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2010-2011 Photographs

Architectural gems - from the unusual to the downright quirky!

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LK1-1 St George's Greek Orthodox Church, Borough Road, Kingston on Easter Sunday

Heather Mathew  April 2010

 

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LK2-2  Chessington Community College interior with Kingston Society listening to the architect, Simon Tupper.

John McCarthy 15-Apr-10

 

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LK1-2 Kingston Market Place on a June Saturday featuring the Market House and a number 36 bus!

Heather Mathew  June 2010

 

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LK1-3 Early morning looking towards the Bentalls Centre.

Heather Mathew  January 2010

 

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LK1-4 Two residential houses on Claremont road, Surbiton featuring Edwardian style balustrades.

Heather Mathew  Spring 2010

 

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LK1-5 The back of John Lewis featuring part of the 20th anniversary mosaic.

Heather Mathew  January 2011

 

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LK2-1 Chessington Community College interior atrium - an educational facility unique in Kingston and an architectural delight.

John McCarthy 15-Apr-10

 

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LK2-3 St Raphael's Church and Alexander House restored plus new community facilities - "one of the finest examples of Victorian Italianate architecture".

John McCarthy 30-Jan-11

 

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LK2-4 John Lewis Kingston store - riverside frontage

John McCarthy 24-Aug-10

 

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LK3_1 Crown Court, Penrhyn Road, Kingston, late 20th century architectural gem

Margaret Ciano 2010

 

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LK3-5 Market House, ancient Market Place, Kingston, viewed through Church Street.

Margaret Ciano 2010

 

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LK3-6 Corner of Denmark Road and Penrhyn Road, Kingston- startlingly unusual pointed outer wall.

Margaret Ciano 2010

 

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LK3-7 John Lewis, adjacent to River Thames, juxtaposed structural features, built 20 years ago.

Margaret Ciano 2010

 

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Lk3-8 Mini stuck in repairer's wall - number plate says "HELL LLP", Upper Brighton Road, Surbiton.

Margaret Ciano 2010

 

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LK3-9 County Hall, Penrhyn Road, Kingston, late Victorian, unusual view - taken as seen, no tweaking!

Margaret Ciano 2010

 

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LK3-10 The "Next"  Building - a historical pastiche in the ancient Market Place, Kingston.  (Next moved out in December 2010).

Margaret Ciano 2010

 

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LK3-3 County Hall Clock Tower, Penrhyn Road, Kingston late Victorian architectural gem.

Margaret Ciano 2010

 

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LK4-2 North East aspect of High Ashton, Kingston Hill

Basil Whiffen 19-Nov-10

 

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LK4-1 Plaque celebrating 20 years of John Lewis building in Kingston

Basil Whiffen 17-Sep-10

 

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LK4-3 German Market and Market House

Basil Whiffen 25-Dec-10

 

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LK5-1 Porch roof above the main entrance to Kingston's Guildhall.  Corinthian columns support the entablature, cornice and decorated hollow pediment above the platform outside the Members' Room arched window.  The keystone carries a female figure with three fishes, surmounted by a mural crown.

Anne Baker 29-Jan-11

 

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LK5-2 John Lewis's fine Clarence Street brickwork celebrating the sun popping out to show off the roofline of the shops across the road

Anne Baker 29-Jan-11

 

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LK5-3 David Mach's telephone boxes in the foreground with shoppers under Wilkinsons' canopy and Clarence Street beyond.  Looking west towards the river pas recent and less recent buildings, the turrets and finials of the Wheelwrights Arms compete with a helicopter.

Anne Baker 29-Jan-11

 

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LK3-2 Market House, ancient Market Place, Kingston, viewed through Church Street.

Margaret Ciano 2010

 

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LK3_11Guildhall viewed from walkway over the Hogsmill, flanked by Charter Quay flats - "Old and New"

Margaret Ciano 2010

 

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LK6-3 The forecourt wall of TCS of Surbiton (car repairs and servicing) Brighton Road, Surbiton

Heather Hathaway 14-Jan-11

 

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LkK6-6 Tolworth Tower, Tolworth Broadway, Tolworth

Heather Hathaway 19-Jan-11

 

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LK6-7 Tolworth Tower from the car park, Tolworth Broadway, Tolworth

Heather Hathaway 19-Jan-11

 

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LK6-8 Tolworth Tower, Tolworth Broadway, Tolworth

Heather Hathaway 19-Jan-11

 

