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https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2022/07/meysey-hampton-gloucestershire.html English Buildings: Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire I am under the weather at the moment, because the 21st-century plague has struck me at last. So here is a reprise of a post from some years ... english buildingshamptongloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/07/st-pancras-london.html?showComment=1280054342234 English Buildings: St Pancras, London Why Sir John hangs on to his hat This blog is now three years old this month, so bear with me while I reflect about how I blog, and why. A r... english buildingsst pancraslondon https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2013/11/kings-cross-london.html?showComment=1384730563739 English Buildings: King's Cross, London Decluttered A friend recently lent me a bound volume of copies of the Illustrated London News from 1852. What had struck my friend about ... english buildingskingcrosslondon https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2018/06/chesterfield-derbyshire.html?showComment=1702047537207 English Buildings: Chesterfield, Derbyshire The sunset of an empire My recent trip to Sheffield took me past Chesterfield in Derbyshire, where I stopped for a break and to look at ... english buildingschesterfieldderbyshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2013/04/oxford_21.html?showComment=1366618988004 English Buildings: Oxford Embroidery in brick Although famous for its stone-built colleges and churches , Oxford in the 19th century became a city of brick. V... english buildingsoxford https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/01/deerhurst-gloucestershire.html?showComment=1231616220000 English Buildings: Deerhurst, Gloucestershire Lost and found Saxon churches are rare, but in the village of Deerhurst, not far from the River Severn, there are two. This is the smaller, ... english buildingsdeerhurstgloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2013/05/wantage-berkshire.html?showComment=1367857887224 English Buildings: Wantage, Berkshire* Look down I'm always telling people to look up, but this time the opposite advice is the order of the day... While photographing some... english buildingswantageberkshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/12/cirencester-gloucestershire.html?showComment=1291294411222 English Buildings: Cirencester, Gloucestershire english buildingscirencestergloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/03/newnham-on-severn-gloucestershire.html English Buildings: Newnham on Severn, Gloucestershire The colour of masonry We get used to linking localities with building stone: Cornish granite, East Anglian flint, Derbyshire millstone gr... newnham on severnenglish buildingsgloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2019/04/ English Buildings: April 2019 Meetings with remarkable buildings english buildingsapril https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2011/08/sherston-wiltshire.html?showComment=1313309309942 English Buildings: Sherston, Wiltshire Survivor In the large village of Sherston in Wiltshire, roughly east of Malmesbury, this graceful medieval church stands at one end of... english buildingswiltshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/12/cirencester-gloucestershire.html English Buildings: Cirencester, Gloucestershire english buildingscirencestergloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2017/08/farley-wiltshire.html?showComment=1502786676609 English Buildings: Farley, Wiltshire A twinge of nostalgia Making a trip to Salisbury the other day, I decided to divert and look at the church at Farley, a rather beautifu... english buildingsfarleywiltshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2012/ English Buildings: 2012 Meetings with remarkable buildings english buildings https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2008/09/ludlow-shropshire.html English Buildings: Ludlow, Shropshire The Venetian window, also known as the serliana, after the Italian architect Sebastiano Serlio, was an invention of the Italians that first... english buildingsludlowshropshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/07/kindness-of-strangers.html?showComment=1247240990990&m=0 English Buildings: The kindness of strangers Birthday time. This blog has been going for two years now, and there seems to be no let up in the steady flow of architectural encounters I ... english buildingskindnessstrangers https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2012/10/monnington-on-wye-herefordshire.html?showComment=1351593981986 English Buildings: Monnington on Wye, Herefordshire Hidden England I left the main road behind and turned down one of those narrow, high-hedged Herefordshire lanes. Behind the hedges were c... english buildingswyeherefordshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2011/09/commercial-road-london.html?showComment=1317438907316 English Buildings: Commercial Road, London Hybrid eyecatcher Walking around East London in search of buildings taking part in London Open House Weekend, my eye was caught by this vast... english buildingscommercial roadlondon https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2016/03/dentdale-yorkshire.html English Buildings: Dentdale, Yorkshire God is in the textures This week I attended a fascinating day of talks by Suzanne Fagence-Cooper on British neo-Romantic art, particul... english buildingsyorkshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2012/12/wyck-rissington-gloucestershire.html?showComment=1356346909942 English Buildings: Wyck Rissington, Gloucestershire Three ways In the bleak midwinter, with rain on rain in this part of the world, here's a photograph to remind us of last summer's sun... english buildingswyckgloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/07/kindness-of-strangers.html?showComment=1247049228836&m=0 