English Buildings

The man who fought the planners For many, I know, the period between Christmas and the New Year is a dead time, especially for those who d...

Ancient styles Sometimes a few notes, or a particular quality of sound, can do it: a memory is summoned and I am somewhere else entire...

Seasonally graphic A few weeks ago the Resident Wise Woman and I visited the Jackfield Tile Museum in Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire. Ho...

For the last of my clutch of pre-Christmas reviews, I turn to a book about the life and works of one the great Victorian architects, Geor...

I thought I was aware of the full gamut of English building types, and that this blog was having a good go at embracing the least regarde...

My third pre-Christmas review this year is about a book that chronicles the history of a great English house, Renishaw Hall, through the ...

The next review in my current series of featured books is something very different. It tells the story of a colourful episode in the hist...