Robin by the River Bovey . #robin

Glorious sunshine up on Dartmoor today. Bonehill Rocks. #dartmoor #sunshine #dayoff #devon

Medieval tile pavement in a room above the chapel, of St Andrew and St Catherine , Exeter Cathedral. The rooms was used as the Cathedral’s Exchequer rosemarygriggs.co.uk/blog/51/ #TilesOnTuesday

I think this is my favourite of this year’s tulips. #tuliptuesday #tulips

What a lovely morning it’s been at my allotment. #gardeningtherapy #allotment

The tomb of Bishop Branscombe, (d.1280), Exeter Cathedral. The black basalt effigy dates from the time of his death and retains original paint. The ornate canopy and chest tomb were added in the 15th century. #MonumentsMonday #exetercathedral

Devon’s Tudor Time Traveller visits the tomb of Sir Gawen Carew in Exeter Cathedral. rosemarygriggs.substack.com/p/sir-gawen-... #devonhistory

Easter bonnet time! Wishing you all a very Happpy Easter. It’s a lovely morning in Devon. Hope the sun shines for you too. #easterbonnet

More wonderful stained glass from St Michael’s Church, Doddiscombsleigh, Devon. Restored at least twice since the 15th century, the central figure is a Victorian interpretation, but a lot of the original glass has survived. #StainedGlassSunday

A creamy white version of the Pasque Flower, Pulsatilla vulgaris Alba, flowering on my Alpine sink garden in time for Easter. The name ‘pasque’ comes from "Paschal," meaning Easter. #easter #FlowersOnSaturday

External stairs, a remnant of the courtyard lodgings John Holand built for his retinue at Dartington Hall. Architectural historian Anthony Emery suggests lodgings completed around the same time as the Great Hall, 1388- 1400. #staircasesaturday #medieval

Dogtooth violets(Erythronium) flowering at Dartington yesterday. I looked them up. Apparently you can eat the leaves raw in salad, or boiled and the bulb is the source of a starch used in making vermicelli. #flowers #SpringFlowers

A glimpse of the distant tower of St Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton from Hackney Marshes on a sunny day earlier this week. The church was built in the 15th century and restored in 1865. #SteepleSaturday

Tai Haku Cherries at Dartington Hall this morning. This stunning cherry tree was prized for its massive, single white flowers. It was thought to be extinct in Japan and re-introduced from a single surviving specimen in a Sussex garden in the early 20th century. #cherryblossom #blossomwatch

Camassia is just coming into bloom in my Devon garden this week while hellebores, tulips and pulmonaria are still going strong. #FlowersOnFriday

I’m heading for Dartington this morning so here’s the granite font which was moved from old St Mary’s behind the Hall to the new church at Huxham’s Cross Probably 15th century, though The pedestal and marble base are more recent. #FontsonFriday

#otd April 2, 1502 Prince Arthur, elder brother of Henry viii, died in Ludlow. He was buried in Worcester Cathedral. This is his this chantry chapel #tudor

This lovely shrub was presented to me as a thank you for an event at a hotel in Torquay in support of Cancer Research in 2023. Michaela yunnanensis, cinnamon buds open to white lightly scented flowers in spring. #ThrowbackThursday #thankyougift

There’s a date on the back of the door at All Hallows Church, Broadwoodkelly, Devon Robert Wollan presumably made the door in 1695 . #AdoorableThursday

St John the Baptist, Marldon, Devon. An old church guidebook says the first side window of the north aisle has medieval glass with the arms of Champernoun and Valletort . I think it might be that chink if light on the left, hidden behind the organ. #WindowsOnWednesday #devonhistory

Elizabethan table, AllHallows Church, Broadwoodkelly, Devon. #woodensday #elizabethan

Theres a lot going on in this 17th century embroidered picture on display when I visited ALa Ronde recently. instagram.com/p/DWixYc3iAnp/…#TextileTuesdaya#embroideryry

It is definitely tulip time in my sunny Devon garden. #tuliptuesday #tulips #garden

Dutch tin-glazed wall-tile, high status decor in the late 16th century, discovered at the former refectory of St Nicholas Priory at 21 The Mint, Exeter. After the dissolution priory buildings became Tudor townhouses. 📷 from a visit to the priory in 2024. #TilesOnTuesday #Tudortuesday

