✨ Treasure Hoard: The Minton Mosaic Floor at Bury Parish Church
Laid by Minton, its circles, stars and interlocking geometries draw the eye ever deeper into the pattern, revealing new relationships the longer you look.
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✨ Treasure Hoard: The Chapter House at Lincoln Cathedral
Nothing is merely decorative: this organic geometry carries weight, gathers light and gives utility the unmistakable shape of joy.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The Dragons on the Chapter House Door at York Minster
The light is low, and as I look through the portal up towards the vaulting I see dragons. At the top of the open door that leads into the chapter house is the upward thrusting head of a dragon.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The Floating Roof Boss at Beverley Minster
Next to me, the boss is the size of a dinner table – but from the tower crossing far below, it appears no more than a tiny dot.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The Iron Bridge at Ironbridge
In fact, this bridge is a kind of sacred thing - a first in material and imagination. Erected in 1779, it was the world’s first bridge built of iron.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The Room With a Yew at Crowhurst
I can't really remember the photography - the tree drew me in and for several minutes I felt like a puppet on strings with my camera in hand.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The striking font at St. Peulan's, Llanbeulan, Anglesey
The key work pattern echoes ancient Egypt and has been found in early Peruvian and Aztec cultures.
✨ Treasure Hoard: Ghost House Gable, Wirksworth
Later brickwork has enclosed the frame, preserving it like a fossil within its successor.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The Art Nouveau Pulpit at Ripon Cathedral
Resting upon marble, it feels almost organic - as though it has grown from the cathedral floor and might continue growing.
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