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St Alban, Brooke Street EC1 25 Aug 2013 | 01:37 pm
Hans Feibusch was the Church of England's favourite artist in the post-war years. Not only was he a convert from Judaism, his art had been given the ultimate political seal of approval by inclusion in...
Sienna Buildings, Hatton Garden EC1 17 Aug 2013 | 11:54 pm
These vigorous horses are racing in the palio di Siena, the famous races round the Piazza del Campo in that city. They were made in 1999 by Guy Portelli, who despite the name comes from Kent. The subj...
62 Trafalgar Square WC2 10 Aug 2013 | 01:52 pm
This pair of panels show an ocean liner plowing the Atlantic heading for Canada and a locomotive thundering through the mighty Rockies, images of the latest technology in 1903 when the building was er...
The Intrepid Fox, Wardour Street W1 4 Aug 2013 | 02:13 am
The Intrepid Fox was Charles James Fox, the Whig politician, controversialist and rake. One of his most vocal supporters was publican Samuel House, who renamed his tavern in honour of his hero (it was...
Beaufoy Institute, 39 Black Prince Road SE11 27 Jul 2013 | 10:58 pm
The Beaufoy Institute grew out of the Lambeth Ragged Schools, set up in 1846 to give a secular education to local children who had previously had access only to religious instruction on Sundays. The w...
Jolly Gardeners, Black Prince Road SE11 24 Jul 2013 | 01:20 am
The Jolly Gardeners (1890) has a rather superior sign in the form of a cast stone relief of two very jolly gardeners, one holding a scythe and the other a spade. One is clearly saying to the other tha...
Waterloo War Memorial Arch, York Road SE1 18 Jul 2013 | 01:53 pm
Waterloo Station was in the throes of a rebuild when war broke out in 1914, a war that claimed the lives of 585 members of the railway staff. When peace came, it was decided to devote the only corner ...
14-16 Hans Road SW1 11 Jul 2013 | 02:22 am
The Arts and Crafts architect Charles Voysey designed this pair of houses in 1891 at the outset of his career, and they form something of a contrast with his usual output of suburban villas for intell...
Shell Centre, Belvedere Road SE1 9 Jul 2013 | 02:04 pm
It's an odd position for a great piece, on a service road guarding the entrance to an underground car park, but Eric Aumonier's Shell Ball has a grandeur and quality that shines out. The ball is built...
Heritage Court, Sampson Street E1 26 Jun 2013 | 12:31 am
This vivacious Pegasus enlivens a very dull building that may have been built as a telephone exchange, probably in the 1950s by the look of it. The whole area was more or less flattened in the War, so...
