A Year in the life: 8 June 2022
I’m fascinated by the stuff. Etched within and without the officious walls of our churches are the whispers of ordinary people that found a way of making their mark without others seeing.
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Treasured places, layered in history
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A Year in the life: 24 May 2022
Instantly the animal is alive - its head is a blintering mass of moving light which spills out onto the column behind, begetting the head with a sparkling, animated body.
Be there: St. George Hampnett, in glorious VR
The fabric is mainly C12th and C15th but the paint scheme is of the 1870's from the hand of the incumbent at the time.
Be there: St. John the Baptist, Inglesham in glorious VR
St. John the Baptist in Inglesham was a place that taught me how to see.
Be there: Beauchamp Chapel in glorious VR
The chapel was built in the C15th to house the tomb of Richard Beauchamp, the Earl of Warwick.
Medusa’s gaze at All Saints' Harewood
As soon as I stepped into it I felt as though the recumbent incumbents might rise in admonition.
Be there: Lichfield Cathedral West Front Door in glorious VR
The west front doors at Lichfield are covered in decorative metalwork. They warrant a closer inspection - the clasps and keyhole covers are as intricate as the cusping on the stone work.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest 14 April 2023
The Genius Loci Digest is as much yours as it is mine.
Be there: The Queen of Holderness in glorious VR
St. Patrick in Patrington is a wonderful creation of the Decorated period of Gothic architecture in the early C14th.