The Ancient House in Walthamstow Village is believed to be London's oldest house, thought to date back to around 1435. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble and needs our support. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The Faraday Building on Queen Victoria Street was built in 1933 and housed the world's largest international telephone exchange. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Barbara Hepworth's Winged Figure has been mounted above the Holles Street/Oxford Street entrance to John Lewis since 1963. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

60-62 Bishopsgate was, from 1926 to 1970, the home of the Hudson's Bay Company and the golden beaver weathervane on top of the building was the symbol of this. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Mulberry Gardens; the site of where Buckingham Palace now stands, was quite possibly, during the 17th century, the site of a mixed gay and straight brothel. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The tradition of tombs in Poets Corner began in 1556 with that of Sir Geoffrey Chaucer, 156 years after he became the first poet to be buried here in 1400. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Sir Thomas More, is believed to have grown up on Milk Street in the City and it was here where he was living when he wrote Utopia in 1516. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The hand in the wall of the Bayward Tower at the Tower of London is missed by most visitors and nobody is sure of its origins.

Brunel's water towers, which once flanked the Crystal Palace, were destroyed in 1941 to prevent the Luftwaffe using them as navigation points. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The Agatha Christie Memorial was unveiled in the West End in 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of her play, The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the world. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

41/42 Cloth Fair is hidden in plain sight in Farringdon and is widely considered to be the oldest residential house in the City of London. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Richard Cobden helped abolish the protectionist Corn Laws. His statue is found at the Mornington Crescent end of Camden High Street. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble and needs our support. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The facade of Borough Market was designed by EM Barry and was originally the Floral Hall portico facade of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The Large Mansion in Gunnersbury Park features in The Lavender Hill Mob as the police exhibition hall and was formerly owned by the Rothschild family. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Mary Quant opened what was arguably London's first boutique at 138a Kings Road in Chelsea in 1955. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The Falcon in Battersea is noted in the Guinness Book of Records for having the longest bar in the UK. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble and needs our support. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The blue plaque at 20 Hertford Street in Mayfair is dedicated to scientific polymath George Cayley; the first person to understand the forces of flight. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Founded in 1762 in St James', Boodles is London's, and the world's, second oldest private members' club, the oldest being Whites. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Home of both the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet, the Royal Opera House is the third theatre on this site, the first in 1732, second in 1809 and the present one in 1858. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Eight deep level air raid shelters were built across London capable of catering for 8000 people. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Alfred Drury's 1931 statue of Sir Joshua Reynolds stands outside the Royal Academy at Burlington House on Piccadilly. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Margaret Bonfield House was built in the 1950s on the site of 39 Hilldrop Crescent; the home of Dr Crippen and where the body of his wife Cora was discovered in 1910. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The little-known London Silver Vaults is an underground market beneath Chancery Lane housing independent retailers of treasures of every description. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Bobby Moore's statue was unveiled at the front of the new Wembley Stadium in 2007. Moore captained England in the 1966 World Cup victory. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The art deco Freemasons Hall between Holborn and Covent Garden was built in 1933, though this has been the site of freemasonary since 1775. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble and needs our support. gofund.me/713de166

The Tulip Stairs, at the Queen's House in Greenwich, was the first helical, self-supporting spiral staircase in Britain. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Square The Block is the name of Richard Wilson's installation on London School of Economics' Chen Kin Ku Building on Kingsway. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The mutilated statues on the facade of Zimbabwe House on the Strand were sculpted by Jacob Epstein for what was then the BMA headquarters. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Greater London House, the Egyptian revival art deco former Carreras Cigarette factory was designed four years after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The first public drinking fountain in London was built into the railings of St-Sepulchre-Without-Newgate church in 1859. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Hidden in plain sight and unnoticed by almost every one of the millions of visitors to Tower Bridge is a chimney on the western side of the bridge disguised as a lamppost. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

This alcove, from the medieval London Bridge, is found at Guys Hospital and features a statue of the poet John Keats, who studied medicine here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Though more of an intersection, Britain's first roundabout was at St George's Circus, built in 1771, between Waterloo and Elephant and Castle. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Broadway, in Victoria, features several governmental and ministerial buildings. This was the former home of MI6 and was where Ian Fleming visualised James Bond being briefed in his books.

The original wooden prototype of the 1924 K2 telephone box, (with a cast iron version opposite), is found at Burlington House on Piccadilly. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

When St Antholin's church was demolished, the spire was purchased by Robert Harrild, who kept it at his manor, which was replaced by the 60's housing estate there today. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The Ostler's Hut at Lincoln's Inn, dated around 1860, is thought to be London's smallest listed building, though this is contested. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

This plaque at 49 Bankside no doubt saved the house from demolition. However, Wren never lived here and Catherine of Aragon died almost 200 years before it was built. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble and needs our support. gofund.me/713de166

The Cable Street Mural celebrates the 1936 Battle of Cable Street, when the residents stopped Moseley's Fascists marching through the predominantly Jewish East End. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Nell Gwynn House in Chelsea features an often unnoticed statue of her above the entrance with a King Charles Spaniel at her feet. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Between 1915 and 1924, Leonard and Virginia Woolf lived at Hogarth House in Richmond, where they set up Hogarth Press. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble and needs our support. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The Hill Garden and Pergola in Hampstead is a little-known gem and owned by the City of London Corporation. This is the grounds of what is officially called Inverforth House. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble and needs our support. gofund.me/713de166

London is known for its many hotels, but a more novel holiday experience is available at London Zoo, where cabins can be rented for around £179 pp per night. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

One of London's most successful redevelopments, the glass topped Lift 109 at Battersea PowerStation affords impressive views across the Thames. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Severndroog Castle is an 18th century folly in Shooter's Hill, built to commemorate Sir William James. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble and needs our support. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The Totteridge Yew is found in St Andrew's churchyard in Totteridge, North London and, depending on the source, is anything from one thousand to two thousand years old. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The tallest free viewing platform in London is Horizon 22 at 22 Bishopsgate, which was completed in 2020. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble and needs our support. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The Ferryman's Seat on the South Bank near Southwark Bridge is the last remaining example of where the ferrymen would wait between fares. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble and needs our support. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

The former City Hall by Tower Bridge is now empty and undergoing refurbishment since the Mayor of London's office moved to East London. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166

Fitzrovia Chapel off Goodge Street in the West End was originally part of what used to be Middlesex Hospital and famous for its mosaics and frescoes. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... Unusual Histories is in trouble. Please consider donating or sharing. gofund.me/713de166