The Other Side of the Road...

We are in fact just at the opposite corner to the previous post and what a difference 20 ft can make in London, for here we have Clutha House with its wonderful red brick exterior and just superb windows which have a semi circular top. Take a look at left window and notice how those top windows open.

Again very good placement of road/street sign and just look at the wonderful sign for the name of this house doesn't the chaps head above the name look a little scary ?

So from a rather large stone Methodist Central Hall we have walked a few feet and found ourselves by a beautiful brick built building that is just full of character. The corner shot here is full of vertical and horizontal lines mixed with the curves of the tops of windows plus the inserts of the keystones around the frames.

Don't you just love London...

Methodist Central Hall, SW1...

We are at the junction of Stories Gate and Matthew Parker Street SW1 and what a corner we have here. Plenty of horizontal lines amongst the stone work which is pretty ornate to say the least.

Must say the street sign sits rather well on that piece of stone wall and it appears to be just the right size. But the highlight of this corner is the beautiful vertical drain pipe for it is not circular in shape but rather cubed and in varying parts recessed back into the stone work to give a much cleaner flusher appearance against the building.

Rather like the rest of this building even the corners of Methodist Central Hall have something to offer. This is a grey stoned marvel and sits well in the surrounding area this may well become a temporary home to our parliament if the repair works are undertaken within the next three to five years on the Palace of Westminster.

Who's Climbing Out of the Stone ?

Have I broken my golden rule of every corner being 90 degree, well if I have may I apologise but before you rush to complain please take a very close look at this corner and look directly above the street sign "The Sanctuary". You should see a bearded man dressed in a robe climbing out of the stonework.

Who is he ? Why is he escaping the stone ? What is he actually doing ? These are all valid but also very interesting questions that need answering.

You should also note that the other wall on Great Smith Street SW1 has another man exiting the Stone wall under the window ledge. He doesn't have a beard but he appears to clutching something, at a guess I would say a book or manuscript.

A Very Simple Corner...

Here we are in Bloomsbury at the junction of Endsleigh Gardens and Taviton Street WC1. This area of London is a noted Georgian district and the simple lines of the stone work look wonderful. The only real throw back to the Victorian era is the wrought iron work on the balconies we can just see in the top two corners of the picture.

The street signs seem to look pretty old but they just add to the charm of this corner, yet right at the front the railing appears to run at a completely different angle to the building.

I really do like the lines and the look of this corner it's just so simple...

Look Upwards to the Heavens...

Well this is a continuation of the last post for this is a shot of the top corner of Hertford House (home to the Wallace Collection). We are actually still at the junction of Manchester Street and George Street but looking upwards to the heavens. Now admire once again the brickwork and certainly marvel at the drain pipes that have "return sets" in them so they navigate over the surface. Look at the curves either side of the corner wondering where is the window beneath.

Sometimes we have to look up as well as eye level to appreciate a building and sometimes it's not just the artwork within that will catch your eye but also the craftsmanship of the very building that houses the exhibition you are off to see...

George Street/Manchester Street W1...

What a rather nice pleasant looking corner we have here. Nice sensible streets signs attached to building and therefore reducing the need for street furniture, plus the ever so important fire hydrant sign on the George Street side of the building whilst we can see the air bricks/vents on the Manchester Street side directly under street sign.

Must say though I do love the beautiful red brick and just look and admire the vertical ornate Victorian drain pipes that are part inlaid into the brickwork of this magnificent building.

This is by the way the back of Hertford House which houses the Wallace Collection but like all treasures sometimes we forget to look at the very buildings that house them.

Mayfair by Night...

Here we are in Mayfair by night and as you can see we are at the corner of Stanhope Row & Hertford Street.

What a corner we have here with two late night workers taking a well earned break sitting on a small wall/kerb where the iron railing is embedded. I do though love the horizontal lines of the building behind but notice that the railing is curved at the corner and not at 90 degree.

One thing we should notice from this picture is the excessive street furniture that is in shot, four poles to hold up two street signs when maybe permission to place signs on railings would be more environmentally friendly.

Manchester Square W1...

Here we are in Manchester Square home to Hertford House & London's famous Wallace Collection but if you take a walk around this square you will find architecture & corners like no other.

Just look at the excellent horizontal lines of the brickwork the vertical drains pipes and the fine box sash windows. Even the iron railing with its kerb forms a corner and this just adds to beauty of this era & age when we really started to get things right and build to standard and quality that surpasses some of what we build today.

In fact the only thing out of line here seems to be the paving slabs which seem to resemble crazy paving in parts...

Welcome to the Corner Shot...!

Yes welcome to a brand new blog dedicated to the world of corners. Here in london we have more corners than most due to vast urban expanse that London has become so let us celebrate one part of this and look at the various interesting corners we can find all over the capital.

For the purposes of this blog I will define a corner as 90 degrees & the corner in this picture is St John's Wood Hight Street & Wellington Place. Here we have a brick built wall and a iron fence which allows us all a view of the trees, scrubs and flowers in the gardens held within.