English Buildings: The kindness of strangers Birthday time. This blog has been going for two years now, and there seems to be no let up in the steady flow of architectural encounters I ... english buildingskindnessstrangers https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2012/07/rousham-oxfordshire.html?showComment=1342977758845 English Buildings: Rousham, Oxfordshire A house and its garden I first saw Rousham when I was a teenager, and I can remember being somehow surprised by the house. There seemed... english buildingsroushamoxfordshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2017/10/chipping-norton-oxfordshire.html?showComment=1508839296886 English Buildings: Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire Cornish in Oxon I thought I knew the Oxfordshire market town of Chipping Norton well but, as so often with places we visit frequently, th... english buildingschipping nortonoxfordshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2011/03/vauxhall-bridge-road-london.html English Buildings: Vauxhall Bridge Road, London Traditional decoration The shop front of the former premises of Frederick E. Gillett in Vauxhall Bridge Road is clad in deep green tiles and... english buildingsvauxhall bridgeroadlondon https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/11/ashby-st-ledgers-northamptonshire.html English Buildings: Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire Plotters' place I remember that when I was a child my parents had a book with a picture of this gatehouse in it. The gatehouse was identif... english buildingsashbystledgersnorthamptonshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2018/07/newent-gloucestershire.html?showComment=1533153206135&m=0 English Buildings: Newent, Gloucestershire Hats on These recent weeks of hot weather have seen me more often than not wearing a hat when out and about. The media have been full of ... english buildingsnewentgloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2025/06/ English Buildings: June 2025 Meetings with remarkable buildings english buildingsjune https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2016/04/ross-on-wye-herefordshire.html English Buildings: Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire Good views The Resident Wise Woman and I have a particularly strong affection for Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. Various things about it... ross on wyeenglish buildingsherefordshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/01/western-avenue-london.html?showComment=1296565962307 English Buildings: Western Avenue, London Perivalediction (1) When I visit London my route in and out of the capital city takes me past the former Hoover Factory in Perivale, and see... english buildingswestern avenuelondon https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2012/12/great-west-road-london.html English Buildings: Great West Road, London Standing out again By the early-1930s, a new generation of industry was establishing itself around the edges of Britain's towns and citie... english buildingsgreat westroadlondon https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2012/12/paddy.html?showComment=1355250147810 English Buildings: Paddy Christmas books: 1 For the next ten days or so, the English Buildings blog becomes a book blog, as I look back at a few of the books I'... english buildingspaddy https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/11/bishopsgate-churchyard-london.html?showComment=1259318359195 English Buildings: Bishopsgate Churchyard, London Desirable alien (1) The Ottoman architects of Turkey, famous the world over for vast domed mosques covered in polychrome tiles, were also... english buildingsbishopsgatechurchyardlondon https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2023/05/leominster-herefordshire.html English Buildings: Leominster, Herefordshire Wine, offline On one of my past visits to Leominster I noticed a glazed shop door containing a pane of glass etched with the name of the Leo... english buildingsleominsterherefordshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2011/02/eardisland-herefordshire.html English Buildings: Eardisland, Herefordshire Brotherhood of the road AA telephone boxes were scrapped in 2002, but a few still stand as a reminder of the hundreds of black and yellow bo... english buildingseardislandherefordshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/10/ English Buildings: October 2010 Meetings with remarkable buildings english buildingsoctober https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/01/shrewsbury-shropshire.html?showComment=1263565178150&m=0 English Buildings: Shrewsbury, Shropshire We want a rockery In the Abbey Gardens by the river in Shrewsbury is an interesting rockery, made up largely of tantalizing fragments of ... english buildingsshrewsburyshropshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2015/08/cheltenham-gloucestershire.html?showComment=1439372799190 English Buildings: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire The church of pizza Cheltenham has some fine restaurants, but few have interiors as striking as this one, set in a redundant church of th... english buildingscheltenhamgloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/08/shepton-mallet-somerset.html?showComment=1250086836535 English Buildings: Shepton Mallet, Somerset Amber nectar This 1880s building, trying to look like a French palace with the addition of an Italianate chimney, began life as the Anglo... english buildingsshepton malletsomerset https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2011/06/bewdley-worcestershire.html English Buildings: Bewdley, Worcestershire Bewdiful A recent post at The Dabbler dealt with plotlands, a form of development that became popular in the early years of the 20th cen... english buildingsbewdleyworcestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2019/08/torbryan-devon.html