Aerial Video of All Saints, Easington, Yorkshire
A church that leads to the sea, with a delightful C12th nave and an unusual ship grafitto on a column in the arcade.
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A church that leads to the sea, with a delightful C12th nave and an unusual ship grafitto on a column in the arcade.
St. Patrick in Patrington is a wonderful creation of the Decorated period of Gothic architecture in the early C14th.
These patterns are telling in their own right - they tell us of a melting pot of cultures. They tell us of association, assimilation and diversity, and they connect the vast stream of human consciousness that flows through these objects.
MEMBERS ONLY I recently photographed the chapel of ease at Thornton-le-Beans in Yorkshire for the Friends of Friendless Churches. I thought I'd share my process with you so here's a quick video from my day....
I’m there first thing and I feel anxious - there’s an overwhelming sense of inertia. I walk out into the churchyard to gather my thoughts and catch a dash of red text on a gravestone silhouetted against the rising tide at Y Foryd.
This walk is all about the experiential and the transformative - it takes us into a canopy of trees and then through to the heights of Gothic splendour and on to the pyramids of Egypt.
The early morning light is dancing around the stone carvings. It’s the foliate sculpture that renders this space a marvel of the Gothic genre.
It's almost surreal to think that a place as enchanting as Edinburgh truly exists. Whenever I visit this capital city, which exudes the charm of a quaint village, I have to pinch myself to believe it's only a few hours' drive away.
Step back inside and enjoy a pure scroll through this lovely Georgian building.
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