Residential Collection

Celtic Park, Glasgow, 1960
Bridgeton, Glasgow, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND facing West. NCAP: MOD: JARIC (Scotland) - 26/07/1960

Metro-Land House
A middle class home on the cover of a guide to the residential area north-west of London

Kings Lynn MD44 / 00258
Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Labelled sheet showing the exterior elevations of buildings along the south side of Queens Street and Kings Street. 1944 measured drawing by A J Phillips

Barbican Estate EAW281182
The Barbican Estate, London. Photographed in August 1974. Aerofilms Collection

Celtic Park, Glasgow, 2005
Bridgeton, Glasgow, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND facing East. NCAP: RCAHMS Aerial Survey - 22/07/2005

Barbican Centre N100535
BARBICAN CENTRE, London. View of the brutalist architecture of the Barbican and flats that surround the centre. Listed Grade II (NHLE 1352667)

Edinburgh: Prestonfield House

Valletta skyline at sunset with the Carmelite Church dome and St. Pauls Anglican Cathedral, Valletta, Malta, Mediterranean, Europe

Chatham lighthouse in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, United States of America, North America

Cars in the snow a071902
CHURCH ROW, Hampstead, London. A street view in the snow looking east along the middle of Church Row, with a row of snow covered cars parked in the foreground

Lamp post a065351
DAME STREET, Islington, London. A view south into a section of Dame Street, showing the top of a lamp post in the foreground, and terraced houses beyond. John Gay. Date range: 1955-1965

Lord Hills Road, London a064488
LORD HILLS ROAD, Westbourne Green, Paddington, London. A view looking south with Senior Street to the right, houses now demolished, with railings in the forground

METROLAND MAP
A map of Metro-Land, the residential area in Londons northwest hinterland, served by Londons Underground though in these parts most of it runs over ground. Date: 1926

Balfron Tower DP137832
Balfron Tower, St Leonards Road, Poplar, London. General view of tower by Erno Goldfinger. Grade II* listed building

Gasholder Park, Kings Cross DP220107
Gasholder Park, Kings Cross, Camden, London. Twilight view of Gasholder No 8 and apartments built within refurbished gasholder guide frames

Milkman delivering milk
Fresh milk is delivered by the milkman, who stands by his milk float. Date: 1975

Vivian Terrace, Falmouth Road, Truro, Cornwall. Probably early 20th century
A view of Vivian Terrace looking towards the Lander Monument in Lemon Street. There is a man on a bicycle riding in the road and a horse-drawn milk cart with churns is waiting outside one house

USA, California, San Francisco - Lombard Street (claimed to be the worlds crookedest street)
USA, California, San Francisco - Lombard Street (claimed to be the worldas crookedest street), Russian Hill neighborhood - aerial

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, 1927
Ibrox, Govan, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND facing East. NCAP: Aerofilms Archive. - 06/10/1927

Victorian drawing room BL11105
Terceira House, Aigburth Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool. Victorian interior showing the drawing room. Potted ferns occupy the fireplace and there is a portrait of Queen Victoria on the wall

Eaton Place, London a064748
EATON PLACE, Belgravia, Westminster, London. A night time view of the chimney pots to Eaton Place, Belgravia looking over the rooftops and down onto houses on the street below

Byker Estate N060259
BYKER ESTATE, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear. Detail of housing block walkways and balconies

Empty tennis court at Choi Hung Estate, one of the oldest public housing estates in Hong Kong, Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

ChAteau de Chenonceau over the Cher River at dusk, Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre
Chateau de Chenonceau over the Cher River at dusk, Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

White City Estate, 1939 EPW062152
The London County Council White City Estate, Olympic Stadium and Loftus Road football ground, Shepherds Bush, London, from the south-west, 9th July 1939. Queens Park Rangers FC. QPR

Belgium, West Flanders (Vlaanderen), Bruges (Brugge). Medieval guild houses and restaurants on Markt square at dusk

Morshead Mansions, Morshead Road, Maida Vale, London. Date: circa 1910

The Barbican Centre DP000336
The Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London. Detail of tower block

The Barbican Centre DP000330
The Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London. General view of complex across a narrow lake from the south-east. Shakespeare tower can be seen to the left of the Barbican Centre

Bomb damage in Kilgour Road, SE London, WW2
Panoramic view of bomb damage in Kilgour Road, SE London, 18 November 1944. Rubble and debris can be seen on both sides of the road

