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• Octavia on Oxford Street

  

  This rather lovely sign in St Christopher's Place, off Oxford Street, marks the entrance to Sarsden Buildings. These are homes built by Victorian... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Steamship in Stone

  

  Denmark House on Tooley Street, by London Bridge station, is a flamboyant Edwardian building, built by architect S D Adshead in 1908. At first glance, the... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Baking Better Bricks

  

  When the Saint Ilan brick and tileworks were built in 1864, they used cutting-edge technology. Their location on the bay of Saint Brieuc also provided... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Forage on the Foreshore

  

  A narrow alleyway, an iron gate, a flight of stone steps... Even if the buildings alongside are now modern flats, it's easy for a moment to imagine oneself... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Light Fantastic!

  

  Before each London to Brighton veteran car run, many of the cars parade on Regent Street. I've been several times before, and it gets busier each year. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• London's Last 'embassy Chapel'

  

  A small, unassuming Georgian building behind Regent Street, the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption St Gregory is not among London's most well-known. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• A Roman Eagle in London

  

  Minories, a City of London street leading from Tower Hill to Aldgate, takes its name from the Minoresses (nuns) who had an abbey here in the middle ages. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (102): Marshall's Lysol

  

  On my way to the ghost signs walk around Stoke Newington, I jumped off the bus early to photograph this advertisement for Marshall's Lysol. It reads 'Ask for... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (101): the Walk

  

  Wonderful as photographs of ghost signs are, there's nothing like seeing them in real life. One of the best places to do so is Stoke Newington, which has... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (100): Bermondsey Leather

  

  A century ago, Bermondsey was full of industry - and much of that industry was tanning. Skins were cleaned, with the wool going to felters for hat-making and th... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (99): Paper

  

  This sign is on Bermondsey Street, SE1, and reads 'Estabd 1857 - Thomson Bros Ltd - PAPER'. It's not the most decorative example, and the fitting of the bold... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Terracotta and Teapots in Cocks Lane

  

  This gorgeous tile and terracotta facade marks the former London showroom of steam engineer John James Royle. The premises in Cock Lane, Smithfield promoted... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• A Public-private Parisian Home

  

  When Édouard André, son of a wealthy banking family, married renowned artist Nélie Jacquemart in 1881, they shared both a passion for collecting art and the... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Brutal Barbican

  

  The Barbican is a large complex in the City of London which is home to an arts centre, schools, the Museum of London, and about four thousand residents. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office

  

  An Open House favourite, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is a grand piece of Victoriana completed in 1868 in classical Italianate style. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Inside Islington Tunnel

  

  The opening of the new public square in front of King's Cross Station was accompanied last weekend by a Victorian-style fair and the Journeys Festival, aiming t... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Arsenic and the Royal Arsenal

  Fans of golden-age detective fiction may well be familiar with the Marsh test - the method used to detect the presence of arsenic. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• New Light on the Old Royal Naval College

  

  Wren's masterpiece in Greenwich, the Old Royal Naval College, was still the Royal Hospital for Seamen in 1850 when its formal landscaping scheme was created. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Cathedral Builders in Crystal Palace

  

  Throughout Open House Weekend, groups of visitors put on hard hats and listened to safety briefings before descending a rather worn flight of stairs to the... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• The Oak Room

  

  September 2013 sees the 400th anniversary of the New River, Hugh Myddelton's great feat of engineering which brought fresh Hertfordshire water into London (at... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY