Friday, 19 November 2010

Best Victorian Places in London

A twitter request for best Victorian places in London (combined with my own ideas) has so far come up with:
  • Abbey Mills pumping station
  • Abney Park Cemetery
  • Albert Bridge
  • Albert Embankment
  • Albert Hall
  • Albert Memorial 
  • Alexandra Palace
  • Arnold Circus
  • Artillery Mansions, Victoria 
  • 'Big Ben'
  • Bishopsgate Institute
  • Blackfriars Bridge
  • Brixton Prison
  • Brompton Cemetery 
  • Bryant and May factory (now housing)
  • Caledonian Market Clock Tower
  • Campden Baths and Wash Houses, Hampstead (now housing)
  • Castle Climbing Centre, Green Lanes (formerly pumping station) 
  • Charing Cross Station/ Hotel
  • City of London School (now offices? nr. Blackfriars Bridge)
  • Cleopatra's Needle
  • Columbia Market
  • Covent Garden roofing - 1870s 
  • Crimea War Memorial, Waterloo Place
  • Crossness Pumping Station
  • Crystal Palace, ruins and dinosaurs 
  • Dickens House Museum
  • Down Street tube station
  • 'Eros', Piccadilly
  • Farringdon Station (first underground station)
  • George Trumper, barbers, Mayfair
  • Gordon's Wine Bar, Villiers Street
  • Harrods
  • Herne Hill Velodrome
  • Highgate Cemetery
  • Holborn Viaduct
  • Holly Village, Hampstead
  • Imperial Institute (now Imperial College, small Victorian bits remain?)
  • James Smith & Sons, umbrella shop
  • Kensal Green Cemetery, esp. catacombs 
  • Kensington Gore
  • King's Cross Station
  • Linley Sambourne House
  • Little 'Big Ben', Victoria Station
  • London Library
  • Lord Leighton's House
  • Markfield Museum, Tottenham 
  • Museum of Childhood (formerly the South Kensington Museum, rebuilt in Bethnal Green)
  • Natural History Museum
  • Necropolis Railway facade, Waterloo
  • Nunhead Cemetery
  • Palace of Westminster 
  • Patent Office, now Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane
  • Peabody Housing, first estate, Blackfriars
  • People's Palace, Mile End (now Queen Mary, small Victorian bits remain?)
  • Percy Circus
  • The Polytechnic (309 Regent St. - now Westminster University)
  • Postman's Park
  • Prince Alfred pub, Maida Vale
  • Princes Arcade, St. James
  • Princess Louise pub, Holborn
  • Prudential Insurance building, Holborn
  • Queen Adelaide's Dispensary, Bethnal Green (now housing)
  • Ragged School Museum
  • Pentonville Prison
  • Public Records Office, now King's College, Chancery Lane
  • Roupell Street, Waterloo
  • Royal Courts of Justice 
  • Royal Docks
  • Royal Exchange
  • Rules Restaurant
  • Russell Hotel 
  • Saint Pancras Station / Midland Grand Hotel
  • Scotland Yard (1890s building, Thames)
  • Simpson's In the Strand
  • Smithfield Market 
  • Thames Tunnel (now East London line)
  • Tower Hamlets Cemetery
  • Turkish Baths, Old Broad St (now club?)  
  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Victoria Embankment
  • Victoria Park
  • Victoria Station / Grosvenor Hotel
  • Westminster Bridge
  • West Norwood Cemetery 
  • Wiltons Music Hall
Has anyone visited all of these? I'm probably at 90% of them ....

More please ...

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