A few doors up from yesterdays building is the stunning Royal College of Organists (of the musical type not internal body parts!). Following the Great Exhibition of 1851 a number of grand buildings sprang up around the area. So grand was it all that the area earned the nickname Albertoplis. The architect was Lt. H. H. Cole a military engineer. I was a little surprised to learn that someone from that background would create something so exquisite and ornate. That was until I learned his father assisted him. Dad played a major role in the Great Exhibition and the V&A. He also designed the first postage stamp and the first Christmas card.
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Royal College of Organists
A few doors up from yesterdays building is the stunning Royal College of Organists (of the musical type not internal body parts!). Following the Great Exhibition of 1851 a number of grand buildings sprang up around the area. So grand was it all that the area earned the nickname Albertoplis. The architect was Lt. H. H. Cole a military engineer. I was a little surprised to learn that someone from that background would create something so exquisite and ornate. That was until I learned his father assisted him. Dad played a major role in the Great Exhibition and the V&A. He also designed the first postage stamp and the first Christmas card.
You give me dreams - so quite tremendously - to come to London soon again!
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:-) Dorthe
Wow, that is a beautiful old building.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to pay a visit soon. That's an astonishing building.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great looking place Mo!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful - like Wedgwood.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few more like that around.
ReplyDeleteVery Beautiful and nice...
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Such charm and beauty!
ReplyDeleteWow, this is a wonderful, almost whimsical building! I love it.
ReplyDeleteAnother beautiful building in that neighbourhood.
ReplyDeleteAmazing, amazing building. It needs to be looked at very carefully.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think there is a wing dedicated to him in the V & A, too. I have always wondered about this building, so thanks for the information.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful building Mo. I shall have to search it out next time I'm in London.
ReplyDeleteWhat a unique and very pretty building! Hope to see it one day.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful building and very pretty facade.
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Round the corner is the ornate facade of the Henry Cole Wing of the V&A in Exhibition Rd
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