Be there: the Gothic vaulted interior at Pershore Abbey in glorious VR
The Abbey Church of Holy Cross or Pershore Abbey has a wonderful vaulted interior of the C13th with tierceron vaults that explode like fireworks.
Almost as good as being there...
The Abbey Church of Holy Cross or Pershore Abbey has a wonderful vaulted interior of the C13th with tierceron vaults that explode like fireworks.
The Angel Roof at St. Wendreda in March, Cambridgeshire is breathtaking. It's impact, for me, comes from the doubling up of angels on the jackposts and hammerbeams.
There are four trees that are thought to be over 2000 years old in the churchyard at St. Melangell in Pennant Melangell, Wales.
I love George Pace - for me, he was the only architect that confronted Gothic head on in the C20th - turning his designs into a new evolved form of Gothic that was representative of his age.
A bit of respite at Pennant Melangell in the Tanat Valley in Wales
It's a remarkable site within the context of the choir stalls
Being caught between two stretches of water gives a giddy sense of scale and proportion.
Howden is one of Yorkshire's hidden gems with a tightly packed core of vernacular buildings and cobbled snickets. The minster still retains its nave and a fine interior with the original chancel and chapter house in ruins. More on Howden in a previous Genius Loci Digest here....
I'm between photo shoots and parked up in the Chatsworth Caravan and Camping Site. It's the perfect spot to explore the surrounding landscape..