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 …
Manchester Exchange Railway Station
Manchester Exchange Station was a railway station located immediately to the north of Manchester city centre. It served the city …
The Hippodrome
The Hippodrome was an early 20th century theatre built on Oxford Road. It was purpose built and was designed by …
Tait Tower
Tait Tower (also known as Tait’s Tower and officially as the Tower of Empire) was a tower in the art …
Renfrew Airport
Renfrew Airport was the former domestic airport serving the city of Glasgow until it was decommissioned in 1966. It was …
Columbia Market & Dwellings
Angela Burdett-Coutts established Columbia Market in 1869 as a covered food market with 400 stalls. Her secretary and future husband …
London Astoria
The London Astoria was a music venue, located at 157 Charing Cross Road, in London, England. It had been leased …
Brill Railway Station
Brill railway station was the terminus of a small railway line in Buckinghamshire, England, known as the Brill Tramway. Built …
London Necropolis railway station
London Necropolis railway station was the Waterloo, London terminus of the London Necropolis Railway. The London Necropolis Railway was opened …
Manchester Mayfield railway station
Manchester Mayfield is a former railway station in Manchester, England. It is located on the south side of Fairfield Street, …
Crystal Palace (High Level) railway station
Crystal Palace (High Level) railway station was a station in the London Borough of Southwark in south London. It was …
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The Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great …
Master Mariners’ Almshouses
Master Mariners’ Almshouses, Hull
Royal Institution
Albion Street, Hull, Kingston upon Hull HU1 3TE Built: 1852Demolished: 1943Architect: Cuthbert Broderick