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Some snaps from the phone from walking around this month. Click on any image to see the whole galley

Francis Crick Centre, St Pancras

Bizarre window display, St Pancas

Liberty's WW2 staff memorial

Liberty's window

Waterloo station WW2 memorial

Tate Modern extension

Tate Modern extension

Holborn Viaduct

Opposite Old Bailey

St Sepulchre, Newgate

Stuff of nightmares

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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900): author, playwright, poet,

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900): author, playwright, poet, wit. Blue plaque in Tite Street, Chelsea, SW3.
#london #blueplaque #oscar #oscarwilde #chelsea #titestreet

Stained glass window near Rosetti Studios, #Chelse

Stained glass window near Rosetti Studios, #Chelsea
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#stainedglass #sunflowers #vangogh #window

Pollarded plane trees, Royal Hospital Road, Chelse

Pollarded plane trees, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea.
#london #trees #pollarding #planetree #abstract #nature

Gravestone of Mrs Elizabeth Dagley, in St Luke’s

Gravestone of Mrs Elizabeth Dagley, in St Luke’s churchyard #chelsea.
For historical context: she died two months before the Battle of Waterloo.
#london #churchyard #gravestone #stlukeschelsea

Millennium Bridge (Foster & Partners and Sir Antho

Millennium Bridge (Foster & Partners and Sir Anthony Cato). Conceived as a ‘blade of light’ across the Thames, it is actually a suspension bridge - these cables support the weight of the bridge.
#london #millenniumbridge #fosterandpartners #anthonycaro #bridges

Gherkin selfie. A reflection in 30 St Mary Axe (ak

Gherkin selfie.
A reflection in 30 St Mary Axe (aka ‘the Gherkin’). By Foster & Partners (Ken Shuttleworth).
On 14 April I’m doing a virtual tour ‘10 architects that built London’ - tap @uktoursonline and follow the link in the bio for booking information.
#london #londonarchitecture #architecture #cityoflondon #thegherkin #normanfoster #fosterandpartners #kenshuttleworth

The entrance porches of #victorian houses often ha

The entrance porches of #victorian houses often have decorative tiles, but this is the first time I’ve seen those tiles with portraits.
These are Field Marshal the Earl Robert’s V.C. and Major-General Hector MacDonald, both of whom served with distinction in the 2nd Boer War. That then dates this house to around 1900.
#london #victorianhouse #tiles #boerwar #hectormacdonald #bobsroberts

#battersea #blossom . . . #london #spring #blosso

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#Decorated #lamppost in #Balham.

#Decorated #lamppost in #Balham.

Status update. A grotesque on the side of a house

Status update.

A grotesque on the side of a house (possibly an old pub) in Balham.

#balham #grotesque #grin #grinningman #gatewaytothesouth

St Luke’s church, SW12 (F W Hunt, architect), “built in the manner of the Italian Romanesque basilica”.

#church #london #magnolia #magnoliablossom #stlukesbattersea #nightingalelane

Current status. #lockdown #lockdown3 #skeleton

Current status.

#lockdown #lockdown3 #skeleton

The sky is full of shoes. Found Art hanging over

The sky is full of shoes.

Found Art hanging over Chapel Market.
#london #objettrouvé #foundart #islington #chapelmarket

M’lord (Richard) Rogers’ ‘Montevetro’ apar

M’lord (Richard) Rogers’ ‘Montevetro’ apartment block on the river at Battersea, with an older (more characterful?) residence in the foreground.
#london #battersea #riverthames #montevetro #richardrogers #rogersstirkharbour #thamesbarge

St Mary’s Church Battersea, from the shoreline.

St Mary’s Church Battersea, from the shoreline.
The church where William Blake married, Benedictine Arnold is buried and, it is said, from where Turner painted the Thames.
#battersea #stmarysbattersea #riverthames #london #anchor #williamblake #benedictarnold #church

Blossom is blooming across Clapham Common. Spring

Blossom is blooming across Clapham Common. Spring is coming.
#clapham #claphamcommon #blossom #hawthorn #spring

Does my bum look big in this? Bulbous growth on t

Does my bum look big in this?

Bulbous growth on trunk of Clapham Common tree.

Corinthian capitals, in Nash’s Chester Terrace,

Corinthian capitals, in Nash’s Chester Terrace, Regent’s Park.

“The Corinthian order is the last developed of the three principal classical orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture.”

#johnnash #nasharchitecture #chesterterrace #regentspark #georgianarchitecture #corinthian

The Fusiliers memorial, guarding the entrance to t

The Fusiliers memorial, guarding the entrance to the City of London on Holborn.
Discover more on my @uktoursonline talk on Wednesday.
#london #warmemorial #royalfusiliers #ww1 #ww1history #ww1memorial #cityoflondon #holborn

Come along to my virtual tour of London’s WW1 wa

Come along to my virtual tour of London’s WW1 war memorials this Wednesday evening. Go to @uktoursonline and follow the link in the bio to our ‘forthcoming tours’.
This is from the Machine Gun Corps Memorial by Francis Derwent Wood, at Hyde Park Corner.
#ww1 #london #ww1memorial #machineguncorps #francisderwentwood #derwentwood #sculpture #wwone #ww1history #wwi #warmemorial

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