Architecture in England

Two gilded cherubs perched on a church bell tower have been reminding visitors of the finitude of life since 1760.

This overgrown Victorian chapel made of corrugated metal looks utterly out of place.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

An ornate aviary built during the Victorian trend of collecting exotic birds.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.

Local legend says this unusual chimney is actually a broken-hearted man's tomb.

English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.

One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.

Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."

This abandoned lock-up was saved because of its connection to a local football team.

The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.