English Buildings

From the Brazils This is one of the figures on the monument of Edmund Harman, barber-surgeon to Henry VIII, in Burford parish church. Harma...

Full English Before I leave Page Street, here’s the other building I noticed as I made way to Tate Britain. The Regency Cafe (‘established 1...

Checkmate A few years ago I was involved in a campaign to provide more affordable housing in the small Cotswold town where I live. Some peop...

Marking time I have a fondness for the old town halls of the 17th and 18th centuries. They form visual climaxes to so many high streets a...

French curves When someone says ‘Art Nouveau’, I automatically think of Paris Metro stations and large houses in Brussels, buildings put up ...

Remember them Here are last year's snows on my favourite war memorial, not far from where I live. The 1920 bronze statue of St George an...

Landmark cottages (1) At the entrances to villages, on dangerous bends, in fields, at wide places in the road, landmark cottages stand an...