107 Greyhound Lane, SW16

One of the oldest surviving buildings on Greyhound Lane, Streatham. The fish-scale terracotta tiles hanging on the upper storey points to Surrey vernacular construction, likely early 18th century, contemporary with the original Greyhound Inn nearby. The Georgian door case is still intact. It's been empty for some time. The graffiti is more recent.

View from Jesus green, London E2

The small park at the centre of the Jesus Hospital Estate, Bethnal Green. The land was bequeathed in 1679 by James Ravenscroft, a Hertfordshire lawyer, to fund almshouses for women in Barnet, 15 miles away. The Victorian terraces surrounding the green were built in the 1860s as social housing. In 1979 residents organised to stop the council demolishing the whole estate to make way for a motorway. They won and it's now a Conservation Area.

Jesus Green, E2

The small park at the centre of the Jesus Hospital Estate, Bethnal Green. The land was bequeathed in 1679 by James Ravenscroft, a Hertfordshire lawyer, to fund almshouses for women in Barnet, 15 miles away. The Victorian terraces surrounding the green were built in the 1860s as social housing. In 1979 residents organised to stop the council demolishing the whole estate to make way for a motorway. They won and it's now a Conservation Area.

SNS 38, Streatham

A pedestrian underpass beneath one of the Victorian railway lines threading through south London. The oval plate identifies it precisely: SNS 38, 6 miles and 29 chains from its datum point, a British Railways engineering reference that's probably older than anyone who uses this passage. The double arch and corbelled brickwork are London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, likely 1860s or 70s. The bollards and strip lights came much later. Vegetation is winning.

Wellington Row, London E2

Detail of the old Queen Victoria Pub, Wellington Row

The old Queen Victoria Pub, Wellington Row

Empty car park

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Cordyline australis 'Red Star'

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