Houses and More in My Neighbourhood

After the snow on Sunday it was so nice to be out walking in warm sunshine by Wednesday.

Sara of ‘Much Ado About Something’ has recently been posting pictures on houses in her area of Southern California. I have enjoyed seeing the diversity of these houses and thought I would like to do the same in my neighbourhood.
I walked to Havering-Atte-Bower which is a village just 30 minutes uphill walk from my house (when not taking pictures!)

You can see different aspects of this same walk here.

There are houses, cottages, bungalows, old, new and everything in between and all so different so I selected a few to post.

The garden gate to the above

Yes, this is a house - it is called The Round House

and dates from 1772

It has 3 storeys and the top tower was used as a lookout during the war

Because it is at the top of the hill one can see over the River Thames

For that reason too I can see it from my garden

I have been on a tour of the house as the owners take part in

London Open House Weekend

The Parish Church of St. John's

The garden here is pretty but the house is out of view

Royal Oak Pub

The Orange Tree Pub

I met this dog on my way home - Charlie is his name

I walked a while with the owner and the dog ran and played and wagged his tail

Although it looked sad, the owner assured me that he was happy, active and not in pain

after surgery on disintergrating joints

I returned by a totally different route and got a good view of

the London skyline on the way