Bomb damage in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, 14 November 1944, with ambulances ready to remove casualties from the scene

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, 2008
Ibrox, Govan, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND facing East. NCAP: RCAHMS Aerial Survey - 05/05/2008

Gardnor House, Hampstead a071908
GARDNOR HOUSE, Hampstead, London. Looking over the ornate garden gateway and railings towards the front elevation of the house. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1960 - 1965

Laundry and chimneys a072987
Lines of washing drying in the sun with the outlines of roofs and chimney pots behind, in either Islington or Camden. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1960 - 1965

The Royal Crescent, Bath K991513
THE ROYAL CRESCENT, Bath, Avon. An oblique view of the Crescent showing its curvature with an ornate street lamp in the foreground

Holkham Hall, Norfolk, England, UK

Choi Hung Estate, one of the oldest public housing estates in Hong Kong, Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Balfour Avenue, Whitehead - a view of a residential street with no people. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Whitehead). Date: circa early 1900s

Great Malvern HAW_9424_12
GREAT MALVERN, Malvern, Worcestershire. Aerial view taken by Harold Wingham, 26th November 1951

Aerial view Swanley, Kent, England and the main road that runs through the town. 18 December 1958

Hertford Square Coventry OP00980
Hertford Square, Coventry, West Midlands, 1953. John M Prest (1908-'86), silver gelatin DOP (developing out paper) print

Aerial view of Forest Gate Hospital, East London
An aerial view of the Forest Gate Hospital, London E7. The hospital was originally opened in 1854 by the Whitechapel Union as an industrial school for 800 children

Ladywell Lodge, Lewisham, south east London
Aerial view of Ladywell Lodge, a residential institution for the elderly, near Lewisham, in south east London. The site was formerly St Olaves Union workhouse, designed by Newman & Newman

Gorbals, Glasgow, 2005
River Clyde, Glasgow, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND facing South East. NCAP: RCAHMS Aerial Survey - 22/07/2005

Park District, Glasgow, 2009
Central Station, Glasgow, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND facing West. NCAP: RCAHMS Aerial Survey - 24/04/2009

Royal York Crescent, Clifton, Bristol a98_04326
ROYAL YORK CRESCENT, Clifton, Bristol. View of Royal York Crescent, Clifton, which dates from circa 1810-20. Photographed by Eric de Mare. Date range: 1945 - 1980

Market Court, Kensington High Street BB77_09230
MARKET COURT, London. A photograph of Market Court on the south side of Kensington High Street, three years before the site was demolished. The inhabitants pose for the camera

Coastal flooding 1953 EAW048271
JAYWICK SANDS, Essex. Aerial photograph taken on 2nd February 1953 showing flooded housing following the great East Coast storm surge which hit the coast overnight on 31st January

Misty evening a072866
Looking along a tree-lined street towards the rear elevation of a row of terraced houses on a misty evening in winter, either in Islington or Shoreditch, London. Photographed by John Gay

The Mount. Charles Darwins childhood home K970197
DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Photograph of " The Mount", the house in Shrewsbury where Charles Darwin was brought up

Cotswold farmhouse beside a road covered in snow in winter in England

Keeling House K030092
KEELING HOUSE, Claredale Street, Tower Hamlets, London. An exterior detail of the highrise tower block from the south looking along Canrobert Street

Sunset View of City Council Building and Hillbrow Tower (JG Strijdom Tower), Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
City of Johannesburg is considered Africas economic powerhouse, and contentiously as a modern and prosperous African city

St. Marys Parish Church and Village in autumn, Painswick, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Glasgow City, 2010
Glasgow, Glasgow, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND facing West. NCAP: RCAHMS Aerial Survey - 12/02/2010

Beirut, Lebanon - Ras Beirut
Ras Beirut - literally meaning the Tip of Beirut - a luxurious residential neighbourhood. Nowadays, Ras Beirut incorporates a number of international schools and universities

Roof tops, Eaton Place, London a064894
EATON PLACE, Belgravia, London. A view of the rooftops of Eaton Place, Westminster showing rows of chimneys and chimney pots. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: January 1962-May 1964

City centre and Faxafloi bay from Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland, Polar Regions

Icona Building N071219
ICONA BUILDING, London Olympics 2012 site, London. Exterior view of the residential flats

