'Mr Blue' / Barbican

Artist: Lee Krasner (1908-1984 USA), oil on canvas, 1966. Currently displayed at the Barbican Art Gallery, in the first major European exhibition of her work since 1965. Barbican Centre, City of London.

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Lambert / Garden

Re-creation of the garden cultivated by General Sir John Lambert (1619-1683) when he was imprisoned in Castle Cornet. Lambert was an influential Parliamentarian in the English Civil War. St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Castle Breakwater / Lighthouse

Built in the 1810s as part of upgraded defences against a possible French invasion. St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. 

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Old Prison / Castle Cornet

Late C13 castle gatehouse, extensively altered and once used as the town prison. St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Stained Glass / Castle Cornet

Stained-glass window in Castle Cornet Museum, with Guernsey coat of arms — three gold lions on a red shield. St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Constables' Office / GY1

Constructed in 1787 and used by the Constables of St. Peter Port since early on. Regarded as a building of significant historical interest. Recently refurbished by CCD Architects. Lefebvre Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Candie Gardens / Greenhouse

Historic greenhouse, said to have been first built in 1792/93. The surrounding grounds used to belong to Candie House but are now public gardens. St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. 

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La Frégate / Guernsey

C18 manor house, now a boutique hotel. Overlooking St Peter Port harbour. Image shows northwest aspect. Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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GU29 / Bordeaux Harbour

Low tide at Bordeaux, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Hanois Lighthouse / Guernsey

Designed by James Douglass et al  for Trinity House, 1862, situated on Les Hanois reef. The tower is 36m high, constructed of interlocking Cornish granite blocks. A helideck was added in 1979. Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Jethou / II

Island of Jethou, pop. c.3, seen from St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Pleinmont Tower / II

Observation tower MP3 (Marine Peilstand und Messtellung 3) built 1943 as part of the occupying forces 'Atlantic Wall' defences. Intended for visual ship-sighting and triangulation with other towers. Torteval, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Pleinmont Tower / I

Observation tower MP3 built 1943 during Wehrmacht occupation of Guernsey, part of the Atlantic Wall. 2m thick ferro-concrete, constructed using a continuous-pour method in just 7 weeks. Torteval, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Weighbridge Clock Tower / GY1

Date-stone indicates 1891 although the building needed partial restoration after WW2 bomb damage. In a vernacular style with elements of Romanesque Revival, using ashlar and rusticated masonry. St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. 

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Jethou / from Guernsey

Island of Jethou, pop. c.3, seen from St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Albion House / GY1

The wall plaque says that this tavern has stood here since 1780 and that it is the closest pub to a church in the British Isles. Albion House Tavern, Church Square, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. 

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Town Church / St Peter Port

Present building constructed C13 - 1466. Formally known as the Church of St Peter, Apostle and Martyr, probably after an earlier chapel on the site known as Sancti Petri du Portu Mari. Mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records for being closest church to a pub in the British Isles (measured from the gargoyle to the white Albion House Tavern). St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. 

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Castle Cornet / Guernsey

Originally constructed 1206-1256 on what was then a separate island — connected to Guernsey by a breakwater in the Victorian era. Photographed from La Frégate, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Lombard Wharf / II

Architects: Patel Taylor, 2017, for Barratt London. 28 storey riverside tower with 134 apartments, seen across the river Thames.

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Banyan House / SW6

Broadway Malyan Architects, c.2005. Part of the Imperial Wharf residential-led development, incorporating over 10 acres of landscaped parkland. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

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Fulham Riverside / SW6

Architects: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and Broadway Malyan, 2018, for Barratt Homes and London & Quadrant. Seen here is Tower West, Riverwalk Apartments and Tower East. There are central gardens and a supermarket on the north flank.

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One Bank St / E14

Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, 2019. New 27-storey office block book-ending Heron Quays West, Canary Wharf.

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Canary Riverside / E14

Residential district completed 2000, immediately NW of Westferry Circus. The Neo-Egyptian style building — design originally conceived by Philippe Starck — is the 5-star Canary Riverside Plaza Hotel.

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Canary Wharf / 20190512

Canary Wharf viewed from Rotherhithe. New residential towers in progress are (L to R): 1. Newfoundland; 2. Landmark Pinnacle; 3. Wardian. Photographed from London Borough of Southwark. 

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The Lakes / Norway Dock

Architects: Shepheard Epstein Hunter, 1988-96. Waterside housing using part of the old Norway Docks. 175 houses and flats have been constructed around a rebuilt lake. London Borough of Southwark.

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Plover Way / SE16

Architects: Shepheard Epstein Hunter, 1988-96. This house, paired with one on the opposite side of the road, creates a colonnaded entrance to Plover Way. Surrey Quays, London Borough of Southwark.

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The Ship / Wandsworth

Sign for 'The Ship', a public house said to have been on the banks of the River Thames since 1786. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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St Barnabas / Pimlico

Architect: Thomas Cundy II, 1850. In revival of the Early English Gothic, with the broach spire restored in 2006. Grade I listed. City of Westminster, London.

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Waterman's Quay / SW6

Part of a late 1980's residential development known as 'Regent on the River'. Built by Bovis Construction in the Postmodern style. Located in Hammersmith & Fulham, but photographed across the Thames in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Shaw Court / SW11

Architects: George, Trew & Dunn, 1966, for Battersea Metropolitan Borough Council. 11 storeys, 44 dwellings. Part of the Winstanley Estate, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Scholey House / SW11

Architects: Howes, Jackman & Partners, for Wandsworth Borough Council, 1969. 128 flats in 9 storeys, part of the York Road Estate. This block is likely to be demolished in the early 2020s as part of the council's redevelopment plans. Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Inkster House / SW11

Architects: Howes, Jackman & Partners, 1969. 76 flats over 17 floors, part of the York Road Estate. Refurbishment planned to include new windows, enclosed balconies and Trespa cladding panels (BPG Architects). Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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