Images George Rex: April 2022

Saturday 30 April 2022

'Awakening' / Ledward

1913 bronze sculpture in Roper's Garden by Gilbert Ledward OBE RA (1888-1960). Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

Friday 29 April 2022

Built—according to its Grade II listing—in the early C19, so preceding Carlyle Mansions seen behind (1886 by Walter Seckham Witherington). Originally the King's Head and Eight Bells pub, now an upmarket restaurant. 50 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.

Thursday 28 April 2022

Victoria Coach Station / 2022

Architects: Wallis, Gilbert & Partners, 1932. Purpose-built in the Art Deco style, it is London's main coach terminal. Grade II listed. At Buckingham Palace Road and Elizabeth Street, City of Westminster.

Wednesday 27 April 2022

Spit & Sawdust / SE1

Formerly the Beehive, records go back to 1825. Unfortunately hit twice by bombs in WW2 and rebuilt. Renamed in 2016. 21 Bartholomew Street, London Borough of Southwark.

Tuesday 26 April 2022

Kinder Kitchen / SE1

"Plant-based café" in Bartholomew Street, London Borough of Southwark.

Monday 25 April 2022

Kentish Buildings / SE1

Narrow court off Borough High Street, known until beginning of C19 as Christopher Alley. The public house here is called St Christopher's Inn. London Borough of Southwark.

Sunday 24 April 2022

Cromwell Buildings / SE1

Flats built in 1864 for the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company, founded by Sir Sydney Waterlow in the previous year. The Company was one of the earliest and most successful providers of low-cost housing. London Borough of Southwark.

Saturday 23 April 2022

21 & 23 Park Street / SE1

Constructed c.1820 using stock brick, thought to have housed a succession of senior employees of the Anchor Brewery. Bought by the GLC when the brewery closed and now in private ownership. Grade II listed including the railings. London Borough of Southwark.

Friday 22 April 2022

Borough Yards / II

New mixed-use development around the railway arches near Borough Market, designed by SPPARC, workspaces opening spring 2022. Neon artwork by FRA Creative. London Borough of Southwark.

Thursday 21 April 2022

Borough Yards / I

New mixed-use development around the railway arches near Borough Market, designed by SPPARC, workspaces opening spring 2022. London Borough of Southwark.

Wednesday 20 April 2022

Oyster Shed / Riverbank House

Left is the Oyster Shed restaurant with the Nomura building behind (Fletcher Priest Architects, 2011). Right is Riverbank House designed by EPR and David Walker Architects, 2010.

Tuesday 19 April 2022

Southwark Cathedral / Interior

View of the nave rib vault and clerestory. I believe this is a late C19 restoration in the Gothic style by Sir Arthur Blomfield. Cathedral Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Grade I listed, London Borough of Southwark.

Monday 18 April 2022

White Hart Mitcham / Apr '22

Rebuilt in 1749-50, Grade II listed. Closed since 2014. London Road, opposite Cricket Green, London Borough of Merton. [Prior to closing...]

Saturday 16 April 2022

Cricket Pavilion / Mitcham

Club pavilion constructed 1904, locally listed and unusual in that players have to cross a main road to reach the playing green. 4 Cricket Green, Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.

Friday 15 April 2022

Police Station / Mitcham

Designed in the modern style by the Met's architecture department, opened 1966. "The building positively adds to the architectural variety which is a feature of this area" — Cricket Green Conservation Area Appraisal. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.

Thursday 14 April 2022

Mitcham Obelisk / III

Rendered brick obelisk inscribed 25 September 1822. Grade II listed 1954, restored recently. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.

Tuesday 12 April 2022

Canons House / 20220409

Manor house built by John Odway, c.1680, brick, later stucco. Grade II* listed. Recently refurbished along with the historic Canons site. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.

Monday 11 April 2022

Putney Bridge / 2022

Designed by Joseph Bazalgette. Stone and Cornish granite, opened 1886 for vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Grade II listed. Seen from the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Sunday 10 April 2022

Sunborn / London

Yacht hotel berthed near the Excel exhibition centre. Royal Victoria Dock, London Borough of Newham.

Friday 8 April 2022

'White Tiger / 2020'

Bengal tiger sculpture by Chila Kumari Singh Burman (b. Liverpool UK 1957). Tower Suites, City of London.

Wednesday 6 April 2022

Emirates / Royal Docks

WilkinsonEyre Architects, 2012, north station of the Thames Cable Car. The sponsorship contract ends this summer (2022) with no new sponsor to date. London Borough of Newham.

Tuesday 5 April 2022

City Hall / London

WilkinsonEyre Architects, 2012. Now the new London City Hall, previously an exhibition space on future sustainable cities. London Borough of Newham.

Sunday 3 April 2022

Sussex Place / III

Architect: John Nash, 1823. Described in the Grade I listing as the most eccentric of his Regent's Park terraces. The spike-finialed, pointed cupolas are made of metal. 1-26 Sussex Place, Regent's Park, City of Westminster, London.

Saturday 2 April 2022

Holme Green / Bandstand

Circa 1931, moved from Richmond Park in the 1970s. Located between the boating lake and the Inner Circle of the Regent's Park. City of Westminster, London.

Friday 1 April 2022

3 Chester Terrace / Nash House

Designed by John Nash, c.1825. Grade I listed. From 1948 to 1965 this was the residence of John Profumo. London Borough of Camden.