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#ArtsandCrafts #Cotswolds #churches is Herbert North's last major work & one of his few churches. St. Catherine's, Blackwell, 1939-40, was strongly influenced by Lethaby's All Saints at Brockhampton, 1902, its white-painted roughcast & grouped narrow lights giving a Scandi feel. 
All 📷on this thread by Peter Jones, uo/ws, with thanks. The interior is stark with a compelling rhythm of sharply pointed arches, the only touches of colour being the painted sanctuary roof, candelabra & hanging rood. Pews & stalls may be glimpsed here.
(First 📷by Tudor Barlow)
(First 📷by Tudor Barlow)
North's A&C credentials are impeccable, though he is mainly known as a domestic architect with a strong body of work in Wales. At St. Catherine's, his fittings survive intact, inc. the stone font in the west end baptistry. Light pours through clear white glass.
📷3 Tudor Barlow
📷3 Tudor Barlow
#ArtsandCrafts #Cotswolds #churches Bit of a bust tonight as images are in short supply for the former Wesleyan chapel - the Trinity Memorial Church - in Blackwell, Worcs. It memorialises Henry Taylor of nearby villa, Leahyrst, with a simple Gothic design of c1880.
📷Mike Dodman
📷Mike Dodman
Stained glass appears to be still in situ, most of late C19 by T W Camm, before the Camm siblings introduced Arts & Crafts principles to their father's business. Paul Woodroffe was responsible for the S transept S window in 1913. See frustrating colourful blur through the arcade!
I stood against Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, big Brexit backer, in GE19 in #cotswolds which voted remain.
I challenged him on what #brexit means for farming, essentially decimation for rural constituencies reliant on agriculture like Cotswolds.
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I challenged him on what #brexit means for farming, essentially decimation for rural constituencies reliant on agriculture like Cotswolds.
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2. I urged Sir Geoffrey to connect with his brother, Colin, who was chair of Suffolk NFU.
Here is Colin in 2016 predicting exactly what is unfolding for #farming now we have Brexit.
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Here is Colin in 2016 predicting exactly what is unfolding for #farming now we have Brexit.
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3. And to recap, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown voted against protecting our food standards despite the fact low quality imports coming into the UK impact the livelihoods of farmers in the UK who have to meet the high standards and damage public health.
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#ArtsandCrafts #Cotswolds #churches Bacton St. Faith has four Powells windows. Some confusion between sources as to location means I haven't established designers yet, but they are quite a nice group, installed over a decade, 1901-11
Images with thanks to Rex Harris.
Images with thanks to Rex Harris.
I am attempting to learn to love Powells as an exponent of Arts & Crafts. Of all the large commercial glass producers, they were the most innovative in stylistic & technical terms. These designs are rather looser than many of their contemporaries', with plainer backgrounds.
St. Firth's restoration came late, in 1892-4. Perhaps the new thinking on the value of historic fabric stayed the dreaded Nicholson hand, as he retained much C12-C15 work, rebuilding only the E wall, S porch & the chancel waggon roof, adding bosses & angels.
It's up! The driveway in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, that was hit by a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite in February has had its mini crater removed to go on public display at @NHM_Meteorites / @NHM_London. bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…
A beautiful day in the #Cotswolds. If this was the last day of summer (it's going to rain tomorrow), what a way to spend it! And super success. The #Winchcombe tarmac - with its "Splat!" mark - was lifted with no damage. Expert work by the Grimshaw contractors.
.@AshleyJKing85 now has a new exhibit to go alongside the #Winchcombe meteorite fragments that were initially swept up into a @waitrose cottage cheese pot.
Britain's Most Beautiful Country Style : Cotswolds
Britain's most beautiful countrystyle #Cotswolds, Provence in France, and Tuscany in Italy are known as the three most beautiful villages of Europe.
#worthknowing
#worthknowing
Lin Yutang (1895-1976) once said: "Life ideal of universal brotherhood, is living in the British countryside," netizens even said the Cotswolds is one of "the world's top ten destinations to marry him."
