The old vicarage that faces on to All Saints Church, Claverley, Shropshire.

“An interesting C15 house with original beamed ceilings and evidence of the original screen. Its picturesque end gable ... is Elizabethan or Jacobean.” (Pevsner)

#windowsonwednesday

The ancient yew that lives in the churchyard at All Saints Claverley, Shropshire.

Said to be between 1500 to 2000 years old or older.

“A magnificent yew with a hollow trunk 30 feet round, in which 4 men could sit at a table.” - The King’s England (1939)

#thicktrunktuesday

Sir Walter de Balun lies legs crossed at St Peter’s Church, Upper Arley, Worcestershire.

He is said to have died as a result of a tournament wound on his wedding day to Isolda, daughter of Ralph Mortimer, Earl of March en route to the crusades. c.1270.

#monumentsmonday

The east window at Little Malvern Priory, pieced back together with C15 fragments.

Depicted the family of Edward IV.

On the left. a portrait of Prince Edward, who became Edward V and on the right , Elizabeth Woodville, & her daughters.

#stainedglasssunday

All Saints Church, Claverley, Shropshire.

Has early Norman origins & was founded by Roger de Montgomery in the C11.

Pevsner states that by the C12 the church would have had ‘remarkably ambitious dimensions.’

#steeplesaturday

Just Worcestershire doing its lovely understated thing.

Arley on the River Severn.

When the Severn Valley Railway is running, it cuts along the opposite bank and the steam clouds appear through the tree line.

#Worcestershire #river

Fountains Abbey, Melrose Abbey, Glastonbury Abbey and Bolton Priory. These engravings are from a book by Frederick Ross called The Ruined Abbeys of Britain pub. Edinburgh c.1889.

St Cassian’s Church, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire.

#adoorablethursday

Spring in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire for #windowsonwednesday

St. George slays his dragon & takes centre stage at Hanbury Parish Church, Worcestershire.

#StGeorge sDay #StGeorge

Churches with secondhand bookshops. No 2.

All Saints Church, Claverley, Shropshire.

The figures carved into the Chancel Arch at Kilpeck Church, Herefordshire.

Pevsner speculates that these carvings may date from earlier in the C12 than the church door.

#sundaystonework

The standing cross at St Mary’s, Kingswinford, old Staffordshire, now West Mids.

The majority of the cross is medieval in origin according to Historic England and is believed to stand in or near to its original position.

#steeplesaturday #medieval

St Ethelbert’s Hospital, Hereford.

The current alms houses were re-built in 1805 but there have been alms houses on the site since 1225.

Residents had their own pew at nearby Hereford Cathedral.

#adoorablethursday #herefordshire

So fabulous to see the much loved Bridgnorth Cliff Railway back in operation at the weekend after a 14 month closure for urgent repairs.

The railway opened in 1892 & connects High and Low Town.

#railway #heritage #shropshire

One of my favourite local #ghostsigns

SE & A Ridley.
Seedsman.
Established 1616.

The warehouse is Grade II listed and fronts the River Severn at Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

The church of St Mary the Virgin, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire.

The wonderful slightly leaning spire is C14 on a C12 base.

An eye catching landmark clearly visible as you approach, especially from the direction of Clee Hill.

#steeplesaturday

Church of St Dubricius, St Devereux, deepest Herefordshire.

#adoorablethursday

Windows and arches in the Lady Chapel, Hereford Cathedral.

The chapel was built 1220-1230.

“The walls are so richly shafted as to convey luxuriance.” (Pevsner)

#windowsonwednesday #lookup

Still here and still beautiful.

Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire for #thicktrunktuesday