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  • December 17th advent door of the day
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    Day 17 features a revolution in housing. This door is the entrance to a Bolshevik masterpiece, but do you know the name of this housing block? Click the pic to reveal the answer! Discover more on Jiff Bayliss’ tour Modernism in Finsbury.

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  • December 16th advent door of the day
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    Day 16 and today we feature a site of deep historical significance with nary a blue plaque in sight. Inside lies the oldest extant interior of all The City of London livery halls, but long before this was a livery hall England changed forever as a result of a fateful meeting beyond where this door…

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  • December 15th advent door of the day
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    Day 15 and we’re heading east again. Your clue to lead you to this door is: Who policed the streets before there were police? Click the pic to reveal the answer! Features on Dave Charnick’s tour The Dark Side of the Green.

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  • December 14th advent door of the day
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    Day 14 and we have a nice pithy clue for you today: There’s no arm in it now, but there was in 1535… Easy if you know the story behind this particular entrance. If you don’t, best of luck guessing! Click the pic to reveal the answer! Find out about the arm in question and…

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  • December 13th advent door of the day
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    Day 13 (Friday 13th, no less…) and today’s door is a real tester. A modernist house in a 1930s North West London suburb, but do you know on what estate? What, you can’t get it from that?! 🙂 OK, let’s try and get you closer. The consulting architects in the creation of this estate also…

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  • December 12th advent door of the day
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    Day 12 and we’re half way through our London advent doors odyssey. Today of all days there was only ever one door we could feature, so here it is. What, you still want a clue? Really?! OK… Larry the cat lives here.

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  • December 11th advent door of the day
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    Day 11 and into genteel St James’s for today’s door (or doors in this case!). These are the doors through which Phileas Fogg had to return to within 80 days of leaving them in order to win his bet. But whose doors are they? Click the pic to reveal the answer! They feature on Mark…

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  • December 10th advent door of the day
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    Day 10 and with Christmas shopping in full flow we dive into the heart of the West End for today’s door. This is the door to one of the West End’s most famous retail landmarks, but whose door is it? Your clue? Feel “free” 😉 to guess. Click the pic to reveal the answer! features…

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  • December 9th advent door of the day
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    Day 9 and today’s door features some beautifully elaborate ironwork, but what door is it? This is the entrance to a building that was a philanthropist’s gift to the people of Hoxton.  Name the philanthropist and the building’s original purpose and you have it. Click the pic to reveal the answer! Features on Rob Smith’s…

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  • December 8th advent door of the day
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    Day 8 and we’re heading back to church again This time we’re testing your film location knowledge too as this is the door to a church that had a starring role in Four Weddings and a Funeral. But which church is this? (and give yourself a bonus point if you can remember which wedding of…

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