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❝Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. (They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.)❞ #HoraceWalpole ———— Picture took by me #StrawberryHillHouseandGarden #StrawberryHillHouse #StrawberryHillGothic #TwickenhamLondon #SwanIsland #StrawberryVale #WaldegraveRoad #RichmondStation #LondonBoroughofRichmonduponThames #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 27 December 2023

4/29/2024, 8:45:28 AM

#BeauBrummell, 1778 - 1840 ❝”To be truly elegant one should not be noticed” #GeorgeBeauBrummell’s connections with Court, clubs and tailoring embody the spirit of St James’s past and present. Unveiled by #HRHPrincessMichaelofKent on 5 November 2002.❞ Sculptor: #IrenaSedlecka Architect: #PeterHeath ———— Picture took by me #FortnumandMason #FortnumandMasonPiccadilly #FortnumandMasonLondon #LondonMayfair #PiccadillyArcade #BurlingtonArcadeLondon #GreenParkLondon🇬🇧 #GreenParkUndergroundStation #WestEndofLondon #LondonBoroughofWestminster #LondonBoroughofCamden #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 26 December 2023

4/27/2024, 12:07:23 PM

❝An easily missed detail can be seen on the side of #StMargaretsChurch: a bust of #KingCharlesI, ironically looking over towards Parliament and the statue of #OliverCromwell, his successor.❞ ———— Picture took by me #HouseofParliamentLondon #ThePalaceofWestminster #ElizabethTower #BigBenBell #VictoriaTower #WestminsterAbbey🇬🇧 #WestminsterAbbey⛪️ #WestminsterBridge🇬🇧 #ParliamentSquareGarden #WestminsterUndergroundStation #KatieWignall #LookUpLondon #LondonBoroughofWestminster #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 3 January 2024

4/21/2024, 10:37:10 AM

❝Follow the map through Brewer’s Green to reach Buckingham Gate and on to #VictoriaStreet; cross the road here. Intended as a new modern artery for London, Victoria Street was laid out in the mid-1800s, clearing away haphazard collections of slum housing. After crossing, look back to admire #TheAlbert pub, built in the 1860s and one of the few surviving Victorian buildings on the otherwise redeveloped street.❞ ———— Picture took by me #TheAlbertPub #HouseofCommonsDivisionBell #DivisionBell #BuckinghamGate #BrewersGreen #BlewcoatSchool #BluecoatSchool #StJamsesPark #BirdcageWalk #CaxtonHall #BuckinghamPalace #No10DowningStreet #HouseofParliamentLondon #WestminsterAbbey🇬🇧 #WestminsterAbbey⛪️ #WestminsterBridge🇬🇧 #ParliamentSquareGarden #WestminsterUndergroundStation #KatieWignall #LookUpLondon #LondonBoroughofWestminster #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 25 December 2023

4/21/2024, 7:13:15 AM

❝As you reach #TothillStreet, look left for a fantastic view of Westminster Abbey. You will get a closer look later on, but for now cross into #Broadway. The weighty stone building on the corner is #55Broadway. It served as the purpose-built headquarters of #TransportforLondon from 1929 until the company moved out in 2020. The plans are to convert it into a hotel.❞ ———— Picture took by me #QueenAnnesGate #StJamsesPark #BirdcageWalk #CaxtonHall #BuckinghamPalace #No10DowningStreet #HouseofParliamentLondon #ThePalaceofWestminster #ElizabethTower #BigBenBell #VictoriaTower #WestminsterAbbey🇬🇧 #WestminsterAbbey⛪️ #WestminsterBridge🇬🇧 #ParliamentSquareGarden #WestminsterUndergroundStation #KatieWignall #LookUpLondon #LondonBoroughofWestminster #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 25 December 2023

4/18/2024, 10:29:03 AM

❝Head south on #CarteretStreet, looking out for a lovely mosaic on the right. This is a surviving remnant of a ghost’ advertisement from the early 1900s for #VictorTyreCompany who had their head office nearby.❞ ———— Picture took from Look Up London #QueenAnnesGate #StJamsesPark #BirdcageWalk #CaxtonHouse #BuckinghamPalace #No10DowningStreet #HouseofParliamentLondon #ThePalaceofWestminster #ElizabethTower #BigBenBell #VictoriaTower #WestminsterAbbey🇬🇧 #WestminsterAbbey⛪️ #WestminsterBridge🇬🇧 #ParliamentSquareGarden #WestminsterUndergroundStation #KatieWignall #LookUpLondon #LondonBoroughofWestminster #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 25 December 2023

