Wareham Walls

This wall in Wareham (Dorset), stretches around a corner of St John’s Street and is full of infill, brick, limestone and architectural features. It pleasingly curves around the road, marking out a boundary of what is now Sainsbury’s. Boundaries don’t change and many cenutries ago it may have marked the boundary of the Manor House. […]

Titchfield Abbey

Titchfield Abbey is a place I grew up with. I remember going there well before starting school picking apples and having fun. Nowadays I go there at least three or four times a year. The place is a shell of a former Tudor house built by Thomas Wriothsley, First Earl of Southampton. Everything is stripped […]

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.

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 […]