Kenwood House / III

Original build c.1616, renovated c.1749 and forming the core of the present house. Grade I listed. Seen from landscaped park at northern end of Hampstead Heath. London Borough of Camden.

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18-20 Redfield Ln / SW5

Originally built c.1885 as stables and coach houses, part later evolving into a motor-car workshop, now all residential. In the Earl's Court Village Conservation Area, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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5-10 Childs St / SW5

Terrace of 6 houses built c.1854 probably by local man Stephen Peirson. London stock brick in Flemish bond, now mostly over-painted. In the Earl's Court Village Conservation Area, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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Queen Victoria / Statue

Sculptor: Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, c.1893, white marble on Portland stone base. Near to Kensington Palace. Grade II listed. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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Kensington Palace / 2019

Jacobean mansion of 1605, extended 1689-1695 by Christopher Wren and 1718-1726 by William Kent. Grade I listed. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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Bandstand / Kensington Gardens

Designed by J Markham of the Office of Works, 1931, in a Regency style with eight iron columns supporting an ogee roof. The roof design is said to improve acoustics [source: www.royalparks.org.uk]. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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Finial / NHM

Finial on the Grade I listed railings surrounding the Natural History Museum. Erected c.1881, designed by Alfred Waterhouse. Recently restored to original paint and gilding scheme (architects: Donald Insall Associates Ltd). Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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Bolton Lodge / SW3

2-storey house at 143 Old Church St, purchased by the Chelsea Arts Club in 1901. Grade II listed for the historical associations. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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Kenwood / Dairy

Architect: poss. George Saunders, c.1795. Grade II listed former dairy buildings to west of Kenwood House. Built for Louisa Murray, wife of the 2nd Earl of Mansfield. Included a creamery, ice-house and tea room. The central pavilion was home to the dairymaid. London Borough of Camden. 

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St Yeghiche / East

Easterly view of St Yeghiche Armenian Church. Built 1867 by C J Freake as St Peter's Anglican Church, in neo-Gothic style using Kentish ragstone with ashlar dressings. Grade II* listed. The C of E church closed in 1973 and was reconsecrated in its present denomination in 2001. Seen from Selwood Place, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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Kenwood House / South

Original house c.1616, renovated c.1749 and forming the core of the present house. Grade I listed. This south elevation enjoys beautiful "English Landscape" views created by the landscape architect Humphry Repton in the 1790s. London Borough of Camden.

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Kenwood House / II

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Kenwood House / Lodge

Architect: poss. George Saunders, c.1795. Grade II listed, now used as an English Heritage book and souvenir shop. Hampstead Lane, nr. Highgate, London Borough of Camden. 

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The Spaniards / NW3

The historic Spaniards Inn is thought to have its origins c.1585, although the Grade II listing dates the brickwork as C17. The inn is mentioned in the novels Dracula and The Pickwick Papers. Spaniards Rd, London Borough of Barnet. 

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Spaniards Rd / Sign

Ceramic tile road sign with manicule, chased into brick wall. Hampstead, London Borough of Camden.

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Jack Straw's Castle / 2019

Architect: Raymond Erith, 1963, the previous public house building having been bomb-damaged in WW2. Timber frame on brick plinth in the style of a C18 coaching inn. Now residential, Grade II listed. Hampstead, London Borough of Camden.

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La Gaffe / NW3

Restaurant est. 1962, now with hotel accommodation, on Heath Street, Hampstead, London Borough of Camden. 

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Elm Row / Hampstead

Corner of Elm Row where it leads off Heath Street. Ceramic tile street sign with Victorian wall box beneath. Spire of Christ Church in distance. Hampstead, London Borough of Camden.

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10-14 Elm Row / NW3

Terrace of 3 cottages built late C18 over former stables of the public house on New End. Grade II listed. The bollards are made from the top section of old octagonal gas lighting columns, according to LB Camden conservation audit. Hampstead Village, London Borough of Camden.

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Quinn's / NW1

Public house in Camden, built mid-C19, ceased trading earlier this year. Formerly known as the Mereton Arms and the Duck Inn, the pub was taken over by Mr & Mrs Quinn in 1988. Pat Quinn died in 2017 at the age of 94. Corner of Hawley Rd and Kentish Town Rd, London Borough of Camden.

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Public Washhouse / Ladies Baths

Architect: T W Aldwinckle, 1900, "in free Tudor/Francois Premier style”. The erstwhile St Pancras Public Baths was restored in 2010 and is now the Kentish Town Sports Centre. Grade II listed. London Borough of Camden. 

