Articles tagged ‘restoration’

St Martin-in-the-Fields reopens

By Chris | September 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

This weekend one of the most well known churches in London, St Martin-in-the-Fields, reopens to the public after a £36 million renewal project aimed at making the church that was built in 1726 able to cope with all the things it’s used for in the 21st century.
St Martins is known as the ‘Church of the [...]

 

New visitor centre for the Cutty Sark

By Chris | April 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

The Cutty Sark is the 280ft long sailing tea clipper in dry dock at Greenwich in East London. It was launched in 1869 and used to transport tea and other cargoes from China and Japan to Europe, Australia and the US. In 1954 the Cutty Sark was put into dry dock at Greenwich and became [...]