St Margaret Pattens is a church near the Monument to the Great Fire of London. The current building was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1687 though records date a previous church on the site from 1067.
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Throwback Thursday: The Guild Church of St Margaret Pattens, London
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, christopher wren, church, history, london, photo post, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: The Rangers, 12th County of London Regiment Memorial
Unveiled in 1923 this memorial on Chenies Street, Camden, is inscribed to “The Memory of 1193 Rangers who died for the Empire.” It also lists the battles in which the regiment fought in the First and Second World Wars. The memorial is close to the former 1882 drill hall from which the battalion departed in August 1914.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, memorial, photo post, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: 20 Fenchurch Street, aka The Walkie-Talkie
Nicknamed The Walkie-Talkie because of its distinctive shape construction finished in 2015. It was designed by architect Rafael Vinoly and cost over £200 million to build.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, london, photo post, skyscraper, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: All Saint’s Parish Church, Leamington Spa
Built in 1842 this Grade II listed church designed in the Gothic Revival Style, is close to Jephson Gardens and the Royal Pump Rooms. It is one of England’s largest parish churches.
Categories: England, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Tags: architecture, church, history, photo post, statue, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: The Severn’s Building, Nottingham
A Grade II listed building, it dates from around 1450 and is one of the few remaining medieval buildings in the city. It used to be located near Middle Pavement, roughly near the old Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, but was moved closer to Nottingham Castle in 1970. Originally a merchant’s house it then became officers for a firm of architects, a wine business and then a lace museum; I’m not actually sure what use it has now.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, history, local history, nottingham, photo post, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: Amsterdam Centraal Station
Located in the heart of Amsterdam, Centraal Station was built between 1881 and 1889 and designed by Petrus J. H. “Pierre” Cuypers – Cuypers also designed the Rijksmuseum.
Categories: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tags: architecture, photo post, Pierre Cuypers, Throwback Thursday, train station
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Throwback Thursday: Radio City Tower, Liverpool
Radio City Tower, or St John’s Beacon to give it its proper name, is a radio and observation tower that was built in 1969. You can, in normal times, head here to get what I imagine are brilliant views of the city and also as the tower is still a working radio tower you can see the studios, though of course you can’t go in them.
Categories: England, Liverpool, Merseyside
Tags: architecture, history, photo post, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: Old Barclays Bank, Alfreton Road, Nottingham
No longer a branch of Barclays Bank, this building dates from 1902 and was designed by local architect Lawrence Bright.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, history, local history, nottingham, photo post
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Throwback Thursday: Clarendon Chambers, Nottingham
Dating from 1853 this building used to house the Royal Midland Institute for the Blind. This charity was founded in 1843 by Mary Chambers, a visually impaired Quaker. When the charity moved to the Clarendon Chambers site 40 boarders were taught crafts like basket making to sell in the charity’s shops and later were taught braille.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, local history, nottingham, photo post, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: The Four Bronze Horses of Helios, London
A bronze sculpture by Rudy Weller it was installed in 1992 near Piccadilly Circus. The four horses are depicted leaping out of a fountain. They are the four horses of Helios, the Greek god of the sun.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, horse, photo post, statue, Throwback Thursday
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