by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 1, 2022 | Black Taxi Tours of London
This stunning neoclassical Art Deco, Grade II listed building with its gorgeous curved facade, is best viewed from Blackfriars Bridge and is one of my favourite commercial buildings in the city. It stands on the site of Bridewell Palace, a former residence of Henry...
by BlackTaxiTours | Sep 14, 2021 | Black Taxi Tours of London
All I can say is go check out this tiny little square, the smallest in London, just off St James Street. It’s really what London does best: hidden gems off busy thoroughfares. There are still original gaslights down here, which would have borne witness to all...
by BlackTaxiTours | Aug 23, 2021 | Black Taxi Tours of London
I have always had a fondness for Clerkenwell and for good reason too – there’s so much history here. St John’s Gate was originally the entrance to the Knights of St John, a monastic order set up during the Crusades to care for the ill on their...
by BlackTaxiTours | May 25, 2021 | Black Taxi Tours of London
A nice feature of Mayfair are the Victorian shopping arcades. They were built in the 19th century for refined ladies to go shopping without getting their shoes dirty. In those days the streets were covered in horse dung and dog muck and there were no pavements to...
by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 12, 2021 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Cheyne Walk seems on the face of it a surprising place to see this striking statue of Sir Thomas More, the Chancellor who dared to defy Henry VIII in his plan to marry Anne Boleyn, and paid the ultimate price. Erected in 1969, it marks the fact that More was a Chelsea...
by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 1, 2021 | Black Taxi Tours of London
This quirky little pub sits on the corner of Queen Victoria Street and New Bridge Street and always makes me smile when I drive past. The Art Nouveau wedge shaped building occupies the site of the old Blackfriars Dominican Friary, which stood here from 1217 to 1538....
