Brutal and Beautiful: The Story of London’s Barbican
WEBFeb 28, 2022 · It’s a visionary Brutalist/Modernist scheme: monumental in scale, geometric, high density, multi-level with elevated walkways and multiple entrances and exits, a car-free city within the City. Controversial when it was built, the Barbican’s design still divides opinion today. There are over 2,000 flats with more than 4,000 residents, a lake ...
The history of high street architecture in England
WEB1 day ago · The term ‘high street’ has been used for centuries and seems to have been first used in the 12th century, when ‘high’ signalled superior rank or importance. Today, there are over 6,000 high streets in England. From ancient beginnings, they have been the backdrop of communities and, to reflect the changing needs of consumers, their ...
10 Eccentric English Customs, Traditions and Ceremonies (and …
WEBApr 28, 2021 · All over England, customs, traditions and ceremonies brighten our lives throughout the year. The Christian calendar, pre-Christian era practices and the continual cycle of the seasons have influenced many.
A Guide to Traditional English Buildings - The Historic England Blog
WEBAug 25, 2022 · How to identify vernacular buildings. They are usually ordinary, everyday structures, such as houses; A very broad category, they are less defined by precise architectural features than by the materials used to build them, timber, stone, cob, earth, mud or brick, though these materials are sometimes concealed
The Story of the Royal British Legion - The Historic England Blog
WEBNov 9, 2021 · The Story of the Royal British Legion. by Historic England. 9 November 2021. Comment 1. The terrible human cost of the First World War (1914 to 1918) left nearly 900,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers, sailors and airmen dead. Around 1.75 million came home with some level of disability, whether physical or psychological.
Anglo-Saxon Architecture: Understated Jewels of England’s Heritage
WEBFeb 8, 2022 · The chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall. The oldest surviving Anglo-Saxon church is believed to be St Peter-on-the-Wall, at Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex. This church is said to have been built by the Saxon Bishop Cedd, around AD 654. It sits astride the wall of a Roman fort and incorporates ‘recycled’ Roman building materials.
Explore England’s Hidden Past from the Air
WEBDec 6, 2021 · The long shadows cast by the low winter sun highlight the earthwork remains of medieval arable farming in Todenham, Gloucestershire. These earthworks, known as ridge and furrow, survive in fields that are now used for pasture. In places, modern ploughing has flattened the remains, but aerial photographs taken in …
The Story Behind the World’s First Telephone
WEB29 July 2022. Comments 0. Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell (1847 to 1922), developed the world’s first working telephone, receiving a patent from the United States Patent Office 7 March 1876. Reputedly, the very first successful words using his new ‘instrument’, as Bell called it, were spoken by him to his associate Thomas Watson who ...
The Story of Welwyn Garden City – The Historic England Blog
WEBDec 4, 2020 · Residents first moved into Welwyn Garden City in December 1920. The city’s radical plan and innovative approach to living were based on new ideas formulated by the Garden City Movement, founded by Ebenezer Howard in 1899, and realised over four decades by Chief Architect and Planner, Louis de Soissons. Here we look at …
The Destruction and Rebirth of Coventry Cathedral
WEBAug 14, 2019 · The Destruction and Rebirth of Coventry Cathedral. On the evening of 14 November 1940, over 500 bombers from the Luftwaffe (the German air force) targeted Coventry in the highly industrialised West Midlands. There had been a number of previous smaller raids on the city during the Battle of Britain (July to October 1940), when the Germans had ...
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