English Buildings

Space, time and wallpaper, 1 Stuck at home meeting a deadline, I found myself taking a break by looking through some of the old copies of ...

The Sentinel, or, odd things in churches (12) In 1671, the justices of Oxford ordered all parishes in the county to keep a fire engine. ...

Domes and silk stockings I make occasional trips to Somerset and sometimes, having left the house early, stop off for a coffee somewhere...

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...