4/18/2024, 10:19:39 AM

❝Head back down the steps towards St James’s Park, passing the entrance to #ChurchillWarRooms on your left. During #theSecondWorldWar this was a secret headquarters used by the highest government officials, including Prime Minister #WinstonChurchill. Hundreds of men and women worked round the clock in the underground rooms, and today the museum - part of the Imperial War Museum - tells their story.❞ ———— Picture took by me #StJamsesPark #StJamsesParkLake #DuckIslandCottage #BuckinghamPalace #No10DowningStreet #HouseofParliamentLondon #ThePalaceofWestminster #ElizabethTower #BigBenBell #VictoriaTower #WestminsterAbbey🇬🇧 #WestminsterAbbey⛪️ #WestminsterBridge🇬🇧 #ParliamentSquareGarden #WestminsterUndergroundStation #KatieWignall #LookUpLondon #LondonBoroughofWestminster #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 25 December 2023

4/17/2024, 11:53:41 AM

❝Shortly, on your left as you continue south on #HorseGuardsRoad, you will see #CliveSteps, named after #RobertClive who established the military and political supremacy of #theEastIndiaCompany in India and who served two terms as the #GovernorofBengal (1758-60 and 1764-67). Returning to Britain between his tenure, he was widely accused of corruption. He later died with a fortune of over £30 million in today’s money. At the top of Clive Steps is #KingCharlesStreet, flanked by two important government buildings. On the left is the #ForeignCommonwealthandDevelopmentOffice (finished in 1873 and designed by #GeorgeGilbertScott) and on the right is #HerMajestysTreasury (first designed by #WilliamKent in the 1730s and remodelled by #CharlesBarry in the 1840s).❞ ———— Picture took by me #StJamsesPark #StJamsesParkLake #DuckIslandCottage #BuckinghamPalace #No10DowningStreet #WestminsterAbbey🇬🇧 #WestminsterAbbey⛪️ #WestminsterBridge🇬🇧 #ParliamentSquareGarden #KatieWignall #LookUpLondon #LondonBoroughofWestminster #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 25 December 2023

4/17/2024, 11:34:21 AM

❝Cross #Whitehall to stand in front of Horse Guards, a white stone building flanked by two soldiers on horseback. These are members of #theHouseholdCavalry, regiments of the British Army. Horse Guards was designed by #WilliamKent in the 1740s as the Horse Guards’ headquarters. Today it contains some preserved historic rooms as well as the Household Cavalry Museum. Before you pass through the archway of the building, look up at the golden clock against the white stone cupola of the building and you will notice a dark stain at around 2pm. It is said that this is a permanent mark to remember the execution of #KingCharlesI - a great story, although there is no evidence to back it up! As you walk underneath, look up at the underside of the vaulted stone ceiling. You will see two collections of initials, SFM and St MW. These are parish boundary markers: to the left is the parish of #SaintMartinintheFields and to the right, of #SaintMargaret Westminster. Parishes were part of the way London was organized administratively before the introduction of the London Government Act in 1899.❞ ———— Picture took by me #HorseGuardParade #TheHouseholdCavalryMuseum #HouseofParliamentLondon #ThePalaceofWestminster #ElizabethTower #BigBenBell #VictoriaTower #WestminsterAbbey🇬🇧 #WestminsterAbbey⛪️ #WestminsterBridge🇬🇧 #ParliamentSquareGarden #WestminsterUndergroundStation #KatieWignall #LookUpLondon #LondonBoroughofWestminster #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 25 December 2023 & 1 December 2015

4/16/2024, 11:29:17 AM

❝Turn left along #HorseGuardsAvenue to reach #Whitehall and another reminder of the former palace. As well as the steps you have just seen, #BanquetingHouse was the only major building to escape the fire and can still be visited today. It contains the world’s only surviving in-situ ceiling paintings by #PeterPaulRubens. Installed in 1639 these staggering works celebrate the reign of the #StuartKing #JamesI (r. 1603-25; #JamesVIofScotland from 1567) and his belief in the divine right of kings. Above the entrance to Banqueting House you can see a bust of his son #CharlesI (r. 1625-49); somewhat morbid, as this was the location for his beheading. His execution followed years of fighting between Royalists, loyal to the king, and #OliverCromwell’s #ParliamentaryArmy. The #EnglishCivilWar (1642-51) was a last resort after the king and Parliament failed to agree on contentious issues that included religion, the king’s power and his economic policies. On 30 January 1649, the king was led from Banqueting House onto a scaffold to face a crowd of spectators. His head was severed from his body in one clean stroke and one eyewitness described ‘such a groan by the thousands then present as I never heard before and desire I may never hear again.❞ ———— Picture took by me #HorseGuardParade #TheHouseholdCavalryMuseum #HouseofParliamentLondon #ThePalaceofWestminster #WestminsterAbbey🇬🇧 #WestminsterAbbey⛪️ #WestminsterBridge🇬🇧 #ParliamentSquareGarden #WestminsterUndergroundStation #KatieWignall #LookUpLondon #LondonBoroughofWestminster #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 25 December 2023

