The story of the extension starts with Wylde’s Farm (which still sort of exists and I will track down for another blog). To quote from Wikipedia: Built in about 1600, Wylde’s Farm was the farmhouse for one of two estates acquired by Eton College in 1449, soon after its foundation. The Eton College estate originated …
Sandy Heath Hampstead
Trees – or no trees
Regular readers of this blog will know that I spend a lot of time eulogising about the wonderful trees to be found all over Hampstead Heath – and indeed there are wonderful trees on the heath. But not everyone thinks that all of them should be there. Two hundred years ago the upper slopes of …
Back to the trees and the birds
I thought that after the last three nights of unremitting architectural gems you might be very ready to go back to birds and trees. So, first a short clip of a very enthusiastic bird on my way down the path this morning. As usual I have no idea what he (she?) is – maybe Tom …