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Railway Hotel, Edgware

The Railway Hotel is a former pub and hotel in Station Road, Edgware and a Grade II listed building with Historic England. History The Railway Hotel was built and designed in 1931 by the architect A. E. Sewell for Truman Hanbury Buxton, brewers, and opened in 1932. The historic building closed in 2006 after not reaching health and safety standards. In 2013 the building was added to Historic England's Heritage At Risk register. On 11 July 2016, having been empty, the building caught fire in the early morning. Damage and uncertainty Through the 2010s there were several owners, none making any significant progress. In 2016 an arson attack left a portion of the ground floor destroyed and the public began to fear developers would build new apartments after a lack of support from the council. A petition, launched in 2016 to Historic England in an attempt to try to restore the building, received 2,287 signatures. Announced in 2017 the building was listed at public auction with a minimum value of £2 million. Renovation In September 2018, it was announced that the building would be renovated and turned into a restaurant. Work on this was reported to be underway, although it has yet to be completed as of 2026. References External links http://www.francisfrith.com/uk/edgware/edgware-railway-hotel-1948_e126003 http://boakandbailey.com/2016/08/pub-preservation-railway-hotel-edgware/
Church of Our Lady of Grace & St Edward, Chiswick

The 1886 Church of Our Lady of Grace & St Edward, serving the Roman Catholic parish of Chiswick, stands on the south side of Chiswick High Road, on the corner with Duke's Avenue. History The parish was founded in 1848. A school was started around 1855, and a church was opened by Cardinal Wiseman on the present site in 1864. It was replaced by the present building in 1886, opened by Cardinal Manning. The debts incurred were paid off and the church consecrated in 1904. The square tower was added after the First World War by Canon Egan as a war memorial. The east wall facing Duke's Avenue was damaged by a bomb in 1944; the wall and roof were restored in 1953, with the addition of a porch and baptistery by Donald Plaskett Marshall. A chapel of ease (supplementary church), St Joseph's, was based in Bolton Road, Grove Park, from 1944: the present red brick building dates from 1961. The church of Our Lady of Grace & St Edward is paired with St Joseph's and St Dunstan's, Gunnersbury. Architecture Exterior The Grade II listed building is a red brick basilica by the architects Kelly & Birchall, who specialised in churches in the Italianate and Gothic Revival styles. The main door, with a round pediment, faces north on to Chiswick High Road. There is no apse; the side walls are stepped. The ground floor is designed with intentionally blind window panels. The building is ornamented with substantial amounts of moulded and rubbed brick and terracotta decoration in Renaissance style. The rubbed brick pilaster capitals were carved by Joseph Cribb. The tall rectangular yellow-brown brick bell-tower was added by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1930; a rather more ornate tower was included in the original plans. The roof is covered with pantiles. Interior The interior is decorated with painted plaster: the walls are white, the ceiling mainly red, and ornamentation gold. The ceiling is divided into rectangular coffers with white borders. The chancel is built to the same width and height as the nave, separated by a high round arch. The nave is flanked by lower aisles, and separated from them on each side by four round Corinthian columns; the chancel has one column on each side. References External links Official website
Joseph Rowntree Theatre

The Joseph Rowntree Theatre is a historic theatre on Haxby Road in the north of York, a city in North Yorkshire, England. The theatre was commissioned by the Rowntree's chocolate company, as a facility for its workers, alongside a library, swimming pool and bowling green. It was designed by Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin in the Art Deco style, and was completed in 1935. It was named the "Joseph Rowntree Hall" in memory of Joseph Rowntree, former co-owner of the company, and originally operated as both a theatre and a lecture hall. At the time, it was connected to the factory's canteen, and workers could watch films during their lunch breaks. Rowntree's was bought by Nestle in 1988, which in 2012 sold the theatre to York St John University. It continued to be operated by the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust, and was later purchased by the trust. In 2014, the roof was replaced, and a new bar installed. At the time, the theatre was run by around 150 volunteers. In 2017, the in-house Joseph Rowntree Theatre Company was established. The building has been Grade II listed since 2003. The theatre is constructed of brown brick, and has concrete dressings and a pantile roof. The building is mostly three storeys, and the recessed main entrance to the west consists of triple doors with a wooden canopy above. There are wings either side, with brick parapets. Each side has five buttresses, and the ground floor projects slightly. At the rear, the flytower rises to four storeys and has plain buttresses and a flat roof. Inside, the foyer has its original flooring, with a staircase to the left and box office to the right. The auditorium has raked stalls and a narrow gallery with a curved front. There is a proscenium arch to the stage, with an orchestra pit in front. Original features include wooden panelling, seating, and the stage machinery. References External links Official website
St Michael's Church, Colyford

