English Buildings

Foxy Shaldon, a small settlement across the estuary from Teignmouth, was originally busier and much more important than it is now – it was a...

  Place and taste I was recently reading Adam Nicolson’s Sissinghurst , about the beautiful castle in Kent restored and lived in by his gran...

Variety It has become almost second nature to me to seek out the atypical buildings in places that I visit – to look for Victorian architect...

Over the moat This is house is another recent discovery for me in a city I thought I knew. It’s called The Fosse, ‘fosse’, meaning ditch, be...

Aid for the industrious Wondering along an unfamiliar street in Hereford, I came across this arch, looking like a Jacobean relic stranded in...

  Local industry Many people visit the Cotswolds, and most of them come to see quaint limestone cottages and medieval churches, and to walk ...

Take notice There has been a lot in the news recently about the polluted state of many of Britain’s rivers. The River Wye, for example, is ...