'Watering Holes' / Green Park

Robin Monotti Architects and Mark Titman, 2012. Functioning piece of sculpture made out of an 800kg slab of Cornish granite. Press the buttons on the side to release water streams at varying heights. A welcome contrast to all those dour Victorian drinking fountains! City of Westminster. 

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Brunswick Centre / WC1N

Architect: Patrick Hodgkinson (1930-2016), 1972, Grade II listed. Apartments, retail, cinema and basement car-park, with central plaza. London Borough of Camden. 

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Regent's Canal / York Way

York Way Bridge No 36 was first built in 1819 and its most recent rebuild was in 1999 by Roughton Group Ltd & Camden Environment Dept. The bridge was originally known as Maiden Lane Bridge, the word 'maiden' thought to be a corruption of 'midden'. London Borough of Camden. 

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7 Pancras Square / N1C

Studio Downie Architects LLP, 2016. Redevelopment of the listed Stanley Building. London Borough of Camden. 

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St Mary Abchurch / Rothschild HQ

St Mary Abchurch: Office of Sir Christopher Wren, 1687, Grade I listed.

Rothschild Bank HQ (New Court): OMA, 2011. City of London. 

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The Seahorse / EC4

Queen Victoria St., City of London. 

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Intercom / Ireland Yard

Door entry unit with brick and blue-tile cladding. City of London. 

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch / Arcade

Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, 2001. City of London. 

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1 Knightrider Court / EC4

At the junction of Knightrider Street and Sermon Lane, close to St Paul's. Office building entrance decorated with Doric pilasters and entablature. City of London.

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Snow Hill Court / street sign

Enter through the iron gates of St Sepulchre's in order to reach Snow Hill Court, City of London.

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Christ Church Greyfriars / tower

Architect: Christopher Wren, 1704. Showing the surviving Grade I listed tower. Most of the church was destroyed by WW2 incendiaries and is now a public garden. Newgate Street, City of London. 

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Stairs / Wolsey Court

L B Wandsworth Building Works Department, 1971–3. Exterior staircase to south elevation of Wolsey Court, Randall Close, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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The Stag (Bar) / SW11

Victorian public house c.1861. A 23/Mar/2017 plan to demolish has been withdrawn and the building has been designated an Asset of Community Value. The ACV means that this link with Battersea's past is less likely to be lost. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Musgrave Court / Stair tower

L B Wandsworth Building Works Department, 1971–3. Concrete-finned tower facing Battersea Bridge Road, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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140 Westbridge Rd / SW11

Late C17 3-storey building with Dutch gables to Westbridge Road and to Battersea Church Road. For most of its life this was the Raven Inn public house, but now trades as Melanzana Italian restaurant. Grade II listed. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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51 Cloth Fair / EC1A

Grade II listed red-brick building with shop-front bay window, said to have been built in 1740. Just off Cloth Fair in Barley Mow passage. City of London. 

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Bartholomew Passage / EC1

Passageway that connects Cloth Fair to Bartholomew Close, passing the priory church of St Bartholomew-the-Great. The 1987 building seen here is the third site of Founders Hall, designed by architect Sam Lloyd (1930-2009). City of London.

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Gt St Bart's / Cloth Fair

Cloth Fair aspect of St Bartholomew-the-Great, founded 1123, Grade I listed Anglican church. City of London. 

Gt St Barts / letters

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Blake Tower / (YMCA)

Original architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon. Engineers: Ove Arup and Partners. Grade II listed. Built 1968 as a 17-storey YMCA, redeveloped 2016 by architects Harper Downie as an apartment block, now named after William Blake. City of London. 

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Barbican / Silk Street

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, 1982. Showing the Silk Street entrance to the Barbican Centre, Grade II listed. The large canopy was discarded during the AHMM refurbishments. City of London. 

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Telecoms Mural / Dorothy Annan

Grade II listed mural by Dorothy Annan (1900-83) made in 1960. The 9-panel ceramic depicts various aspects of electronics and telecommunications in a semi-abstract style and was originally decorating a nearby telephone exchange. Now superbly re-sited in the Barbican Centre (AHMM architects), City of London. 

Panel 3: 'Test Frame for Linking Circuits'

Panel 6: ''Power and generators'

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London Plane / bark

Detail of the bark of a 100+ years old London Plane tree. Wandsworth Park, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Riverside Walk / Sign

Sign situated in Blade Mews, Putney, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Avenue / Wandsworth Park

London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Clubhouse / Wandsworth Park

Park pavilion comprising a café and mini-golf office, rear view. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Houseboat / Riverside Quarter

Five bedrooms, sauna and hot-tub on the roof terrace. Seen on the market a few years ago at GBP2.25M. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Carters Yard / SW18

Architects AHMM and PTAL, 2016, for Peabody. 41 new apartments plus retail, viewed here from Wandsworth High Street, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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La Gondola Al Parco / SW11

Cafe at Battersea Park seen from across the boating lake. Compare to below to see how much the new development obscures the Power Station chimneys. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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In 2012

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Latchmere Passage / SW11

Passage under the West London Railway Line. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Autumn / Battersea Park

Red leaves in Battersea Park, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Church of The Nazarene / SW11

Architects: Green, Lloyd and Adams, 1970. Twelve-sided church in the modern style, whose generally appealing exterior is compromised by the ramp's typography. Plans to substantially extend the building have been recently approved. The church is directly outside the north exit of Clapham Junction station. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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