
Between The Fungi and The Fallen Tree
Walks in the Yorkshire Dales
Walks in the Yorkshire Dales
Memory, place and continuity in the Yorkshire Dales
Whilst walking along the drover’s lane I think about the energy invested in these walls over the countless years. Some of them have medieval cores. Each wall is laid by hands that stretch across generations.
It's a remarkable site within the context of the choir stalls
Material Culture in Abstract From the sublime to the (supposedly) mundane - our material culture throughout the British Isles is a palimpsest of artefacts that reflect our endeavour to create beautiful things from every material at hand. This post records our material culture in abstract. MEMBERS ONLY...
Welcome I’m an architectural photographer and writer. On my van-life travels through the British Isles I’m building up a word and photo-hoard of material culture that celebrates the value and distinctiveness of our built heritage and contributes to a sense of place.My van is my time-machine, it
What I took from this tour was the commitment of the English Heritage project team to the smallest details.
Being caught between two stretches of water gives a giddy sense of scale and proportion.
A nod to Banister Fletcher: Church Towers
I work with patience and knowing. The years of failure have steadied my resolve and, as I weave through the gorse with my camera and tripod, my mind threads between the past and the present.
The finials, bench ends and misericords are exquisite - each carving holds a remarkable amount of detail.
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....