67 Hopton Street – an island of antiquity in a sea of modernity

Everyone knows I like to explore all the nooks and crannies in London and find the less well known places and remnants of times past. One such old place is hidden away behind the Southbank and despite almost the whole area being bombed out in the 1940s and since reconstructed, sometimes several times, 67 Hopton… Continue reading 67 Hopton Street – an island of antiquity in a sea of modernity

Morton’s Tower at Lambeth Palace

There aren’t too many early Tudor buildings left around these days but Central London has a few.  One of them is within sight of Parliament itself and it’s at one of the palaces that is much less visited than some of its near neighbours. Lambeth Palace is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury… Continue reading Morton’s Tower at Lambeth Palace