English Buildings: Torbryan, Devon Community of saints There may be a few loyal readers of this blog who remember a post I did back in 2013 about the beautiful Devon churc... english buildingsdevon https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/01/brill-buckinghamshire.html?showComment=1264335729764&m=0 English Buildings: Brill, Buckinghamshire Turn, turn, turn On the lumpy common above the village of Brill stands this windmill, apparently built towards the end of the 17th century a... english buildingsbrillbuckinghamshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2017/11/farmington-gloucestershire.html?showComment=1510473599354 English Buildings: Farmington, Gloucestershire Distinctive I think I have mentioned before in a blog post that I once went to a talk by Sue Clifford, one of the authors of the excellen... english buildingsfarmingtongloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2013/04/bath-somerset.html English Buildings: Bath, Somerset Polish I'm not sure if I'm right, but I associate these large brass shop signs particularly with chemists' premises. They were an elegant ... english buildingsbathsomerset https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2015/11/kettering-northamptonshire.html English Buildings: Kettering, Northamptonshire Local hero Regular readers will known that I sometimes amuse friends and acquaintances by announcing that I have visited, for pleasure, p... english buildingsketteringnorthamptonshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2011/01/ English Buildings: January 2011 Meetings with remarkable buildings english buildingsjanuary https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2016/08/cheltenham-gloucestershire.html English Buildings: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire New light on old streets In the late-19th century, many towns were starting to turn on the electricity for the first time. Where gas ligh... english buildingscheltenhamgloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/09/old-st-pancras-churchyard-london.html?showComment=1254003983693 English Buildings: Old St Pancras Churchyard, London Soane box Round the back of the refurbished and extended St Pancras station lies a secluded garden made up of the Old St Giles' burial groun... english buildingsst pancrasoldchurchyardlondon https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/09/calmsden-gloucestershire.html English Buildings: Calmsden, Gloucestershire Six of the best This row of houses in a Cotswold hamlet is, like most traditional buildings on the Cotswolds, built of local oolitic lime... english buildingsgloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2008/10/brockhampton-by-ross-herefordshire.html?showComment=1223197080000 English Buildings: Brockhampton-by-Ross, Herefordshire Hidden among the green hills and evergreens of rural Herefordshire is All Saints, Brockhampton , the perfect Arts and Crafts church, built i... english buildingsbrockhamptonrossherefordshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2025/02/chiltern-open-air-museum-buckinghamshire_17.html English Buildings: Chiltern Open Air Museum, Buckinghamshire Hot hut Here is another look back at a building I saw at the ChiItern Open Air Museum back in last summer. It is, as many of my readers will... chiltern open air museumenglish buildingsbuckinghamshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2019/03/whitelackington-somerset.html English Buildings: Whitelackington, Somerset Quietly showy This is the west lodge to Dillington House, a mainly Jacobean revival house, now leased by Somerset County Council and run ... english buildingssomerset https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2016/04/stratford-upon-avon-warwickshire.html?showComment=1462793363204 English Buildings: Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire For all time As Shakespeare is being widely celebrated at the moment, here's a brief Shakespearean interlude. It's a terracotta panel f... stratford upon avonenglish buildingswarwickshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2018/09/nuneham-courtenay-oxfordshire.html English Buildings: Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire On the move (1): A distant prospect of Carfax Conduit I went to Nuneham Courtenay to look at the church and, as so often happens, saw som... english buildingsnuneham courtenayoxfordshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2016/07/ English Buildings: July 2016 Meetings with remarkable buildings english buildingsjuly https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2007/12/aynhoe-park-northamptonshire.html English Buildings: Aynhoe Park, Northamptonshire Aynhoe Park is a striking country house in Northamptonshire, constructed in golden stone for several generations of the Cartwright family, ... english buildingsparknorthamptonshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2021/04/ English Buildings: April 2021 Meetings with remarkable buildings english buildingsapril https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/07/kindness-of-strangers.html?showComment=1247645055675&m=0 English Buildings: The kindness of strangers Birthday time. This blog has been going for two years now, and there seems to be no let up in the steady flow of architectural encounters I ... english buildingskindnessstrangers https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2025/10/callington-cornwall.html?m=1 English Buildings: Callington, Cornwall Well hidden To a dedicated church-visitor like me, Cornwall is full of evidence of ancient piety. Not only are there many medieval churches,... english buildingscallingtoncornwall https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/07/kindness-of-strangers.html?showComment=1247778557869&m=0 English Buildings: The kindness of strangers Birthday time. This blog has been going for two years now, and there seems to be no let up in