Autumn lunchtime wanders…peering across the pond, from under a very lovely weeping willow 🥰

I enjoyed a visit to the small, but interesting, Norris Museum in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, at the weekend. A few items caught my eye, but particularly this very beautiful and poignant medieval brooch and these fabulous Roman faces 😀

This beautiful bridge in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, dates to the 1420’s. It was damaged by Oliver Cromwell and the Roundheads during the Civil War, hence the differing shapes of the arches - the pointed ones are original and the round ones are earlier 18th century rebuilds.

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The vibrancy of autumn colours this year is incredible! 😍😀

Well, what a strange and wonderful survival this is…a turf maze dating from 1660! 🤩 It sits in the middle of the very lovely village of Hilton, Cambridgeshire, and was made by William Sparrow, a royalist, to commemorate the restoration of Charles II.

Lovely Lavenham in Suffolk 🤩… always exciting to have a wander around and marvel at the wealth of timber framed buildings ❤️ It often feels like you might have accidentally strayed onto a film set! A photo thread…

An unusual and very intriguing plaque set into a column in the wonderful Church of St. Mary, Shelton, Bedfordshire 🤩 I can make out the year 1576, but no idea about the rest…any ideas?

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Just a mouse…eating a crisp in the garden, as you do! 😮🥰

I think this is one of the most poignant photographs I have taken, an abandoned cottage on Benbecula deliquescing back into the landscape, while the bottles of a ruined life glint savagely on a bright cold day. c.1999.

What a tree! Straight out of a fairytale ! 😍

The Church of St. Mary, Keysoe, has this really excellent mid-18th century plaque set into the tower wall…I really love how it’s such a personal account and a snapshot in time, compete with brilliant spelling!

November at Clun Castle, Shropshire, with its impressive 13th century keep and massive earthworks 🤩

Happy Saturday, from this bright and lovely corner of Cambridgeshire, bathed in golden light 🥰

These incredible figures, dating to the 19th century and made of walnut, are Bell Jacks and were once up at high level on Columbia Road Market in Bethnal Green. They’re huge, and very impressive to see ‘in the flesh’ 🤩

The picturesque ruins of the 14th century bishops’ palace at Southwell, Nottinghamshire 😍

I expect a troll lives under there! A lovely, rustic bridge in the grounds of Swinton Park, Masham, North Yorkshire ❤️

The impressive ruins of 17th century Houghton House near Ampthill, Bedfordshire, are really interesting to have a wander around. Supposedly the inspiration for John Bunyan’s ‘House Beautiful’ in Pilgrim’s Progress 🤩

The impressive south doorway and door - with ogee-arched wicket gate - to the Church of All Hallows in the little village of Upper Dean, Bedfordshire 😍

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A gorgeous morning on the banks of the Great Ouse in St. Neots, Cambridgeshire 🥰

A lovely walk, full of wonderful autumn colours, at RSPB The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire 🥰

Happy Saturday from a beautifully autumnal Cambridgeshire 🥰

Views into, and from, the atmospheric ruins of Pendragon Castle, Cumbria. It dates largely from the 12th century, with some 14th century additions 😊

Appreciating the little things…this passion flower was hanging over the footpath on my dog walk this morning, like a beautiful, exotic little alien! 🤩

One of my all time favourite church doorways! 😍 The broken pediment with elliptical window is so unusual 🤩 St. Mary’s Church, Conington, Cambridgeshire.

The awe inspiring ceiling of the 13th century, octagonal, Chapter House at Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire 🤩

Sunny spells under one of the beautiful oak trees in Priory Park, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire 😍

Two of the fabulous doorways in Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire 🤩

Some of the many fantastic historic buildings in lovely Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire 😍

Heading out to Guimarães in Portugal to present our paper on pressure difference and the positive impact of complete lime finishes and have been told I need to smarten myself up and do @curatorkate.bsky.social and I credit. #Heritage #LimeMortar #ClimateChange #LimeFinishes

The intricate doorway into the wonderful 13th century Chapter House at Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire 🤩

The absolutely stunning 15th century frontage to the former White Hart Inn, on the market square in Newark, Nottinghamshire 🤩 More photos and link to the history/architectural development of the building in a short thread below…

A really beautiful door into one of the side chapels in Kings College Chapel, Cambridge 🤩 It’s also worth zooming in on the lock plate, which is something special in itself! 😍

Details of the incredible early 16th century rood screen in Kings College Chapel, Cambridge 😍 It was erected by Henry VIII to celebrate his marriage to Anne Boleyn.

Got my printed photos and some frames today to have a go at what looks best…nearly ready to launch my little online shop, hopefully in time for people to do some Christmas shopping! 😀 Here’s a very small selection…

A beautiful elliptical window in the early 17th century porch of the wonderful Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Melchbourne, Bedfordshire 😍

Some of the fab bits of colour and pattern in the lovely Church of St. Denys, Little Barford, Bedfordshire 😍

The very lovely 14th century doorway into the Church of St. Andrew in Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire 😍 As ever, there are plenty of bits of evidence still clinging on, to show that the doorway was once limewashed and the walls plastered.

An example of some of the fantastic historic graffiti in Orford Castle, Suffolk 🤩

Gorgeous 14th century ogee arched doorway, with elaborate finial 😍, set in roughly built walls covered with lime render (now very patchy, but once fully coated!) 🤩 St. Mary’s Church, Barton Bendish, Norfolk.

Wonderful wildflowers and autumn foliage, bringing a welcome splash of colour on a grey day ❤️

A really unusual and lovely misericord chair…perhaps made up from bits of traditional medieval misericord seats 🤩 St. Andrews’s Church, East Lexham, Norfolk.

Stamford, Lincolnshire, is full of excellent historic buildings - but it also has this fabulous Norman arch and enticing cobbled passageway 😍

The very colourful rood screen at the Church of All Saints in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, has some unusual decoration…it was re-painted in 1935 by Henry Bird, who happened to be a lepidopterist and incorporated hundreds of butterflies into his design!

A beautiful autumnal sunrise in this little corner of Cambridgeshire 🥰

A lovely 14th century ogee arched doorway framing the disused rood stairs in the Church of St. Nicholas, Swineshead, Bedfordshire 😍

Former entrance to The Welcome to Cumberland Inn, Eamont Bridge, Cumbria. “Struimus in Diem, sed Nox venit,” (We build for the Day, but Night comes) with the date “MDCCXVII” (1717) and the names of Nathan and Elizabeth Coull. R. L. Wharton added later in 1781. #WindowsOnWednesday

Seriously impressive early C17 monument to the Deyers, in St. Andrew’s Church, Great Staughton, Cambs. The whole thing is incredible, but one of my favourite things about it is the gauntlets looming creepily…especially given that they’ve all lost their hands at some point! 😱😂