This document provides descriptions and photographs from Michael Sleigh's collection of British heritage photography. The collection focuses on documenting buildings, architectural features, and streetscapes from the Victorian era through photographs taken over many years, with special attention paid to churches, stained glass windows, and 19th century buildings. The photographs showcase examples of architectural styles from that period, including town halls, libraries, banks, schools, and cathedrals across the United Kingdom.

1. Heritage Photography
A selection of photographs
from the Polypodphoto Collection
by photographer Michael Sleigh

2. The collection contains a large number of
photographs taken over many years recording
‘British Heritage’.
Concentrating mainly of Buildings, Architectural
features and Streetscape.
With a special focus on Victorian examples,
Churches and Stained Glass.

3. A selection of photographs
showing
19th Century Buildings

4. Corn Market (former)
Winchester, Hampshire.
1833 by Architect O B Carter,
with portico of 4 Tuscan stone
columns.
Now a Public Library.

5. Church of St Mary, Reading,
Berkshire. Opened 1798,
Architect R Billing. Portico
added 1840.

6. Town Hall, Gravesend, Kent.
1836 by Amon Henry Wilds, in
sandstone ashlar with fluted
Doric columns.

7. Market House, Chichester,
W. Sussex. 1807 by Architect
T Nash, with Doric colonnade

8. Market Building in centre of
Penzance, Cornwall. 1837 by
Architect Harris of Bristol.
Built in granite ashlar.

9. Post Office building in the centre of
Penzance, Cornwall.

10. Harris Public Library,
Museum & Art Gallery,
Preston, Lancs, UK.
Monumental Greek Revival
style. 1882-93 by James
Hibbert.

11. Harris Public Library,
Museum & Art Gallery,
Preston, Lancs, UK.
Monumental Greek
Revival style. 1882-93 by
James Hibbert.

12. Limehouse Town Hall
(former). 1879.

13. View of Somerset House,
London. Lancaster Place elevation
(1853-56) by
Sir James Pennethorne

14. The Hop Exchange, Southwark,
London, UK.
Now called Central Buildings.
1866 by R H Moore.

15. Hop Exchange, Southwark,
London, UK. 1866 by
R H Moore. Column detail
showing hops.

16. Government Offices, Whitehall,
London. Detail of ‘Africa’
carving.

17. Government Offices, Whitehall , London.

18. Government Offices, Whitehall &
Parliament Square.
1898-1901 by John Brydon, in
English Baroque revival style.

19. The Guildhall, Portsmouth,
Hampshire, UK. 1886-90 by
William Hill, reconstructed after
WW2 damage 1955-59, interior
and rear elevation completely
rebuilt.

20. War Office building, Whitehall,
London. 1898 by William Young,
completed 1907.
Listed Grade 11*.

21. City of London School (former).
1882 by Davis & Emnanual.
Portland stone in a northern
Renaissance style.

22. City of London School (former).
1882 by Davis & Emnanual.
Portland stone in a northern
Renaissance style.

23. 151-2 Fenchurch Street,
London. c1865 in
Italian Gothic style.

24. Commercial building,
29 Fleet Street, London.
1860 by W G Bartlett.

25. Holborn Viaduct, London. Corner
building, 1869 by William
Haywood assisted by Thomas
Blashill. In Italian Gothic style.

26. Lloyds Old Bank, Blackburn,
Lancs, UK. C19th block with
composite columns and
enriched ornament, heavy
quoins and cornice on
modillions.

27. Lloyds Old Bank, Blackburn, Lancs, UK. C19th

28. Joseph & Charles Simmonds & Co. Bank, Reading, Berkshire. 1882 by Davis and Emnanuel, in an ornate Palazzo style.

29. Joseph & Charles
Simmonds & Co. Bank,
Reading, Berkshire. 1882 by
Davis and Emnanuel, in an ornate
Palazzo style.

30. Joseph & Charles
Simmonds & Co. Bank,
Reading, Berkshire. 1882 by
Davis and Emnanuel, in an ornate
Palazzo style.

31. The Black Friar Public House,
London. c1875, remodelled c1905 &
c1917 by H Fuller Clarke Architect
& Frederick Callcott & Henry Poole
Sculptors.

