English Buildings

The joys of the wriggly stuff Up there in the list of my obsessions are various things that are not strictly architecture, but which are adj...

Tin tabernacle As regular readers will know, I’m a great fan and regular user of Nikolaus Pevsner’s Buildings of England books, to which I ...

Hunting the Hart During our recent stop in Buckingham, the town’s White Hart Hotel was looking particularly attractive with its hanging bask...

Stand-out steeple When it comes to skylines in small towns, it’s often a church that dominate the scene, not necessarily a large industrial...

‘Go’ in St Neots Although I like to think I am good at spotting small, unregarded buildings, sometimes my attention is drawn irresistibly to...

Here comes the Sun, or, Odd things in churches (14) People who look carefully at old buildings will know all about the Sun Fire Office. It w...

For filling up A recent visit to Buckingham, en route for a destination further east, saw us taking a stroll along Well Street, a way I’d n...