the steady flow of architectural encounters I ... english buildingskindnessstrangers https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2016/07/great-brington-northamptonshire.html English Buildings: Great Brington, Northamptonshire On high My affection for thatched buildings, for English pubs, and for those three-dimensional pub signs that sometimes mark hostelries... english buildingsgreatnorthamptonshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2007/12/ English Buildings: December 2007 Meetings with remarkable buildings english buildingsdecember https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/07/st-pancras-london.html?showComment=1280214651840 English Buildings: St Pancras, London Why Sir John hangs on to his hat This blog is now three years old this month, so bear with me while I reflect about how I blog, and why. A r... english buildingsst pancraslondon https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/11/sheffield.html?showComment=1291154800952 English Buildings: Sheffield Co-op modern This 1936 design features the Midhill Road branch of the Sheffield and Ecclesall Co-operartive Society. Designed by J W Blac... english buildingssheffield https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2014/07/church-stretton-shropshire.html?showComment=1406450549632 English Buildings: Church Stretton, Shropshire Corrugated irony Regular readers will not be surprised to see me posting a brightly coloured corrugated iron garage. I have a weakness ... english buildingschurch strettonshropshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2026/01/ English Buildings: January 2026 Meetings with remarkable buildings english buildingsjanuary https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2016/03/great-brington-northamptonshire.html English Buildings: Great Brington, Northamptonshire These premises are alarmed! And so, having taken in the dovecote at Harlestone and its adjacent laundry, to nearby Great Brington, to l... english buildingsgreatnorthamptonshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2013/08/lime-regis-dorset.html English Buildings: Lyme Regis, Dorset Lyme flavoured Small, colourful wooden buildings sitting on the boundary between land and sea, beach huts have been with us since the e... english buildingslyme regisdorset https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/07/rodley-gloucestershire.html?showComment=1246538799247&m=0 English Buildings: Rodley, Gloucestershire Survivor Between the 1850s and 1920s, when there was still a growing demand for church buildings but often a limited budget for construction... english buildingsrodleygloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/05/ English Buildings: May 2009 Meetings with remarkable buildings english buildingsmay https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/07/rodley-gloucestershire.html?showComment=1246487691300&m=0 English Buildings: Rodley, Gloucestershire Survivor Between the 1850s and 1920s, when there was still a growing demand for church buildings but often a limited budget for construction... english buildingsrodleygloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/07/rodley-gloucestershire.html?m=1 English Buildings: Rodley, Gloucestershire Survivor Between the 1850s and 1920s, when there was still a growing demand for church buildings but often a limited budget for construction... english buildingsrodleygloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/07/kindness-of-strangers.html?showComment=1247268720408 English Buildings: The kindness of strangers Birthday time. This blog has been going for two years now, and there seems to be no let up in the steady flow of architectural encounters I ... english buildingskindnessstrangers https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/10/stratford-upon-avon-warwickshire.html English Buildings: Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire Keeping up appearances On a recent visit to Stratford I was struck by this substantial town house. The street front is built in a Gothic ... stratford upon avonenglish buildingswarwickshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2021/02/swindon-wiltshire_25.html?showComment=1614306607668 English Buildings: Swindon, Wiltshire Mighty delicate If you think of Swindon as a railway town, which, as the location of the GWR locomotive works it certainly became in the 19... english buildingsswindonwiltshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2008/09/ludlow-shropshire.html?showComment=1222763760000 English Buildings: Ludlow, Shropshire The Venetian window, also known as the serliana, after the Italian architect Sebastiano Serlio, was an invention of the Italians that first... english buildingsludlowshropshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/07/rodley-gloucestershire.html?showComment=1246533095066&m=0 English Buildings: Rodley, Gloucestershire Survivor Between the 1850s and 1920s, when there was still a growing demand for church buildings but often a limited budget for construction... english buildingsrodleygloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2023/08/northampton_13.html English Buildings: Northampton Big in brick, big in beer Walking past the entrance to the Royal and Derngate Theatre in Northampton, I focused rapidly on the large buildin... english buildingsnorthampton https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/11/edge-hill-warwickshire.html English Buildings: Edge Hill, Warwickshire Cutting edge Coming across this on an autumn morning on a quiet road in Warwickshire is enough to bring the curious traveller to a halt, and... english buildingsedge hillwarwickshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2012/11/monnington-on-wye-herefordshire.html English Buildings: Monnington on Wye, Herefordshire Through the lychgate One of the rewarding aspects of maintaining a blog like this is the interesting feedback one receives. Among ... english buildingswyeherefordshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2017/10/chipping-norton-oxfordshire.html?showComment=1508959126779 English Buildings: Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire Cornish in Oxon I thought I knew the Oxfordshire market town of Chipping Norton well but, as so often with places we visit frequently, th... english buildingschipping nortonoxfordshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/04/blandford-forum-dorset.html?showComment=1272312590722 English Buildings: Blandford Forum, Dorset Glorious Bastards In 1731 a fire swept through Blandford Forum in Dorset and destroyed most of the town. The task of rebuilding was given... english buildingsblandford forumdorset https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/09/burnham-on-sea-somerset.html?showComment=1252228139375 English Buildings: Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset Attention all shipping I normally leave this kind of thing to Peter Ashley, over at the excellent Unmitigated England , a fine photographe... burnham on seaenglish buildingssomerset https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/12/portland-place-london.html?showComment=1291677013808 English Buildings: Portland Place, London Stucco unstuck Back in the shiny 1980s, I remember standing in front of a London building site on which a new office block was going up. ... english buildingsportland placelondon https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2020/01/aldeburgh-suffolk_28.html English Buildings: Aldeburgh, Suffolk Sea views I suppose I'm not the first person to notice that there have evolved, over the years, certain styles of house that seem especial... english buildingsaldeburghsuffolk https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/01/brill-buckinghamshire.html?showComment=1264441083331&m=0 English Buildings: Brill, Buckinghamshire Turn, turn, turn On the lumpy common above the village of Brill stands this windmill, apparently built towards the end of the 17th century a... english buildingsbrillbuckinghamshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2012/02/elkstone-gloucestershire.html English Buildings: Elkstone, Gloucestershire Pigeon post (2) The 12th-century church at Elkstone, high on the Cotswolds between Cheltenham and Cirencester, is one of my favourite par... english buildingselkstonegloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2012/02/kidderminster-worcestershire.html?m=1 English Buildings: Kidderminster, Worcestershire Carpet people For around 200 years between the 1770s and the 1970s, carpet-weaving was a major industry in Kidderminster, a trade stimulated... english buildingskidderminsterworcestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2016/12/steeplechoice.html?showComment=1481729394288 English Buildings: Steeplechoice english buildings https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2013/04/upton-on-severn-worcestershire.html English Buildings: Upton on Severn, Worcestershire Cat on a Doric roof Writing about the Dying Gladiator in Brigg in a recent post has alerted me to three dimensional inn signs, a phenome... english buildingsuptonsevernworcestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/06/ English Buildings: June 2009 Meetings with remarkable buildings english buildingsjune https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2019/10/into-past.html English Buildings: Into the past Space, time and wallpaper, 1 Stuck at home meeting a deadline, I found myself taking a break by looking through some of the old copies of ... english buildingspast https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/p/c-1700-1837.html English Buildings: ...c 1700-1837 This is the third in a series of pages telling in brief the story of English architecture, illustrated with examples from this blog. The lin... english buildingsc https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/08/dymchurch-kent.html English Buildings: Dymchurch, Kent The lookers and their huts The flat landscape of Romney Marsh is dotted with a number of small buildings that most of us would hardly give a... english buildingsdymchurchkent https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2017/06/artillery-row-london.html English Buildings: Artillery Row, London Call the nymphs and the fauns from the woods Terracotta panels stretch across English buildings of the late-19th century like a riotous p... english buildingsartilleryrowlondon https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2021/09/ English Buildings: September 2021 Meetings with remarkable buildings english buildingsseptember https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2012/10/monnington-on-wye-herefordshire.html?showComment=1351706619298 English Buildings: Monnington on Wye, Herefordshire Hidden England I left the main road behind and turned down one of those narrow, high-hedged Herefordshire lanes. Behind the hedges were c... english buildingswyeherefordshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2019/01/ilmington-warwickshire_31.html English Buildings: Ilmington, Warwickshire Old school ties On the day of my recent visit to Ilmington the sun was quite strong and while this brought out the wonderful colour of th... english buildingsilmingtonwarwickshire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2010/12/cirencester-gloucestershire.html?showComment=1291468663132 English Buildings: Cirencester, Gloucestershire english buildingscirencestergloucestershire https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2016/05/fragments-shored.html English Buildings: Fragments, shored The final review in my Spring collection is of a very different book, an allusive account of ruins and fragments across the whole field o... english buildingsfragments https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2011/05/ English Buildings: May 2011 Meetings with remarkable buildings english buildingsmay