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Turner’s House
After having the opportunity to see Turner’s Chair, our next foray into this great London-born artist’s life is to Twickenham and Turner’s House. Grade II* Listed Sandycombe House has undergone a £2.4...
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Down Your Alley: Gunpowder Square
I had intended this month’s Down Your Alley to be Guy Fawkes related and Gunpowder Square seemed the perfect place to start. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any information about this little alley which...
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Site Unseen: Maggs Bros
Every month CabbieBlog hopes to show you a little gem of a building that you might have passed without noticing, in the past, they have ranged from a modernist car park; a penguin pool; to a Hanoverian...
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Marking Time
Islington might today be trendy with little crime, it certainly wasn’t at the turn of the last century. Then, unlike today, a policeman had to walk his beat, a certain presence to deter criminal...
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Down Your Alley: Adam and Eve Court
As everyone is rushing to do their Christmas Shopping, the little alley of Adam and Eve Court, about 320 yards east of Oxford Circus, on the north side of Oxford Street, is often passed by unnoticed....
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Site Unseen: Courtenay Square
Every month CabbieBlog hopes to show you a little gem of a building that you might have passed without noticing, in the past they have ranged from a modernist car park; a penguin pool; to a Hanoverian...
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From Coach House to Mayfair Mansion
Designed initially as a coach house for the Capel Family, the Earls of Essex, this 8,051 square foot property in the heart of Mayfair, just a stone’s throw from Hyde Park, has been transformed, under...
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Down Your Alley: Angel Place
Off the north side of Long Lane, opposite St George’s church, only a few strides from the junction with Borough High Street you will find Angel Place. Years have passed and scenes have changed since...
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Site Unseen: Grosvenor Gardens
Every month CabbieBlog hopes to show you a little gem of a building that you might have passed without noticing, in the past, they have ranged from a modernist car park; a penguin pool; to a Hanoverian...
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Long and winding road
The thoroughfare with the shortest name in London is Hide in Beckton, credit for the shortest falls to Candover Street in Fitzrovia at 135ft. But which has the longest name and the greatest length? The...
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