Lapford #Devon
Late C15 rood screen, well-preserved and among the finest in the county. Fan vaulting enriched with Renaissance motifs. Fabulous! #ScreenSaturday

Some photos from a 3 day tour to East Lincs & The Wolds with johnevigar. Pure quality throughout the 20+ churches, some redundant, some thriving, some facing a dark future. But all with a treasure of their own to give up. A great experience and superb guide, as always.

⁦BC Warwickshire⁩

Several of my favourite butterflies - the Orange-tip, in the garden this afternoon. It's also one of my most popular print subjects. richardlewington.co.uk/album.php?id=2…

The innovative spiral stair at Tattershall Castle, c1425-50. Its ramp & twist recessed handrail influenced the design of stair turrets in England for over a century.

To find out more please join us online for The Secrets of Ancient Stairs on 25 April:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-secrets-…

Would any podcasters like to record a session talking about the Historic Building Mythbusting book?
Its out on 6 June via The History Press & I'd love to have a natter w/ folk about secret passages, ship timbers, castles, Devil's doors & the oldest pub in the country... 🧐🏡📗🍺🤓

Building of the Day, Tuesday 9 April 2024 Baddesley Clinton House and Bridge over Moat - a Grade I Listed Building in Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire dlvr.it/T5GKn3

#NationalUnicornDay falls on 9th April. As #Scotland ’s heraldic emblem, the #unicorn means bravery, virility, purity & joy. However its whiteness also brings the mystery & magic of the #moon . #Art : The Lady & the Unicorn, C15th #tapestry (detail) Musée de Cluny #FairytaleTuesday

The time of year when more wild flowers are making an appearance in the grassland of burial grounds. If you visit a site that is letting grass grow longer to let flowers to grow, please show your support by leaving a message in the visitors book🌿

Spent the morning sowing arable #wildflower seeds in & around the crops. Perhaps most pressing but overlooked aspect of #conservation is bringing back the flowers of ploughland. Cornflower is a personal favourite - not least coz those miniature shaving brush seeds :) #farming

The middle portion; a hedgehog makes a welcome appearance.

Available in my Etsy shop🐇link in my bio🌿 #rabbits ❤️

#FlowersinChurches from St Leonard's, Hatfield, Herefordshire, and the Harvest Festival last year.

#StoneworkSunday from Leominster Priory - carving on the interior West Door by the Herefordshire School of Romanesque Carvers.

#StainedGlassSunday from St John the Baptist, Honiley. The window is by Theodora Salusbury and denotes 'Angels in Adoration' and was commissioned in 1926.

For #StainedGlassSunday , a detail from the beautiful window at Pangbourne, #Berkshire , by Karl Parsons, 1919, a #WWI war memorial window to George Carlyon Armstrong, d. 1915 aged 18. Combating war and grief with beauty. Nb - click for lambs!

Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Badgers’
Artist CFTunnicliffe

Meet our species of the month, the Lunar Hornet Moth! ✨

Part of a group of day-flying moths known as the ‘Clearwings’, they use their incredible mimicry skills to deter predators.

Get to know this marvellous moth 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/…

📷: Antony Wren
#MothsMatter

#FingerpostFriday Public footpath leading to a woodland which will soon be full of wild garlic and bluebells :)

Look out for the dazzling Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) 💚

They are now on the wing with the first butterfly spotted on the 24th March in Cumbria, about a week earlier than the usual first sighting.

Follow the first sightings as they happen 👉 butrfli.es/47pkQyC