Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #oldchurch
Most recents (1)
The Grand Western Canal flows past the silvered oak door.
Sheep chew up the churchyard, often butting open the door to see what’s inside...
Salmon pink walls, a stripey screen stencilled with stars and pouting cherubs...
Ayshford Chapel is a true Devonshire doozy.
#thread
Sheep chew up the churchyard, often butting open the door to see what’s inside...
Salmon pink walls, a stripey screen stencilled with stars and pouting cherubs...
Ayshford Chapel is a true Devonshire doozy.
#thread
A chapel has been on this site since at least 1282, but the current building dates to the 15th century. It was built as a private chapel for the Ayshford family who lived right next door in Ayshford Court.
(2/8)
(2/8)
The limestone rubble walls are peppered with quatrefoil panels that fill the putlog holes. Tall Perpendicular windows pour light into the chapel. A single bell hangs in the turret, inscribed ‘The Bell is Henry Ayshford’s 1657’.
(3/8)
(3/8)
