English Buildings

Peace be with you Wandering around the Gloucestershire village of Saul at the weekend, I noticed that several of the houses bore carved or p...

On course When I first saw this building, its vast windows shining in the sun across a car park, I thought it must be a school. Did the s...

It's time to revive my 'ten of the best' feature, in which I provide links (in the column on the right, underneath The English B...

Umbrella men This is one of my favourite London shop fronts, and I expect a lot of my readers are familiar with it too. So, instead of the m...

Strongfellows As a regular visitor to the Czech Republic, I’ve often been impressed by the giant carvings of Atlas-like figures who hold ...

House with a history A few hundred yards form the Fish House described in the previous post is this house. It is set back from the road ...

Phone for the fish knives, Dunstan At Meare, a few miles from Glastonbury, this plain but striking medieval building stands in the middle...