Saturday, 29 February 2020

Casson Pavilion / ZSL

Architect: Sir Hugh Casson et al., 1965, Grade II* listed. Reinforced concrete with conical copper roofs. Originally for elephants and rhinos, now for tapirs, bearded pigs and camels. City of Westminster, London.

Friday, 28 February 2020

The Kite / Feb '20

Architects: SPPARC. Showing progress on the 20-storey tower over a 3-storey podium between Newington Causeway and Tiverton Street. Intended to provide 140 hotel rooms, 48 apartments and ground-level retail. London Borough of Southwark. 

Thursday, 27 February 2020

Cigar / Habana Cuba

Habanos Cohiba, Habana, Cuba. Romeo y Julieta. Romeo No.2

Wednesday, 26 February 2020

Putney School of Art / SW15

Putney School of Art & Design, est. in Oxford Road 1895, London Borough of Wandsworth.

Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Chiswick House / 2020

Architects: William Kent and Richard Boyle (3rd Earl of Burlington) 1729 in Neo-Palladian style. Grade I listed. London Borough of Hounslow. 

Monday, 24 February 2020

Peacock / Chiswick House

Peacock lantern, part of a Lightopia event in the gardens of Chiswick House. London Borough of Hounslow. 

Sunday, 23 February 2020

176 / Prince of Wales Rd

Former Methodist Church completed 1871, brick with Bath stone Corinthian portico. Grade II listed, ceased church use c.1963. London Borough of Camden.

Saturday, 22 February 2020

Temple / Chiswick House

Neo-classical garden feature built by Lord Burlington early C18, here showing the rear view from across Bollo Brook. Grade I listed. London Borough of Hounslow. 

Friday, 21 February 2020

Flamingos / Chiswick House

Flamingo lanterns, part of a Lightopia event in the gardens of Chiswick House. London Borough of Hounslow.

Thursday, 20 February 2020

Cleveland Gdns / SW13

Two-storey dwellings brick-built in the late C19, after the arrival of the London & South Western Railway line's crossing at Barnes Bridge. Part of the South West Barnes Character Area 13. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Rose House / SW13

According to the London Encyclopaedia this has origins as The Sign of the Rose inn when brewing was a local industry. Jacobean timber frame construction and Grade II listed. Now occupied by Barnes Community Association. 70 Barnes High Street, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. 

Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Haverstock School / III

Architects: Feilden Clegg Bradley, 2005. Perforated copper panel facade. Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, London Borough of Camden.

Monday, 17 February 2020

Barnes Bridge / (Rail)

Designers: Joseph Locke and J E Errington 1849; Edward Andrews 1895. Grade II listed truss-arch bridge for foot and rail. Viewed from London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

Sunday, 16 February 2020

One Marylebone / NW1

Architect: Sir John Soane, 1828, in a Greek-Revival style using Portland stone. Formerly Holy Trinity Church, now an events space for hire. Grade I listed. City of Westminster, London. 
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Saturday, 15 February 2020

RCP London / II

Architect: Sir Denys Lasdun, 1964. Grade I listed, pre-stressed concrete with porcelain mosaic cladding. Royal College of Physicians, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden.

Friday, 14 February 2020

Chiswick Bridge / TW9

Architect: Sir Herbert Baker. Engineer: Alfred Dryland. Opened 1933, reinforced concrete faced with Portland stone. Grade II listed. Viewed from the Mortlake side of the river, London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames.

Thursday, 13 February 2020

1 & 2 Chester Terrace / II

Architects: John Nash, James and Decimus Burton, c.1825. In Neo-Classical style. Grade I listed. London Borough of Camden.

Wednesday, 12 February 2020

Diptych / Anna Laurini

Street art by Anna Laurini on a couple of panels of the Regent's Park Road over-rail bridge. Primrose Hill, London Borough of Camden. 

Tuesday, 11 February 2020

The Fiddler's Elbow / NW5

Architect unknown, c.1845 public house formerly known as the Mother Shipton. Grade II listed as a good example of an early Victorian pub. London Borough of Camden. 

Monday, 10 February 2020

Prince's Park / Flats

Architect: Malcolm Last, 2014, for Union Developments. 36 private and 19 'affordable' homes, plus a medical centre. Kentish Town West, London Borough of Camden. 

Sunday, 9 February 2020

St Luke's / Kentish Town

Architect: Basil Champneys, 1869, in a red-brick Gothic Revival style with North German influenced tower. Grade II* listed and a looming presence at the end of Caversham Road in Osney Crescent. Kentish Town, London Borough of Camden.

Saturday, 8 February 2020

Regent's Canal / Bridge 16


Regent's Canal seen from Fitzroy Bridge (no. 16), looking southwest. London Borough of Camden. 
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex.)

Friday, 7 February 2020

Camden Lock Village / II

Architects: AHMM, 2019. Eight new buildings in the heart of Camden Town, at the old Hawley Wharf site. London Borough of Camden. 

The Albert / Sign

Sign for The Albert pub, formerly The Prince Albert, named after the Consort of Queen Victoria. Established 1849 or earlier, although not trading at present. Primrose Hill, London Borough of Camden.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex.)

Thursday, 6 February 2020

Avenue Gardens / NW

North-west corner of The Avenue Gardens, Regent's Park, City of Westminster, London.  
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex.)

Wednesday, 5 February 2020

RCP / London

Architect: Sir Denys Lasdun, 1964. Grade I listed, described as "a modernist masterpiece and one of London’s most important post-war buildings". Royal College of Physicians, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden.

Tuesday, 4 February 2020

Boathouse / SW11

Architects: McAllister Co., 2002, for the Borough Council. A-frame boathouse of galvanised steel, timber and long-strip copper. Beside the boating lake at Battersea Park. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

Monday, 3 February 2020

Western Pumping Station / II

Completed 1875, built by William Webster who may have contributed to the design. Two-storey, mansard-roofed pumping house and square cross-section chimney, both of which are Grade II listed. Now enclosed by the Grosvenor Waterside development. 

Sunday, 2 February 2020

Holy Trinity / Guildford

Grade I listed Anglican church with c.1540 chapel, remainder rebuilt in the 1750s in a red-brick Palladian style by James Horne. Some Victorian alterations and additions. High St, Guildford, Surrey. 

Saturday, 1 February 2020

Semaphore House / GU1

Semaphore station built by the Admiralty c.1820. Later C19 wings, now a private residence. Grade II listed. Pewley Hill, Guildford, Surrey, UK.