English Buildings

High security Like some sort of rustic mausoleum – the pyramid of an old geezer – this little building pops up in the Oxfordshire village of...

Kicked a building lately? That’s the title of a collection of writings by redoubtable American architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable, a...

Investment product (2) I first came across the word ‘tontine’ (see previous post ) when I saw this building. It’s in the Cotswold town of...

Investment product (1) To Stourport-on-Severn, to admire the locks, basins, bridges, and waterside buildings of one of England’s most fascin...

A tomb with a view I make no apologies for returning once more to Bath, especially as on this visit I was drawn to an unusual building that ...

The fire on Hastings Pier This post is to offer my condolences to my friends in Hastings for the damage caused to Hastings Pier in this wee...

Across the fields A way to the south of Great Malvern – famous for its grand medieval church, its spa, and its clusters of Victorian villas...