This was the object that I photographed as I was leaving Kensington Gardens. Well done to MTG for guessing correctly and to Sean and JHL for getting close
Wikipedia states:
The Albert Memorial is situated in Kensington Gardens, London, England, directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall. It was commissioned by Queen [...]
From the guidebook:
Queen Mary’s Gallery was originally furnished with fine lacquered chairs, tables and cabinets and 154 pieces of Chinese and Japanese porcelain. The key surviving features of the room are the two ornamental mirrors of Vauxhall plate glass, supplied by Gerrit Jensen, with magnificent carve and gilt surrounds by Grinling Gibbons.
The book then [...]
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This room is 96ft long and was built in 1695 for William III and originally furnished with green velvet hangings and white damask curtains. It was intended to house the finest pictures from the Royal Collection here.
The King’s Gallery has been refurbished following the decorative scheme devised for George I. In 1725, the [...]
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The Cupola Room is the principal state room of the palace, and the most lavishly decorated.
The dominant architectural elements of the room are the giant Ionic pilasters and the massive grey marble doorways supported by Ionic columns. Kent made extensive use of trompe l’oeil and much of the architectural decoration is painted, including the [...]
From the guidebook:
The King’s Grand Staircase was originally built by Sir Christopher Wren in 1689 in a similar style to the Queen’s Staircase. It was made of oak, and had plain panelled walls. When a new Guard Chamber (no longer surviving) was built at the foot of the stairs in 1692-3 the staircase [...]
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After a quick painless journey on the high speed train (from Ashford) followed by a rather more arduous journey on the tube we arrived at Kensington where we took a brief stroll through the gardens to Kensington Palace.
The official guidebook to the palace opens with the following words:
Welcome to Kensington Palace, once a favoured home [...]
Preston Tower is a 14th-century Pele Tower and was built in 1392, when warfare between England and Scotland was endemic.
At the time of Agincourt in 1415, it was one of 78 Pele Towers in the county. Its owners included Sir Guiscard Harbottle, who was slain fighting against James IV at the battle of Flodden in [...]
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