4/16/2024, 9:03:14 AM

❝Cross the road to continue through #VictoriaEmbankmentGardens. The gardens contain several war memorials, a fitting location given that the fortress-like stone building on the left is the #MinistryofDefence. Walk towards the far side of the building, however, and you will see something far older embedded in grass: a series of stone steps leading to nowhere. These are #QueenMarysSteps, a reminder of #WhitehallPalace that once stood along the bank of #theThames, roughly between the Palace of Westminster and #TrafalgarSquare. A jumble of buildings, Whitehall Palace served as the centre of English royal power from 1530 until 1698, and was probably the largest palace in Europe at the time. So, what happened in 1698? Another fire. This time started by a maidservant who was drying linen sheets too close to a charcoal brazier in a bed chamber. The steps you see here were built as a convenient river entrance to the palace for #QueenMaryII (r. 1689-94) in 1691. You will notice that, today, they seem a rather inconvenient distance from the Thames. This is thanks to the late-19th-century construction of London’s sewer system, masterminded by #JosephBazalgette. Beneath your feet run brick tunnels carrying sewage alongside the Tube tunnels of the District and Circle lines. In total 22 acres of the Thames was embanked, hence these marooned steps.❞ ———— Picture took by me #HouseofParliamentLondon #ThePalaceofWestminster #ElizabethTower #BigBenBell #VictoriaTower #WestminsterAbbey🇬🇧 #WestminsterAbbey⛪️ #WestminsterBridge🇬🇧 #ParliamentSquareGarden #WestminsterUndergroundStation #KatieWignall #LookUpLondon #LondonBoroughofWestminster #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 25 December 2023

4/15/2024, 12:11:27 PM

❝Cross #VictoriaEmbankment. You will pass a #statueofBoudicca, queen of the native British tribe the #Iceni. Standing in this location since 1902, the statue celebrates #Boudicca as a fearless leader who led a revolt against the invading Romans around 60 AD, burning London and other cities to the ground in the process. Evidence of this destruction - layers of burnt timber, brick and other objects - are still found during archaeology digs in London today.❞ ———— Picture took by me #HouseofParliamentLondon #ThePalaceofWestminster #ElizabethTower #BigBenBell #VictoriaTower #WestminsterAbbey🇬🇧 #WestminsterAbbey⛪️ #WestminsterBridge🇬🇧 #ParliamentSquareGarden #WestminsterUndergroundStation #KatieWignall #LookUpLondon #LondonBoroughofWestminster #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 3 December 2016

4/14/2024, 9:01:12 AM

❝Sandwich was built on a sandbank in order to serve ships sheltering in the wide haven which then existed between it and the #IsleofThanet. At first the supply of pure water must have proved a problem as water from wells in the town has always been brackish. So, very early on, a stone-lined channel was dug to bring water into the town from springs near Worth. This stream still flows through Sandwich and may most easily be seen on the east side of New Street and the Dover Road near the railway station. It flows along New Street where it disappears under houses and reappears at the rear of the shop at the beginning of #DelfStreet where an old pump may still be seen. it is seen again along Delf Street where it is diverted at Horse Pond Sluice. The stream is known to have existed as early as the reign of Edward I. An old lease in the possession of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury shows that the stream was in existence as early as 1206. Many passages once led from the centre of the old town through to the stream in New Street, for example through 38 King Street, but these have now largely disappeared.❞ ———— Picture took by me #DelfStream #EmpireCinemaSandwich #NewStreet #TheGuildhallMuseum #SandwichGuildhallMuseum #CattleMarket #TheWaitingRoomSandwich #OssiesFishandChips #VintageCuriosities #TheLittleCuriosityBox #TRandCCarpenter #TheMarketInn #SheperdNeame #NoNameShop #MedievalChurch #AgeConcernSandwich #TheRedCow #NoahsArkSandwich #TheEnglishChannel #KentCounty #KentCountyCouncil #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #SandwichKent #SandwichUK #Kent #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 24 December 2023

