Red House, Docklands, and Marylebone

Wednesday, 12 October, we spent a good chunk of the morning trying to find the bus stop for the 89 bus in Lewisham. They have been reconfiguring the roads and all the stops have been moved. We finally gave up and sprung for a taxi. The Red House was designed by Philip Webb for William Morris. It has been mucked with over the years, and much of it is in conservation or restoration. It is interesting, but lacks the wonderful homey quality that we saw at Standen last week. The bus back was simplicity itself and landed us back at the Lewisham Docklands Lightrail (DLR) station in short order. We hopped off  the DLR at Canary Wharf and had a quick look around. We spent the remainder of the day on Marylebone High Street, ending with dinner of steak frites at Relais de Venise.

 Red House, Bexleyheath

 Completed 1860

 The crew

 Garden view

 Designed by Philip Webb

 Porthole window

Two toads in a hole (photo cred: Ann)

 Lush cosmos

 Staircase 

 Dining room

 Drawing room

 Morris wallpaper was not original, he preferred

tapestries and paintings

 Sunflower pattern with a single run of color

 Top front on the 89 back to Lewisham

 Canary Wharf

 Ditto

 I do love the Jubilee-Line stations

 Conran's on Marylebone High Street

 This is a pleasant and posh spot

 Two blocks south of here the street turns bohemian 

 Opa leaning on a signpost

 Waiting for the restaurant to open after a long day

 Only one thing on the menu: steak and frites

A fun day with more to come tomorrow. This is all for now.

OXO

D.