architecture

buxton memorial fountain in the foreground, victoria tower in the background

More Neo-Gothic Splendour: the Buxton Memorial

15/12/2025 donbrown 0

In Victoria Tower Gardens, the little public park that runs from Parliament to Lambeth Bridge, stands a very ornate Victorian drinking fountain (now, sadly, disconnected […]

The Guards Chapel and its Post War Rebuilding

14/11/2025 donbrown 0

Officially known as the Royal Military Chapel, but generally just as The Guards Chapel, this building stands within the Wellington Barracks at the top end […]

black and white half timbered house in mayfair

22 Farm Street, Mayfair – a tudorbethan house of history

10/10/2025 donbrown 0

The much-photographed Farm House in Mayfair – residents include Wallis Simpson, Gloria Swanson and JFK (possibly).

The Queen Empress with the Dodgy Nose

01/08/2025 donbrown 0

It’s another of those places that is packed with tourists (particularly when there is a Changing of the Guard), but which Londoners would avoid as […]

The Egregious Error of the Tower Hill Sundial

26/05/2025 donbrown 0

All about the huge architectural sundial on Tower Hill, and the big mistake it makes about London’s history.

Brendan Bracken and the Churchill Clock

20/05/2025 donbrown 0

Above the Cannon Street doorway of the FT’s Bracken House is a remarkable astrological clock featuring the face of Winston Churchill.

a view from the lookout viewing gallery of tower bridge

Up On the Roof (one more time) from The Lookout

18/05/2025 donbrown 0

Back up into the sky, this time with a trip up the neighbour of ‘The Beast’, The Lookout on the 50th floor of number 8 […]

The Barbican Conservatory: The Hanging Gardens of EC1*

10/03/2025 donbrown 0

To the Barbican on a glorious early spring day when the sky was blue and the sun was warm. Chamberlin, Powell and Bon’s brutalist City […]

The Bright Red London Telephone Box

21/02/2025 donbrown 0

A redundant 20th century artefact, repurposed for the tourist economy. But enough about me, let’s talk about phone boxes. Go to Parliament Square and you […]

inside the old reading room of the british library

The Old British Library Reading Room in the British Museum

23/01/2025 donbrown 0

Ever since the British Library decamped to its new home at St Pancras in 1997 and the subsequent creation of the Great Court, the British […]

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More Neo-Gothic Splendour: the Buxton Memorial

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The Egregious Error of the Tower Hill Sundial

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Up On the Roof (one more time) from The Lookout

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The Barbican Conservatory: The Hanging Gardens of EC1*

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The Bright Red London Telephone Box

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The Old British Library Reading Room in the British Museum

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