A quick walk around Reading town centre today - looking above the shop windows revealed a host of interesting building fronts, mainly dating from the late Victorian period. Many architectural details passed by and unseen by the shoppers in the street below. A longer visit with the camera is merited.
Reading also has some earlier buildings with the Abbey ruins and also two churches, mainly rebuilt by the Victorians, in St Mary's some good stained glass by Clayton & Bell.
The Simeon Monument in Market Place was designed by Sir John Soane in 1804, a detail can be viewed on photoLIBRA http://www.fotolibra.com/?u=26969
