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St Luke’s church, Sydney Street in Chelsea. Buil

St Luke’s church, Sydney Street in Chelsea. Built in 1824 and so one of the first Neo-Gothic churches to be built in London: the nave, 60ft in height, is the tallest of any parish church in London and the tower reaches a height of 142 feet.

It is the church where Charles #dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836.

#church #london #neogothic #neogothicarchitecture #charlesdickens #sydneystreet #chelsea

Just off Cheyne Walk by Albert Bridge, these plaqu

Just off Cheyne Walk by Albert Bridge, these plaques show where Chelsea Manor House once stood.
Home to Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth I)between 1536 and 1548 (there are reputed to be mulberry trees in the garden planted by her), it’s also where Henry’s fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, died in 1557.
The last owner was Hans Sloane, whose collection formed the basis of the British Museum.
#london #chelsea #cheynewalk #henryviii #henry8 #elizabethi #anneofcleves #blueplaque

Because some days you need a photo of a stink pipe

Because some days you need a photo of a stink pipe.
These are classic bits of Victorian infrastructure - hollow, cast iron pipes that ventilate Bazalgette’s sewers beneath.
#london #stinkpipe #bazalgette #sewers #battersea #industrialarchaeology

The ‘thin house’ in Thurloe Place, South Kensi

The ‘thin house’ in Thurloe Place, South Kensington. At its narrowest point (this end) it’s just 2 metres wide.
#london #southken #southkensington #thinhouse #thurloeplace

Plaque in Chelsea to ‘50s starlet Diana Dors, (b

Plaque in Chelsea to ‘50s starlet Diana Dors, (born Diana Fluck).

The story is told (and se non è vero, è ben trovato) that she was invited to open a fete in her home town. The vicar introduced her by saying ‘We have with us today Diana Dors, whom many of you will remember as Doris Klunt”. It’s a gag recently recycled by Alan Partridge.
#london #dianadors #blueplaque #alanpartridge #alanpartridgequotes

At the next @UKToursOnline #free chat (2 November

At the next @UKToursOnline #free chat (2 November - tap @UKToursOnline and follow link) the five of us will be talking about favourite and least favourite #london buildings.
I’ll be championing the #Victorian terraced house in its multitude of incarnations. The row upon row of #terraces across the capital are still the bedrock of the city’s housing stock and are evidence of the huge growth of the capital in the 1800s.
#virtualevents #virtuallearning #housing #homes #londonstock #architecture

“The pence of the poor have paid for this door” - the Church of the Ascension, Lavender Hill.
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#london #lavenderhill #battersea #churches #1884 #door

Blue Plaque to the author Angela Carter in The Cha

Blue Plaque to the author Angela Carter in The Chase, London SW4.

(From the @englishheritage citation) “It was at this house, 107, The Chase, that Carter spent the last sixteen years of her life. She often tutored her then student, Kazuo Ishiguro, at the kitchen table and received fellow writers – J.G. Ballard, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie – as guests.”
#london #author #angelacarter #blueplaque #livedhere #clapham #claphamcommon

Back under the roof.

Back under the roof.

A visit to the @britishmuseum yesterday. TBH sligh

A visit to the @britishmuseum yesterday. TBH slightly disappointing - there’s a one way route in the ground floor only (I wanted to visit the Roman and medieval rooms).
Did bump into this lovely sculpture of Pericles though (its a Roman copy of a lost Greek original).
#britishmuseum #roman #sculpture #pericles #london #ancientgreek

At Clarence House / St James’s Palace. Two of th

At Clarence House / St James’s Palace. Two of the guards showing how it’s done.
#london #visitlondon #clarencehouse #stjamesspalace #royalfamily #pompandcircumstance #queensguard

#ww2 survivals in Lord North Street, Westminster.

#ww2 survivals in Lord North Street, Westminster.
#airraidshelter #ghostsign #ghostsigns #london #wwii #theblitz #londonblitz

One nation under CCTV - Lancaster House on The Mal

One nation under CCTV - Lancaster House on The Mall.
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#london #cctv #unionjack #lancasterhouse #cctvcamera #themall

The fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square is currently

The fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square is currently displaying ‘The End’ by Heather Phillipson - “it suggests both exuberance and unease”.
#london #trafalgarsquare #fourthplinth #sculpture #heatherphillipson #theend

The little-known St Sidwell, the patron saint of E

The little-known St Sidwell, the patron saint of Exeter. Killed by reapers (hence the scythe). This is a fibreglass sculpture from 1969 by local artist Fred Irving.
#exeter #stsidwell #sculpture #fredirving

Now surrounded by the Notre Dame housing estate in

Now surrounded by the Notre Dame housing estate in Clapham, this is a survival from 1793, the porticoed entrance to an Orangery, formerly part of a miniature landscape estate with a lake belonging to the Thornton family.
The Thorntons were a rich family involved (with their friend William Wilberforce) in the anti-slavery movement centred on Holy Trinity church, Clapham Common.
#clapham #claphamcommon #georgian #georgianarchitecture #orangery #portico #wilberforce #williamwilberforce #thornton #henrythornton

Me and daughter photographing son.

Me and daughter photographing son.

The Art Deco wonderfulness of the old lift doors f

The Art Deco wonderfulness of the old lift doors from Selfridges department store - now to be found in @museumoflondon
#london #visitlondon #selfridges #artdeco #sculpture #museumoflondon

My next virtual tour for www.uktoursonline.com is

My next virtual tour for www.uktoursonline.com is on the Great Fire of 1666 - four days that destroyed 80% of the medieval City of London. (It’s on 2nd September at 7pm)

The spire of St Laurence Pountney church was seen by Pepys on the south bank of the river to catch fire on the Sunday evening. It was one of the churches not to be rebuilt afterwards.
#london #greatfireoflondon #stlaurencepountney #samuelpepys #1666 #blueplaque #cityoflondon

#museumoflondon #theclash #londonscalling #london

#museumoflondon #theclash #londonscalling #london

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