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While the Mary Rose might be the most famous ship in the navy of Henry VIII, it wasn’t the largest. That honour belongs to the Henry Grace a Dieu, otherwise known as The Great Harry, and it was built in London. Early in his reign Henry VIII was drawn into conflict with France. Desperate to…
Read moreJen Pedler tells the story behind a blue plaque on the Haymills Estate, Hanger Hill. You can hear more and discover a smorgasbord of 1930s suburban architecture on her Suburbs, Stations and Subways walk coming up on 25th January. I had never heard of Alan Dower Blumlein until I came across the blue plaque marking…
Read moreThank you for all your wonderful feedback on our daily London doors advent adventure, we hope you had fun trying to guess the doors and enjoyed the fascinating little glimpses into London’s history they revealed. You want them all together in the same place? Go on then… 🙂 Click on any of the pics to…
Read moreDay 24 and only appropriate for our final entry on Christmas Eve that we should go to church. But there’s a lot of churches in London to choose from… The dome of this church stands higher than the top of the cross of St Paul’s Cathedral, the title of Jen’s tour below gives you a…
Read moreDay 23 and only two sleeps until Christmas, you getting excited?! A famous fictional barrister fights for our freedoms in this legal arena, but where is it and who might that fictional barrister be? Click the pic to reveal the answer! It features on one of Dave Charnick’s tours, but naming it now would totally…
Read moreDay 22 and we’re nearly there now! Straightforward as you like today; this the entrance to the oldest building in Clerkenwell, but do you know which building that is? Click the pic to reveal the answer! Features on Jen Pedler’s tour An Architectural History of Clerkenwell.
Read moreDay 21 and we’re delving into the origins of a square mile of offices. The City of London is pretty much all office blocks now, a process with its roots in the 19th century, but where did it all begin and which company was behind it? They were once behind a door on this site,…
Read moreDay 20 and more revolutionary housing. A RIBA Gold Medal winning architect (who went on to design estates for Camden Council) built houses here for himself and fellow architects. The title of Jen’s tour below tells you in what area, but do you know the architect or the street? Click the pic to reveal the…
Read moreDay 19 and a rather unprepossessing entrance but one that has quite the story to tell. This is the former entrance to a London police station infamous for its part in the Christmas preparations of a famous author in 1931. Any idea who and where? Click the pic to reveal the answer! Features on David…
Read moreDay 18 and we have a fictional murder mystery for you. 1936 mysterious murder of Ms Emmeline Hunt was solved by another famous resident. But no one in fact ever appeared at the Old Baily… But residents of where? Click the pic to reveal the answer! Find out more on Jiff Bayliss’s tour Walk Macabre…
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