London Loves: Amazing Architecture

Here on the west coast of Canada, we've got some really big, really old trees. But old buildings? Not so much. The oldest building in BC is believed to have been built in the 1840s. That'd be considered pretty new in London!

One of the things I love about England is the history in the buildings. The architecture is amazing. I like to imagine the stories that the walls of those houses hold, the tales of all the people who lived there through the years. Even the gardens have a history, with their high walls and their beautiful gates.

A secret garden gate, Knebworth

Knebworth House

No idea what building this is, but it's fancy, non? The first time I was in London, I was constantly pointing out buildings and asking Wendy what they were. "I don't know," she'd say. "Nothing special. An office maybe?" 

Trafalgar Square, diagonal from the National Gallery... love the rounded edges of this building

I adore Admiralty Arch

Lamps lit on an August afternoon, Regent Street {this makes me think of the scene in A Little Princess when Sara's father takes her shopping in London}

Just off Oxford Street, less than a block in... gorgeous brick houses with beautiful doors and windows

Seriously! How pretty is this? And you couldn't even hear the traffic! How wonderful would it be to have a lovely little hideaway like this, right in the middle of the city?

I have a million and one photos of buildings in England. They are just so different to what we see in this part of the world. And so,  I expect over the years I'll take a million more.

Have you been to London? Were you as impressed with the beautiful buildings as I was?