English Buildings

Stokesay Castle (2): The seventeenth century Although Stokesay Castle (see also my previous post ) is a 13th-century building, some major...

Stokesay Castle (1): A Gothic room Stokesay Castle is one of my favourite buildings, and has been since when I first visited it, long ago...

In the high and holy place It’s the 1670s. The English Civil Wars have come and gone and the Stuart monarchy has been restored. In London, t...

I've added another page to this blog, accessed as before either from here or via the PAGES menu in the right-hand column. It covers the...

Rain, steam, and tin As one recent commenter remarked, I do seem to have noticed quite a lot of corrugated iron in the last few weeks. I ...

Bewdiful A recent post at The Dabbler dealt with plotlands, a form of development that became popular in the early years of the 20th cen...

On the edge Border country: Wales a short distance beyond the nearby ridge. Thick pasture. Black and white villages. Castles on hills. An...