St Saviour’s, Hampstead
In the mid-19th Century, London was spreading from the central areas to the north-west, and the Chalcot Estate, part of the endowment bestowed on Eton College by King Henry VI, was undergoing development. Local...
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Winchester College
The School building at Winchester College was thought to have been designed by Sir Christopher Wren although this is now thought unlikely. The building measures 78ft by 35ft inside and is perhaps the finest and...
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Pollok House, Glasgow
Pollok House was built in 1752 and designed by William Adam. It was gifted to the City of Glasgow in 1966 by Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald, whose family had owned the estate for almost 700 years. I was...
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Threave House, Castle Douglas
Threave House was designed in 1871 for Liverpool merchant, William Gordon. It was the creation of architect Charles G H Kinnear (1830-1894), who formed half of one of Scotland's most prominent architectural...
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Ashton Court Stables, Bristol
It appears that there has been a house on the site since Saxon times. For some 400 years, from the mid sixteenth century, it was the home of the Smyth family. During their ownership many changes took place, and it...
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Cavendish Square, London
This was an early lesson on why one shouldn’t believe what one sees. When I saw the interior of this 18th century house in London's Cavendish Square I thought that most of the interiors were original. However,...
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Landguard Fort, Felixstowe
Built just outside Felixstowe, Suffolk, at the mouth of the River Orwell, Landguard Fort was originally designed in the sixteenth century to guard the entrance to Harwich. It has developed over the years, but the...
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St George’s, Bloomsbury
St George's Bloomsbury is the sixth and final London church designed by the leading architect of the English Baroque, Nicholas Hawksmoor. It was one of the "Fifty New Churches" for London proposed by Queen Anne's...
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St Peter’s Church, Petersham
There seems to have been a church on this site since Saxon times as the 1086 Domesday Survey entry for Petersham suggests that the church there then had been restored. In 1266 a Norman church was built, of which...
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St Michael’s Square, Gloucester
St Michael’s Square was laid out in 1882 by Daniel Pidgeon, of Putney in London. The land had previously been open fields and orchards. It represents an important example of late nineteenth century speculative...
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