Going to meet a friend yesterday, and still exploring London, I walked from Baker Street station to Green Park, and on the way I came across Mount Street, W1, which has the most beautiful architecture.
It even has a curve in the road and a church set back so that the whole is more than just a street. it is an area, a place with an identity. I will take a video when I can.
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Yes, Wow!
As chance would have it, I was there again yesterday but only had a few minutes. The carving in the stone is detailed and sharp-edged so it has to be a hard stone to take the punishment of acid rain, noxious vehicle emissions, London chimneys before the Clean Air Act, etc. It is quite pitted – I mean naturally pitted with tiny pits when you see it close up. Like sandstone, but it couldn’t be because of the detail in the carving. It’s Limestone from Portland – a particular layer that has that colour. And yes, at least one facade was cleaned up in 2014.
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