English Buildings

Inspecting Wixford Following those narrow lanes in villages signposted ‘To the church’ is one of my pastimes, and I’m never quite sure what,...

Place in the sun Clifford Manor is at one end of the main street of a village nor far from Stratford-upon-Avon. A timber-framed house of the...

Back on track The pier at Clevedon sits on top of hard limestone and mud in water with a dramatic tidal range of about 46 feet and curren...

Watering place In spite of the two previous brewery posts, I have a liking for small structures. I’m also an admirer of the work of the Doul...

Beer and behemoths Whenever someone decides to put up a new building in the middle of one of our historic towns and villages, the tempera...

Amber nectar This 1880s building, trying to look like a French palace with the addition of an Italianate chimney, began life as the Anglo...

Almost old, almost new One wet Friday recently I found myself with a few minutes on my hands in the middle of Birmingham and I decided to pe...