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Showing posts with label elephant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elephant. Show all posts
Thursday, August 15, 2024

Peckforton, Cheshire

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Elephant and castle The image of an elephant with a castle on its back is an ancient one. The Romans famously used war elephants that could ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

The Lea, Herefordshire

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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...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Bristol

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To th’Elephant I was so pleased to find this sign, because, like so many three-dimensional inn signs, it enhances a city street while pay...
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Saturday, November 1, 2008

Wickham, Berkshire

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The elephant in the gloom Grubbing around in Berkshire looking for a Gothick gatehouse that escaped my searching, I found myself in Wickham ...
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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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