More and more every day, I notice how many architectural details exist around London that people may never even pay attention to, especially tourists who are so busy looking at the big picture. It seems as though no space was wasted in the creation of this city, be it the base of a lamppost or the keystone of a doorway. While some neighborhoods around where I grew up have attractive streetlamps, none of them are carved with the intriguing characters found here.
Even the smallest, most typically overlooked parts of buildings are adorned with some type of writing, sculpture or design. One of my favorites is definitely the downspout I noticed while waiting to enter Westminster Abbey. What at first appeared to be seemingly typical turned out to be truly unique.
During our tour with Hugh the other day, I became enamored with the decorated keystones above house doors in Bedford Sq. Obviously, keystones exist not to add beauty to a doorway, but to prevent the arch of that doorway from crashing to the ground. Why not add a bit of drama?
More and more every day, I notice how many architectural details exist around London that people may never even pay attention to, especially tourists who are so busy looking at the big picture. It seems as though no space was wasted in the creation of this city, be it the base of a lamppost or the keystone of a doorway. While some neighborhoods around where I grew up have attractive streetlamps, none of them are carved with the intriguing characters found here.
Even the smallest, most typically overlooked parts of buildings are adorned with some type of writing, sculpture or design. One of my favorites is definitely the downspout I noticed while waiting to enter Westminster Abbey. What at first appeared to be seemingly typical turned out to be truly unique.
During our tour with Hugh the other day, I became enamored with the decorated keystones above house doors in Bedford Sq. Obviously, keystones exist not to add beauty to a doorway, but to prevent the arch of that doorway from crashing to the ground. Why not add a bit of drama?
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