English Buildings

Meetings with remarkable buildings

Showing posts with label textiles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label textiles. Show all posts
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Manchester, Portland Street

›
One for Cottonpolis Some of Manchester’s commercial buildings are so vast that they defeat the photographic efforts of a mere amateur with a...
Sunday, April 15, 2018

Cirencester, Gloucestershire

›
Day in the life Passing through Cirencester, we spot a large temporary yellow sign telling us that there’s an exhibition of Lucienne Da...
3 comments:
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Quordon, Leicestershire

›
Windows and webs This building in the Leicestershire village of Quorndon was built in the 19th century on the site of an older flour mill...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire

›
Industrial classical We get into the habit of pigeon-holing the areas and counties of England. It’s too easy to think of Cornwall as all ...
2 comments:
›
Home
View web version

About Me

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.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.