
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.
Almost as good as being there...
St. Patrick in Patrington is a wonderful creation of the Decorated period of Gothic architecture in the early C14th.
Beverley wears its materials on its sleeve - the glorous buff and ochre hues of the pantiles (which originated in the low countries).
This is a view of the chancel at St. Mary, Wirksworth with its fine encaustic floor tiles and the tomb of Sir Anthony Lowe, gentleman of the bedchamber to both Henry VII, Henry VIII and Edward VI.
Situated in the north aisle of St. Mary's Parish Church the Wirksworth stone is dated to around 800AD.
The Abbey Church of Holy Cross or Pershore Abbey has a wonderful vaulted interior of the C13th with tierceron vaults that explode like fireworks.
The Angel Roof at St. Wendreda in March, Cambridgeshire is breathtaking. It's impact, for me, comes from the doubling up of angels on the jackposts and hammerbeams.
There are four trees that are thought to be over 2000 years old in the churchyard at St. Melangell in Pennant Melangell, Wales.
I love George Pace - for me, he was the only architect that confronted Gothic head on in the C20th - turning his designs into a new evolved form of Gothic that was representative of his age.
A bit of respite at Pennant Melangell in the Tanat Valley in Wales
It's a remarkable site within the context of the choir stalls
Being caught between two stretches of water gives a giddy sense of scale and proportion.
Howden is one of Yorkshire's hidden gems with a tightly packed core of vernacular buildings and cobbled snickets. The minster still retains its nave and a fine interior with the original chancel and chapter house in ruins. More on Howden in a previous Genius Loci Digest here....