In the south west corner of St James’s Gardens is the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue. The story behind the building is that of Sephardim (from the Hebrew word Sepharad for Spain) who were expelled in 1492 after the Inquisition. First...

Charles Dickens wrote about the “hovels, discontent, filth and misery” in Pottery Lane. 150 years ago it was part of a notorious slum known as “The Potteries and the Piggeries.” The potteries was home to brick makers who wanted to...

Today, Pottery Lane is part of one of London’s “outstanding” Conservation Areas and only one original kiln remains.

It is one of the few remaining Bottle Kilns in London.

Originally erected in the 1860′s by Mr Varley, a Baptist businessman who wanted to preach in the neighbouring Potteries, it was later used as an industrial warehouse. In the last 20 years it has found a new religious use, as...

At the junction of Penzance Place and Princedale Road is a corner building which was at one time a public house called The Unicorn. Now a residential building it is made of stock brick stuccoed to first floor level with...

Occupying a commanding position at the northern end of Addison Avenue, the Church was designed by Lewis Vulliamy “in the Gothic style of the twelfth century.”

In 1844 it cost just under £5,000 to build and was consecrated in 1845.

St Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church and The Presbytery completes the multi-cultural assortment of religious buildings in the area. It was designed by Henry Clutton (1819-93), and the work was supervised (1859-60) by J.F.Bentley, the future architect of Westminster...

This pub was built in 1845 and was once famous for its etched glass windows. According to a former landlord, these windows were photographed by Lord Snowdon and used as a model for the feather emblazoned on the canopy at...

The Hippodrome was a racecourse built in 1837 by John Whyte. Whyte intended the racecourse to rival those at Epsom and Ascot but critics were split in opinion over the build. Its location near to the slums was particularly contentious....

The Portland Arms Public House is now known as the Cowshed. A luxury spa nestled in the junction of Portland Road and Penzance Place. The building has an impressive curved facade and has been cleverly articulated with eight pilasters, a...