English Buildings

Gigantic Leeds (3) In his book Historic Architecture of Leeds , Derek Linstrum begins his entry on this building with the words, ‘One of...

Gigantic Leeds (2) My second gigantic and over-the-top building in Leeds is the Corn Exchange, another enormous structure by Cuthbert Br...

Gigantic Leeds (1) Visiting Leeds recently, I found the experience fascinating, and in a way overwhelming. Some of the civic building...

Plain, simple, and solid Before I leave the subject of telephone boxes, a recent visit to the excellent Avoncroft outdoor museum in Wo...

The red box ten years on I can hardly believe that it was ten years ago that I blogged about the Gallery on the Green in Settle, Yorksh...

Statement in stone Chard’s impressive Guildhall was opened in 1835. The building was designed by Taunton architect Richard Carver to com...

Ready for service Perhaps if the vegetation had been a bit less lush and a bit more wintry, and the road had been somewhat less bendy,...