A guide to the modernist buildings of the Metro-Land area and era. “A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land” out now.
Jan 22, 2023 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
It has been a little while since we had a virtual tour, so seeing as it is a Sunday, let’s take a look at some of Metroland's most interesting modernist churches. Prayer books at the ready!
We begin in Barnet with John Keble church, just off the M1 motorway in Edgware, designed by D.F. Martin-Smith. The building has a square church tower and is constructed of yellow London stock brick around a reinforced concrete frame modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/john-keble.html
Jan 16, 2022 • 13 tweets • 7 min read
Time for our first virtual tour of 2022. Today we will be visiting the borough of Haringey and the wonderful modernist homes of Highgate. Let’s get going! modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/haringey.html
We begin at the Northern Line station of Highgate. Opened in 1867, it was supposed to be part of the Northern Heights project of 1935. Unfortunately the line was cancelled along with the stations planned statue of Dick Whittington!