St Michael's Church is a Church of England church in Colyford, Devon, England. Built in 1888–89, St Michael's has been Grade II listed since 1984. Today it forms one of five churches of the Colyton Parish and Holyford Mission Community. History St Michael's was erected in 1888–89 at the expense of Mrs. J. L. Scarborough and her son Mr. Elijah Impey Scarborough "to the glory of God and in memory of Admiral Impey", Mrs. Scarborough's father. It was designed by Mr. R. M. Fulford and built by Messrs Luscombe and Son of Exeter. Although a private chapel, it was used as a chapel of ease for the residents of Colyford and was declared open by the Bishop of Exeter, Edward Bickersteth, during a ceremony on 17 January 1889. The church was later handed over to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners by Mr. Scarborough for the benefit of the village. It was consecrated on 17 March 1903 by the Bishop of Crediton, Robert Trefusis, in place of the Bishop of Exeter who was unable to attend due to ill health. St Michael's continues to hold Sunday services on a weekly basis and is also used for social events. In January 2015, the church's 125th anniversary was celebrated with a Songs of Praise service. Architecture St Michael's was built in an Arts and Crafts style using local flint rubble, with quoins, bands, windows and copings of Beer limestone, and the internal use of buff and red brick. The roof was built using tiles from Staffordshire and pitch pine on the inside. A bellcote was added to the west gable and contains corbels, gablets and a spirelet. The church, made up of a nave, chancel, south transept, south-west porch and north vestry, was built to accommodate 200 persons on open benches of pine. Three stained glass windows at the east end of the church were designed by Mr. F. Drake of Exeter. The font is made from carved Beer stone with a Hamstone base. Following the death of Mrs. Scarborough, her son had oak reredos added to the church in 1892 in her memory. In 1895, friends of the Scarborough family commissioned Mr. F. Drake to design and install a stained glass window for the church, commemorating "the return of Mr and Mrs E. J. Scarborough and family to their native home after a sojourn of three years in California". References External links Holyford Mission Community website
St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Church

St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Church, Little Malvern, Worcestershire, England is a Benedictine parish church administered by the monks of Downside Abbey. The attached churchyard contains the grave of the composer Edward Elgar and of his wife, Alice. The church was designed in 1862 in a Gothic Revival style by Benjamin Bucknall. It is a Grade II listed building. The Elgars' grave has a separate Grade II listing. History The Benedictines established a monastery at what is now Little Malvern Priory in around 1171. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the priory was reduced to the chancel and tower, and other elements were converted and reused in the construction of Little Malvern Court. The court came into the possession of the Berington family in the 18th century, who remain its owners. Staunchly recusant, the Beringtons supported a Catholic congregation at Little Malvern and in 1860 engaged the architect Benjamin Bucknall to construct a new church. The church, completed in 1862, was dedicated to St Wulstan. In 1920 Alice Elgar, wife of the composer Edward Elgar, was buried in the churchyard at St Wulstan's. The church had been the Elgars' regular place of worship during their time at Craeg Lea, their home at Malvern Wells. Following his own death in 1934, Elgar himself was interred in the same grave. Their memorial was designed by Arthur Troyte Griffith, a Malvern-based architect and close friend of Elgar, whom Elgar celebrated in Variation VII, “Troyte”, of his Enigma Variations. The composer Dorothy Howell, who for many years tended the Elgar grave on behalf of the Elgar Society, is buried nearby. The church is now owned and administered by the Benedictine community at Downside Abbey. Architecture and description The church is constructed of local Malvern rag-stone with ashlar stone dressings. It comprises a nave and a chancel. An undercroft designed by Bucknall was never built. The church contains stained glass by Hardman & Co., which, as at 2022, is undergoing a major restoration. St Wulstan's is a Grade II listed building. The Elgars' grave has a separate Grade II listing. Gallery Notes References Sources Brooks, Alan; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2007). Worcestershire. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11298-6. OCLC 237891290. External links St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Church website
Christ Church, Catshill

