Category Archives: Architecture

Posts predominantly related to architecture

The private gardens of Buckingham Palace

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

Ever since the fire at Windsor Castle in 1992, the state rooms at Buckingham Palace have been open to visitors each summer but due to the continuing Covid epidemic they are understandably shut again this year. As a way to … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Travel | Tagged Buckingham Palace, Buckingham Palace Gardens, Gardens, The Queen | 3 Comments

The fall and rise of St Pancras Clock

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

Railways have become synonymous with time keeping as their successful operation is measured through following a timetable. Before the railways time was a much more local matter based on the 24hr rotation of the earth resulting in East Anglia being … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Heritage, history, London | Tagged clocks, Railway Time, St Pancras Station, Time | Leave a comment

There’s something about Persian door-knockers!

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

One of the things I like about travel is encountering different ideas and customs. I really like noticing the differences. Even in the U.K. there are huge variations in buildings, landscapes, foods, accents and even customs. Whilst others delight in … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Culture, Heritage, Life, Travel | Tagged Door knockers, doors, Iran, Islam, Middle-East, Persia | 4 Comments

My instagrammable blue cottage

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

I thought I would post some new photos of the front of my new but ancient cottage. it being outside, it is the one of the few things I have managed to get completed during the virus situation. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Life, Photography | Tagged Blue, Blue Cottage, Blue House, Georgian, Home, Instagram, Instagrammable | 4 Comments

The forlorn church of St Mary Somerset

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

When I was out in London last week, I went on a walk of discovery. As is often the way in London, I ‘discovered’ several places but also got the chance to visit somewhere I knew perfectly well even though … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Life, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged church, churches, City of London, London, Secret Gardens of the City of London, St Mary Somerset, Upper Thames Street, Victorian | 1 Comment

A Grotesque Gift – The difference between a gargoyle and a grotesque!

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

As I write this, yesterday I received a mysterious box from Oxford University and for a split second I wondered what it might be but then I realised it must certainly be a gift from my tourist friend Lorraine in … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Culture, history, Life | Tagged Bodleian Library, Gargoyle, Grotesque, Medieval, Oxford | 2 Comments

The Buttermarket of Barnard Castle

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Along with Middleton-In-Teesdale, Barnard Castle is one of the two principal towns in beautiful Teesdale. Whilst being a local shopping centre; it also is home to one of the most fantastic ruined castle Barnard Castle and the even more magnificent Bowes … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Northumberland and Durham, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Barnard Castle, Butter Market, Charles Dickens, County Durham, John Wesley, Markets | 1 Comment

The Bridge of Sighs in Oxford

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

There are so many beautiful sights to see in Oxford, the famous old university city known as the City of Dreaming Spires due to the wonderful architecture of Oxford which is prone to take the breath away of even the … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, television, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Hertford Bridge, Hertford College, Oxford, The Bridge of Sighs, Ye Olde England Tours | 2 Comments

The Restoration of the Aldgate Pump of Death!

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

I’ve no doubt included photos and mentioned in passing the old Aldgate water pump which used to be right next to an eastern gate of the old Roman wall surrounding the city of London. Aldgate Well was first mentioned all … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London | Tagged Aldgate, Aldgate Pump, Death, Victorian, Whitechapel | 4 Comments

Open House London

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Open House London has long been my favourite cultural event in London each year, despite the fact I’ve always been busy working and never got to enjoy the fun myself but it is the concept of it that I love … Continue reading →