Decorative metalwork strap bench in Battersea Park. Design originates from the mid-C19, although this is probably a reproduction of the Victorian style. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Architects: C.A.Lucas, W.G.Howell et al of the LCC, 1959. Twelve-storey point block comprising 44 flats. Part of the Alton Conservation Area. Tangley Grove, Alton West, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Architects: C.A.Lucas, W.G.Howell et al of the LCC, 1959. Twelve-storey point block providing 44 flats. Tangley Grove, Alton West, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Architects: John Partridge, Roy Stout et al of the LCC, 1961. Unlisted and, along with Allbrook House, under threat of demolition. Roehampton Lane Estate, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Architects: John Partridge, Roy Stout et al of the LCC, 1961. Along with the Library it is unlisted and under threat of demolition. Roehampton Lane Estate, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Late-C19 red-brick building now comprising ground floor offices on Heath Street and, above, two residential flats accessed from The Mount. Hampstead, London Borough of Camden.
Architect: Harry Arnold Rowbotham for LCC Parks Dept., 1938, in the Moderne style. Grade II listing says: "the most sophisticated of the thirteen lidos constructed by the LCC between 1909 and 1939". London Borough of Camden.
Spire belongs to Christ Church, architect Samuel Daukes in revival of the Early English Gothic style, 1852. There has recently been major restoration. Hampstead, London Borough of Camden.
Late C19 three-storey terrace. Flat-fronted with sash windows and dentil cornice. Brickwork now painted white. This is at the Heath Street end of Back Lane. Hampstead, London Borough of Camden.
Early C19, narrow 4-storey house with single-storey extension to right. Detached, but close to Holly Bush PH. Contiguous window bays over 3 floors, 'Hollybush House' name sign. Grade II listed. Hampstead, London Borough of Camden.
Large detached house c.1693, Grade I listed. The Georgian exterior form as a result of remodelling in the early C19 by the then owner P.I.Fenton, a Riga merchant. Hampstead Grove, London Borough of Camden.
Architect: William Colling, 1848. Tower commemorating an 1846 visit to the island by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Monument Gardens, St Peter Port, Guernsey, CI.
Architect: John Wilson, 1818, in Greek Revival style. Originally the church of St James-the-Less, since 1985 a concert and events venue. St Peter Port, Guernsey, CI.
Guernsey's oldest pillar box, installed 1853 on Union Street. Made by the foundry of Vaudin & Son in Jersey, cast iron, about four feet high, octagonal in design. This is also the only Guernsey pillar box painted red rather than the usual blue colour. St Peter Port, Guernsey, CI.
Guernsey museum and art gallery, 1978, on the site of the earlier Candie Auditorium. The plaque commemorates a 1963 performance there by the Beatles. St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Isles.
Late C11 White Tower (Keep), architect: Bishop Gundulf for William I. Built by Norman masons, using English labour. Late C13 Traitors' Gate / St Thomas's Tower, architect: James of Saint-George for Edward I. Providing a water-gate entrance into the Tower. Grade I listed building and World Heritage Site. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Vista of the Highgate incline seen from Hampstead Heath. The spire to right is St Anne's, at the bottom of Highgate West Hill. The copper dome on the centre horizon is St Joseph's, about half-way up Highgate Hill. London Borough of Camden.
Block of flats built 1964, replacing a hotel. Named after Stanley Spencer who used a studio, from 1914 to 1927, in the earlier building. The flats look out over the Vale of Health pond which was created in 1777 by the Hampstead Water Co. London Borough of Camden.
Bridge architect: Joseph Gwilt, c.1845, in a Roman Classical style. Grade II listed. The Hampstead Fleet stream passes through this pond. Hampstead Heath, London Borough of Camden.
Developed as offices c.1991 by Conran Roche, finished in white stove-enamelled steel panels. Converted c.1997 to 14 flats along with ground-floor retail (Fourpoint Architects LLP). A.k.a. Saffron Wharf, London Borough of Southwark.
The Harpy Houseboat, built 1904 as Customs & Excise office HMS Harpy, now decommissioned and re-purposed as a 4-bed vacation let. China Wharf, London Borough of Southwark.
Possibly a C17 barn, becoming residential in early C18. The Grade II listing says it's believed to have been initially converted to house a worker of the Hampstead Water Company — the nearby ponds were once water reservoirs for supply to the West End. Millfield Lane, London Borough of Camden.