English Buildings

When brick works I’m not usually a fan of yellow brick, but this building makes it sing. It’s part of the Westminster Kingsway College bu...

Tallis Fantasia On A September evening in 1910 a few hundred people gathered at Gloucester Cathedral for a concert that formed part of the...

As your lordship pleases Eyes that look along High Pavement in the middle of Nottingham are naturally drawn to this imposing classical fr...

Lambing The church at Brent Knoll has a terrific collection of bench ends dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. Vigorously carved, the...

Bells and railway whistles Before we leave the world of Victorian brickwork, which has been occupying me for the last few posts, may I of...

Roses for Lady de Croupes The church of St Bartholomew Whittington is a small medieval building set very close to 16th-century Whittingto...

Revisiting: The Regency Cafe In London SW1 the other day I passed a building I posted nearly seven years ago. I was never very happy wit...