Gatehouse of St Bartholomew

City of London

Having survived the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, this is the oldest church in the City of London with an astonishing Tudor gatehouse.

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Sarah Siddons statue

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Paddington

Sarah Siddons was the most famous tragedienne of the 18th century, playing Hamlet as well as Lady Macbeth and breaking new ground for women on stage.

Cranford lock-up

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Hounslow

Before police stations, lock ups were used for temporary detention of thieves and drunks. This is the last of its kind to survive in London.

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Wanstead Grotto

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Redbridge

Wanstead Grotto is an 18th century survival from the estate that was once part of Wanstead House. Comprised of limestone, shells, fossils, mica chips and crystalline minerals to sparkle by candlelight, it originally featured a boat channel and dock for gondolas.

Temple, Mount Clare

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Roehampton

This exquisite Temple was built in the 1760s as part of a grand estate in Roehampton. It includes a 1760s painted ceiling with a winged female figures and plaster details, all of which have been severely vandalised over the last decades.

Caledonian park animal heads & gates

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Islington

This handsome iron gateway was built in 1854 as the entrance to London’s newest Metropolitan Cattle Market, where livestock from all over the country were traded. Each pier had cast iron animal heads around its top, with gas lanterns on every third pier.