Architecture Archives - Page 9 of 31

Messing About on the River

Taking a traghetto in Venice is practical and cheap; only 2 Euros a ride. Locals take them, standing insouciantly amidships reading the Corriere della Sera and juggling with a caffè corretto.

We are now on the first floor landing, above where you entered the hall earlier. The surrounds and pediments above the doors are eye-catching as is the plasterwork in the centre of the ceiling. The chandelier is Waterford glass bought inexpensively in Venice at the end of the 19th century. The door at the end… Continue reading The Tour Continues

A Private Tour of Barmeath

As you know Barmeath throws its gates open to visitors from time to time. This year it will be a virtual tour and I am your guide.

Mayfair Madness

It is galling to see the Peninsula Hotel taking shape on Hyde Park Corner; no, it’s infuriating.

Lovely Lewes

Lewes has all the conveniences that are expected in a county town: a court house, a prison, a brewery, Waitrose and some rather fine architecture. Somehow the developers have done only minimal damage.

Coronavirus Chronicle XI

The times they are a-changin’ as Bob Dylan puts it so idiomatically. I used to offer visitors a choice of three gins: London, Plymouth or Cork; rather pretentious and these days gin is distilled all over the place; from Deerness on Orkney to Westward Farm in the Isles of Scilly. Even Co Louth has a distillery… Continue reading Coronavirus Chronicle XI

Fishing & Fighting

As you can see local residents, including me, continue to oppose the building of this tower, overlooking the Conservation Area in which we live. We are supported, indirectly, by a verse in St John’s Gospel.

Coronavirus Chronicle X

It’s not exactly that the pantry is empty but lockdown led me to rationalise the drinks’ cupboard.

Temple Bar

Wouldn’t it be grand if Temple Bar is where lawyers go for a slurp but they frequent El Vino instead. May I digress?

Magna Carta Libertatum

There are four original copies of the charter signed by King John and his barons in 1215. Two of them may be found in the British Library, the others at Lincoln Castle and Salisbury Cathedral. So I didn’t see one yesterday when I went with a friend to Runnymede. She hadn’t been before and I… Continue reading Magna Carta Libertatum

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