English Buildings

An old favourite I’m sometimes asked which is my favourite among England’s fine group of cathedrals. I start by giving an evasive answe...

 Season’s Greetings    It is time once more for me to say ‘Happy Christmas’ to my readers. I know no better architectural way of doing th...

An Englishman, a Scotsman, and… Having started a short series on clocks, I couldn’t end before sharing this one, the veritable grandfathe...

An exercise in style As a pendant to my previous post on a clock in Bridgwater , here’s another outstanding Art Deco clock. It’s in the c...

Still pressed for time… So how about a couple of posts about clocks on buildings? Like my previous couple of posts at this time of franti...

History in the hills For my third reprise in this busy month, I offer a place I’ve actually already posted about twice. This multiplici...

Stone from the wold Here’s another repost from ten years ago to entertain my readers during my stretch of pre-Christmas work hyperacti...