English Buildings

Place of resort The elegant piece of carpentry on top of the dovecote at Rousham set me thinking about other buildings I’d seen embel...

Finishing touch After my recent dovecote post , I remembered one more dovecote that couldn’t resist sharing with my readers. This is th...

Commandments and curlicues Looking through my pictures for something else, I came across this wonder, and it occurred to me I ought to ...

For dove devotees As is often the way with my explorations of English buildings, I went in search of one thing and found something else as...

Ancient and modern St Mary’s, Deerhurst, was one of the first historic churches I ever visited. I was sent there by a school teacher, who ...

In love with building Since the 13th century, when churches were ordered to keep their fonts securely covered to prevent people stealin...

Sea views I suppose I'm not the first person to notice that there have evolved, over the years, certain styles of house that seem espe...