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Wonder who lives in these glamorous homes?
And more to the point…who can afford them!!
As I have mentioned before, when I am travelling, I love to walk around and look at the local architecture. I love the different building styles, window dressings, gardens and of course I absolutely love to peek into windows to see what’s inside…London has so many different styles of buildings; Georgian being one. These types of homes have a signature semi-circular ‘fan light’ which is a window resembling an open fan above the door and usually has wrought iron somewhere as a feature.
Whereas Victorian homes can be distinguished from the Georgian home in that they usually have stained glass windows and ornamental ridge tiles on the roof along with shapely wooden barge boards beside the roof.
I must say I still found it difficult to differentiate the styles so I just looked around enjoying whatever homes I saw and I must say I did love what I saw….but when I found out prices I knew immediately these homes are for the very rich or those ladies on that UK show ‘Ladies of London‘ and definitely but unfortunately not for me!Some of the buildings were, in my opinion, not as glamorous as others but still good to see and wonder who lived in them.And others rather sweet, when walking through Hyde Park…And when we stayed at the Airbnb near Kensington Gardens we were opposite a beautiful hotel with the same name as our dad ‘Byron’….thought that was a nice touch when we looked out the window and saw our dad’s name.And how about the gorgeous pubs in London…decorated so beautifully with hanging pots of bright blossoms and then once inside you can either order a small glass of wine or large…love the choice.One thing I did find a of a shame around London streets was the amount of household rubbish on the footpaths; clearly out there waiting for the rubbish man but the bags of rubbish would be put out at any time of the day and just sit there!!
Little Miss Traveller said:
I’m very interested in local architecture too and I like the way you have captured these street scenes of London. I’ve not heard of the TV programme ‘Ladies of London’! Am I missing something, do you think it is something I would like and would it be worth me searching for it?? Have a good weekend Sue.
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Marta said:
I also like peeking through windows to see the interior of houses, hehe. I love seeing how people live.
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Rosie said:
I love wandering round the more residential suburbs of London, “window shopping” as such 🙂 There are some truly gorgeous houses in London and a real mix of architectural styles, that’s for sure.
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JohnRH said:
Beautiful. I lived in a Georgian building in the center of Bath when I worked in England, very near The Crescent and The Circle. Beautiful also.
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Lyn said:
Great photos. I too love wandering around looking at lovely homes and making up my own stories about their history and who lives in them now.
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kasiawrites said:
Loved the architecture in London! I just kept staring all around me! And yes, I also like to peek inside 😜
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Marion. It’s a dreadful show about rich ladies getting together and drinking and just being rich. Dont bother. I only watched one show and I didn’t like it. The only thing I loved was their homes. Oh my goodness. So gorgeous.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
I agree Rosie. Some of the homes are absolutely stunning.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Oh how lovely John. Sounds delightful.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thanks Lyn. It’s a great way to see a city isn’t it.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Looking at other people’s homes is such an exciting way to see a city isn’t it.
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kasiawrites said:
And get a glimpse of how the buildings look on the inside!
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Yes agree definitely.
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Little Miss Traveller said:
How funny! I won’t bother then! Just now some of my favourites have returned. I love Cold Feet and Doc Martin – much more my sort of thing.
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Amy said:
Beautiful photo captures of architecture of London. It reminded me the beautiful Victoria area. 🙂
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Love Doc Marin. Cold Feet is great too.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Lovely comment. Thank you Amy.
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Vicky T. said:
Such beautiful buildings and they look super expensive
Vicky
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
‘Littke’ bit out of my reach with cost Vicky. Ha ha.
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sileas said:
I absolutely love these photos Sue, they display the different styles so well! The architecture is very pretty. Makes me wanna visit London so badly!
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Hey Julia. Big c
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Hey Julia. (Oops think I hit ‘send’ on previous comment before I finished my reply) that is such a lovely compliment as you take fabulous photos.
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justballtennis said:
I’d love to live in one of those! Lol
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Yes me too but I know it will never happen. They are SO expensive. Maybe if we win the lottery!!!!!!
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Lignum Draco said:
I enjoy the local architecture as well, but rarely can I identify it without some help. These look beautiful.
I’d be interested to know if you’ve ever been caught peeking into those windows. 🙂
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Yes once. I took my brother and nephew to our family home in Wales two years ago. Lady saw us taking photos of her house so came out. We told her we used to live there before we emigrated to Australia. She told us she bought the house off a man called Byron. We laughed. That was our dad. She asked us inside to look around just downstairs. I was able to show my brother where certain photos that we have were taken. It was so incredibly special and lovely of the current owner.
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Lignum Draco said:
Wow, a special moment.
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