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Two Happy Accidents Reveal Odda’s Chapel, Deerhurst
How the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon chapel in Gloucestershire, purely by chance, has proved crucial to our understanding of Anglo-Saxon architecture.
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LUTYENS, Sir Edwin Landseer (1869-1944) & PEARSON, John Loughborough (1817-1897)
Blue Plaque commemorating architects John Borough Pearson and Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens at 13 Mansfield Street, Marylebone, London W1G 9NZ, City of Westminster.
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Mah-Jongg, the Eltham Palace Lemur
How Stephen and Virginia Courtauld, owners of Eltham Palace in south London, lavished attention – and interior designers – on their much-indulged ring-tailed lemur in the 1930s.
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A history of the Jewel Tower, Westminster, built in 1365 within Edward III’s private palace as a secure repository for the most valuable royal possessions.
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History of Acton Burnell Castle
A brief history and description of Acton Burnell Castle, a 13th-century residence on the Welsh Marches which was visited by Edward I, before being abandoned in 1420.
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History of Reculver Towers and Roman Fort
A brief history and description of Reculver Towers and Roman Fort, where the 12th-century towers of the former monastic church stand out against the skyline.
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Back with a bang - restored first world war gun to fire again
One hundred years after guns on the White Cliffs first successfully repelled a German Zeppelin raid, Dover Castle will once again resound to artillery fire following the restoration by English Heritage of a rare anti-aircraft gun used in the First World War, thanks to a grant of £272,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.
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This Grade I listed oak-framed medieval barn ranks alongside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace for its exceptional architectural and historic interest.
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Substantial remains of a small 16th century gun tower protecting Old Grimsby harbour, vigorously defended during the Civil War.