St Paul’s Cathedral

Architecture

The British home has changed substantially in the past 300 years (Illustration by Ed Crooks)

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Sir Barry Cunliffe and a team of archaeologist roll up a Roman mosaic at Fishbourne Roman palace

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The Church of St Martin of Tours in Canterbury

Anglo-Saxon

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Victorian

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Photo of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles

Stuart

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Stonemason Andrew Ziminski. (Photo by David Hampton)

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Keith Granville, managing director of BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation), holding a model of the Boeing 747 jet, with the new aircraft hangars under construction in the background, at Heathrow Airport, 17 March 1969. (Photo by Jim Gray/Keystone/Getty Images)

General ModerngalleryIn pictures: the history of London’s Heathrow Airport

Andrew Ziminski pictured at his workshop in Somerset.

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Westminster Abbey, London

Medieval

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Knole, a house on an epic scale that's now run by the National Trust.

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Highclere Castle

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The Popes Palace, or Palais des Papes, in Avignon, France.

Medieval

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Great Pyramid of Giza

Ancient Egypt

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The leaning tower of Pisa

Renaissance

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Families in a London slum, c1900

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Winchester Cathedral

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Tudor

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Anglo-Saxon

History ExplorerThe Holy Island of Lindisfarne

St Fagans Castle and gardens

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Construction of a medieval church

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Marc Morris at BBC History Magazine's 2017 History Weekend (Photo by Steve Sayers)

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Notre Dame of Paris at first light (Photo by Captblack76-Dreamstime.com)

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Towards the end of the third century BC, the First Emperor of China sought to make his new state immortal by shielding it with what would be the earliest predecessor to the Great Wall. (Photo by Jean-Luc PETIT/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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A view from the Choir of Canterbury Cathedral looking towards Trinity Chapel, which was built in the 12th century to house the remains of Thomas Becket. (Photo by Alamy)

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Plaza de Armas in historic center of Cusco, Peru

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A statue of Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle in Scotland. The castle "is in many ways like a bottleneck – so much of Scottish and British history passes through it and goes off to its eventual destination,” says Neil Oliver. (Photo by Iain Masterton via Getty Images)

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The entrance to Bodiam Castle. "If any castle conjures up the ‘romance’ of the mediaeval world, this is it," says Michael Smith. (Photo by Andrew Ray/LOOP IMAGES via Getty Images)

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From magnificent ruins to imposing forts: 10 must-visit British castles

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