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Gloucester House, Little Britain

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Part of a 2.3 acre redevelopment called Bart’s Square, Gloucester House is set to be replaced by a modern building by a joint venture lead by Helical Bar Plc and The Baupost Group of Boston. The current building was purpose built for St Bartholomew’s Hospital and has become surplus. Work is set to begin on …

Baynard House, The City

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Another Brutalist gem that looks set to disappear like Baynard Castle, which once stood on this spot. Baynard House is currently occupied by BT Group and has a raised walkway to Blackfriars Station. It is also home to Richard Kindersley’s “The Seven Ages of Man”. Or as it is referred to on flickr: the freaky …

Apothecaries’ Hall, The City

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“The Society of Apothecaries was incorporated by royal charter from James I in 1617. The Letters Patent gave the Society the right to “have, purchase, retain and appoint a certain Hall, or Counsel-House” in the City, but it was 15 years before it could afford one.” More here.

Flat Caroline at Bodiam Castle

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It’s what you think of when you think of a castle, according to the promotional literature at Bodiam Castle. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III, with the permission of Richard II. Later owners restored and conserved the castle, which was bequeathed to the National Trust in …

Sapperton Court, Stafford Cripps Estate

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One of three tower blocks on the Stafford Cripps Estate, Sapperton Court is an 11-storey residential building. Designed by Josepeh Emberton, an English modernist architect. Emberton also designed Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Burnham-on-Crouch and Simpsons of Piccadilly.