English Buildings

Number one, and Number Six Pevsner classifies the houses of Buckingham Place, in the little enclave between Buckingham Palace and Victo...

Together again Some time ago I posted a curious capital from the church at Ludgershall in Buckinghamshire in which, instead of the usu...

A nice slice A nice slice of brown bread and honey always seems to conjure up for me images of pleasant winter evenings in front of the f...

Postcards from England: 2. Shells suit The next in my series of postcards of buildings is the Shell House in Polperro. Originally a 19t...

Animal assortment Hereford's museum is one of many built in the 19th century as the Victorians, rich from the fruits of empire, set a...

Looking up in Lacock You probably know Lacock. It's the Wiltshire village that's wholly owned by the National Trust and preserv...

As a follow-up to my previous post about the book Village and Town , written and illustrated by S R Badmin, here is one more of his evoc...