English Buildings

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Industrial classical We get into the habit of pigeon-holing the areas and counties of England. It’s too easy to think of Cornwall as all ...

Have you got the scrolls? Pevsner’s Dorset volume says that the old Greyhound Inn, in the centre of Blandford Forum, takes façade decorat...

Across the fields and through the trees To walk across green fields up to the beautiful Elizabethan front of Broughton Castle on a sunny ...

i m Hannah Kodicek 1947-2011 A brief detour from my usual territory, as I remember a dear friend who died last week. * * * Walking aro...

Tin among the trees Regular readers of this blog will have noticed that I’m a fan of corrugated iron, which I like because it can be bent...

In the shadow of the great house (2) The predominant building type in the English countryside is the cottage. As we travel around, we’re ...