Highgate Cemetery had been on my list of places to visit for a long time and I finally managed to do so on a surprisingly warm and sunny weekend in January. The cemetery is split into two sites across the road from each other – Highgate Cemetery East will feature in my next post. The West Cemetery is accessed by guided tour only and costs £12 (which includes access to the East Cemetery which is self-guided). You can’t book in advance on a weekend but you must do so during the week – I had no problem getting on to a tour on the Sunday at 11am (tours start at 10.30).
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Highgate Cemetery – West
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, cemetery, graves, gravestones, guided tour, history, Julius Beer, mausoleum, photo post, Radclyffe Hall
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The Royal Academy of Arts, London
The Royal Academy of Arts is based in Burlington House, a 17th century mansion. Construction began in 1664; the plot of land had been given to Sir John Denham, Charles II’s Surveyor of the Office of Works, as thanks for his loyalty to the King. Renovations to the exterior and interior took place over the years with the third Earl of Burlington in particular inspired by Italian architecture.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, art, art gallery, free, gallery, history, photo post, Royal Academy of Arts
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St James’ Church, Piccadilly
St James’ Church, Piccadilly is one of the churches designed and built by Christopher Wren, the foundation stone being laid on 3 April 1676. It was paid for by the Earl of St Albans who owned the land and probably selected Wren personally for the job.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, christopher wren, church, mary beale, St James's Church, stained glass, stained glass window, william blake
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The V&A, London
The V&A is one of my favourite London museums. When I’m in the area I always pop in, visiting the fashion collection and then wandering up to the top floors. If you hit the right time – late afternoon on a weekday – you can pretty much guarantee to come across maybe only two other people and it feels like you have the whole place to yourself.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, exhibition road, museum, photo post, sackler courtyard, victoria and albert
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The Natural History Museum, London
I’ve been to the Natural History Museum lots of times before but on this trip I wanted to pay particular attention to the building’s architecture, and of course to see the whale skeleton that replaced Dippy the diplodocus.
Categories: England, London
Tags: Alfred Waterhouse, architecture, museum, natural history museum, photo post, sculpture
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Leadenhall Market
Leadenhall Market had been on my list for a while – I’ve taken a few photos there before but midweek it tends to be packed so the weekend of Open House London was the perfect opportunity to visit. In fact one of my favourite things to do is wander around the City of London at the weekend when it’s practically deserted.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, Dick Whittington, history, Horace Jones, Leadenhall Market, london history, market, photo post
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St Andrew Undershaft, London
St Andrew Undershaft was one of many churches I visited during Open House London. I only spotted it as I was heading towards Leadenhall Market (to feature in a later post) thanks to the sign they’d put out on the pavement – the church is tucked away among many of the City’s skyscrapers.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, church, history, john stow, Open House London, photo post, stained glass, stained glass window
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St Botolph without Aldgate Church, London
There’s been a church on this site since at least 1125, but the present church dates from 1744 and is by George Dance the Elder (he also built Mansion House, the official home of the Lord Mayor of London). The interior of the church, which really took my breath away, was remodelled by John Francis Bently (who also designed Westminster Cathedral).
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, church, Daniel Defoe, history, london, photo post, St Botolph without Aldgate
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Victoria Memorial, London
The memorial to Queen Victoria outside of Buckingham Palace was created by the sculptor Thomas Brock in 1901 and unveiled ten years later, though it wasn’t completed until 1924.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, gold, photo post, Queen Victoria, statue, Victoria memorial
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Buckingham Palace
As I hadn’t been near Buckingham Palace for many years on my last trip I decided to walk up that way and take some photographs. I have actually been on a tour of the Palace (back before I started this blog) because there was a particular exhibition I wanted to see. It was pretty expensive but I combined it with a visit to the Royal Mews and the Queen’s Gallery which definitely made it worthwhile.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, British history, buckingham palace, edward blore, john nash, photo post
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