English Buildings

Wesley’s room In response to my previous post about the chapel in Devizes, a reader asked me what were the essential requirements of a n...

Chapel style Somewhere in the back of my mind there’s the image of a stereotypical nonconformist chapel – the classic design with a symme...

A downward glance ‘Isn’t that slag?’ The Resident Wise Woman’s mind was more on geology than the elegant but rather forbidding Early En...

Changing times, changing materials Shape and form are of the essence of architecture. They’re a huge part of what gives a building its ch...

Clifton-Taylor’s English towns: In the marches My short armchair travel series concludes for now with another of my favourite English tow...

Clifton-Taylor’s English towns: Down by the riverside Next in my short series of posts on Alec Clifton-Taylor’s 1970s television programm...

Clifton-Taylor’s English Towns: Brick and flint January’s cold and dark days encourage armchair travel rather than the real kind. I’m usi...