Harry Mount

Houghton revisited

30 May 2013 1:00 pm

When the Marquess of Cholmondeley inherited Houghton Hall, the Palladian palace by Colen Campbell and James Gibbs, he started rootling…

Houghton revisited

30 May 2013 1:00 pm

When the Marquess of Cholmondeley inherited Houghton Hall, the Palladian palace by Colen Campbell and James Gibbs, he started rootling…

Gilbert Scott’s Battersea Power Station, about to be transformed into a hotel, flats, offices and entertainment area

Building on the past

27 September 2012 7:00 pm

London was an industrial city until remarkably recently. It seems extraordinary now, but Bankside Power Station was built in 1947,…