4/7/2024, 8:59:43 AM

❝This fine house has a datestone of 1713 on the street front and indeed the front windows and brickwork date from then. However, the main house is a timber-framed one, dating from about 1400. It belonged to #ChristchurchCanterbury, on whose land, the Jesus Quay, it stands and it is believed to have been the principal guest house for the accommodation of pilgrims to Canterbury. It is in reality a double house as the roof shows, one half once having the great hall and also the kitchen, both open to the roof, while the eastern half was the dormitory wing on three floors. The present main doorway is believed to have been added for the visit of #HenryVIlI in 1534, as it has brickwork of that period adjoining it and also a Tudor royal coat of arms in one spandrel. The stairs just inside and also the main central fireplace are part of this alteration. The roof of the hall with its carved crown Post still survives, also the roof of the kitchen with its massive and soot covered timbers. The house formerly contained some fine linenfold panelling but most of this was sold to America by a previous owner, together with the four-poster bed and other relics said to be connected with the visit of #QueenElizabethI in 1573.❞ ———— ❝Original #GaolGates now hung at the entrance to King’s House.❞ Picture took by me #TheKingsLodging #NewStreet #StrandStreet #TheGuildhallMuseum #SandwichGuildhallMuseum #CattleMarket #TheWaitingRoomSandwich #OssiesFishandChips #VintageCuriosities #TheLittleCuriosityBox #TRandCCarpenter #TheMarketInn #SheperdNeame #NoNameShop #MedievalChurch #TheEnglishChannel #KentCounty #KentCountyCouncil #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #SandwichKent #SandwichUK #Kent #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 24 December 2023

4/7/2024, 8:29:38 AM

❝This statue, commissioned by the #SherlockHolmesSocietyofLondon was sponsored by #AbbeyNational plc to commemorate its #150thAnniversary in 1999 — 221b Baker Street the address of #SherlockHolmes is at the original headquarters of Abbey National plc Sculptor: #JohnDoubleday❞ ———— Picture took by me #BakerStreet #HiddenLondon #MaryleboneRoad #SherlockHolmesStatue #LondonTransportMuseum #MetropolitanRailway #221BBakerStreet #SherlockHolmesMuseum #MaryleboneDistrict #BakerStreetUndergroundStation #LondonBoroughofWestminster #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 21 December 2023

3/19/2024, 2:35:41 PM

❝Your last stop on this walk is something of an enigma, and hard to spot unless you know what you are looking for. Cross over towards the black-tiled building at no. 4 #GreatNewportStreet. Look closely at the facade, and you will see a hook labelled ‘ #MetropolitanPolice’. As so often with London stories, it is very hard to wheedle out the truth of oddities such as this, but you may read that this was a hook used by policemen in the early 20th century for hanging up their coats in hot weather while directing traffic. Whatever the reason, this is a delightful curiosity to admire as you walk by. Return to #CranbournStreet and follow the map to reach #LeicesterSquareStation, where the walk ends.❞ ———— Picture took by me #ArtsTheatreLondon #AppleCoventGarden #JubileeMarketCoventGarden #CoventGardenPiazza #BowStreetPoliceMuseum #BowStreet #CoventGarden #CoventGardenUndergroundStation #KatieWignall #LookUpLondon #LondonBoroughofCamden #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 21 December 2023

3/16/2024, 9:52:25 AM

❝As you exit onto #StMartinsLane, turn right and walk up towards the traffic interchange. On the corner of #CranbournStreet and #GreatNewportStreet is a memorial to #AgathaChristie 26 Unveiled in 2012 and designed by #BenTwistonDavies, a bust of Christie sits within a book decorated with images of characters and scenes from her novels.❞ ———— Picture took by me #AppleCoventGarden #JubileeMarketCoventGarden #CoventGardenPiazza #BowStreetPoliceMuseum #BowStreet #CoventGarden #CoventGardenUndergroundStation #KatieWignall #LookUpLondon #LondonBoroughofCamden #TheCityLondon #ChristmasSeason2023 #XmasSeason2023 #CityofWestminster #London #UnitedKingdom #TheUK🇬🇧 21 December 2023

3/16/2024, 7:20:30 AM