Dirty Old London  published by
Yale University Press (October 2014)

Wednesday 10 December 2014

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.





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