English Buildings

  Continuity or change? The small riverside town of Upton-on-Severn has one of those traditional high streets that has evolved over the year...

Signs that shine The Worcestershire town of Upton-on-Severn has quite a few old shop fronts, and a point has been made recently of preser...

Great minds… The other night I was giving a talk about the history of the high street in Britain, illustrated with pictures of shops an...

Revisiting: Illuminating globe There are people (you know who you are) who have been reading this blog since before April 2008, when I ...

This is the creature that was never seen… Looking rather soulfully down at potential customers is this three-dimensional sign on the Un...

Cat on a Doric roof Writing about the Dying Gladiator in Brigg in a recent post has alerted me to three dimensional inn signs, a phenome...

Pepper pot Boston Stump, the Gherkin, the Shard: we like to give nicknames to buildings, especially towers, of unusual shape, and this ...

A Ludlow in Worcestershire The previous post about pillar boxes seemed to attract a lot of interest, so, although I’ve not managed to pass ...

I’ve always liked Upton on Severn , an inland town with a marine feel to it, thanks to a riverside location that has brought trade and pleas...