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.
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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
Architects: Bertram Carter and L.L. Sloot, 1935, in the Streamline Moderne style. Grade II listed. Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Crittall Windows
Balconies, looking up
Entrance
Balcony curves
Main entrance

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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. 

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Friday, 12 August 2016

Fitch Court / Laburnum Estate

Flats and maisonettes built 1954 by the erstwhile Mitcham Borough Council. Part of the Mitcham Eastfields railway station of 2008 can just be seen to the left. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.
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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

Buying cycle / Mitcham

Other ciders are also available :) London Borough of Merton.
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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.


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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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