Christ Church, Catshill is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Catshill, Worcestershire. History The church was built in 1838 paid for by public donations and a substantial contribution from the Worcester Diocesan Church Building Society. It was designed by Harvey Eginton, architect of Worcester, and consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Rochester, Rt. Revd. George Murray on 6 December 1838 The churchyard was consecrated in 1848. The poet A. E. Housman was baptised in the church on 24 April 1859. The vicarage (now 242 Stourbridge Road) was built in 1870-71. Later the vicarage moved to 240 Stourbridge Road, and that building is now known as the Old Vicarage. In 1885 the vicar, Revd. James Kidd, launched a campaign to raise £800 for the extension of the church. The plan was to add on a chancel, and two transepts to provide accommodation for another 100 persons. This work was completed in 1887 at a cost of £1,185 (equivalent to £134,716 in 2025) by the architect J. A. Chatwin. A pulpit of Caen stone and choir stalls made of oak were presented to the church. Two stained glass commemorative windows by Burlison and Grylls were also given. In memory of Christopher Morcom who died aged 18 on 13 February 1930, his mother commissioned a stained-glass window designed by the artist Karl Parsons. Installed in 1931 as the east window of the chapel, it depicts Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child across a river on his shoulders; the face of the child was probably modelled after that of Morcom. The chapel was re-ordered in 1936 by G.E.S. Streetfeild. In 1977 Snell & Thompson screened off part of the nave under the west gallery to provide upper and lower rooms. Vicars Status The church is in a joint parish with: Organ The organ was built by Hewins of Stratford-upon-Avon and opened by A.J. Sainsbury on All Saints’ Day, 1884. It contains two manuals and 12 speaking stops. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. The organ case was designed by F.C. Eden, architect of London, with hand carving, gilding, shields and scrolls, all executed by Mr. Forbes of London in 1897. Bells The church contains a chime of four bells, three date from 1913 and the fourth from 1914, all by John Warner & Sons. Clock The church clock bell dates from 1839 and was cast by Thomas Mears. References
The Shrubbery, Kidderminster

The Shrubbery is a former military installation in Kidderminster, Worcestershire. It is a Grade II listed building. History The building is an early 19th-century mansion which was owned by the Lea family in the first half of that century. It then passed into the hands of a Major Winnington in the second half of the century. It was converted around the end of the century for use as the headquarters of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. This unit evolved to become the 7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment in 1908. The battalion was mobilised at the mansion in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front. The battalion was also based at the mansion at the start of the Second World War. The battalion was reduced to a single company, B Company (Worcestershire), The Mercian Volunteers, in 1967. The company evolved to become A Company, 5th Battalion, The Light Infantry (Volunteers) in 1992 and A (Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment) Company, 5th Battalion, The (Shropshire and Herefordshire) Light Infantry (Volunteers) in 1993. The Ministry of Defence decided to move the unit to a more modern adjacent building in October 1994. The mansion was subsequently decommissioned and, in February 1998, it was converted into a nursing home. See also Worcestershire Rifles References
Abbots Langley railway bridge

