✨ Treasure Hoard: Mother and child sculpture, Long Street Methodist Church, Middleton
It is so small in scale to the great nave it is situated in, but powerful beyond its size in its impact.
It is so small in scale to the great nave it is situated in, but powerful beyond its size in its impact.
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What I've discovered about this building is that it keeps on telling. It speaks of an architect who was inspired by his own town and community to create a building in harmony with the spaces around it.
The finials, bench ends and misericords are exquisite - each carving holds a remarkable amount of detail.
In our sunlit, beach-combed, selfie-world, it takes a little bravery to move into the shadows.
"Heaven and earth, the Celtic saying goes, are only three feet apart, but in thin places that distance is even shorter. They are places that make us feel something larger than ourselves, as though we are held in a place between worlds, beyond experience."Kerri ni Dochartaigh (Thin Places)
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