I’ve mentioned Peter Ackroyd before haven’t I? Well I remember him talking once about growing up in Acton and how he thinks that being slightly removed from the centre of London helped make him the London obsessive that he is. As if being on the edge of the city made it seem that little bit [...]
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building of my life…..
Posted in Building of the week on March 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
building of the week #10, Blewcoat School, SW1
Posted in Building of the week on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just off Victoria Street, tucked away behind Transport for London HQ and just minding it’s own business amongst the modern office blocks, is Blewcoat School. Well, what was Blewcoat School anyway – established in 1709 but now, and I don’t know why I find this so disappointing but I do, the National Trust’s main London [...]
building(s) of the week #8, Trinity Church Square, SE1
Posted in Building of the week on April 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Next time you visit Borough Market, take the time to walk further south towards Elephant & Castle (don’t panic, you don’t have to actually go to E&C) and take in the delights of Trinity Church Square. Improbably built by Trinity House, the body responsible for inshore navigation & safety in the 1820′s, it has to [...]
building of the week, year, century, millennium
Posted in Building of the week, Loving London on April 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You have to go with the flow sometimes, make plans (for Nigel) by all means but also be prepared to think on your feet. So after perusing the queue for the New Globe, and bizarrely missing Mr Onionbagblogger by just a few minutes, the Cabbie Family decided to head further east for lunch. Over beigel’s [...]
building of the week #7, Wembley Stadium, HA9 (aka The Foul Throw Stadium)
Posted in Building of the week, Drinking London, Eating London on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m cheating I know, mixing up posts and all sorts. I’m also leading this building of the week thread down a distinctly footballing alley. I make no apologies for this though. Wembley Stadium is a building isn’t it? A blinking expensive one, and one that is still finding it’s feet as the new “home of [...]
building of the week #6, Mary Ward House, 5-7 Tavistock Place, WC1
Posted in Building of the week on March 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Built in the late 19th century, there are clues to the exact date in the pictures below, this marvellous building was financed by John Passmore Edwards but the inspiration behind the building and it’s use came from novelist & social reformer, Mary Ward. Only named Mary Ward House after her death in 1921 this building [...]
building of the week #5, Champion Hill Stadium, SE22
Posted in Building of the week on March 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When I lived in Camberwell from 1993-1996 (I think those dates are right, my memory of that period is somewhat hazy) I spent a lot of time at Dulwich Hamlet FC. It was a 10 minute walk from my flat and they had a decent team back then, even threatening to make it into the [...]
building of the week #4, Tate & Lyle Thames Refinery, E16
Posted in Building of the week on March 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
OK pedants, this factory is a series of buildings I suppose, but I think you can forgive me for grouping them all together to bring you the 4th building of the week. Way out east in, appropriately, Factory Road, Silvertown is the Tate & Lyle Thames Refinery – to give it it’s proper name. As [...]
building of the week #3, Libeskind Building, Holloway Road
Posted in Building of the week on March 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’m not intending to write too much about this building, I’m just going to present it to you as is. There it lies about halfway up Holloway Road looking like some giant space baby has dropped it’s futuristic lego on the floor. You can read more about it by following the links below, there are [...]
building of the week #2, 66 Venn St, SW4……
Posted in Building of the week, found down the back of London's sofa, Unexpected views of London Landmarks on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
….otherwise known as the Clapham Sorting Office, or originally the ‘Postmens Office’ built in 1902. (no research required for that bit of information, it says it on the building) It’s quite a splendid Sorting Office though isn’t it? Tucked away behind the High St, in the same street as the Clapham Picture House, it hides [...]
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