English Buildings

  Beasts, chevrons, and scrolls I apologise to any readers who have been frustrated at my previous post, which illustrates a notable Norman ...

The Golden Minster Dominating a small patch of green space by St Oswald’s Road in Gloucester is a piece of wall with a story going back more...

The hard stuff In the list of English building stones most familiar are the sedimentary rocks, such as limestones and sandstones, that are s...

Putting up a front In the same street as my two previous posts is this building, one that has caught my eye before as I’ve driven past. It’s...

The elephant in the room, or, Odd things in churches (11) Although it’s not at all odd for a church to have a font, this one is odd, as E...

Oasis It was a long time ago. An open door seemed to promise cool shade that hot summer. I remember the silence. The streets outside, wit...

Broadway Tower is on top of a hill on the borders of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire on a site that had long been used for lighting beac...