Spire House / W2

Residential since about 1983, the original Christ Church having been built in 1855 to the plans of F. & H. Francis. Lancaster Gate, City of Westminster, London. 

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Royal Lancaster / Tower

Architects: Seiferts, c.1966, originally planned to be offices for the Rank Organisation, but then re-purposed for the Royal Lancaster Hotel which opened in 1967. Lancaster Gate, City of Westminster, London. 

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The Temple / W2

A.k.a. Queen Caroline's Temple, design attributed to William Kent, 1735. Grade II listed. Kensington Gardens, City of Westminster, London. 

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Speke Monument / W2

Architect: Philip Hardwick RA, c.1866, using polished, pink Aberdeen granite. John Hanning Speke was a Victorian explorer. Situated in Kensington Gardens, City of Westminster, London.

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Obelisk / Chelsea Bridge

Architects: Sir T Peirson Frank, George Topham Forrest et al of the LCC, 1937. To me, the steel box-plate suspension towers look like obelisks. Grade II listed. City of Westminster and London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Blossom Cloud / Battersea

Blossom Cloud / Battersea

Blossom Closeup / Battersea

Late March in Battersea Park. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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School House / Clock Turret

Former Sunday and National Schools, originally built 1788 and extended throughout C19. Grade II listed. The turret includes a recently restored clock and an open bellcote under lead-covered cupola. The building is now used for flats and artists' studios. Lower Green West, Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.

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Holy Trinity Clapham / III

Architect: Kenton Couse, 1776; Doric porch by Francis Hurlbatt, 1812. The stone cross is a Second World War memorial. Grade II* listed parish church on Clapham Common, London Borough of Lambeth.

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Single Form / Mar 2019

Bronze, 1961-2 (Edition of 2) by Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-75). Dedicated by the sculptor to Dag Hammarskjöld of the UN. Battersea Park, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Old Fire Station / Mitcham

Locally-listed former fire station, built in the 1920s. Red brick and sandstone with a slate roof; diamond window in pediment. London Road, Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.

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Prospect House / Mitcham

Late C18 detached house in brown brick. Wing to LHS is C20. Grade II listed. Now occupied by an independent school. London Borough of Merton.

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'Three Kings' / Mitcham

This 1928 mock-Tudor public house ceased trading in 2004 and is now residential and offices.  A previous inn on the site dated from the C18. London Borough of Merton.

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Cricketers House / Mitcham

Stephen Bradbury Architects for Guildmore, 2018. Ten apartments constructed on the site of the erstwhile Cricketers Inn. Next to the Vestry Hall designed by Robert Masters Chart, 1887. London Borough of Merton.

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Canons House / Rear

Manor house built by John Odway, c.1680, brick, later stucco. Grade II* listed. This image shows the garden elevation. The name originates from an Augustinian priory that was on this site from C12 until the dissolution. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton. 

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13 Park Sq West / NW1

Lodge in the style of the work of John Nash, who designed the grand terraced houses facing each other across these gardens. However, this park lodge was built in the C20 and appears to now be used as offices of the Crown Estate Paving Commission. [Info: Historic England; Westminster Planning]. City of Westminster, London. 

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Stone Vase / Regent's Park

Stone vase on pedestal. One of several vases and tazze in the Avenue Gardens section of Regent's Park. City of Westminster, London. 

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Feng Shang Princess / NW1

Pagoda-style floating Chinese restaurant in Cumberland Basin. Regent's Canal, London Borough of Camden.

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Street Art / Camden Lock

Paste-up montage including a fragment of a 1950s D'Roja brilliantine advertisement. Along the Regent's Canal towpath near Camden Lock. London Borough of Camden. 

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Street Art / Hawley Mews

Part of a mural by Paula Plim (b.1983 Brazil) and The Real Art of Street Art. London Borough of Camden.

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55 Upper Green East / Mitcham

Late C18 house, originally detached. Shop-front added in C19. Casement windows added in C20. Roof was slate when this building was Grade II listed in 1988. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton. 

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5 Commonside East / Mitcham

Late C18 or early C19, once known as Chart's House and home to builder John Chart and his architect-surveyor son Edwin. Later, known as Clarendon House (or Works), part of the premises of a mechanical engineering business run by Alfred & Charles Jenner, which continued trading until at least the 1970s. Locally listed. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton. 

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13 Commonside East / Mitcham

LB Merton Heritage Map: "ROSE COTTAGE – 13 Commonside East (entrance Esher Mews) – substantially rebuilt in 1977 and now virtually identical to its original Georgian form". Locally listed. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton. 

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Aske's Hoxton / Portico

The original 1695 Robert Aske building was re-built in 1826, designed by architect D.R.Roper with this Doric portico. In recent years, the building has been converted into 38 residential apartments. Hoxton, London Borough of Hackney. 

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St John's Hoxton / II

Architect: Francis Edwards, 1826, in Greek Revival style. Stock brick with limestone dressings. Listed Grade II*. London Borough of Hackney. 

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Aviary / Cannizaro Park

Timber, Gothic-style aviary, built 1976. A rescue home for birds bred in captivity that wouldn't survive in the wild. In Grade II*-listed Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton. 

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Palumbo Shipyard / Malta

Palumbo Shipyard in Cospicua, seen from Valletta at nightfall. Malta. 

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Terrazzo / Valletta

Terrazzo floor surface in an arcade opposite St John's Co-Cathedral, Triq San Gwann, Il-Belt Valletta, Malta. 
Street view: goo.gl/maps/M49YDxr7Kfk 

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City Gate / Valletta

Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with AP Valletta, part of the Valletta City Gate project 2009-15. Showing south-west elevation of Parliament House, Valletta, Malta. 

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Ħal Far / Radar Tower

Malta Air Traffic Services radar tower built 2012. Height approx. 40 metres. Part of a radar chain serving Luqa operating centre. Ħal Far, Malta. 

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Malta / Freeport

Established in 1988 and the third largest container transshipment hub in the Mediterranean. Kalafrana, Malta.

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Terrone / Marsaxlokk

Restaurant in the fishing village of Marsaxlokk. 1 Wilga Street, Marsaxlokk, Malta.

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Marina / Vittoriosa

Yacht marina in Vittoriosa (Birgu), one of the Three Cities. Behind, jackup oil platforms being refitted in the shipyards. Malta. 

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