Chapter houses are some of the most breathtaking structures in a cathedral or church.
The ribbed vaulting of Southwell Minster's C13th chapter house doesn't have a central pier - it hovers over the space allowing light to flood into the heart of the building. #thread 📸 by me.. Having said that - York's late C13th chapter house doesn't have a central pier either - the vault was renewed by John Carr in 1798 (in plaster).

St. Mary, Breamore in Hampshire is a remarkably complete Anglo-Saxon survival of the late C10th. Here I photographed it with the Elizabethan Breamore House in the background. #thread Inside the two storey porch there survives an artefact as rare as hens teeth - an Anglo-Saxon rood with traces of colour. Continued..

Here's a selection of some of the greatest Cathedral/Minster naves (with the odd cheeky choir) in the UK all 📸 by my own fair hand - a joy to share them and #happyfriday #thread
1. Salisbury Cathedral A selection of some of the greatest naves (with the odd cheeky choir) in the UK all 📸 by my own fair hand - a joy to share them and #happyfriday #thread
2. Christ Church Oxford

Here's a selection of Anglo Saxon buildings for your delectation and delight: 1. The remarkably complete C10th Anglo-Saxon tower at All Saints’ church, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire. #thread 2. The C10th Anglo- Saxon tower of St. Peter, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire. This tower was key in Thomas Rickman's discovery and identification of the style in 1819.

Not sure if I've come across such beautiful and expressive decorative metalwork as this at St. David's, Manordeifi in Pembrokeshire. ..and some lovely Georgian decorative metalwork at Micklegate in York..

Great Coxwell barn in Oxfordshire was built in 1292. Dendrochronology has shown that some of its timbers were felled in 1256, whilst the majority were felled in the winter of 1291. It was part of a Cistercian abbey founded by King John. Great Coxwell barn in Oxfordshire was built in 1292 and has an organic beauty that is so appealing.

The latch (glicied?) on the gate, installed in the C18th, at St. Melangell, Wales is still doing its job all these years later. #continuity The blacksmith has added a little flourish to the latch - now worn with almost 3 centuries of use. #continuity