✨ Treasure Hoard: Roman bricks in the wall at St. Martin's, Canterbury
Claimed to be the oldest church in the English speaking world.
Claimed to be the oldest church in the English speaking world.
Within this framework are roses, lilies, foliage and small human faces, along with a Green Man, an old bearded figure and a bird. Parts of its original ironwork also remain.
I stand and watch the Kentish rag rise up from the dull nights refrain and prick out lines and glyphs that are older than the church itself.
A chance to own a limited edition print of an beautiful timber framed building on Palace Street in Canterbury.
It’s difficult to explain, but my eyes seem to act like cruise missiles - spotting a potential target and then locking onto the detail.
Philip Gaches and his team plaster the ceiling and then mark out the geometric shapes that will form the decorative ribwork of the ceiling pattern.
I stand and watch the Kentish rag rise up from the dull nights refrain and prick out lines and glyphs that are older than the church itself.
This place goes deep into the psyche, deep into time and is deep into the ground.
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