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Thursday, July 20, 2023

Devizes, Wiltshire

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When is a castle not a castle? ...When it’s a toll house. This small building was erected some time in the mid-19th century, probably the 18...
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Friday, May 21, 2010

Badby, Northamptonshire

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Roadside eyecatcher We’re so used to rectangular and square buildings that different shapes stand out. This house, on the A361 in Northampto...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Purton, Wiltshire

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ARCHITEXTS: THINGS WRITTEN ON BUILDINGS (7) Hexagonal or octagonal buildings often started life as the dwellings of the people responsible...
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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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