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Aug 29 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
I was handed the giant key to a medieval priory cared for by the @LandmarkTrust last weekend
What is it like to stay in such a building? Here’s what I found…at Woodspring Priory, Somerset:
This former Augustinian priory is remarkable in that it still looks like a religious building…
May 20, 2023 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Top 10 English church doorways from my travels - a thread.
1. Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck, Herefordshire. A riot of Norman carving. Dragons, grotesques, angels, a phoenix, beakheads, a basilisk, a lion. A writhing phantasmagoria of the 12th century imagination: 2. St Edward’s, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. Visitors come from far and wide to see the famous yew lined door of this church, said to have inspired J.R.R Tolkein’s “Doors of Durin” as featured in The Lord of the Rings trilogy: