English Buildings

Surprised in Sherborne, 2 Sherborne’s Cheap Street is a very attractive jumble of architectural styles – from late-medieval timber framed st...

  Surprised in Sherborne, 1 Ever since I wrote a book linked to a television series about the history of Britain’s high streets, I’ve been i...

Wood works The church at Hughley looks charming from the outside – it’s very small, without any architectural separation between nave and ch...

On tap On my previous visit to Bishop’s Castle I saw much to catch my attention, but I missed the Three Tuns Brewery, a stone’s throw from t...

At end of the road Frustrated at driving miles along a narrow windy lane, negotiating a tractor towing a long trailer and opting for the pur...

Going wild in Bradford-on-Avon I recently had a walk around Bradford-on-Avon, admiring the architecture, scaling the town’s sometimes precip...

More tiles, Maw tiles In the great transformation in church buildings that took place during the 19th century, a key element was the reviva...