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Background imageHouse Collection: Sketch of Old Shades PH, Whitehall, London

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

Background imageHouse Collection: Topsfield Parade, Crouch End, London

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

Background imageHouse Collection: Crockett Court, Galveston, Texas, USA

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

Background imageHouse Collection: New Reptile House at London Zoo by G H Davis

New Reptile House at London Zoo by G H Davis
A map of the newly opened reptile house in London Zoo, detailing the layout of the exhibits. It also features diagrams demonstrating several functions of the house

Background imageHouse Collection: The Salisbury Hotel pub, Green Lanes, Harringay, London

The Salisbury Hotel pub, Green Lanes, Harringay, London
The Salisbury Hotel, a Grade II listed pub on Grand Parade - at the junction of St. Anns Road / Green Lanes, Harringay, London - built by the prolific Scottish builder J C Hill

Background imageHouse Collection: Gladstone / Home Rule Bill

Gladstone / Home Rule Bill
The House of Commons, February 13 1893. William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister, introduces the Second Home Rule Bill

Background imageHouse Collection: Jamaica Inn, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall

Jamaica Inn, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
Jamaica Inn, a Grade II listed building on Bodmin Moor near Bolventor, Cornwall, built as a coaching inn in 1750. Popular with smugglers

Background imageHouse Collection: Blythe House - Post Office Savings Bank, West Kensington

Blythe House - Post Office Savings Bank, West Kensington
Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, West Kensington - originally built as the headquarters of the Post Office Savings Bank (as shown on this card)

Background imageHouse Collection: King Francis I of France

King Francis I of France
Francis I of France (1494-1547). King of France. Portrait by Jean Clouet. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Background imageHouse Collection: Dunmore House Salvation Army Maternity Home, Bradninch

Dunmore House Salvation Army Maternity Home, Bradninch
A view of the Dunmore House Salvation Army Maternity Home, Bradninch, Devon. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageHouse Collection: Skibo Castle - Highland residence of Andrew Carnegie

Skibo Castle - Highland residence of Andrew Carnegie
Skibo Castle, located to the west of Dornoch in the Highland county of Sutherland, Scotland overlooking the Dornoch Firth. - The Highland residence of Andrew Carnegie Date: 1902

Background imageHouse Collection: View from the harbour, Dartmouth, Devon

View from the harbour, Dartmouth, Devon. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageHouse Collection: Queens College Cambridge rowing team

Queens College Cambridge rowing team on the River Cam, near Searles Boathouse and Winter Boat Builders. Date: early 20th century

Background imageHouse Collection: Bus embedded in house, Blackstock Road, London

Bus embedded in house, Blackstock Road, London
Bus embedded in the front of a house in Blackstock Road, London NW4, on 13 January 1974. The car in the foreground was shunted through a garden wall after being struck by the bus

Background imageHouse Collection: Bisham Abbey

Bisham Abbey Manor House, Berkshire, England. The existing house is built around an ancient preceptory built by the Knights Templar who owned the manor in the 13th century Date: Medieval

Background imageHouse Collection: The Courtauld Institute

The Courtauld Institute of Art, Home House, Portman Square, London, the magnificent Georgian house Samuel Courtauld acquired in 1926 to exhibit his collection Date: 18th century

Background imageHouse Collection: Gardener at Pensax Court, Worcestershire

Gardener at Pensax Court, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Background imageHouse Collection: England / Finchingfield

England / Finchingfield
Finchingfield, Essex, a textbook English village, with its village green, ancient church, stream, duck pond, manor house and almshouses and pretty colour-washed cottages

Background imageHouse Collection: Somerset House 1809

Somerset House 1809
Rebuilt in the late 18th century, this set of buildings has at times housed the Royal Academy, the Royal Society, and several government depart- ments such as Public Records

Background imageHouse Collection: Old man in Stoke pub -1

Old man in Stoke pub -1
An elderly man sits in the bar of a working class pub in Staffordshire. He has a half pint of mild ale. It is early doors and there is a portrait of the Queen on the wall - 1 Date: 1987

Background imageHouse Collection: Edward Bawden hanging his painting of Waltham Cross

Edward Bawden hanging his painting of Waltham Cross
Edward Bawden (1903-1989), the first of a group of artists to settle in Great Bardfield, hanging his painting of Waltham Cross (just outside the village)

Background imageHouse Collection: Someone Drops a Sixpence Near Somerset House - HM Bateman

Someone Drops a Sixpence Near Somerset House - HM Bateman
H.M. Bateman had a particular loathing for the taxman as exemplified in this cartoon showing the inhabitants of Somerset House (then the home of the Inland Revenue)

Background imageHouse Collection: Interior, 1898, by Vilhelm Hammershoi

Interior, 1898, by Vilhelm Hammershoi
Vilhelm Hammershoi (1864-1919). Danish painter. Interior, 1898. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Background imageHouse Collection: Cambridge Cottage, Kew

Cambridge Cottage, Kew, the birthplace of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (mother of Queen Mary). The house became the home of Princess Marys parents

Background imageHouse Collection: UCL - Senate House - Floodlit

UCL - Senate House - Floodlit
University of London - Senate House, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London - Floodlit. Date: circa 1938

