Castrol House, on the corner of Balcombe Street and Marylebone Road, was completed in 1960, when it caused much comment for being London's first American-style curtain-walled office building.
They were rebuilt slowly from 1297 to 1430; their size was set by the larger-than-life Herbert de Losinga's Norman cloisters, whose outer walls survived the 1272 fire.
The village's favourable microclimate encourages
the profusion of climbing plants up the walls of the
houses, which have the steep pitched stone roofs
typical of Cotswold villages.
Two farm carts make their way down the drive, which is lined on one side with fir trees and on the other with the battlemented brick wall which is generally believed to form part of the original garden
A temporary wall separates it from the crossing tower and the dust from the building works beyond the west tower arch.
Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle Bridge 1914
The rustic walkway pre-
sented visitors with ample
opportunities to sit and
admire the view, and its
width is a reminder, if one
was needed, of the thickness
of the castle's walls.
The north aisle wall was moved when the aisle was widened in 1846, but the Norman arcades remain; they have
three bays, with unmoulded arches of simple imposts with slight chamfering.
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