A view of Blackfriars Bridge from the south bank of the River Thames in London. The shot was taken from the west (upriver) of the bridge. Three spans are visible. There is a "water bus"(boat) going under the middle span. The dome of St. Paul's Cathedral can be seen in the distance over the middle span. The skyscrapers of The City of London can be seen rising in the distance over the right-most span. Anecdotally, I was tired and not feeling great, but I was in a bit of a hurry to get to the airport. Crossing the bridge seemed like it would take a long time, but it only took a couple of minutes. There is a slight arch on the surface of the bridge, so the first minute took a small bit of extra effort. The middle was nice and flat. The end sloped down slightly. Nice stroll on a dry spring day!

Blackfriars Bridge, London, UK.

#travel #uk #england #london #bridge #ferry #boat #river #riverthames #architecture #victorian #victorianArchitecture #StPaulsCathedral #CityOfLondon #riverBus #clipper

The terminal townhouse of Claremont Terrace in the Kelvingrove area of Glasgow. Built in 1847, it was designed in a Classical style by John Baird.

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A wide angle photograph of a historic two storey stone house under a clear blue sky. The building features an ornate double level veranda with intricate dark green ironwork and decorative timber valances. A palm tree is visible on the right, and the house has tall, decorated chimneys. The watermark in the bottom right corner shows the outline of Australia and "Kev Peirce Photography".

Grandeur preserved in stone and iron.

Semaphore, South Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓚𝓮𝓿 𝓟𝓮𝓲𝓻𝓬𝓮.

#Photo #Photography #Australia #SouthAustralia #HistoricHomes #VictorianArchitecture #Semaphore #HeritageBuilding #Ironwork

A person in dark clothing walks away from the camera along a misty coastal promenade lined with historic green wooden shelters and traditional lamp posts.

Blackpool Stroll

#Photography #BlackpoolPromenade #StreetPhotography #MistyMorning #SolitaryWalker #VictorianArchitecture

The Deck Arcade at the end of Llandudno Pier. The building is a white and blue Victorian-style structure with multiple gabled windows and a central cupola. The wooden boardwalk in the foreground is empty, and the sky above is filled with dark, moody clouds at twilight.

Day 50
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#BlueHour at the Deck Arcade on the far end of #Llandudno Pier.






#Wales #Cymru #LlandudnoPier #VictorianPier #VictorianArchitecture #architecture #Architektur
#seaside #landscape #LandscapePhotography #photography

Looking up at the rather beautiful polychromatic brick facade of the former White and Son Clay Pipe Factory on Bain Street in Glasgow. Designed by M. Forsyth, it was built in the 1870s.

#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #industrialarchitecture #victorianarchitecture

The Guildhall in Northampton by E.W.Godwin #VictorianArchitecture #Northampton

The former Birmingham Library (there’s been two reincarnations since). It’s now The Birmingham and Midland Institute, Cornwall street opposite the School of Art. Designed by Cossins& Peacock 1899. grade II listed. Red brick with stone surrounds. #VictorianArchitecture #Birmingham

Cornwall Buildings on Newhall
St #Birmingham Grade II listed #VictorianArchitecture Built for the Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund - a low cost medical insurance society

Opened in 1891 the Ear, Nose & Throat Hospital was one of several specialist hospitals that opened in #Birmingham in 19thc. Designed by Jethro Cossins and F.B.Peacock. Closed in 1989. Grade II listed. #VictorianArchitecture

#VictorianArchitecture #Buildings #Birmingham 17-19 Newhall St Known as The Exchange as it was originally The Bell Edison Telephone Building. Completed in 1887. grade 1 listed.Architect Frederick Martin of Martin & Chamberlain. During WW1 used as Midland HQ of air raid warning system

Great Western arcade #Birmingham
Grade II listed. Built 1875. Architect W.H. Ward. Built over the former railway line. The facade on Temple Row survives. At the other end on Colmore Row it has changed beyond recognition #Architecture #VictorianArchitecture

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#iphonephotography #dublin
#ireland
#arnotts
#victorianarchitecture
#monochrome
#blackandwhitephotography

Traditional leaded glass window with geometric pattern featuring interlocking octagons and squares in clear textured glass. The design is framed by vertical blue glass borders decorated with circular medallions in graduating shades of coral, pink, and red. The window is set in a stone frame, photographed from the interior.

Arched stained glass window set in warm golden stone archway featuring an Art Nouveau floral design. The central panels display a stylized tree with curving branches, oval leaves, and coral-pink flowers with darker centers against textured clear glass. The design is framed by decorative borders with repeating geometric flower motifs in coral, gold, and blue, punctuated by circular glass jewels. Horizontal brass or wooden transom bars divide the window into three main sections

5/5 Natural History Museum

To complete this set from London's #naturalhistorymuseum here are just two of the many wonderful stained glass windows found throughout the #Victorian parts of the building.

#photography #architecture #architecturephotography #victorianarchitecture
#stainedglass

Black and white architectural photograph showing ornate Victorian brickwork with multiple arches layered at different depths. The composition features decorative columns with detailed capitals, intricate brick patterns including checkerboard designs, and curved archways creating a complex geometric interplay. A balustrade with repeating balusters runs horizontally through the lower portion, while ribbed ceiling details are visible in the upper right. The monochromatic treatment emphasizes the texture and dimensional depth of the historic masonry construction.

4/5 Natural History Museum

Another moody #classicmono snap that I think reveals the peak #VictorianArchitecture pf the #NaturalHistoryMuseum - note the monkeys climbing the wall.

