Atkinson's Carillon
This instrument is one of only 15 carillons in the British Isles, and the only one in London. It is housed in a small spirelet on the...
Rolls Royce First Show Room
The showrooms in Conduit Street, where C.S. Rolls started, they were the London offices and showrooms of Rolls-Royce until 1996. ​...
The Pilot Who Saved the Palace
On 15 September 1940, Sergeant Holmes was flying a Hawker Hurricane fighter when he spotted a damaged Dornier Do17 bomber of KG 76 flying...
The Burdett Coutts Memorial Sundial
The Burdett Coutts Memorial Sundial is a structure built in Old St Pancras churchyard in 1877–79, at the behest of Baroness...
The Old Curiosity Shop
It would be nice to believe the claim painted on the front of this shop - that it inspired Charles Dickens - but like his novel, it's...
124-126 Cheapside
Cheapside was the centre of London retailing for centuries until the 19th century. In Medieval English, 'cheap' roughly translated as...
