Sometimes it is the smaller and more unusual things that catch my attention. Here is part of a house at the eastern end of East Sheen in London, and just off Upper Richmond Road West.
I really like the sundial between the long narrow windows, and the shell shape above. I found this fascinating building on the Geograph website, a collection of photographs covering each 1km square on the Ordnance Survey maps of Britain. Some squares now have over a thousand photos. I love to browse the photos if I have time before I go to visit somewhere.
Some of the photos on the site have interesting comments, and one shot of this house has "Surely one of the oddest small buildings in London, put together from re-cycled bits and pieces which might have been found at some architectural jumble sale. I've known it for many years, and wish I'd taken photographs before the present high wall was built, as this conceals much of the ground floor from the street."
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
I love little mysteries like this. How did such an ornate house come to be built in suburbia? I would love to have a look round in more detail, both outside and in, though that is most unlikely given the rather unfriendly high walls and trees round it.
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
I love little mysteries like this. How did such an ornate house come to be built in suburbia? I would love to have a look round in more detail, both outside and in, though that is most unlikely given the rather unfriendly high walls and trees round it.
Ian
It certainly is - I would love to have a good look round it, though sadly its a private house, so no chance of that!
Ian