#photography #architecture #blackandwhite #architecturephotography #victorianarchitecture

An ornate architectural ceiling photographed from directly below, featuring an elaborate geometric design. The centerpiece consists of four symmetrical panels arranged in a 2x2 grid, each containing a cross-shaped pattern with pale blue backgrounds and beige molding. Small decorative medallions sit at the center of each cross. The panels are separated by a horizontal red band adorned with white floral rosettes. Intricate chevron and leaf patterns frame the entire composition. The surrounding walls display checkered stonework in beige and gray tones, creating a tunnel-like perspective that draws the eye upward to the decorated ceiling vault

3/5 Natural History Museum

Always look up. Here's one of the many wonderful ceilings in the #naturalhistorymuseum - note the animals in the centre of each panel.

#fourthirds Olympus 7-14mmf4 lens on #OMsystems om1 camera

#photography #architecture #architecturephotography #victorianarchitecture

Upward view of an ornate Romanesque Revival building facade featuring concentric arches of alternating terracotta and cream-colored bricks. The entrance displays elaborate carved stonework, decorative columns with foliate capitals, and twin arched doorways with ornamental ironwork. Two rows of narrow arched windows sit above the entrance, surrounded by intricate architectural detailing and a checkerboard pattern frieze. The dramatic low-angle perspective emphasizes the building's monumental scale against a blue sky.

2/5 Natural History Museum

Looking up at the entrance to the #naturalhistorymuseum - some of London's peak #VictorianArchitecture .

#fourthirds Olympus 7-14mmf4 lens on #OMsystems om1 camera

#photography #architecture #architecturephotography #victorianarchitecture

The Carson Mansion always makes me pause 🏛️
Every detail tells a story—ornate, dramatic, and impossible to overlook. One of Eureka’s most iconic landmarks and a true showpiece of historic craftsmanship.

#CarsonMansion #EurekaCA #VictorianArchitecture #HistoricLandmarks #ArchitectureLovers

Gothic architectural detail featuring intersecting stone arches with ornate carved moldings. A decorative column with diamond-pattern reliefs stands in the foreground, while layered pointed arches frame receding arcades in the background. The black and white photograph emphasizes the geometric patterns, textured stonework, and dramatic interplay of light and shadow characteristic of Gothic Revival architecture.

1/5 Natural History Museum

I went on an #architecture tour of the #naturalhistorymuseum before Xmas - one of my favourite buildings in #London.

#photography #architecture #blackandwhite #architecturephotography #victorianarchitecture

Inside the Fitzwilliam #Cambridge #VictorianArchitecture #Architecture #Buildings #Galleries

Corner view of large wooden house in somewhat "Second Empire" style, painted white, mostly 2 story with mansard roof 3rd story and a tower going one story higher.

The Aldrich–Genella House is at 4801 St. Charles Avenue, uptown lake corner of Bordeaux Street in Uptown New Orleans. It was built 1866, with additions and remodeling in 1878.

Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans, 12 January 2026.

#NewOrleans #VictorianArchitecture

Former Winding House, 76 South Bridge Road, Hull, 1876 At No. 76 South Bridge Road stands the former Winding House, built in 1876 and the only surviving building of the former Victoria Dock. It was purpose-built to house a coal-fired steam engine and w…

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Victoria Dock Swing Bridge, South Bridge Road, Hull, 1849 The former Victoria Dock Swing Bridge is a Grade II listed road bridge that once carried both road and railway traffic across the dock entrance. Built in 1849 by Beecroft, Butler & Co. of Kirks…

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Former Oberon Hotel, Queen Street, Hull, mid-19th century The former Oberon Hotel is a prominent four-storey nineteenth-century inn at 44 Queen Street. The earliest recorded reference appears in 1863, when it was known as the Commercial Boarding House, su…

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Former Royal Oak, 22 Princes Dock Street, and 16 Posterngate, Hull, mid-19th Century The public house, now Leonardo’s Bistro, at 22 Princes Dock Street, previously the Royal Oak, has three renewed plain sash windows at first-floor level, with three tilting casement windows ab…

Former Royal Oak, 22 Princes Dock Street, and 16 Posterngate, Hull, mid-19th Century hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/f... #Hull #Yorkshire #victorianarchitecture #travel #England #Englishpubs

Former Burns Head Pub, 39 Whitefriargate, Hull, 1884 The former Burns’ Head public house stood on this site from at least the early 19th century and was a long-established dram shop, with a tap room, cellars, living accommodation above, and tenements…

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Colonial Chambers, now McCoy’s, 32 Princes Dock Street, Hull, 1846 Colonial Chambers, now McCoy’s, was built in 1846 as offices for Hull Trinity House, designed by William Foale. It is a two-storey brick building over a basement, with stone detailing and a r…

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Former Shipping Office Hotel, 8 Posterngate, Hull, mid 19th Century The former Shipping Office Hotel on Posterngate is a dignified three-storey structure in red brick, presenting a restrained yet confident civic frontage. The ground floor is faced in pale stone, fo…

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Former Marine Office, Posterngate, Hull, 1874 The former Marine Office, originally built in 1868 and 1874 by W. Foale, with later mid- and late-20th-century additions. This was part of Hull’s maritime bureaucracy: shipping, sailors, paperwork,…

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Disparity in Designs

(Bloom Street, Salford, Manchester, July 2025)

#photography #streetphotography #urbanphotography #architecturephotography #architecture #modernarchitecture #victorianarchitecture #viaduct #pub #ManchesterCivilJusticeCentre #Salford #Manchester