“BRICKS – FOR SALE. 150,000 Bricks, 10,000 Pantiles, 20,000 plain Tiles, at the Life Guardsman public-house, Knightsbridge, and six adjoining houses. Inquire on the Premises.” I am not aware of any other pub in Knightsbridge with this name, although given the barracks in Knightsbridge...
The Survey of London does not make any mention of the Swiss Hotel as being in Old Compton Street before 1890, however taking newspapers from the 1870s and 1880s, there are mentions of the Swiss Hotel, and 1890 could be a reference to the build of the current building on the site, rath...
"When it's spring again, I'll bring again, tulips from Amsterdam". Photo: iStock/Безгодов There are no frills at this stall, situated outside M&S on one of the Square Mile's busiest roads, but it's a proper London market stall. The City crowds are the target audience, y...
the building was constructed on the foundations of the previous building on the site – known variously as Duke Humphrey’s Tower or Greenwich Castle) – and used bricks from spare stock at Tilbury Fort, and wood, iron and lead from a demolished gatehouse at the Tower of London. ...
Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and built under the supervision of Robert Hooke, the building was constructed on the foundations of the previous building on the site – known variously as Duke Humphrey’s Tower or Greenwich Castle) – and used bricks from spare stock at Tilbury Fort, and wood...
Landscapesare made up of living and non-living elements. Construction materials such as bricks, cement, timber and pavers are easily selected and are elements with which most people are familiar. But where to get the best deal and where to buy them is not knowledge that everyone possesses. A...
has designed its first bricks-and-mortar site to be totally circular by incorporating furniture made from discarded plasterboard (the most frequently wasted product in London), panels made from algae biomaterial, fixtures grown from mycelium (mushroom) biomaterial and more. CALDERA 8 Monohaus, 143 ...
Between 1906 and 1911, working in water up to a depth of six metres (20 feet), he shored up Winchester Cathedral, using more than 25,000 bags of concrete, 115,000 concrete blocks, and 900,000 bricks. After Walker finished his work, the groundwater was pumped out and the concrete he...
Landscapesare made up of living and non-living elements. Construction materials such as bricks, cement, timber and pavers are easily selected and are elements with which most people are familiar. But where to get the best deal and where to buy them is not knowledge that everyone possesses. A...
know that my emotions are less than 1mm below the surface and on seeing the grown-up T and Mum yes, tears were shed. There was No Change To See Here, for T is simply a taller version of the 12 year-old I last saw back in 1976 and her Mum, an 88-year-old Fairy Tinkerbell …...