Brixworth.
From micro
to macro.

Eight photographs move from the texture of reused Roman brick to the forms of All Saints. Follow the connection from a fragment to a whole church.

A close photograph of weathered red Roman brick at All Saints, Brixworth, showing fractured edges, pits, dark patches and pale mortar. — Fired Earth

A doorway and small window at All Saints, Brixworth, surrounded by thin red Roman bricks, irregular stones and herringbone masonry. — Herringbone and Roman Brick

A raised view of All Saints, Brixworth, with its long nave, rounded stair turret, square tower and stone spire beneath white clouds. — A Church Through Time

A building,
piece by piece.

At Brixworth, looking closely led me from the marks and colours of old brick into the larger patterns of the church. Small things changed how I saw the whole building.

All Saints has substantial Anglo-Saxon fabric, including arches made with reused Roman bricks. The circular stair turret belongs to an early phase of the church; the upper tower and spire are later medieval additions.

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The room and frames are illustrative. The console is a nominal 140 cm wide; no separate card mount is shown.

From fired earth to a whole church.

A small study of reused Roman brick meets a much larger view of All Saints. Its red surface becomes part of the building’s longer story.

An illustrative interior with a nominal 140 cm console. — Fired Earth uses 20 × 15.5 cm paper beside A Church Through Time on 34.25 × 45 cm paper. Walnut and charcoal frames; 5 cm gap.

A close photograph of weathered red Roman brick at All Saints, Brixworth, showing fractured edges, pits, dark patches and pale mortar. — Fired Earth uses 20 × 15.5 cm paper beside A Church Through Time on 34.25 × 45 cm paper. Walnut and charcoal frames; 5 cm gap.

A pattern and a curve.

Angled stone courses and a brick arch sit beside the curved stair turret. The change of scale makes the same fabric read as pattern and as form.

An illustrative interior with a nominal 140 cm console. — Herringbone and Roman Brick uses 24.4 × 30 cm paper beside The Rounded Stair on 34.25 × 45 cm paper. Oak frames; 5 cm gap.

A doorway and small window at All Saints, Brixworth, surrounded by thin red Roman bricks, irregular stones and herringbone masonry. — Herringbone and Roman Brick uses 24.4 × 30 cm paper beside The Rounded Stair on 34.25 × 45 cm paper. Oak frames; 5 cm gap.

Material, arch, tower.

A small material study sits above the curve of an arch, beside a taller view of the tower. Three distinct compositions follow the fabric into its architectural setting.

An illustrative interior with a nominal 140 cm console. — Brick and Stone uses 20 × 15.5 cm paper, Roman Bricks, Saxon Arch uses 30 × 23 cm and Round and Square uses 23 × 30 cm. Charcoal frames; 5 cm between columns and 3 cm between the two left frames.

Red Roman brick fragments, dark grey stones and pale textured mortar in a close detail of the masonry at All Saints, Brixworth. — Brick and Stone uses 20 × 15.5 cm paper, Roman Bricks, Saxon Arch uses 30 × 23 cm and Round and Square uses 23 × 30 cm. Charcoal frames; 5 cm between columns and 3 cm between the two left frames.

Let the doorway lead.

A larger doorway study sits beside the complete church. The worn bricks draw you inward before the wider view returns you to its setting.

An illustrative interior with a nominal 140 cm console. — A Door Through Time uses 32.4 × 40 cm paper beside A Church Through Time on 23 × 30 cm paper. Walnut and white frames; 4 cm gap.

A wooden doorway at All Saints, Brixworth, beneath a double ring of narrow red Roman bricks in a wall of irregular stones. — A Door Through Time uses 32.4 × 40 cm paper beside A Church Through Time on 23 × 30 cm paper. Walnut and white frames; 4 cm gap.

Three Beverley Minster prints arranged on the Picture Room wall above Andy’s camera, brushes, watercolour box and model of Woody.

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$A close photograph of weathered red Roman brick at All Saints, Brixworth, showing fractured edges, pits, dark patches and pale mortar.$ Choose Fired Earth

Fired Earth

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A close encounter with the red, broken and weathered surface of a reused Roman brick.

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A raised view of All Saints, Brixworth, with its long nave, rounded stair turret, square tower and stone spire beneath white clouds.

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A Church Through Time

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The sweep of an ancient church, from its rounded stair turret to a later medieval spire.

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A wooden doorway at All Saints, Brixworth, beneath a double ring of narrow red Roman bricks in a wall of irregular stones.

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A Door Through Time

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A wooden door sits beneath an arch of reused Roman bricks, set within the textured wall of All Saints.

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The rounded stone stair turret at All Saints, Brixworth, beside the square tower and nave, with sunlit grass and deep shadows.

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The Rounded Stair

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A rounded stair turret presses against the tower, its masonry warmed by the sun.

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Red Roman brick fragments, dark grey stones and pale textured mortar in a close detail of the masonry at All Saints, Brixworth.

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Brick and Stone

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Fragments of red Roman brick meet dark stone and pale mortar in the wall of All Saints.

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The upper part of a wooden doorway at All Saints, Brixworth, with a double Roman-brick arch, pale mortar and surrounding stonework.

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Roman Bricks, Saxon Arch

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Reused Roman bricks radiate around an Anglo-Saxon opening, turning an arch into a pattern of light and colour.

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A frontal view of All Saints, Brixworth, with a rounded stair turret against the square tower, green churchyard and a curving path.

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Round and Square

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Two forms meet in the sunlight: the curve of the stair turret and the square mass of the tower.

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A doorway and small window at All Saints, Brixworth, surrounded by thin red Roman bricks, irregular stones and herringbone masonry.

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Herringbone and Roman Brick

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A small window, an old doorway and a wall alive with the patterns of reused Roman brick and stone.

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