English Buildings

Sculptural practice I know the area north of Oxford Street quite well, especially the bit around Portland Place, home to the RIBA and i...

Englishman's home, Englishwoman's folly... Just a couple of hours before finding the eccentric houses in the previous post , I ...

Potscape A row of early- or mid-19th century cottages is often an ornament on a town street or in a village. Gothic glazing with small ...

With restraint, or, Odd things in churches (2) A set of stocks does seem an odd thing to find in a church, but it's less odd if viewe...

By the waterside A lot of Britain is torn by wind and overwhelmed by rain, so here's reminder that the waters can be calm. This is th...

Watching the river flow A long time ago I lived in house with a garden going down to the bank of a canal. Sitting outside and watching th...

In the pink The previous post about the black and white timber-framed Round House in Evesham provoked some comment – in the comments sec...