Multiple phases of building at the Elizabethan and 17th-century Kirby Hall #AdoorableThursday #Heritage

“Vernacular buildings do not strive to be beautiful, clever or original, and as a consequence they avoid being ugly, mean-spirited or vulgar.” — Clive Aslet and Alan Powers, The National Trust Book of the English House

No better way to end the work day than a hike with this funny guy

Castle Acre Priory in Norfolk

As pretty as Lincoln. Looking forward to the installation of @MertonChaplain as Residentiary Canon and Interim Dean this afternoon.

Happy weekend, everyone!

King’s Lynn Minster in Norfolk

A 17th-century gate at Kirby Hall

Enjoying a three-day site visit in the Scottish Borders this week

Wandering St Andrews

Duff House in Banff, Scotland

Which direction are you choosing

The Comet Book (1587), details, “16th-century treatise on comets, created anonymously (or maybe it was a woman who endured erasure) in Flanders”. Originally named in german Kometenbuch.

From a recent afternoon at Achmelvich Bay in the Scottish Highlands

The comet Donati over Paris on 4th October 1858, from “Le ciel” by Amédée Guillemin, 1877

Minoan gold-sheeted axe, votive, c. 16th-15th century BC.

Wall Clock, so-called Plate Clock c. 1661 Gilded silver, amethyst, jasper, turquoises, wax (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

27 Dec 1571: b. Joannes Kepler, astronomer, mathematician, & who also successfully defended his mother against witchcraft charges #otd

Had a quiet and peaceful visit to St Mary’s Church in Stainburn, North Yorkshire on Thursday. The chancel arch, some of the windows and the font are all Norman; the roof is late medieval and the oak pews are from about 1600.