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LK6-1 The base of Tolworth Tower from the pedestrian entrance, Tolworth Broadway

Heather Hathaway 19-Jan-11

 

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LK6-9 Tolworth Tower from the slip road to Tolworth Rise North, Tolworth

Heather Hathaway 19-Jan-11

 

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LK6-2 Tolworth Tower from King Charles Road/Ewell Road junction, Tolworth

Heather Hathaway 19-Jan-11

 

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LK6-4 Surbiton Station, Victoria Road, Surbiton

Heather Hathaway 21-Jan-11

 

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LK6-5 Surbiton Station, Victoria Road, Surbiton

Heather Hathaway 19-Jan-11

 

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LK6-11 Tolworth Tower from Millennium Green, Alexandra Recreation Ground, Alexandra Drive, Surbiton

Heather Hathaway 07-Sep-10

 

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LK6-10 Tolworth Tower from Millennium Green, Alexandra Recreation Ground, Alexandra Drive, Surbiton

Heather Hathaway 07-Sep-10

 

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LK7-1 "Bridge over troubled heron", Clattern Bridge, High Street, Kingston

Keith Hathaway  7 August 2010

 

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LK7-3 "Walkways", Charter Quay

Keith Hathaway  25-Sep-10

 

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LK7-4 "Turk's Gem set in silver", Turks Pier, Thameside, Kingston

Keith Hathaway  7 August 2010

 

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LK7-2 "Stairways" Stairs at the rear of the Gazebo, Thames Street, Kingston

Keith Hathaway  25-Sep-10

 

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LK7-10 "Kingston's Gazebos", Thames Street, Kingston

Keith Hathaway  25-Sep-10

 

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LK7-11 "Ditton Corner, autumn leaves" , Ditton Corner, 49 Herne Road, Surbiton

Keith Hathaway 02-Nov-10

 

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LK7-5 "Brute Beauty", Combined House, Wheatfield Way, Kingston

Keith Hathaway  25-Sep-10

 

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LK7-6 "Timepiece", Yumcha Restaurant, 59-63 Brighton Road, Surbiton

Keith Hathaway 03-Sep-10

 

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LK7-7 "Black Diamond", Strada, 1 Griffin Centre, Market Place, Kingston

Keith Hathaway 31 October 2010

 

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LK7-8 "Jewelled Gable", 19 Berrylands, Surbiton

Keith Hathaway 21-May-10

 

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LK7-9 "Halloween at Osborne House", 54 Herne Road, Surbiton

Keith Hathaway 02-Nov-10

 

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LK7-12 "Resplendent", County Hall, Penrhyn Road, Kingston

Keith Hathaway 25-Sep-10

 

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LK8_1 Knights Park Bridge - "Its traffic bearing days may be over, but still imposing."

Verna Evans 18-Nov-10

 

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LK8_2 Doors and windows - variety of architectural styles in KT1 and KT2

Verna Evans 18-Nov-10

 

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LK8_3 Top of the shops - Kingston town centre.  Look up and marvel at the rich and beautiful range of architecture Kingston has!

Verna Evans 27-Nov-10

 

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LK8_5 Do you think the architect was a big cheese?  Building opposite Kingston station

Verna Evans 04-Sep-10

 

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LK8_7 s it a maze or is it a moat - no - just amazing!"  Front garden KT2

Verna Evans 06-Nov-10

 

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LK8_10 The gasometer - a truly magnificent piece of architecture, Sopwith Way, Kingston

Verna Evans 06-Nov-10

 

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LK8_4 It's not all black and white!  The old and the new, Kingston town centre

Verna Evans 02-Oct-10

 

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LK8_6 Pillars of the community? - a bygone age on the Kingsnympton Estate

Verna Evans 06-Nov-10

 

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LK8_8 Ornate chimneys - one looks like the "bees knees".  House on Kingston Hill

Verna Evans 07-Oct-10

 

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LK8_9 Towering over the passers-by.  The John Lewis building, Kingston town centre

Verna Evans 06-Nov-10

 

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LK8_11 Reflected architectural gem!  Apple Market, Kingston town centre

Verna Evans 06-Nov-10

 

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LK8_12 Alleyway, Canbury Park Road, study of brickwork

Verna Evans 13-Nov-10

 

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LK8_13 House about that then?  The house that didn't grow up and the house about to swallow a car (KT2)!

Verna Evans 27-Nov-10

 
 
   
 
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