City of London

the view from Horizon 22 - the viewing gallery at 22 Bishopsgate

Up on the roof (again): the ‘Beast’

18/01/2024 donbrown 0

At 278m (912’) and 63 storeys, the new(ish) office block at 22 Bishopsgate is the tallest building in the City of London, and second only […]

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Londinium: a new place to see the capital’s Roman wall

14/11/2023 donbrown 0

Typical, you wait ages for a post about Roman London, then three come along at once. After the Mithraeum and the Billingsgate bath house, here’s […]

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Londinium: the Billingsgate Roman Bath House

14/11/2023 donbrown 0

Dig a hole in the City of London and a few metres down you will hit Londinium, the original city, because before the Romans there […]

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Gluttony and grave robbing – Pye Corner in Smithfield

21/10/2023 donbrown 0

Stroll up Giltspur Street towards Smithfield Market and look up to your left at the building on the corner of Cock Lane. In an arched […]

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The Mithraeum: The City of London’s Roman Temple

24/07/2023 donbrown 0

Under the Bloomberg European headquarters building in the City is the ‘London Mithraeum’, a glimpse into an obscure part of Roman London. Obscure not just […]

The Crypt Chapel, St Olave’s Hart Street

02/05/2023 donbrown 0

Another City church, another ancient crypt… St Olave’s Hart Street is one of the few churches to survive the Great Fire of 1666 (it was […]

The American Memorial Chapel, St Paul’s

22/06/2022 donbrown 0

If you’ve seen Herbert Mason’s photo ‘St Paul’s Survives’ – the dome of the cathedral still standing proud as the smoke of the Blitz rises […]

The crypt museum in All Hallows by the Tower

22/06/2022 donbrown 0

Fight your way through the crowds surrounding the Tower of London and you might just make it through to one of London’s oldest churches. All […]

The Church of St Mary Aldermanbury – London and Missouri

21/05/2022 donbrown 0

At the corner of Love Lane and Aldermanbury, round the back of the old City of London Police HQ, is a ‘pocket park’ that was […]

“Exquisite Pain” in St Bart’s

07/02/2022 donbrown 0

The church of St Bartholomew the Great in Smithfield is one of the jewels of London. A breathtakingly beautiful architectural gem that has occupied its […]