32. Reading. Art Gallery
& Museum. 1894 by
W R Howell.

33. Portsmouth. Prudential
Assurance Building. 1891 by
Alfred Waterhouse. Red brick and
terracotta.
Listed Grade 11.

34. Commercial building, 33 & 35
Eastcheap, City of London. 1868
by R L Roumieu. Gothic style in
red and black brick. Listed Grade
11*.

35. Commercial building, 23 & 25
Eastcheap, City of London. 18612 by
John Young & Son. Polychrome
brick.

36. Commercial building, 23 & 25
Eastcheap, City of London. 18612 by
John Young & Son. Polychrome
brick.

37. Commercial building, 23 & 25
Eastcheap, City of London.
1861-2 by
John Young & Son. Polychrome
brick, detail.

38. The Guildhall, Winchester,
Hampshire. 1875. Detail of
'Middle Pointed' Gothic style by
Architects Jeffery and Skiller.

39. 7 Lothbury, London. 1866 by
G Somers Clarke. Portland
stone in Venetian Gothic style.

40. 7 Lothbury, London. 1866 by
G Somers Clarke. Portland
stone in Venetian Gothic style.

41. Albert Buildings, Queen
Victoria Street. 1871 by
F J Ward.

42. 6 & 7 St Mary at Hill, City of London. 1873 by Ernest George and Vaughan. Listed Grade 11.

43. Former Technical School now Victoria Centre of Blackburn College. 1888 by Smith, Woodhouse and Wiloughby

44. Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey. 1872, by P C Hardwick. Bargate stone in ‘commercial’ Gothic.

45. Charterhouse School,
Godalming, Surrey. 1872, by P C
Hardwick. Bargate stone in
‘commercial’ Gothic.

46. Charterhouse School,
Godalming, Surrey. 1872, by P C
Hardwick. Bargate stone in
‘commercial’ Gothic.

47. Houses of Parliament, London. 1860 by Sir Charles Barry & A W N Pugin.

48. Houses of Parliament, London.
1860 by Sir Charles Barry & A W
N Pugin.

49. The Royal Courts of Justice,
London. Front elevation on the
Strand. 1868-82, designed by G
E Street. Portland stone in C13
English Gothic style. Listed
Grade 1.

50. Clock on tower of the
Royal Courts of Justice,
London.

51. The Royal Courts of Justice, London. Front elevation on the Strand. 1868-82, designed by G E Street. Portland stone in
C13 English Gothic style. Listed Grade 1.

52. The Royal Courts of Justice, London. Front elevation on the Strand. 1868-82, designed by G E Street. Portland stone in C13 English
Gothic style. Listed Grade 1.

53. The Royal Courts of Justice, London. Front elevation on the Strand. 1868-82, designed by G E Street. Portland stone in
C13 English Gothic style. Listed Grade 1.

54. Tower Bridge. 1894, designed by Sir Horace Jones and Sir John Wolfe Barry.

55. Southwark Cathedral,
the east end viewed from
London Bridge. Victorian
restoration.

56. West end of Southwark
Cathedral, London.
Victorian rebuild 1890-97 by
A. W. Blomfield.

57. 9 Carmelite Street, London.
1894 by H A Hunt & H T
Steward, in Tudor Gothic style.

58. St John the Evangelist R C Cathedral, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK. 1877-81 by J Crawley, 1881-96 by J Hanson

59. A selection of photographs showing 20th
Century examples of
‘Heritage Photography’

77. Heritage Photography
Presented by Michael C Sleigh
With photographs from the
Polypodphoto Collection
www.polypodphoto.co.uk
polypod@gmail.com
© 2014