Some more trade labels found inside the lids of boxes..

A glorious autumn day,so I walked 20 miles through remote Suffolk countryside. I found this beautiful Tudor farmhouse, long deserted and deeply isolated,slowly sinking back into the land it was built from.

"Remember Death", another formulation for #MementoMoriMonday (St Ildierna, Lansallos, #Cornwall)

Wren's nest in St. Bartholemew's Church Richard's Castle.

Ancient oak tree at Croft Castle in Herefordshire.

Rather fine. From about 1770.

An interesting 17thC. chair I've been working on, I wonder what the strange looking plant in the middle symbolises..

The way we live now..a redundant parish church near Ludlow in Shropshire.

Working on old furniture can sometimes bring history to life, this 17thC chest is lined with the contents of a Georgian waste paper basket..

A dated oak chest with particularly characterful serifs..

Client : can you source me a good C17th oak table to match my chairs? Me : you've got one keeping the sheep out of the derelict cottage on the estate

Salvaging ‘rosehead’ nails from 18thC laths I found in a skip, the faceted heads were created by four blows from the nailmaker’s hammer.

Britain’s last traditional scissor-maker: ‘People don’t want three for £1 from Ikea’ ift.tt/2B1n0GE

Today a whiff of Edwardian life at 16 Southwick Street Hyde Park, discovered fallen behind the loose back panel of a Chippendale desk.

With increased attention on #plasticpollution following #BluePlanet2 is it a good time to raise awareness in the waste of plastic windows? Usually replaced after 20 years, when most Victorian and (much!) older timber windows are still going strong! #heritage #environment #plastic

An untouched chest of drawers from a local house clearance and a cabinet maker’s working drawing from 1787..

In the days before jeans and hoodies (guilty...), thatchers would wear a tie to work. I could be tempted.....

Interesting ownership initials on a 17thC gateleg table applied with a branding iron.