Church Walls II – Orford

These were taken in Orford of the church, St. Bartholomew. When there is lack of good limestone to build your buidlings, other materials are used. In this case, good water-rounded flint pebbles. No-one pebble is alike. And some are like faces.

Woodbridge Walls

Fascinating. Someone’s creativity shines through, using bricks in place of wooden struts. Over time the elements of Woodbridge, which is not far from the open sea, have worn the soft brick away, leaving a bone-like strucutre. Do bricks have bones? Quite appropriately, being a coastal town, the shapes and strucutres looks like fish bones.

Hertford

All Saints Church in Hertford is made of Runcron Stone. This is sandstone, a sedimentary rock and the bedding within it creates wonderfular linear, angular patterns, with the finish of the stone flat, sharp and new.

Saffron

The nature of a place is intrinsically linked to its past. Even where cities have been obliterated, street patterns and names persist. Saffron Walden has never been obliterated. Its medieval buildings show off a time of economic prosperity. A boom time of trade. Properties were big, displaying wealth, sophistication and high fashion. On many of […]

Berlin Walls

From my archives. I have slightly broken my own rules of not including other architectural features here. But there would be no way to get the impact of these walls without standing back and, the,n having to include other features. And finally, the Wall. All Wall Photographs were taken in 2011.

Walsingham Walls

I love this wall in Walsingham, Norfolk. It is made of brick and flint with a wooden structure within it. Norfolk is quite famous for not having a ready supply of decent building material. There are also a few carvings and mouldings that have been re-used – Tudor Roses and a greyhound. It also have filled […]

Walls

I felt odd taking these photographs. the view wasn’t a landscape, artwork or people. It was a wall. A chap walked past me and stopped. He looked at me, what I was doing, and then the wall. “I’ve been walking past this wall for the past 30 years” he said, “and I have never seen […]