Background imageHouse Collection: Chateau de L Horizon - Riviera villa of Maxine Elliott

Chateau de L Horizon - Riviera villa of Maxine Elliott
The Chateau L Horizon, the extensive and luxurious villa built at Golfe Juan on the French Rivera by American actress Maxine Elliott

Background imageHouse Collection: Camden Round House

Camden Round House
A notable example of railway architecture, the Round House - the engine house of the North-Western Railway at Camden-Town depot. Today it is a theatre. Date: 1847

Background imageHouse Collection: View at Wheal Coates tin mine, St Agnes, Cornwall

View at Wheal Coates tin mine, St Agnes, Cornwall
View at Wheal Coates former tin mine, on the cliff top between Porthtowan and St Agnes, north coast of Cornwall, showing the Towanroath Shaft Pumping Engine House. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageHouse Collection: Alice in Wonderland, Alice in the White Rabbits house

Alice in Wonderland, Alice in the White Rabbits house. Date: early 20th century

Background imageHouse Collection: Sappho - House of Muses

Sappho - House of Muses
Atthis, Telesippa, Megara, Anactoria and Euneica sitting at the feet of the poetess Sappho as she recites some of her work. No

Background imageHouse Collection: Poster advertising Vanden Plas Princess saloon car

Poster advertising Vanden Plas Princess saloon car
Poster advertising the Vanden Plas Princess 3 litre saloon car

Background imageHouse Collection: Self-Help in War Time by Heath Robinson Building a Bungalow

Self-Help in War Time by Heath Robinson Building a Bungalow
No III - Building a bungalow: Now, having made a good start with your music-room, place your piano in position. A rather back to front way of house construction from the crazy mind of William Heath

Background imageHouse Collection: Building of a prefabricated houses in 3 hours 1945

Building of a prefabricated houses in 3 hours 1945
During the Second World War many houses were destroyed, due to this, prefabricated houses (prefabs) were built, quickly and cheaply providing quality housing with all the amenities, central heating

Background imageHouse Collection: Culpeper House London

Culpeper House London
Culpeper House, 21 Bruton Street, London, a picturesque Georgian house and shop front, headquarters of the Society of Herbalists, named after Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654) Date: 1960s

Background imageHouse Collection: The Bakers Arms Public House, Leyton, London

The Bakers Arms Public House, Leyton, London
A wonderful colour postcard of the suburbs of London in the early 1900s - a tram approaches The Bakers Arms Public House in Leyton

Background imageHouse Collection: Greenan Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland

Greenan Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland - a 16th century tower house, possibly on the site of an ancient fort. Date: circa 1908

Background imageHouse Collection: The Yellow House at Arles

The Yellow House at Arles
GOGH, Vincent van (1853-1890). The Yellow House at Arles. Post-Impressionism. Oil on canvas

Background imageHouse Collection: LCC-LFB Serious house fire in Notting Hill

LCC-LFB Serious house fire in Notting Hill
Firefighters using the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder to gain access to the upper floors of this terraced house affected by a serious blaze in Notting Hill, West London

Background imageHouse Collection: Sorrento - Grand Marina and the House of the Fishermen

Sorrento - Grand Marina and the House of the Fishermen Date: circa 1906

Background imageHouse Collection: Lyons Corner House, central London

Lyons Corner House, central London
Lyons Corner House on the corner of Coventry Street and Rupert Street, London. Date: 1947

Background imageHouse Collection: View of Wandsworth Prison

View of Wandsworth Prison
Exterior view of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862

Background imageHouse Collection: Gentleman with shire horse, Mid Wales

Gentleman with shire horse, Mid Wales
A gentleman holding the reins of a shire horse in front of a house, probably somewhere in Mid Wales. A little girl watches from a distance

Background imageHouse Collection: Wroxton Abbey

Wroxton Abbey is a modernised, 17th century Jacobean manor house built on the foundations of a 13th century Augustinian priory

Background imageHouse Collection: Fairy Tales of Autumn - Hansel and Gretel by Pauline Baynes

Fairy Tales of Autumn - Hansel and Gretel by Pauline Baynes
Hansel and Gretel by Pauline Baynes, one of a series of four illustrations of fairy tales which reflect each season. In this case

Background imageHouse Collection: Interior of the Great Palm House, Kew Gardens, 1852

Interior of the Great Palm House, Kew Gardens, 1852
Engraving showing the centre of Great Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey in 1852

Background imageHouse Collection: Holy House of Loreto

Holy House of Loreto
The house of Mary, mother of Jesus, is miraculously transported from Nazareth, first to Tersate, then to Loreto in Italy, where it remains to this day

Background imageHouse Collection: Chatsworth House C18Th

Chatsworth House C18Th
Chatsworth House & its extensive, landscaped grounds in the middle of the 18th century. Avenues of trees, walled gardens, waterworks & fountain are depicted

Background imageHouse Collection: Soho, London - 2 and 3 Greek Street

Soho, London - 2 and 3 Greek Street, the Gay Hussar restaurant and the Soho Wine Market, next to the House of St Barnabas. 1973



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