English Buildings

Meetings with remarkable buildings

Friday, May 22, 2026

Liverpool, Royal Albert Dock

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  The red and the grey An 1840s complex of vast warehouses and numerous smaller structures around the water, the Royal Albert Dock is the ma...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Liverpool, Wapping Dock

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Stand-out structure Not far from the Albert Dock, whose gatemen’s shelters were featured in my previous post , stands Wapping Dock, and alon...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Liverpool, Royal Albert Dock

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Small structure, giant stones On a visit to Liverpool recently, I was very taken with the docks, the Royal Albert Dock in particular. Its im...
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Thursday, May 7, 2026

London, Marylebone Lane

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  The pub on the corner Corner sites are favourites for any business that relies on walk-in trade – shops of course, but also pubs. I passed...
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Sunday, May 3, 2026

London, New Bond Street

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  Free style A stroll through the gallery and couture retail area around New Bond Street throws up various architectural delights. Here’s ju...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Framlingham, Suffolk

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Show of strength   Framlingham Castle looks very impressive as you approach it from the town. Today the entrance is along a path bounded by ...
Monday, April 27, 2026

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

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  Occasional haunts, 2 I often stroll around Cheltenham, admiring its Regency architecture (terraces, crescents and squares of stone or stuc...
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Philip Wilkinson
I'm the author of The English Buildings Book, Phantom Architecture, Restoration, the book of Adam Hart-Davis's series What the Romans Did For Us, other books about architecture and buildings, and various books on other subjects, including Dorling Kindersley's handbooks on Mythology (written with Neil Philip) and Religions. IN THIS BLOG I share my encounters with some of my favourite English buildings, including many that are little known and that get short shrift in the architectural history books. Look here for accounts of breweries, prefabs, power stations, corrugated-iron barns and the occasional parish church as I share my meetings with England's remarkable buildings. IN THIS COLUMN, JUST BELOW HERE, are some links to a series of short articles that make up a very brief history of English architecture.
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