Houses Collection (page 74)

John Nash Houses
Cumberland Terrace, Regents Park, London, with some of the fine houses built by the architect John Nash in 1827

Norham, Northumberland
A view of Norham, Northumberland, six miles from Berwick-upon-Tweed, surmounted by Norham Castle, a splendid fortress on the English Scottish Border

Canada / Ottawa / Parliament
Ottawa: Houses of Parliament

Kew Green Houses
Georgian and Victorian town houses in a corner of Kew Green, Middlesex

England / Ledbury
Church Lane, a pleasing part of the picturesque old town of Ledbury, Herefordshire, noted for its many 15th century black and white timbered and plastered houses

Kentish Oast Houses
These familiar landmarks of Kent are the red brick and tiled hop kilns used for drying hops after harvesting. This one sits beside the village pond

Fine Haystacks in Kent
A fine stackyard on a farm in Staplehurst, Kent. The stacks are shaped like round huts which compliment the oast houses in the background

Four Ale Houses
Four country ale-houses

Dutch Street Market C17
Customers and traders at a busy Dutch street market

The Tholsel / Dublin / 1817
Tholsel Houses were financial centres where people exchanged money. This Dublin building was demolished in 1809. The lower floor was used as a market

Dolls House Cleaning 20C
A girl cleans her dolls house, a boy paints the roof red, and their dog watches

HORN DANCE
ABBOTS BROMLEY HORN DANCE: The troupe make their way to one of the large houses or farms in the district. The dance lasts all day and dates back over 1000 years

Road to Robin Hoods Bay
The one and only road down into Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire, England. The little village is crammed with tall or short houses built nearly on top of one another

Mannequins of Fashion
Mannequins display the latest fashions before a group of potential customers, while the vendeuse points out the features of the new style

Barton Broad
Old boat-houses on Barton Broad

Gherghebil in Dagestan
The Village of Gherghebil showing houses built on top of each other. This compactness has helped the villagers defend themselves from attack

Rice in China - 11
Laying the Rice up in the Store Houses

Mexico Guadalupe
Bird s-eye view of the town, with the cathedral which is a place of popular pilgrimage because it houses a miraculous portrait of the Virgin Mary

Damaged Building
South Vietnam, Quang Tri: one of the few houses which was not completely destroyed by the Viet Cong and in which the local command post was located

Furs for Fashion 1931
Five furs, possibly minks, for use in the fashion houses of the world

Venezuela Maracaibo
The village comprises a cluster of houses built on posts embedded in the sea-bed

Owen Jones Pompeian 24
Designs from various pilasters and friezes from different houses in Pompeii

Victor Stiebel Logo
Original logo for Victor Stiebel, dress maker, milliner and furrier, showing the address of his salon as 22 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London

Kentish Scenery
Every spring the cherry orchards around Newington, near Sittingbourne, Kent, England, exhibit a wonderful display of blossom

County Hall / W James
A bird s-eye view of the former Government building which now houses a hotel and the London Aquarium

Girl & Dolls House 1922
A young girl sits on the floor with her dolls house and cuts from paper some human figures to inhabit it

Stiebel and Model
Fashion designer Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) photographed fitting the model Peggy Meredith

Students at Jacqmar
Students from the School of Fashion Design at Jacqmars in London, being shown a Coronation robe for a duchess, worn over a dress of ivory & gold brocade by Victor Stiebel

Children / Rubble 1960S
Children playing amongst rubble in front of a row of terraced houses in Liverpool

Victory Parade 1918
An artillery brigade cross Westminster Bridge on a victory parade, heading towards the Houses of Parliament

Strand-On-The-Green
Strand-on-the-Green, Middlesex. Above Chiswick and close to Kew Bridge, is this quaint waterside settlement of old houses, cottages and inns along the River Thames

Letchworth Small Homes
A street of small houses at Hillshott, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England

Womens Night Lodging
The womens ward of a night lodging house, London Date: 1902

Casual Ward Sunday
London : Sunday morning in a casual ward - the vagrants at morning service

Dusting a Dolls House
A little girl dusts a huge dolls house

Parliament Buildings
The Houses of Lords and Commons seen from Old Palace Yard, before the fortunate fire of 1834 which meant they could be replaced by their present palatial premises

Loseley House, Surrey, a fine Tudor manor-house

Working Class Housing
Back-to-back housing showing the cramped back yards and dazzling white washing on the line

Victoria Tower 1930S
Victoria Tower, designed by Pugin in 1858, is the less well-known, but still stunningly intricate second tower of the Houses of Parliament, London. Date: early 1930s

Tetrazzini Recording
LUISA TETRAZZINI She performed in opera houses all over the world and is seen here recording a peformance

Tudor Country House
A design for a small Tudor country house with ground plan and elevation

Merton Hall 1930S
A garden party at Merton Hall, Norfolk, England. An Elizabethan mansion was completed by William de Grey in 1613 and the building was extended in the 19th century

Borley Investigation
Harry Price ghost-watching from the summer house in the grounds of the rectory

Cleaning the Dolls House
A girl spring cleans her dolls house

Borley Ruins 1944
The ruins of Borley Rectory, seen from the front, after five years of neglect following the fire

Mary Pearson, Maid
Mary Pearson, maidservant at Borley during the Smith incumbency, who claimed to have experienced the haunting

Rectory & Rector
Borley Rectory seen from the Nuns Walk towards the end of the Bull incumbency : members of his family on the tennis court

Borley Church 1948
Borley Church - the Waldegrave monument

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