English Buildings

I thought I knew what to expect in the countryside of the Herefordshire-Shropshire borders. Hills stretching for miles, forests, open views...

You could be forgiven for thinking that this has become the Scottish Buildings blog. But now and then a bit of Scottish-baronial-influenced ...

LETTERS FROM SALISBURY (3) The last of my trio of bits of lettering from Salisbury buildings is what’s left of the shop front of Knight an...

LETTERS FROM SALISBURY (2) These carved letters are from a building that began life as the city’s hospital in 1767. The building was designe...

LETTERS FROM SALISBURY (1) Walking around Salisbury recently I decided to avert my eyes from the cathedral for once and have a close look at...

I remember when I first stumbled across this place. Passing a knot of stone outbuildings and rounding a sharp bend, there was a high brick ...

Limestone is one of the most versatile of England’s traditional materials. It runs in a band from Lyme Bay in Dorset to a point north of Fi...