London Uncovered

This unique London guidebook opens the doors to sixty of the capital's most intriguing places, all visitable but not widely known. From museums of the unusual, places of worship, palaces of entertainment to some of the most historic and ornate shops, houses and hostelries in the city, take a trip through the capital's hidden treasure and discover a picture of a London which is strange, gaudy, grand and inventive. Describing the history and the character of each place, the book uncovers a wealth of stories about an endlessly fascinating world city with its own unique character. 

Introduction

Cleopatra's Needle

St Pancras Renaissance Hotel

Isabella Plantation

 

Historical Homes

Syon House

Charles Dickens Museum

Apsley House, Number One London

Eltham Palace

Leighton House Museum

Strawberry Hill House

Two Temple Place

Kew Palace and The Royal Botanical Gardens

 

Food and Drink

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

Bibendum

L. Manze

Berry Bros. & Rudd

Pickering Place

The Ivy

Smithfield Meat Market

The Black Friar

 

Palaces of Entertainment

The Rivoli Ballroom

Wilton's Music Hall

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

Regent's Street Cinema

Gate Cinema Notting Hill

The National Theatre

Normansfield Theatre

Wigmore Hall

Gala Bingo Hall Tooting

 

Places of Worship

Westminster Cathedral

Welsh Baptist Chapel

Peace Pagoda Battersea Park

Masonic Temple at Andaz Liverpool Street Hotel

St Bartholomew the Great

Bevis Marks Synagogue

St Mary le Bow

Shri Sanatan Hindu Mandir, Wembley

 

Remarkable Shops

LassCo Salvage

L. Cornelissen & Son

Truefitt and Hill

Steinway & Sons

James Smith & Sons

John Lobb Ltd

The Roof Gardens in Kensington

 

Science and Education

Kempton Steam Museum

Markfield Beam Engine Museum

Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum

Charterhouse

Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret

The Ragged School Museum

London Museum of Water and Steam

Royal Institution of Great Britain

 

Inns of Court

The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn

The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple

The Temple Church

 

Unusual Museums

The Royal Airforce Museum

Horniman Museum

Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms

Geffrye Museum of the Home

HMS Belfast

Massey Shaw

The Monument

Musical Museum

The Wimbledon Windmill

Praise for Peter Dazeley and Mark Daly's previous book Unseen London:

'A thrilling tour behind the closed doors of the capital city's buildings.' —Daily Telegraph

'Dazeley captures the atmosphere of each building to perfection.' —Daily Express

'Fascinating.' —Fabric magazine

'A joy.' —Evening Standard