Exeter Cathedral. The magnificent tomb of Sir Gawen Carew, who died on 25 March 1584, aged around 80. The inscription installed after restoration in 1857 misidentifies the other figures who lie beside and below Sir Gawen. #MonumentsMonday

Operation bluebell is underway! The consensus seems to be that I should control these rogue beauties or they will take over my entire garden. Cut flowers won’t seed, and I’ve made a start digging up the bulbs. #gardening #blubells

Happy Sunday! #SundayYellow #tulip

A lot of the stained glass created between 1450-1500 by Devon glaziers remains at St Michael’s Church, Doddiscombsleigh. Survived the Reformation and the English Civil War, restored a couple of times, still beautiful today. ##StainedGlassSunday

Much needed allotment therapy today! First potatoes are in. #allotment #gardeningtherapy #saturdayinspiration #potatoes

Self-seeded intruders in my Devon garden. Spanish or hybrid bluebells are very pretty but they spread very easily. I’m in town with no native bluebells nearby. Should I try to control or get rid of the intruders, or simply enjoy them? #bluebells #garden

All Hallows Church, Broadwood Kelly, Devon. 13th century origins, substantially rebuilt in the 15th and early 16th centuries, with further restoration 1867-8. #SteepleSaturday

A few from my Devon garden this week. #FlowersOnFriday #garden

I’m wondering if Otho Gilbert, 16 years old when his father Thomas died in 1529, could have been baptised in this early 16th century granite font at All Hallows Church, Broadwoodkelly. Thomas held a manor there. #FontsonFriday

Next stage in making an Elizabethan riff. Nearly ready to starch and set. #sewingproject #elizabethan #historicalcostume

Shields above the door at Knightshayes Court, a nineteenth century country house near Tiverton, Devon, built for Sir John Heathcoat-Amory. Now in the care of the National Trust. #AdoorableThursday

Look at the concentration on the face of this mother picking nits from her daughter's hair 15th century Misericord from the Harry Hems collection on display Royal Albert Museum Exeter. 📷 from visit in 2023 #woodcarvingwednesday #woodensday

I love my garden in spring. Tulips everywhere this week. #tulipsontuesday #garden #tulips

Queen Elizabeth 1, died #otd 24 March 1603, remembered in Westminster Abbey in a magnificent white marble monument and in stained glass in the Chapter House. #queenelizabeth1 #westminsterabbey #WomenInHistory

The Talbot hound again, this time in a carpet at Knightshayes Court. #textiletuesday

Read more about Sir Peter Carew and a controversy that began in rural Devon. rosemarygriggs.substack.com/p/controvers...

First rhubarb from the allotment. Delicious with overnight oats for breakfast. Happy Monday! #allotment #garden #growyourown

Sir Peter Carew (d.1575), surrounded by shields in Exeter cathedral. A colourful character involved in significant events, Peter outlived brothers Sir George, died 1545 on the Mary Rose, and Philip, died before 1535 fighting the Turks. #MonumentsMonday

Tulipa sylvestris, a yellow species tulip, enjoying the sun in my Devon garden this week. Spot the ant in photo 2. #SundayYellow #tulip

The Talbot dog crest for the Heathcoat-Amory family who built Knightshayes Court in stained glass. #StainedGlassSunday

I was near Ottery St Mary yesterday, but didn’t visit the splendid church there this time. The spire’s part of Bishop John de Grandisson’s 14th century design for St Mary’s church. 📷from May 2023 #steeplesaturday

In my Devon garden this week it’s mostly tulips and sunshine. #flowersonfriday #garden

St.Mary’s ,Ottery St. Mary. The font with its marble mosaic was created by William Butterfield in 1850. #FontsonFriday

I’m taking some time off this week and enjoying some rare sunshine. This is National Trust à la Ronde yesterday. Enjoyed the exhibition about the intrepid women who built this quirky house, likely inspired by their travels. #dayout #womeninhistorymonth

The Historic England listing describes National Trust Knightshayes Court , Nr Tiverton, Devon, as ‘early French Gothic’. Built 1869-1874. #AdoorableThursday