Church of Christ the King, Turners Cross, Cork (1927-31). Humdinger of an art deco church by Barry Byrne, explaining its mid-western pizzazz - although I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it. Glorious.

Whilst on animals in Cork, here is a frog shaving another frog on a misericord in Burges’ St Fin Barre’s

Behind the churchyard of St Mary's, Mundon, at the far end of a field-path and over a thicket of bulrushes and other mist- and marsh-loving plants, is an other-worldly sight ...

Yes!! We're so excited about this one, Rachel's a superstar, and this fantastic book is coming your way in 2026 ⛪️💫 Rachel Morley

I’m so delighted by this!

Friendless Churches Rachel Morley Spirit of Sutterby!

A return of #DownpipeoftheDay for this stone water-slide on Brač Island Museum, Škrip, Brač, Croatia.

Rachel Morley I give you Forde Abbey, Somerset

"To walk into one of these buildings, especially alone, is to ache with a kind of exquisite sympathy: one solitary meeting another." An extract from Steeple Chasing – on elegiac pleasure & the work of Friendless Churches – is the cover story of Church Times. churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/…

Today’s #DownpipeOfTheDay comes from the Jagdish Palace, Udaipur, India. Sent in by Tom Mawson.

Mid 13th-century choirstalls from Split Cathedral. They’re formed of 8,224 individual pieces, and if you get up close enough and to the right angle, a decent amount of polychromy survives. I was delighted to spot a miniature woodworker looking out from one of the panels.

Waiting in line. Greasy ghosts on the Elizabeth Line. Rows and rows along the length of the platform. Strangely haunting.

The restoration of St James’s, Llangua Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy by Friendless Churches with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Garfield Weston Foundation is now both complete and magnificent! Always a candle lit glory it is now, by day, full of light. Visit Monmouthshire Visit Abergavenny

We did it. We’ve rescued St James’s, Llangua in Monmouthshire. In this short video, our Director, Rachel Morley, shares a quick overview of this remarkable project.