43 Cowcross Street / Farringdon

Retail premises built c.1891 and first occupied by a tobacconist. Fortunately it survived redevelopments around Farringdon Station and is now occupied by Bea's Cake Boutique. The street name arose when cattle bound for Smithfield Market crossed the River Fleet at this point. London Borough of Islington.

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ONE TWENTY / EC1

120 Holborn was originally designed by Richard Seifert in 1979 and has recently been refurbished and upgraded by John Robertson Architects. City of London.

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Maughan Library / reflections

Reflections of the Maughan Library seen above a bus in Fetter Lane. Architect: Sir James Pennethorne, 1851, in the neo-Gothic style. The building, which was originally the Public Record Office, is Grade II* listed. City of London.

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El Vino / side door

Side entrance to El Vino of Fleet Street, once the haunt of editors and journalists when the street was the centre of the newspaper industry. City of London.

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Middle Temple Hall / EC4Y

Built between 1562 and 1573, and surviving both the Great Fire and the Blitz, it is one of the finest examples of an Elizabethan hall in the country. The first performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night took place here in 1602. Middle Temple, City of London.

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Phipps Bridge Estate / 3 images

Modernist social housing development of the late 1960s. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.

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High Street / Carshalton

Vintage postcard S&W Series No.448, divided back, real photo. Printed in GB. Unfranked but probably Edwardian.  Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton.

St Philomena's School / Lake and Water Tower

Vintage postcard in my collection, est. 1905-1912. Photographer D. Knights Whittome of Sutton, printed in the County of Saxony, number 5646. Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton.

Clock Tower / Mitcham

Refurbished clock tower now reinstated at Fair Green.  Originally installed in 1898 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The clock mechanism was renovated by Messrs. Gillett & Johnson. Grade II listed. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton

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Square Mile / from City Hall

View across the Thames to the City of London, aka the 'Square Mile', showing the negative impact of the 20 Fenchurch Street tower on sight-lines. Taken from the south bank near City Hall, London Borough of Southwark.

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Courthouse entrance / Swan Street SE1

Deco entrance to vacant Courthouse. A planning application is currently proposing to demolish this building and a former Sorting Office,  redeveloping to provide 64 residential units. The Courthouse is neo-Georgian in style, c.1920s. The entrance has a pair of bronze lamps on free-standing columns, with a fine stone architrave and the Crown Coat of Arms above. London Borough of Southwark.

Henry Wood Hall / Southwark

Designed as Holy Trinity Church by Francis Bedford, 1824, in the neo-classical style, using Bath stone cladding. The church became disused in 1961 and after a further decade or so was reassigned as a rehearsal and recording facility for London and visiting orchestras. Trinity Church Square, London Borough of Southwark.

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Tromsø Library / night

Night shot of Tromsø Bibliotek, designed by HRTB AS Arkitekter MNAL, 2005. The designers retained the Candela shell roof from the previous Fokus Cinema (architect Gunnar Bøgeberg Haugen, 1969), removing everything underneath and then infilling. Grønnegt. 94, 9008 Tromsø, Norway.

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Northern Lights / Tromsø (x4)

Road Fv51 between Breivikeidet and Sjursnes. Near Tromsø, Norway.

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Kaia / Tromsø

Hotel, offices and bar-restaurants occupying warehouse-style buildings, directly facing the harbour at Tromsø, Norway.

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Arctic Cathedral / from Tromsøya

Night view across the Tromsø Sound from the island of Tromsøya. The so-called Arctic Cathedral — designed by architect Jan Inge Hovig in 1965 — is actually a parish church. The Modernist landmark provides a strong focal point and contrast with the austere mountains behind. Tromsø, Norway.

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Space Mural / Tromsø Planetarium

Section of a large mural on the 4th floor depicting space scenes in a fantasy style. Northern Light Planetarium, Hansine Hansens veg 17, 9019 Tromsø, Norway.

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Ølhallen / sign

Sign for Tromsø's oldest drinking establishment, opened 1928 as a place where "people can sit indoors and enjoy their beer under orderly circumstances". Ølhallen translates as Beer Hall. Storgata 4, Tromsø, Norway.

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Blue-eyed husky / Kvaløya

Sled-dog patiently waiting for the off! (No processing on the eyes). Kvaløya island, nr Tromsø, Norway.

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Scandic Ishavshotel / Tromso

Built in 1995 to resemble a funnel and upper decks of a ship, with 180 rooms.  Fr. Langesgate 2, Tromsø, Norway.

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´Utkast´ / by Kåre Groven

Sculpture by Kåre Groven, 1989, now at Gardermoen Airport. 11m high in stainless steel, executed by the Fornebu firm Hamy Welding. Oslo, Norway.

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Snowhow / Polaria

Poster for a local Arctic exhibition with the Polaria building behind. Shaped as icefloes pressed upon the shore, the modern-style building was designed by JAF Arkitektkontor AS, 1998.  Tromsø, Norway.

My Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 DX / 2 pics

Workhorse DX standard zoom. All metal and f/2.8 throughout the range. Very sharp, but a bit heavy.

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Melrose / Brighton

Modern meets Regency period architecture on Brighton seafront. Projecting extension est. added in the 1930s. 132 King's Road,  City of Brighton and Hove, Sussex.

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Fish & Chips / Brighton

122 King's Road, City of Brighton and Hove, Sussex.

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Seagull / by Morf

Street-art seagull on the hoardings around the building site of the i360 observation tower. By illustrator and graffiti artist Morf, 2015. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex.

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Legal Council of State building / Athens

Architect unknown. At Akadimias 68, Athina, Greece.

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The Artemision Bronze / Zeus

Detail of bronze sculpture of the god Zeus (or poss. Poseidon) discovered in the sea off Cape Artemision, in northern Euboea. From the early Classical period, c.460BC., and probably a votive for a temple in its first place.  Now at the National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.

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Goddess head / Melos

Left part of marble disc with relief of the head of a goddess, poss. Aphrodite to whom the disc was dedicated. Found on the island of Melos and considered to be one of the most beautiful marble works of the early Classical period (c.460BC) representative of island art. Info. from, and object now at, the National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.

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Athens 1828 / Richard Bankes Harraden

'View of Athens from the Muses Hill, 1828' by Richard Bankes Harraden (British, 1778-1862). Oil on canvas (Hellenic Parliament Art Collection inv. no. 330), exhibited at 'A dream among splendid ruins… Strolling through the Athens of travelers, 17th-19th century' at the National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.

Hellenic Parliament / night

Architect: Friedrich von Gärtner, 1843. Built for Otto, King of Greece, now housing the Hellenic Parliament (Parliament of Greece). Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece.

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Temple of Olympian Zeus / 2016

Colossal in size and colossal in project over-run, having been started in 515 BC and finally completed c.130 AD. There were originally 104 Corinthian columns supporting the complete temple, although only 15 are now standing. Athens, Greece.

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