Water Tower / Lambeth

Water tower built 1877 to a Venetian Gothic design of Fowler and Hill, as part of Lambeth Workhouse and Infirmary (Grade II listing). Subjected to an unusual residential conversion featured in a TV programme called Grand Designs, 2012. London Borough of Lambeth.

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Tibetan Peace Garden / II

View towards the Kalachakra Mandala and, behind, a Portland stone sculpture representing the element Earth. Part of a Peace Garden opened by the Dalai Lama in 1999. Sculptor/designer: Hamish Horsley, Architect: Guy Stansfeld. London Borough of Southwark. 

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Seddon High Walk / Corner

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, c.1974. Grade II listed. Barbican Estate, City of London.

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Gilbert Bridge / Undercroft

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, 1969. Grade II listed. The columns are also supporting the 7-floors of Gilbert House. Barbican Estate, City of London. 

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CLSG / Barbican

City of London School for Girls. Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, 1963-9, infilling of 1990-1 by Dannatt, Johnson and Partners. Grade II listed. The first part of the Barbican complex to be completed. "CLSG is a fee-paying school owned by the city in its role as a private corporation and only 2.9% of its pupils come from the local area". Barbican Estate, City of London. 

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Gilbert House / Columns

 

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, 1969. Grade II listed. Barbican Estate, City of London.

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1 Poultry / 20210521

Architect: Sir James Stirling (1926-92) in the Post-Modern style, 1998, a rather late addition to the Po-Mo canon. This is a view upwards from Bucklersbury Passage, a pedestrian way through the building. City of London. 

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Bank of England / May '21

Stormy clouds over the Bank of England. 

Largely rebuilt to the design of Sir Herbert Baker in 1921-37. Grade I listed. City of London. 

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Huggin Hill / EC4

City of London. 

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Hampstead Rd Lock / NW1

A.k.a. Camden Lock, the only twin lock in London. To right, Camden Market. The red-brick Victorian ex-warehouse is now the home of Associated Press Television News. The C19 cast-iron roving bridge is Grade II listed. London Borough of Camden. 

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Remembrance / On Rails

London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Window / Hawley Mews

2021 mural by Andre Ruiz de Freitas (b.1990 São Paulo) a.k.a. Decolife. Camden Town, London Borough of Camden. 

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Door / Hawley Mews

Camden Town, London Borough of Camden.

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Forge Cottage / Betchworth

Priest Cottage to left and the Forge Cottage, both Grade II listed. C17 with C19 additions and alterations. Betchworth, Surrey, UK. 

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Priest Cottage / Betchworth

C17 with C19 additions and alterations. Timber frame, painted roughcast and tile hung gable. Grade II listed. Betchworth, Surrey, UK. 

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St Michael / Betchworth

"Originally low, Saxon stone church with central Norman crossing tower, now with tower to south" - Grade I listing. Constructed of limestone rubble with Horsham slab roof. C19 Bath stone dressings. Much dates from the C12/13, restored by E.C.Hakewill c.1850. Betchworth, Surrey, UK. 

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Forge / Betchworth

Timber-framed buildings with brick infill, C18, Grade II listed. Betchworth, Surrey, UK

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Wall / Bourne Hall

Grade II listed garden wall of the former Bourne Hall park, late C18 or early C19. Ewell, Borough of Epsom & Ewell, UK. 

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The Stage Door / SE1

It's said that a public house has been here since at least 1665, although the present build dates from the late C19. The stage door of the Old Vic theatre is nearby. London Borough of Lambeth.

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Brewhouse Yard / EC1V

Architects: Rolfe Judd, 2012. Seen here numbers 8-10. London Borough of Islington. 

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Timber Street / EC1

Vegan arancini shop with unusual signwriting. London Borough of Islington. 

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Golden Lane / EC1Y

Golden Lane from east, with buildings of the eponymous post-WW2 housing estate designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon. Grade II listed: "arguably one of the country’s most important early 1950s housing estates". City of London. 

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Great Arthur House / 2021

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, 1956. Principal vertical element in the Golden Lane Estate, glass-clad with yellow opaque spandrel panels. Grade II listed. Renovation by John Robertson Architects receiving an RIBA National Award in 2019. City of London.

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White Lion Court / EC2

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, early 1970s. Grade II listed. Barbican Estate, City of London.

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Central Market / Kaleidoscope

• Central Market architect: Sir Horace Jones, 1868, in a style described in the Grade II* listing as "French-Italian Renaissance". London Central Markets, Smithfield.
• Left, the coloured fins of the Kaleidoscope building designed by PLP Architecture, 2021, intended to be TikTok's new UK Headquarters. City of London. 

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The Perspective / SE1

Residential conversion by Assael Architecture c.2004 of the former Century House — a 1960s office building which used to be occupied by SIS (MI6). 100 Westminster Bridge Road, London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Lodge / Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park

Grade II listed lodge of 1837, originally for the Bethlem Hospital, now in the public park which surrounds the War Museum. London Borough of Southwark.

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Language Pillar / SE1

Portland stone pillar (centre), design based on the Sho Pillar in Lhasa. Inscribed with peace messages in four languages. Part of a Peace Garden opened by the Dalai Lama in 1999. London Borough of Southwark. 

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Strata / Draper House

Left, Strata by BFLS Architects, 2010. This 43-storey residential tower was recipient of the 2010 Carbuncle Cup. With 3 wind-turbines at the top which I have never seen turning. 

Right, Draper House designed by the LCC Architect's Department under Hubert Bennett, 1965. This 25-storey tower was part of a residential estate that also included four 5-storey blocks. London Borough of Southwark. 

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St Mary Merton / III

East end of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Merton Park. I believe the Perpendicular Gothic window is from the Victorian era although the origins of the building go back to 1115. Grade II* listed. London Borough of Merton.

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John Innes Park / Vista

Lodge designed by Henry Goodall Quartermain, 1890, in the Domestic Revival style. John Innes Park, London Borough of Merton. 

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