Abbots Langley railway bridge, also known as the bridge over Railway Terrace is a skew bridge carrying the West Coast Main Line over a road near Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, in Eastern England (just north-west of London). The angle of the bridge creates a 25-metre (82-foot) tunnel along the road. It was built in 1837 and is a Grade II listed building. Design The bridge is a single semi-circular skew arch across Railway Terrace, part of Station Road, at the western edge of Abbots Langley and just south of Kings Langley railway station. It was built to the designs of Robert Stephenson, the chief engineer of the London and Birmingham Railway. It is in red brick, with repairs in blue engineering brick and stone voussoirs (the inside of the arch) on both faces. It has substantial brickwork above the arch and a course of stonework between the arch and the parapet and has splayed abutments which meet substantial curved wing walls, making the arch look disproportionately small. A stone band runs the length of the parapets, which have been largely rebuilt. The angle of the bridge between the abutments creates a 25-metre (82-foot) tunnel through which the road passes. History The bridge was complete for the opening of the London and Birmingham Railway in 1837. It was widened in the same style on its eastern side in 1858 when the line was quadruple-tracked but is otherwise largely unaltered since its construction. It is one of several skew bridges on the same section of railway; a short distance to the north west is Nash Mills bridge. It remains in use and was designated a Grade II listed building in 1985. Listed building status affords legal protection from unauthorised demolition or modification. References
Bushey Arches Viaduct

Bushey Arches Viaduct is a railway bridge on the West Coast Main Line immediately north of Bushey railway station, between Bushey and Watford, in Hertfordshire, Eastern England, just north-west of London. Design The viaduct consists of five arches in yellow brick and stone and carries the railway across the London to Watford road. Each arch has roughly a 30-foot (9.1-metre) span and a 25-foot (7.6-metre) rise. The total length of the bridge is about 123 yards (112 metres). The voussoirs (insides of the arches) are in rusticated stone. The centre arch (the one crossing the road) is skewed. It has a prominent parapet, below which is a protruding stone band, and impost bands where the arches meet the piers, all of which are in stone. The viaduct is a local landmark and similar in design to the Colne Viaduct, the next major structure on the line in the Birmingham direction. History The viaduct was built by Robert Stephenson for the London and Birmingham Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, which opened fully in 1838. Construction took place from 1834 to 1837. The railway was quadrupled, beginning in 1858. That year, an iron span was built adjacent to the viaduct on its east side. This was expanded in 1875 and then replaced altogether in the 20th century with a steel bridge deck supported by brick and stone piers. Another viaduct, built in 1862 in blue brick, curves away from the Bushey Arches Viaduct at its southern end, carrying the Watford DC line towards Watford High Street railway station. The viaduct was illustrated by John Cooke Bourne in his series of lithographs on the London and Birmingham Railway, published in 1838. Beneath the main arch is a Second World War pillbox, once part of the Outer London Defence Ring, a series of obstacles and fortifications designed to hinder an invading army heading towards London. The viaduct was designated a Grade II listed building, a status which provides legal protection from unauthorised demolition or modification, in 1983. References Bibliography Biddle, Gordon (2011). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: A Gazetteer of Structures (second ed.). Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 9780711034914. Biddle, Gordon (2016). Railways in the Landscape. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Transport. ISBN 9781473862357. Footnotes
Colne Viaduct

