House Collection

War mural of Bobby Sands MP at Belfast
Belfast. War mural of Bobby Sands MP in the end corner of the terrace house. Date: 2011

Suffragette W. S. P. U Holloway Brooch
The Holloway Brooch, designed by Sylvia Pankhurst, for presentation to W.S.P.U released prisoners. It depicts the portcullis symbol of the House of Commons with chains and broad arrows in purple

Mena House Hotel, Cairo, Egypt - View of Cheops Pyramid. The hotel was a former Royal hunting lodge, which opened as a Hotel in 1869. Date: circa 1920s

Life in a Boarding House by Eric Ravilious
A modern boarding house in cross section, a mural painted by Eric Ravilious at Morley College for Working Men and Women. The paintings at the college were the gift of Sir Joseph Duveen

Programme cover, Buxton Opera House, The Buxton Gardens Co Ltd, North Derbyshire. 1918

Childrens nursery, Chorlton Union Cottage Homes, Styal
View inside a childrens nursery at the cottage homes in Styal, Cheshire, with a large group of girls and boys posing for their photograph

Photograph of Rising Sun PH, Chelmsford, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Photograph of Pelton Arms, Greenwich, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Photograph of Chinese Gardens PH, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Switzerland - Andeer - decorated house Haus Padrun (1501)
Switzerland - Andeer - decorated house Haus Padrun (Chasa Padrun) (1501). Date: circa 1910s

William Morris / Meeting
WILLIAM MORRIS Socialist meeting at Kelmscott House, home of the English writer, artist and socialist Date: 1834 - 1896

Harley House, Marylebone Road, London NW1
Harley House, a residential mansion block in Marylebone Road, London NW1. Date: circa 1905

The Crooked House Pub - Multiview, Himley, Staffordshire
The Crooked House Pub - Multiview, Himley, near Gornal Wood, Staffordshire, England. Showing the bar room Date: 1900s

The room in the McLean House, at Appomattox C. H. in which G
The room in the McLean House, at Appomattox C.H. in which G

A House Full by Cecil Aldin
Illustration by Cecil Aldin showing six dogs jostling for space on a cosy armchair. Date: 20th December 1933

Metro-Land House
A middle class home on the cover of a guide to the residential area north-west of London

Churchill and Roosevelt
Washington D.C. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt relax in the south grounds of the White House prior to the daily meeting of the combined British and U.S

Greenway House, Devon, 1946
Photograph showing Greenway House in Devon, which was the home of Agatha Christie and Max Mallowan in 1946. The couple can be seen (just) in the foreground of this image

Firefighters working at scene of pub fire, SE London
Firefighters working at scene of pub fire, Eltham, SE London

The Hollies Childrens Home, Sidcup, Kent
Aerial view of The Hollies, the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent, opened in 1902 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, Noon
Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, 2. Noon. A group of Huguenots attend the French Church in Hog Lane, London (right), opposite an eating house and a group of disreputable people (left)

London Stock Exchange - The Stock Jobbers Pitches. Date: early 1960s

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub, Fleet Street, London. Date: circa 1935

The House - Lake Mohonk
Mohonk Mountain House - Built on the deep-blue waters of Lake Mohonk in 1869, this grand 267-room Victorian castle is one of Americas oldest family-owned resorts. Date: 1912

Globe Performance
A performance is watched by a packed house at the Globe theatre, London

William Pitt the Younger addressing Parliament
William Pitt (the Younger) addressing the House of Commons

Egyptian art. Relief depicting Akhenaten, Nefertiti and thre
Egyptian art. A house altar depicting Akhenaten, Nefertiti and three of their Daughters. Relief. Limestone. New Kingdom. Amarna period. 18th dynasty. C. 1350 B.C. Egyptian Museum of Berlin. Germany

Lord Baden-Powells House in the Woods
Campsite of Lord Baden-Powell, described as My house in the Woods. Arrows with descriptions point to areas described as rooms. Arrow labelled bathroom points to nearby lake. circa 1910s

Jean-Paul Sartre, French writer and philosopher
A graffiti comment on Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), the French writer and philosopher -- no doubt a witty reference to his existentialist philosophy

Mount Pleasant Hotel, Kings Cross, London
The Mount Pleasant Hotel at the corner of Kings Cross Road and Calthorpe Street, Central London. The building was originally erected in 1894 as one of Londons six Rowton Houses - large

BBC 1935
Spread from Radio Pictorial Annual showing the British Broadcasting Centre including the interior with the vaudeville studio, the gramaphone effects studio, concert hall, council chamber

Bbc Broadcasting House
BBC Broadcasting House at Portland Place, London

Lyons Corner House, 1931
LYONS CORNER HOUSE, OXFORD STREET Opened in 1923, the Oxford Street restaurant was one of a chain owned by J Lyons and Co Ltd

Flags & Funnels
House flags and funnels carried by steam ships belonging to some of the main companies of the British Mercantile Marine

Daphne du Maurier in Fowey
Daphne du Maurier (1907 - 1989), English writer and novelist, author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, pictured looking rather dashing while smoking a pipe

Danish poster, Oscar Fredericksen Fish House No. 1, Levende Orreder (Trout), designed by Aage Lund. circa 1920

The Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan - The Auditorium. Opened in 1928 as a flagship movie palace in the Fox Theatres Chain. The first theatre to be designed to incorporate a speaker system for sound

Five adjacent pubs in Portsmouth, Hampshire
Portsmouth was a town of many wonders in 1911. One of them was the possession of five fully licensed houses standing next to each other

Queen Victoria with King George and Queen Mary, 1893
Photographic portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, with her grandson King George V and his wife Queen Mary, pictured at Osborne House, 1893

Craster, Northumberland
Craster, a small Northumberland village, famous for its home-cured kippers

T. E. Lawrences House
The house at Clouds Hill, near Wool, Dorset, England, where British archaeologist, soldier, intelligence officer and writer, Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935)

Winston Churchill inspecting the damage to the House of Commons after an attack during the Blitz

Talking Mongoose House
The home of Voirrey Irving at Cashens Gap, Isle of Man, where Gef, the " Talking Mongoose" manifested : Voirrey stands with her father at the front door

Advert for Bentley, the Silent Sports Car, featuring a Bentley motor car in front of a house in the village of Stratford St Mary in Essex. Buy a car made in the United Kingdom. Date: 1939

Sketch of Spaniards Inn, Hampstead, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Sketch of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the Spaniards Inn

Sketch of Old Shades PH, Whitehall, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Sketch of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the Old Shades

Topsfield Parade, Crouch End, London - Queens Opera House and Club can be seen on the right (in 2017 a Virgin Arctive Health Club...). Date: circa 1905

Crockett Court, Galveston, Texas, USA -- a new development of brick cottages overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, probably intended as short-stay holiday accommodation. 1937

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