English Buildings

Caught on the hop Seeing this building first from a distance, I thought it must be an old bottle kiln – after all, there were potteries ever...

End-on I’ve mentioned before on this blog that I have long been a fan of the work of the great English photographer Edwin Smith. Among the ...

Any excuse… …for a bit of corrugated iron and an old advertising sign. Yes, they’re things I am particularly drawn to. I like corrugated iro...

  Dashing for the post I always make a point of looking at old post boxes. The post (‘snail mail’) has always been a major part of my life. ...

Crinkle-crankle You can’t beat an old brick wall as a boundary to a garden. The pleasant, variegated colours of old brick, the feeling of wa...

The lion and the unicorn, 2 Here’s my second royal arms, this time the version relating to the first three Georges, a form of the arms in us...

The lion and the unicorn, 1 The practice of displaying the royal arms in churches became widespread during the reign of Henry VIII, after th...