IMG 0678-001-Sphinx & Bus

London 2023

Folder: Great Britain
My five-week stay in September - October, 2023. Separate albums for my daytrips to Canterbury, Bexhill and Eastbourne. Read all about it on my blog: trailerfulloftunes.blogspot.com. For best viewing, click on the first photo and then use the "Next" button or the lightbox view button on the upper right.
IMG 0751-001-Stained Glass 8

IMG 0751-001-Stained Glass 8

21 Sep 2023 70
Brian Clarke : A Great Light, stained glass exhibition at the Newport Street Gallery, Lambeth
IMG 0752-001-Stained Glass 9

IMG 0752-001-Stained Glass 9

21 Sep 2023 69
Brian Clarke : A Great Light, stained glass exhibition at the Newport Street Gallery, Lambeth
IMG 0753-001-Stained Glass 10

IMG 0753-001-Stained Glass 10

21 Sep 2023 90
Brian Clarke : A Great Light, stained glass exhibition at the Newport Street Gallery, Lambeth
IMG 0754-001-William Blake Plaque

IMG 0754-001-William Blake Plaque

21 Sep 2023 1 52
Blake House, Hercules Road, Lambeth. The house where he actually lived was torn down years ago, but the new housing on the site is named for him. He and his wife used to hang out in the nude in the back garden.
IMG 0757-001-Curvy Facade

IMG 0757-001-Curvy Facade

21 Sep 2023 1 64
Gaudiesque facade on the Oasis Centre, Kennington Road. The centre is a modern addition (architect John Peter Darvall, built 1960) to Christ Church & Upton Chapel, which sustained substantial bomb damage during WWI.
IMG 0807-001-Cosmic House 1

IMG 0807-001-Cosmic House 1

22 Sep 2023 60
Rear facade, The Cosmic House, Lansdowne Walk, Holland Park. This post-modern house was designed by Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. It was the primary residence of the Jencks family from 1978 until Charles Jencks death in 2019 (Maggie, for whom the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are named, died in 1995). The house is Grade I listed.
IMG 0763-001-Cosmic House 2

IMG 0763-001-Cosmic House 2

22 Sep 2023 2 69
Kitchen, The Cosmic House, Lansdowne Walk, Holland Park. This post-modern house was designed by Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. It was the primary residence of the Jencks family from 1978 until Charles Jencks death in 2019 (Maggie, for whom the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are named, died in 1995). The house is Grade I listed.
IMG 0764-001-Cosmic House 3

IMG 0764-001-Cosmic House 3

22 Sep 2023 76
Kitchen, The Cosmic House, Lansdowne Walk, Holland Park. This post-modern house was designed by Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. It was the primary residence of the Jencks family from 1978 until Charles Jencks death in 2019 (Maggie, for whom the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are named, died in 1995). The house is Grade I listed.
IMG 0765-001-Cosmic House 4

IMG 0765-001-Cosmic House 4

22 Sep 2023 1 56
Dining room, The Cosmic House, Lansdowne Walk, Holland Park. This post-modern house was designed by Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. It was the primary residence of the Jencks family from 1978 until Charles Jencks death in 2019 (Maggie, for whom the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are named, died in 1995). The house is Grade I listed.
IMG 0767-001-Cosmic House 5

IMG 0767-001-Cosmic House 5

22 Sep 2023 1 59
Dining room, The Cosmic House, Lansdowne Walk, Holland Park. This post-modern house was designed by Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. It was the primary residence of the Jencks family from 1978 until Charles Jencks death in 2019 (Maggie, for whom the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are named, died in 1995). The house is Grade I listed.
IMG 0769-001-Cosmic House 6

IMG 0769-001-Cosmic House 6

22 Sep 2023 61
I think the busts are Maggie Keswick Jencks and the Jencks daughters. The Cosmic House, Lansdowne Walk, Holland Park. This post-modern house was designed by Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. It was the primary residence of the Jencks family from 1978 until Charles Jencks death in 2019 (Maggie, for whom the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are named, died in 1995). The house is Grade I listed.
IMG 0770-001-Cosmic House 7

IMG 0770-001-Cosmic House 7

22 Sep 2023 61
Sitting room, The Cosmic House, Lansdowne Walk, Holland Park. This post-modern house was designed by Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. It was the primary residence of the Jencks family from 1978 until Charles Jencks death in 2019 (Maggie, for whom the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are named, died in 1995). The house is Grade I listed.
IMG 0772-001-Cosmic House 8

IMG 0772-001-Cosmic House 8

22 Sep 2023 66
Cosmic loo, The Cosmic House, Lansdowne Walk, Holland Park. This post-modern house was designed by Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. It was the primary residence of the Jencks family from 1978 until Charles Jencks death in 2019 (Maggie, for whom the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are named, died in 1995). The house is Grade I listed.
IMG 0773-001-Cosmic House 9

IMG 0773-001-Cosmic House 9

22 Sep 2023 62
The Cosmic House, Lansdowne Walk, Holland Park. This post-modern house was designed by Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. It was the primary residence of the Jencks family from 1978 until Charles Jencks death in 2019 (Maggie, for whom the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are named, died in 1995). The house is Grade I listed.
IMG 0778-001-Cosmic House 10

IMG 0778-001-Cosmic House 10

22 Sep 2023 64
Lounge, The Cosmic House, Lansdowne Walk, Holland Park. This post-modern house was designed by Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. It was the primary residence of the Jencks family from 1978 until Charles Jencks death in 2019 (Maggie, for whom the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are named, died in 1995). The house is Grade I listed.
IMG 0779-001-Cosmic House 11

IMG 0779-001-Cosmic House 11

22 Sep 2023 68
Sunken seating area overlooking the garden, The Cosmic House, Lansdowne Walk, Holland Park. This post-modern house was designed by Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. It was the primary residence of the Jencks family from 1978 until Charles Jencks death in 2019 (Maggie, for whom the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are named, died in 1995). The house is Grade I listed.
IMG 0781-001-Cosmic House 12

IMG 0781-001-Cosmic House 12

22 Sep 2023 59
Library, The Cosmic House, Lansdowne Walk, Holland Park. This post-modern house was designed by Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. It was the primary residence of the Jencks family from 1978 until Charles Jencks death in 2019 (Maggie, for whom the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are named, died in 1995). The house is Grade I listed.
IMG 0785-001-Cosmic House 13

IMG 0785-001-Cosmic House 13

22 Sep 2023 71
Library, The Cosmic House, Lansdowne Walk, Holland Park. This post-modern house was designed by Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. It was the primary residence of the Jencks family from 1978 until Charles Jencks death in 2019 (Maggie, for whom the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are named, died in 1995). The house is Grade I listed.
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