Volume 1

Chiswick House, The Cedars And The Sphinx – A. S. Hartrick

This energetic depiction captures something of the spirit of this south-west London landmark, know for its glamorous, and often eccentric, history.

Geffrye Museum, Kingsland Road, E.2 – Phyllis Dimond

There's an easy harmony in Dimond's painting, the arching branches of two trees complementing the symmetry of the building itself, former almshouses converted to a museum that centres on the ways we arrange and occupy our homes.

Gateway, Royal Naval College, Greenwich – Walter Bayes

The use of the main buildings have changed over the years, but the bold, triumphal gateway remains, captured here elegantly by Bayes, and recalling Britain's history of empire, exploration and exploitation.