Every year in September the Open House festival takes place across London. Run by the architecture charity, Open City, many of the city’s buildings open their doors for free. This year I was able to visit Chartered Accountants’ Hall near Moorgate, a wonderfully exuberant late-Victorian neo-Baroque building, not ordinarily open to the public. Described by […]
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By the Royal Exchange, you will find a fantastic historical leftover: an old water pump. It is very easy to miss but it has some great details on it that give insights into its history and the City more generally. A Recent Refurbishment Before I get into the history I wanted to show you what
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I was recently lucky enough to be invited to have a look round the Foreign Office building on King Charles Street in Westminster. For most Londoners, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Building is likely one you have walked past many times but, unless you have been on an open day or work there, have
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St Paul’s Cathedral is, of course, one of London’s most iconic landmarks. Its origins can be traced back to 604AD when the first church dedicated to St Paul was built on the site. It has been through several reconstructions since, with the current iteration built after the Great Fire of London, the masterpiece of Sir
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The Inns of Court around Holborn and Temple are true historic gems in London, undiscovered by many. I was delighted to be recently shown around Lincoln’s Inn, located just North of the Royal Courts of Justice in Holborn, by Dunstan, the Inn’s librarian. It was a journey through 600 years of architecture and the stories
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