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40 Bank St / E14

Architect: Cesar Pelli & Associates, 2003. 33-floor office tower at Heron Quays, Canary Wharf estate, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Hampstead / No.1 Pond

Hampstead Heath's southernmost pond. The South Hill Park houses behind were built 1871-75 by Joseph Pickett. London Borough of Camden. 

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One Park Drive / Aug '19

Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, residential tower completing in 2020. Wood Wharf, Canary Wharf estate, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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GCHQ / Always listening

[from the archives of 2012]

Street artwork about the UK Government Communications Headquarters, which carries out signals intelligence. A major expansion of Internet traffic monitoring is planned, to include every UK citizen. Whitecross St. & Roscoe St., St Luke's, London Borough of Islington.

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'A Stranger Holding Two Wings' / Tai-Jung Um

Sculpture by Tai-Jung Um (b.1938 S.Korea). Aluminium and steel, 2.40 x 1.68 x 0.92m, 2018. On display at Frieze Sculpture 2019. Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden. 

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The Gatehouse / II

Public house, with restaurant and fringe theatre. The mock-Tudor exterior dates from an early C20 makeover. In former times, going back as far as the C14, this was the site of a gate house for a deer park belonging to the Bishop of London. Highgate, London Borough of Haringey. 

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Flamingo Girl / NW1

Hawley Street art. London Borough of Camden.

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Our Lady Help of Christians / NW5

Architect: J Tarring, 1867, in neo-Gothic style using Kentish ragstone. Originally for the Methodists, who in the 1970s swapped churches with the local Catholics, so this now a RC church. Grade II listed. Kentish Town, London Borough of Camden. 

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Egg / Regent's Park

'The Hatchling, 2019' by Joanna Kajkowska (b.1968 Poland). Pigmented acrylic plaster, 2.4m long and 1.8m high. On display at Frieze Sculpture 2019, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden. 

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The Sycamores / Highgate

Early C18 brown-brick building with red-brick dressings, Doric doorcase with triglyph frieze and segmental pediment. Grade II* listed. 19 North Road, Highgate, London Borough of Haringey. 

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6 Pond Sq / Highgate

A.k.a. Rock House, grade II* listed. Detached residence, mid/late C18. 3 floors and semi-basement with 2 large bay windows projecting from the 1st floor. Highgate, London Borough of Camden. 

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The Flask / Highgate

Public house, possibly early C18, partially rebuilt c.1767 by William Carpenter. The oval date-stone inscribed 1663 presumably refers to a stable block which has that claim. Grade II listed. Highgate West Hill, London Borough of Camden.

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The name probably arose from when gallon flasks of local spring water were sold at 3d each in the C18. Highgate West Hill, London Borough of Camden.

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Lauderdale House / Southwest

Grade II* listed house of 1582 with extensive later additions and alterations. Shown here is the southwest (park) elevation with wooden Doric loggia. French doors at ground level, sash windows on 1st floor and a Diocletian window to attic with pediment above. Waterlow Park, Highgate, London Borough of Camden. 

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Lauderdale House / Southeast

Grade II* listed house of 1582 with extensive later additions and alterations. Originally built for Sir Richard Martin, Lord Mayor of London. Presented to London County Council in 1889 'for the enjoyment of Londoners' by Sir Sydney Waterlow. Shown here is the southeast (garden) elevation. Waterlow Park, London Borough of Camden. 

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Waterlow Park / Niche

In the garden walls of Lauderdale House. The original brick is C17 and Grade II listed. Waterlow Park, Highgate, London Borough of Camden. 

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Waterlow Park / Middle Pond

Pond fed by natural springs in the Grade II* listed Waterlow Park. Between Highgate Hill and Swain's Lane, London Borough of Camden.

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St Leonard / Aldrington

Rebuilt c.1878 incorporating ruins of the C13 parish church, architects R H Carpenter and B Ingelow. Extended north c.1936 with new nave and baptistery, plus broach spire to tower, architect H M Pett. Knapped flint with stone dressings, resembling the style of the medieval predecessor. Grade II listed. New Church Road, Aldrington, City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK.

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The Angel / Highgate

Site of a brewery by the end of C15 and a public house here in 1610. The present building is a 1930 reconstruction in an interwar neo-Georgian style. The wall plaque commemorates Graham Chapman — of Monty Python's Flying Circus — "Drank here often and copiously". Highgate High Street, London Borough of Camden. 

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Church Farm Oast / Tudeley

Residential conversion of barn and oast houses. The conical oast houses were originally used as hop-drying kilns. Tudeley, Kent, UK.

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Church Farm House / TN11

Late C16 or early C17, "with some mid C19 and circa 1960-70 modernisation" according to Grade II listing. Small C19 bakehouse adjacent. Tudeley Lane, Kent. UK.

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