Like most of Bedford Park, the architecture of the church of St Michael and All Angels is mainly in the Queen Anne revival style. The church was designed by Richard Norman Shaw in 1879-80 and it was one of the few...
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Palace Theatre, London
Having already financed the building of the Savoy Theatre with the profits from his productions of Gilbert and Sullivan performances, the opera-loving speculator, Richard D’Oyly Carte set out to build a London...
READ MORE »Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire
Stoke Park was designed by James Wyatt (1746-1813) for John Penn. The house passed through a series of owners until 1958 when it was bought by Eton Rural District Council. In 1988 Stoke Park Club took over the...
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Spencer House was commissioned by John, 1st Earl Spencer in 1756. The architect he chose was John Vardy who had studied under William Kent. Vardy is responsible for the facades of the mansion that we see...
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Simpson's-in-the-Strand is one of London's most historic landmark restaurants and has been offering classic British dishes to its patrons for over 170 years. It was originally opened in 1828 as a chess club and...
READ MORE »Richard Bennehan House, Stagville
In 1787 Richard Bennehan opened a store at Stagville, near Durham, North Carolina. Somewhere between 1788 and 1790, he built a small, 24ft x 16ft house which later became the wing of a larger structure. A kitchen,...
READ MORE »Hartlepool War Memorial
The memorial was designed by Philip B. Bennison in 1921 for the civilians and servicemen killed in World War One. It has a raked, stepped plinth to a square, coursed, rockfaced pedestal with ashlar quoins at the...
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Burford Priory stands on the site of a 13th century Augustinian hospital. In the 1580s an Elizabethan house was built incorporating remnants of the priory hospital. In the 17th century it was remodelled in Jacobean...
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The development of the “Paddington Estate” in the early years of the nineteenth century led to the creation of a new parish. In 1826 the Reverend Dr Crane applied to the Church Commissioners to build a chapel. ...
READ MORE »Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede
The Air Forces Memorial, or Runnymede Memorial, near Egham, Surrey, England is a memorial dedicated to some 20,456 men and women from the British Empire who were lost in operations from World War II. The memorial...
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