East Cowes Castle
East Cowes Castle, located in East Cowes, was the home of architect John Nash between its completion and his death …
Tong Castle
Tong Castle was a very large mostly Gothic country house in Shropshire between Wolverhampton and Telford, set within a park …
Carlow House
Carclew House, one of Britain’s lost houses, was a large Palladian country house near Mylor in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. …
Great Wheel
The Great Wheel was built for the Empire of India Exhibition at Earls Court, London, in the United Kingdom. Construction …
New Brighton Tower
New Brighton Tower was a steel lattice observation tower at New Brighton in the town of Wallasey, Cheshire (now in …
Volta Tower
Volta Tower was a folly in the town of Finedon, Northamptonshire, England. The tower was built in 1865 by William …
Trehtham Hall
Trentham Estate is located near the village of Trentham, A visitor attraction in Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, United Kingdom, the site …
Bishop’s House, Birmingham
The Bishop’s House in Birmingham, England was designed by Augustus Pugin as the residence of Thomas Walsh, the first Roman …
Jezreel’s Tower
Jezreel’s Tower (also known as Jezreel’s Temple) was built in Gillingham, Kent, England, by a religious sect founded by James …
The Royal Victoria Hospital
The Royal Victoria Hospital, or Netley Hospital was a large military hospital in Netley, near Southampton, Hampshire, England. Construction started …
Canon Street railway station
Opened by the South Eastern Railway on 1 September 1866, the original station building was designed by Sir John Hawkshaw …
Broad Street railway station
Broad Street was a major terminal station in the City of London, adjacent to Liverpool Street station. Broad Street was …
Nine Elms railway station
Nine Elms Railway Station in the London district of Battersea was opened on 21 May 1838 as the London terminus of the London & Southampton …
Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican parish church in the town of Bingley, West Yorkshire, England notable for its original church being demolished by explosive charge on 7 …
Preston Town Hall
This is the magnificent Town Hall which was built between 1862 and 1866 standing on the site of the former …
Wright’s Tower House
In 1910 department store Wright’s opened its new outlet situated on the corner of Linthorpe Road and Grange Road. The …
The Grand Opera House
The thought of Middlesbrough being home to an opera house may seem unusual now but such buildings were a sign …
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. …