The Colne Viaduct, also known as Five Arches Viaduct, carries the West Coast Main Line railway over the River Colne near Watford in Hertfordshire, Eastern England, just north-west of London. It was built in 1837 for the London and Birmingham Railway by Robert Stephenson. Design The London and Birmingham Railway crosses the area around Watford on a series of viaducts and embankments. The Colne Viaduct carries the railway over River Colne in a break between embankments on five round-headed arches. It is built in yellow brick, which is continued on the voussoirs (the tops of the arches). In the abutments on either side are three blind arches, the outermost of which is buried in the adjoining embankment. At the top of the parapet level the arch heads are projecting courses of stonework. The design is similar to that of Bushey Arches Viaduct, the previous major structure on the line in the Birmingham direction. The arches are roughly 40 feet (12 metres) wide and have a maximum rise of 45 feet (14 metres) above the river. The total length is 104 yards (95 metres). In the 1990s, the A4008 was built through two arches of the viaduct and named Stephenson Way. The road connects Watford town centre with the M1 motorway. History Work on the viaduct was started in 1836 and completed in 1837. It was built by Robert Stephenson, chief engineer of the London and Birmingham Railway, which fully opened in 1838. A second bridge was built alongside to the east in 1858 and 1875 to allow the railway line to be quadruple-tracked; unlike at Bushey, the widening here was in brick and in a style sympathetic to the original. The viaduct is the subject of a lithograph and features in another of the adjoining embankment, both by John Cooke Bourne in his account of the building of the London and Birmingham Railway. Matt Thompson of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust described the viaduct's appearance in the lithographs as "almost like a Roman aqueduct" and yet a "clean, white modern structure" that blends in with the landscape, which includes grazing livestock—the area was open countryside when the railway was built. The viaduct is a Grade II listed building, a legal status which provides protection from unauthorised demolition or modification, first listed in 1983. In front of the viaduct is a Coal-tax post, a stone obelisk marking the point at which duty was payable on coal destined for London; the post is also Grade II listed. References Footnotes Bibliography Biddle, Gordon (2011). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: A Gazetteer of Structures (second ed.). Hersham: Ian Allan. ISBN 9780711034914. Biddle, Gordon (2016). Railways in the Landscape. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Transport. ISBN 9781473862357. Thompson, Matt (2015). The Picturesque Railway: The Lithography of John Cooke Bourne. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN 9780750960946.
Albion House

Das Albion House ist ein Gebäude in der James Street in Liverpool. Es wurde zwischen 1896 und 1898 für die Ismay, Imrie and Company erbaut, einer Tochterfirma der White Star Line. Entworfen haben das Gebäude die beiden Architekten Richard Norman Shaw und James Francis Doyle. Die Fassade besteht aus weißem Portland-Stein und roten Ziegeln. Als 1912 die Nachricht über den Untergang der Titanic die Dienststelle erreichte, hatten die Mitarbeiter Angst, das Gebäude zu verlassen und lasen die Namen der Toten vom Balkon vor. Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges wurde der Giebel beschädigt und in den späten 1940ern neu aufgebaut. Der Name Albion ist ein alter Begriff für England. Von der örtlichen Bevölkerung wird es wegen seines Aussehens scherzhaft streaky bacon building genannt, da es aussieht wie durchwachsener Speck. Weblinks
Albion House, Liverpool

Albion House (also known as "30 James Street" or the White Star Building) is a Grade II* listed building located in Liverpool, England. It was constructed between 1896 and 1898 and is positioned on the corner of James Street and The Strand across from the Pier Head. History Designed by architects Richard Norman Shaw and J. Francis Doyle, it was built for the Ismay, Imrie and Company shipping company, which later became the White Star Line. After White Star merged with Royal Mail Line, the headquarters remained at Albion House until 1934, at which time the British Government forced the merger of Cunard Line and White Star Line. The building is situated on the corner of The Strand and James Street. The facade is constructed from white Portland stone and red brick. In 1912 when news of the disaster of the Titanic reached the offices, the officials were too afraid to leave the building, and instead read the names of the deceased from the balcony. During the Second World War, the gable was damaged and was later rebuilt in the late 1940s. After many years being vacant, in 2014 the building was converted into a Titanic-themed hotel known as 30 James Street. Architecture The design closely follows the architect's earlier work of 1887, the former New Scotland Yard building in London. In the 1980s, the offices in Albion House were noted for their exquisite desks of fine wood. The entrance to the building at James Street has a fine mosaic of South America set into the floor, also near the James Street entrance inside Albion House was a wooden war memorial listing the members of staff who "Gave their lives for their country" in the 1914–18 War. Albion House is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. See also Architecture of Liverpool Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool – City Centre Grade II* listed buildings in Merseyside References External links English Heritage National Monuments Register Image (p5), New Scotland Yard, for comparison