English Buildings

Hero in motion Gloucestershire has a long border with Herefordshire, and it’s not really surprising that, in the west of the county, th...

Oliver's arches In the Middle Ages the Norman Mortimer family was a powerful presence along the borders of England and Wales. They came ...

Sheela na gig A number of readers of the previous post have asked – via comments, email, or conversation – about Kilpeck’s most famous ca...

Virtuoso carvings Last week I went to Herefordshire to show some friends one of my favourite buildings, the parish church at Kilpeck. It rai...

With its green hills, apple orchards, and unspoilt villages, Herefordshire is what a lot of us think of as typical England. How surprising, ...

When not admiring Herefordshire’s black and white houses (see previous post), I’m diving into its churches to look for carvings. Herefordshi...