Totnes Castle K981658
TOTNES CASTLE, Devon. View along street towards castle

Almshouses, Chipping Campden K991579
ALMSHOUSES, Chipping Campden, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire. Exterior view of the 17th century almshouses

Peabody Buildings / 1866
Residential housing: flats in the Peabody Buildings in Spitalfields, London Date: 1866

Worcester Cathedral on the River Severn floodlit at dusk, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cotswold landscape on frosty morning, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, Cotswolds, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Small old Fiat 500 car parked on a back street in Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Row of cottages at Roches Point, Whitegate Village, County Cork, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Huge apartment building in the old Soviet style, Yerevan, Armenia, Caucasus, Central Asia, Asia

North America, Mexico, Guanajuato State, Guanajuato, Cathedral, Univeristy (Universidad)
North America, Mexico, Guanajuato State, Guanajuato, Cathedral, University (Universidad) and city from above at El Pipila scenic viewpoint

Lakeside architecture, Bellagio, Lake Como, Lombardia, Italy

Shuttered windows in the old town, Nice, Provence, France

Cube houses in Overblaak Street in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Park Hill Estate N061086
PARK HILL ESTATE, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. 2006 exterior view of the brutalist architecture of the Park Hill Estate designed by architects Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith

Torquay town and marina, Torbay, Devon, England

Front entrance to ChAteau de Chenonceau castle, Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre
Front entrance to Chateau de Chenonceau castle, Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

View From Q1 Skyscraper, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Colchester Villas, Falmouth Road, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1917 / 1918
A view of Colchester Villas, from the front, with a lady and gentleman standing in the doorway. The late 18th century, grade II listed terrace of four houses were built in the French Renaissance

Cell 8, Mount Grace Priory IC068_004
MOUNT GRACE PRIORY, North Yorkshire. Reconstruction drawing, by Claire Thorne, showing a cut-away view of Cell 8 and its garden at Mount Grace Priory

Cottage window K991559
LOWER SLAUGHTER, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire. Detail of cottage showing stone mullioned window

Evacuee children in gas masks near Windsor, 1941
London babies find peace in the country: a nurse walks evacuated children in gas masks across a playground, to accustom them to the wearing of gas masks. LCC Residential School near Windsor

Bombers of the German Luftwaffe in flight over London during the Battle of Britain. Picture shows: Two Dornier 217s flying above fires started by bombs in the neighbourhood of Beckton gas works in

Torquay town centre, Torbay, Devon, England

Court Oak Road, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands, with a shop and Post Office on the corner of Earls Court Road. Date: circa 1900s

Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Clonlee, Larne - a residential street with two horse vehicles. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Larne). Date: circa early 1900s

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"Exploring Residential Gems: From Celtic Park, Glasgow in 1960 to Chatham Lighthouse in Cape Cod, Massachusetts" Step into the past as we journey back to Celtic Park, Glasgow in 1960. This iconic stadium has witnessed countless historic moments and passionate football matches that have left an indelible mark on the city. From there, let's cross continents and explore the charming Chatham Lighthouse in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Nestled within New England's picturesque landscapes, this beacon of light has guided sailors for centuries along the rugged Atlantic coastline of the United States. For those seeking a tranquil retreat with a touch of history, Kings Lynn MD44 / 00258 offers a glimpse into a bygone era. This residential gem exudes timeless elegance and showcases architectural craftsmanship that stands the test of time. Venturing further into London's urban landscape brings us to Gasholder Park at Kings Cross DP220107. Once an industrial site dominated by gas storage structures, it has been transformed into a vibrant green space where residents can relax amidst modernity's embrace. Delving deeper into history reveals glimpses of resilience like no other - bomb damage scars from WW2 still visible on Brampton Road in Bexleyheath. These remnants serve as poignant reminders of humanity's strength during times of adversity. Fast forward to more recent times; Celtic Park remains an emblematic symbol for Glaswegians even today (2005). Its hallowed grounds continue to unite fans under one roof while echoing tales of triumphs and heartaches alike. Metro-Land House takes us on another architectural adventure through its unique design inspired by Sir John Betjeman’s vision for suburban living. A testament to his passion for creating harmonious communities outside bustling cities – truly capturing "Metroland. " The Barbican Estate EAW281182 is not just any residential complex; it is an architectural marvel nestled within London's concrete jungle.