General Post Office, Manchester
Nikolaus Pevsner, the famous architectural critic of the 1960s, in his ‘Buildings of England’ series, wrote this: ‘Doomed to disappear. …
Nikolaus Pevsner, the famous architectural critic of the 1960s, in his ‘Buildings of England’ series, wrote this: ‘Doomed to disappear. …
The first exchange in Manchester was a humble but handsome affair of 1729 where Marks & Spencer, Market Street, now …
The Liverpool Overhead Railway (known locally as the Dockers’ Umbrella) was an overhead railway in Liverpool which operated along the …
Persecuted in France, about 50,000 Huguenots fled to Britain where Edward VI granted them asylum. The French Protestant Church of …
Holy Trinity Church in Bishops Bridge Road was completed in 1846 and demolished in 1984, when it was no longer needed.
The early Abingdon Street can be seen on Norden’s map of about 1593 linking old palace (yard) with Millbank. At …
Newcastle Odeon was a 2,602-seat cinema located at Pilgrim Street in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It opened as the Paramount Theatre in 1931 before being purchased by Odeon …
The Hotel Cecil was a grand hotel built 1890–96 between the Thames Embankment and the Strand in London, England. It was named after Cecil House (also known as Salisbury House), …
The Royal Aquarium and Winter Garden was a place of amusement in Westminster, London, opened in 1876. The building was demolished in 1903. It …
Rowton Houses was a chain of hostels built in London, England, by the Victorian philanthropist Lord Rowton to provide decent …
Willingham House was a country house in Lincolnshire, England. It was built around 1790 for Ayscough Boucherett and is attributed …
Wetherby Grange was a stately home in the Micklethwaite area of Wetherby, West Yorkshire. It was demolished in 1962. History …
Tullichewan is a former estate in the Vale of Leven, near Loch Lomond, Scotland. Tullichewan Castle was built in 1792 …
Terregles House was a late 18th-century country house, located near Terregles, around 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of Dumfries in …
Somerford Park is situated off the A54 road midway between Congleton and Holmes Chapel in Cheshire. Somerfield Hall was a …
Shipley Hall was a country estate near Heanor and Ilkeston in Derbyshire, England which now forms a Country Park. Early …
Shewalton House and estate were composed of the ‘Lands of Shewalton’ and the laird’s dwelling, originally a tower castle and …
Rushbrooke Hall was a British stately home in Rushbrooke, Suffolk. For several hundred years it was the family seat of …
East Rounton was the site of Rounton Grange, a country house designed by the architect Philip Webb in 1872 to …
Rendlesham Hall was a large manor house in the village of Rendlesham in Suffolk. History The hall was built in …
The house was formerly known as Berrystead Manor House, and the alternative form of Pavenham Bury was adopted after the …
Panshanger was a large country house located between the outer edge of Hertford and Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England. …
Panmure House was a 17th-century country house in the Parish of Panbride, Angus, Scotland, 4 miles (6 km) to the …
Ossington is a village in the county of Nottinghamshire, England 7 miles north of Newark on Trent. It is centred …
Osmaston Hall was built in 1696 in extensive grounds of what is now Osmaston, a part of Derby. The house …
Odell Castle was an 11th-century castle in the village of Odell, in the county of Bedfordshire, England. The land where …
Nuthall Temple in Nottinghamshire, one of England’s lost houses, was one of five houses built in the United Kingdom generally …
Normanton Hall was a large now demolished country house at Normanton in Rutland. History Normanton was the possession of the …
Normanhurst Court was a large manor house in the village of Catsfield in East Sussex. History The building of the …
Montreal Park is a development in Sevenoaks in Kent which was formerly the home of Lord Amherst, Commander-in-Chief of the …