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Thursday, 29 February 2024
Fenner Square / 1-18
Architects: George, Trew and Dunn, 1963-66, for Battersea Council with concrete bas-relief panels by sculptor William Mitchell. Clapham Junction, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Winstanley Estate Murals / II
Sculptor: William Mitchell (1925-2020, British). Detail of a 1960s concrete panel decorated with abstract bas-relief designs, forming an exterior wall of numbers 1-18 Fenner Square, Clapham Junction, London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Winstanley Estate Murals / I
Sculptor: William Mitchell (1925-2020, British). Detail of a circa 1963 concrete panel decorated with abstract designs, forming an exterior wall of numbers 1-18 Fenner Square, Clapham Junction, London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Monday, 26 February 2024
Scholey House / 2024
Architects: Howes, Jackman & Partners, for Wandsworth Borough Council, 1969. Still standing although was listed as part of Phase 1 of the Winstanley and York Road demolition plan. London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Sunday, 25 February 2024
Battersea Church Rd / SW11
Including, to right, a Grade II listed building of the late C17 with top-storey gables. Formerly the Raven Inn public house from at least 1809, now a restaurant and wine bar. London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Saturday, 24 February 2024
Woodman SW11 / II
Public house at 60 Battersea High Street, said to have opened in the early 1840s. London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Friday, 23 February 2024
The Woodman / SW11
Public house at 60 Battersea High Street, said to have opened in the early 1840s. London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Thursday, 22 February 2024
Katherine Low Settlement / SW11
Red brick with stone dressings and green glazed brick at ground level, this being an extension to the adjacent Grade II listed building of the C18. Stone plaque indicates rebuilt in 1905 (architect: J.S.Quilter). Formerly known as the Cedars it was once one of several large residences on Battersea High Street. A clergy house by 1882 serving as a base for social workers for the deprived area. Occupied in 1923 by the Katherine Low Settlement which remains a charity for local social needs. At Battersea High St and Orville Road, London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Holcroft House / Stairs
Architects: Howes & Jackman for Wandsworth London Borough Council, c.1966. Intended for demolition in Winstanley and York Road Phase 3. London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Yuri G / SW11
Sign on a 1961 block of maisonettes designed by George,Trew & Dunn, which Battersea Council named ‘in recognition of the rocket flight round the earth on the 12th April, 1961, by Major Y.A.Gagarin of the Soviet Union’. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Monday, 19 February 2024
Square Mile / 20240212
City of London financial district, with the floor-plates of MAKE's One Leadenhall almost completed. Vewed from London Borough of Southwark.
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Sunday, 18 February 2024
Heybridge / II
Architects: Max Lock & Associates, c.1969. Part of the Castle Road Estate, London Borough of Camden.
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Door / Holy Trinity NW1
Architects: T.H.Wyatt and D.Brandon, 1850, in the Gothic Revival style. Kentish ragstone rubble with Bath stone dressings. Grade II listed. Church of the Holy Trinity with St. Barnabas, Camden Town, London Borough of Camden.
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Saturday, 17 February 2024
Hartland Road / NW1
Section of a mid-C19 terrace of two-storey houses with mansard roof extensions. Stock brick with channelled stucco on ground floor. Locally listed for architectural and townscape significance. London Borough of Camden.
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Bridge 24 / Vista
Looking east from the Camden High Street Bridge over the Regent's canal. Showing the Camden Market Hawley Wharf development of 2019, designed by AHMM. London Borough of Camden.
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Friday, 16 February 2024
Hawley Wharf / Camden
Architects: AHMM, 2019, at the old Hawley Wharf site. London Borough of Camden.
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Lawfords Wharf / 2024
Architects: JTP, 2003. Residential development on a former builder's yard, next to the Regent's Canal. London Borough of Camden.
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Thursday, 15 February 2024
Dorothy / Regent's Canal
Narrow boat 'Dorothy' on the Regent's Canal where it passes Coal Drops Yard and Camley Street Natural Park. In middle distance is the Somers Town Bridge, a steel footbridge of 2017 designed by Moxon Architects. London Borough of Camden.
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Wednesday, 14 February 2024
RAF Memorial / L.O'Connor
Showing the open skylight in the aluminium roof of the Bomber Command Memorial. Designed by architect Liam O'Connor, 2012. Green Park, City of Westminster, London.
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Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Sheraton Grand / Park Lane
Architects: Adie, Button and Partners. Built from 1924 by Messrs. Henry Tanner, according to Grade II listing. Portland stone over steel frame in the Art Deco style. Here showing the central entrance. Originally known as the Park Lane Hotel. City of Westminster, London.
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Monday, 12 February 2024
The Colonies / SW1E
Established as the Pineapple in 1809 and was renamed the Colonies in 1976. Wilfred Street, City of Westminster, London.
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Sunday, 11 February 2024
Westminster City School / SW1E
Architects: Stantec c.2010, remodelling a Victorian school of the 1870s. Palace Street, City of Westminster, London.
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Saturday, 10 February 2024
Wimbledon Theatre / Redux
New Wimbledon Theatre designed by Cecil Masey and Roy Young, 1910. Grade II listed. 2012 image taken at the Broadway and Russell Road, Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton.
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Thursday, 8 February 2024
Shard / Daybreak
Early morning Shard seen from More London Place. London Bridge Shard designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. London Borough of Southwark.
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Tuesday, 6 February 2024
Tower Bridge Sunrise / II
Architects: Horace Jones and George D. Stevenson, engineer: John Wolfe Barry, opened 1894. Gothic revival style using concrete, steel and masonry. Grade I listed. Photographed from London Borough of Southwark.
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Monday, 5 February 2024
Red Ants / Blue Moon
Installation above Vinegar Yard by Joe Rush (b.1960, London). Abandoned train carriage crawling with giant metallic ants. Near London Bridge railway station, London Borough of Southwark.
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Sunday, 4 February 2024
Arts Ark / Canary Wharf
Floating community at Tower Bridge Moorings with the towers of Canary Wharf in background. London Borough of Southwark.
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Saturday, 3 February 2024
Maggie Blake's Cause / Looking Up
An arch under this structure allows public access to the Thames Path at Butlers Wharf, courtesy of Maggie Blake and her activist friends. London Borough of Southwark.
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Friday, 2 February 2024
Square Mile / 20240128
Early morning view of the City of London's financial district taken from the south bank of the Thames in Southwark.
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Thursday, 1 February 2024
Millennium Fountain / Richard Rome
Sculptor: Richard Rome (1943-2022 UK), patinated bronze set within a quatrefoil basin. Controversial at the time of installation but described as a "terrific contemporary sculpture that fits naturally into the park" by its commissioners, The Constance Fund. Entrance to Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon. London Borough of Merton.
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