✨ Treasure Hoard: The Doorway to the Folly, Settle
Its finest secret rewards a visitor who crosses the threshold and looks back, beneath the inner lintel.
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Its finest secret rewards a visitor who crosses the threshold and looks back, beneath the inner lintel.
It's a marvel that never ceases to surprise or lift me, every time I enter - a destination in itself.
Within a single object we seem to encounter several different Britains at once.
This is my favourite pub of all time, I've met countless people who have become long term friends here, I've sat sketching here, and kick started many of my digests here - all under the glow of gas-light.
There's something special about entering a church. The best places evoke a feeling of transition upon entrance. There's no exception here.
For me this place is prescient: it has themes and portents ahead of its time.
It was a merchant's house, founded in the C13th, and has grown organically ever since then.
The Janus springs from pagan symbolism and often symbolises change or the changing of the year.
A remarkable survival - Anglo-Saxon door and inscription
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