English Buildings

'Oh ye whales… …and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord: praise him and magnify him for ever.' The words of the Benedi...

Fit for purpose I'm continuously humbled and astounded by the beauties to be found in English churches, especially those that are o...

  Embroidery in brick Although famous for its stone-built colleges and churches , Oxford in the 19th century became a city of brick. V...

Polish I'm not sure if I'm right, but I associate these large brass shop signs particularly with chemists' premises. They were...

Still here, for now When it comes to the way I look at buildings, context is everything. Swinbrook is an Oxfordshire village known ...

Screen goddess I don't know anything about this relief. Positioned high on the wall of a cinema in a side street in Oxford, it may ...

Cat on a Doric roof Writing about the Dying Gladiator in Brigg in a recent post has alerted me to three dimensional inn signs, a phenome...