The Royal Exchange
The demolition of the Royal Exchange must surely rank as one of the greatest acts of vandalism in Middlesbrough’s history. …
North Riding Infirmary
Despite being a distinctive hospital building and a key part of Middlesbrough’s heritage, North Riding Infirmary ultimately made way for …
St Paul’s Church
It used to stand on Newport Road on the same side and a few yards along from where the Aldi …
Gilkes Street baths
Thousands of youngsters earned their water wings at the Victorian building in the town centre before the baths closed its …
Queen’s Hall
The Queen’s Hall was a concert hall in Langham Place, London, opened in 1893. Designed by the architect Thomas Knightley, …
Putney Hippodrome
Located in the south-west London suburb of Putney. Opened in 1906 as variety theatre, the architect was Frederick W. Hingston. …
The Aston Hippodrome
The Aston Hippodrome, also known as The Hipp, was a popular theatre in the Aston area of Birmingham, England. It …
Newcastle Library
The city’s central library has been on this site since Victorian times, with the original building demolished in the 1960s …
Birmingham Central Library (Brutalist)
Birmingham Central Library was the main public library in Birmingham, England from 1974 until 2013. For a time the largest …
Birmingham Central Library (Victorian)
The first Central Library occupied a site to the south of Edmund Street and west of the Town Hall. The …
New Street Station
New Street station was built as a joint station by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Midland …
Bingley Hall
Bingley Hall in Birmingham was the first purpose-built exhibition hall in Great Britain. It was built in 1850 and burned …
Tavistock House
Tavistock House was the London home of the noted British author Charles Dickens and his family from 1851 to 1860. …
The Royal Panopticon
The Royal Panopticon of Science and Art, to give the full title, was one of the grand social institutions and …
The Oxford Arms
The Oxford Arms in Warwick Lane, near St Paul’s Cathedral, was one of the last surviving galleried coaching inns in London, built in the …
Norfolk House
Norfolk House, at 31 St James’s Square, London, was built in 1722 for the Duke of Norfolk. It was a …
Blythswood House
Blythswood House was a neoclassical mansion at Renfrew, Scotland. It was designed in 1821, by the eminent architect James Gillespie …
Hamilton Palace
Hamilton Palace was a large country house located north-east of Hamilton in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The former seat of the Dukes …
Wingerworth Hall
Wingerworth Hall, demolished 1927, was the ancestral home of the Hunloke family in the village of Wingerworth, Derbyshire, England. It …
Book: The Rape of Britain
Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Paul Elek; 1st Edition edition (12 Jun. 1975) Language: English ISBN-10: 0236310194 ISBN-13: 978-0236310197 Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.8 x 1.6 cm
Book: Lost London, 1870-1945
More than 500 spectacular unseen photographs of London, taken between 1875 and 1945, from the Archives of English Heritage. This …
West Pier, Brighton
The West Pier is a pier in Brighton, England. It was designed by Eugenius Birch, opening in 1866 and closing …
Eaton Hall
Eaton Hall is the country house of the Duke of Westminster. It is set within a large estate 1 mile …
Nottingham Victoria Railway Station
Nottingham Victoria railway station was a Great Central Railway and Great Northern Railway railway station in Nottingham, England. It was …
Soham Railway Station
Soham railway station was a station on the Ely to Newmarket line that served the town of Soham in Cambridgeshire. …
St Alkmund’s Church
Saint Alkmund’s Church was a Victorian Church, which stood in a Georgian square between Bridgegate and Queen Street in Derby; …
Birkenhead Woodside Railway Station
Birkenhead Woodside was a railway station at Woodside, in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Background Birkenhead Woodside railway station …
Backworth Railway Station
Backworth railway station served part of Newcastle in the English county of Northumberland, later part of Tyne and Wear. The …
Belah Viaduct
The Belah Viaduct was a railway viaduct on the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, crossing the River Belah, in …
St Mary’s Tube Station
St. Mary’s (Whitechapel Road) was a station on the District and Metropolitan lines of the London Underground. It was located …