Voysey comes to town

In this series Philip Wilkinson – author, architectural historian and denizen of the wonderful English Buildings Blog – takes us on a journey round some buildings with rather unlikely creators… Charles Francis Annesley Voysey was one of the great domestic architects of the Arts and Crafts movement, famous for his low-slung, ... Read More...

The versatile Vanbrugh…

In this series Philip Wilkinson – author, architectural historian and denizen of the wonderful English Buildings Blog – takes us on a journey round some buildings with rather unlikely creators... Son of a tradesman and grandson of a refugee Flemish merchant, John Vanbrugh began his career as a soldier, won a ... Read More...

Wren the Goth

Kicking off a new series , we welcome the return of Philip Wilkinson - author, architectural historian and denizen of the wonderful English Buildings Blog - to take us on a journey round some buildings with rather unlikely creators... Do architects dabble? Most architects would probably scorn such an idea. Nowadays ... Read More...