Category Archives: Architecture

Posts predominantly related to architecture

Rebuilding Battersea from the ground up.

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

A little bit of a different post today as I’m supremely busy as will become clear in the coming days! Last week I was in the unusual situation of visiting Battersea and the neighbouring Nine Elms neighbourhood. It isn’t very … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Cool Britannia, Life, London, News, Photography | Tagged Battersea, Battersea Dogs Home, Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms, Northern Line Extension | 1 Comment

Humphrey Repton and the Bloomsbury Squares

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

One of my favourite areas of London and one which I have written on previously is Bloomsbury. Once the area was full of grand achitectural squares with lush green gardens as their centre piece. Even today, the area retains an … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, British Museum, Literature, Russell Square, Sherlock, Woburn Abbey | Leave a comment

The London Colosseum

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

We’re all familiar with the Coloseum in Rome, one of the architectural wonders of both the ancient world and Italy but though the Colosseum is by far the most iconic, there are actually Roman amphitheatres to be found across North … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Amphitheatre, Colosseum, Gladiator, Guildhall, history, Londinium, Roman | 6 Comments

An ancient Roman road re-opens in London – Watling Street Revived

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

You might have seen my last post on the London Temple of Mithras or London Mithraeum. As part of the massive building project which has seen the creation of the new Bloomburg Headquarters and the painstakingly restored and relocated Temple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, London | Tagged Bloomberg, Bloomberg Arcade, Londinium, London, London Mithraeum, London Temple of Mithras, Maps, River Walbrook, Roman, Watling Street | 1 Comment

King Edward III Manor House

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

This my second post resulting from my scouting out a new tour I have been wanting to start offering to my lovely tourists. As well as the regular tourist hotspots, I really enjoy taking people to the lesser visited parts … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bermondsey, Kind Edward III, Mansion House, River Thames, Rotherhithe, royalty | 10 Comments

Of Mice And Men – The smallest monument in London

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

I’ve known about the mice of Philpot Lane for a year when I started researching for a forthcoming London Attractions book which I am working on but it was only on Tuesday that I finally set my eyes upon it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Philpot Lane Mice, The Great Fire of London, The Monument | 6 Comments

The British who helped build The White House

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

In a recent interview Dr William Seale, author and historian, said that Scots in particular were sought out for the project given their expertise in stone masonry and that a group of men who had been working on Edinburgh New … Continue reading →