And more London including The Temple Church

For the last few weeks I've been batting to and from London for various reasons. The most recent was a visit to my publisher, Sphere at LittleBrown, for a business meeting. I had arranged my inward journey to have a bit of time to spare, so I could visit the Temple Church and take some photographs. I made a sort of photo journey story of my day and here it is below. Some of you may be interested in the close ups of early 13th century armour from the Temple Church section. Click to enlarge, and as always, sorry about the odd formatting. If you see gaps, scroll down. The last photo is of the train journey home!


Waiting at the bus
stop in my village on a
dark, wet Monday morning













John Betjemen statue
at St. Pancras
International


















Temple Tube
Station













Red telephone
boxes

















Courts of Justice











Twinings Tea
museum












Bank sign


















Bank lobby































Temple Church















information
plaque concerning
the effigies











Gilbert Marshal
(d 1241)




















Gilbert Marshal




















Gilbert Marshal:
Hand around
sword hilt


















Close up of
hand grip


















Serpent chewing
Gilbert's spur strap
(he die in a tourney
having been dragged
when his foot got
caught in the stirrup).










Shield strap















Arrangement of
mail leg covering













Arrangement of
mail leg cover on
a different effigy
(no dateline)












William Marshal





















William Marshal
Note all fingers
visible under the mail


















Close up of
mailed hand
















William Marshal
full length














Font design
close up















Another font
decoration











Church interior
taken from the
round.













Plan of the
church interior


















Plan of the
Temple environs
circa 1250



















William Marshal
Junior.












Flying horse
design on the
temple precinct
gates leading to
the Embankment
















Blackfriars
Bridge












A misty view
of the London
Eye













Interesting
Art Deco work
at Unilever House



Clock above
entrance to
Unilever House













View to the
ground floor
from LittleBrown's
reception.















The train home!