architects: Croydon Council and LDA Design, 2012. The replica bandstand, from Lost Art Ltd., replaces a Victorian original which had been demolished, but which was identified from old drawings and images as a "classic Pattern 224 style bandstand from the Glasgow firm of the Macfarlane Foundry". Wandle Park, London Borough of Croydon.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Photo by George Rex.)
Monday, 1 August 2016
Grange Park footbridge / 3 images
Steel bridge with concrete deck, 1971, replacing an earlier timber bridge. Provides a pedestrian crossing over the Grange Gardens lake. Wallington, London Borough of Sutton.
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