London’s historical hidden gems
Walking through St James’s Park you will no doubt, to the North, spot the gleaming, cream facades of Carlton House Terrace. The buildings on Carlton House Terrace are not only some of the best examples of late Georgian architecture in London, but also house a number of interesting institutions, art galleries and offices. I recently […]
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The view up the street St Mary at Hill in the City of London is one of my favourites. A cobbled street winds gently uphill from Lower Thames Street to Eastcheap. You can see two churches, Sir Christopher Wren’s St Margaret Pattens, with its wizard’s-hat gothic spire, at the end. On the left is St
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Walking around London is a journey through the centuries, the old side by side with the new. There is one particular corner of the City where this is particularly in evidence. You can find an especially interesting section of the old city wall, but also the remains of a medieval priory, a beautiful hidden garden
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The area of St James’s, as we know it today, with its mansions, gentleman’s clubs and shops began life in the early 16th century. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s, Henry VIII had St James’s Palace built on the site of an old leper hospital. From the mid-17th century, those wishing to
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The City of Westminster is a very green borough but that largely comes in the form of its magnificent parks: Hyde Park, St James’s Park, Green Park. It less known for its ‘pocket parks’, unlike the City of London that has many squirrelled away inside it. However, tucked happily into a corner of Westminster, between
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