Kentish Town West to Hampstead

Twin towers of a nearby primary school, classic turn-of-the-century ...

Down the line, back to London ...

Blue enamel street sign ...

Careworn hand-painted street sign ...

The HOME and COLONIAL STORES ...

Geometric adornments ...

The Pub with no Sign ...

Another lovely primary school ...

End-of-terrace cottage house ...

It's neighbours, bit grander, with oversized windows, stucco and ironwork ...

Beautiful and quaint street-lamp, very short, with elegant decoration ...

Local parish church, built like medieval castle ...

Ironwork Last Supper beside the door ...

Tiled road signs abound ...

The lost borough of Hampstead ...

Victorian front garden path tiling ...

The looming malevolent bulk of the Royal Free Hospital ...

A disused Victorian window-turned-hoarding ...

Top quality porch tiling ...

Budding ironwork ...

Tiled manicule ...

Large, ventilated, sewer hatch ...

Typical residence in these parts ...

Less typical figurehead-on-house. Apparently the house belonged to the writer of the Eton Boat Song. Not sure that explains it.

Nice Victorian property ...

Not sure if originally flats or a clever conversion ...

Local resident ...

Brickwork ...

Painted sign in frame ...

Corner shop ...

Bollard ...

Presumably something to do with the Kit Cat Club http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit-Cat_Club

A golden sign ... nice touch ...

Wall bracket ...

Rare concrete street sign ...

1960s mock-Victorian angel ...

Pleasing tomb ...

Sceptical Jesus ...

Gloomy lady ...

And a memorial to a famous artist ...

A Stroll Around Knightsbridge

Beginning on Basil Street, behind Knightsbridge tube station, this has the look of a former pub doorway (and it is attached to a corner building) but the steps inside go down to the basement. David Brady on Twitter suggests a particularly grand service entry for flats. Anyone know?

Shadows creating a marvellous double-helix effect on this spiral fire escape ...

Rysbrack Street, I think ...

Relatively rare white-on-black signage ... the lack of postcode number suggests longevity ...

The wedding-cake apartment architecture which curses much of central West London ...

Close-up on the capitals of Harrods ...

More white-on-black signage, but not quite so well cared-for ...

Someone once thought it was a good idea to put over-sized 'grecian' adornments on a Victorian cottage sash window ...

Lovely ironwork balcony canopy ...

Waiting for an architect's name, builder's name or building name that never came?

Amazing period door in Ovington Square. Look at the capitals on the door posts, and the ?sliding grill? in the centre.

The square itself, however, strangely unharmonious in its balconies. Built in two stages, by different builders? The same thing on both sides.

These mace-like finials quite unusual ...

A mysterious hatch in Glynde Mews ...

Part of a former police-station. But why the hatch?

Not sure if this is Victorian or modern reproduction, but still pleasant ...

A gallery selling 'fine art' copies of films posters. Go figure.

An 1820s cottage in Donne Place - the area would have been fairly rural when built.

Across the road 'Clive Sinclair lived here 1982-1987' ...

The entrails of a phone junction box exposed nearby ...

No parking on Mossop Street ...

Some nice contrasting bricks and such ...

Lennox Gardens definitely welcome dogs.

Nice patina on this sign on Milner Street ...

Awful art in Cadogan Square Gardens ...

Some musicians in the square ...

More wedding-cake architecture ...

Railings. Not sure if eroded along that centre strip, or built that way.

Self-portrait on Pont Street ...

And a very well-preserved, detailed, rooftop dragon.